Eric Korita

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Eric Korita Tennis player
Nation: United StatesUnited States United States
Birthday: January 13, 1963
Size: 196 cm
Weight: 93 kg
Resignation: Time unknown
Playing hand: Right
Prize money: $ 155,943
singles
Career record: 29:32
Career title: 0
Highest ranking: 46 (February 20 1984)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record: 46:54
Career title: 1
Highest ranking: 30 (September 26 1988)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Eric Korita (born January 13, 1963 in Chicago , Illinois ) is a retired American tennis player .

Life

Korita reached the semi-finals at the junior tournament of the US Open in 1980. The following year he reached the quarterfinals of the Wimbledon junior tournament , in which he was defeated by Henri Leconte . He graduated from Southern Methodist University and was named to the All-American selection.

Korita was particularly successful as a doubles player, only at the beginning of his career did he have notable successes in singles. These include semi-finals in Washington and South Orange 1983. In the same year he first reached a doubles final on the ATP World Tour , alongside Paul Annacone he lost the tournament in Cologne but Nick Saviano and Florin Segărceanu . His most successful year on the ATP World Tour was in 1987 when he won the Seoul tournament with Rick Leach and was in the final with Brad Pearce in Johannesburg . This should be his only title win. He reached his highest ranking in the tennis world rankings in 1984 with position 46 in singles and in 1988 with position 30 in doubles.

His best individual result at a Grand Slam tournament was twice reaching the third round at the US Open. In the doubles competition he was in the semifinals of the French Open in 1984 . In 1988, he reached the quarter-finals of the French Open in mixed competition.

Tournament victories

Legend
Grand Slam
Tennis Masters Cup
ATP Masters Series
ATP International Series Gold
ATP International Series (1)

Double

No. date competition Topping partner Final opponent Bottom line
1. 1987 Korea SouthSouth Korea Seoul Hard court United StatesUnited States Mike Leach United StatesUnited States Ken Flach Jim Grabb
United StatesUnited States 
6: 7, 6: 1, 7: 5

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ITF Junior Profile (English)