Layendecker attended Yale University , where he graduated in economics in 1983 . He then became a professional tennis player. In 1984 he won the individual title of the Challenger tournament of Nagoya . The following year he was in Bristol for the first time in an ATP World Tour final, but he was defeated by Marty Davis . At the side of Glenn Michibata , he also stood in the double finals in Toronto . In 1986 he had to undergo knee surgery and from January 1987, like Goran Prpić, always competed with a knee brace. In 1988 he was in an individual final for the second and last time, in Scottsdale he had to admit defeat to Mikael Pernfors . He won his only title on the ATP World Tour in 1992 alongside Byron Talbot in Stuttgart . He reached his highest ranking in the tennis world rankings in 1990 with position 48 in singles and in 1989 with position 32 in doubles. Layendecker played his last professional tournament in September 1992 at the US Open , where he and his partner Kelly Evernden lost the quarter-final match against the Americans Kelly Jones and Rick Leach .
His best individual result in a Grand Slam tournament was participation in the third round at the Australian Open in 1991. In the doubles competition, he reached the quarter-finals of the US Open twice , as well as the second round of the Australian Open, the French Open and Wimbledon once .
United States
Stuttgart
Byron Talbot
Marc Rosset Javier Sánchez