Jim Pugh

This article is about the tennis player. For the trombonist and composer of the same name, cf. James E. Pugh

Jim Pugh
Nation:	United States
Birthday:	5th February 1964
Size:	193 cm
1st professional season:	1985
Resignation:	1996
Playing hand:	Right
Prize money:	$ 1,780,466
singles
Career record:	85:95
Career title:	1
Highest ranking:	37 (November 23 1987)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	276: 167
Career title:	22nd
Highest ranking:	1 (June 19 1989)
Weeks as No. 1:	26th
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Jim Pugh (born February 5, 1964 in Burbank , California ) is a retired American tennis player .

He was one of the most successful doubles players in the late 1980s and early 1990s, especially alongside Rick Leach . He can also show some successes in the individual.

Career

Pugh became a professional tennis player in 1985 and was able to celebrate his first tournament victories on the Challenger Tour the following year in both singles and doubles .

His great career in doubles began in 1987 with the finals in Hamburg and three ATP titles. From 1987 to 1991 he won seventeen tournaments with Rick Leach , including the Australian Open in 1988 and 1989 and Wimbledon in 1990.

Pugh appeared six times with Leach for the United States in the Davis Cup and won all six games. In 1990 he celebrated overall victory with the team .

In total, Pugh won 22 doubles and one single title; In 1989 and 1990 he led the double world rankings several times .

successes

Legend

Grand Slam

Tennis Masters Cup

ATP Masters Series

ATP International Series Gold

ATP International Series

singles

Tournament victory

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	July 10, 1989	Newport	race	Peter Lundgren	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 2

Double

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	May 4th 1987	Munich (1)	sand	Blaine Willenborg	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez Vicario	6: 3, 6: 4
2.	October 12, 1987	Scottsdale (1)	Hard court	Rick Leach	Dan Goldie Mel Purcell	6: 3, 6: 2
3.	October 26, 1987	Hong Kong	Hard court	Mark Kratzmann	Marty Davis Brad Drewett	6: 7, 6: 4, 6: 2
4th	January 25, 1988	Australian Open (1)	Hard court	Rick Leach	Jeremy Bates Peter Lundgren	6: 3, 6: 2, 6: 3
5.	May 9, 1988	Munich (2)	sand	Rick Leach	Alberto Mancini Christian Miniussi	7: 6, 6: 1
6th	July 25, 1988	Washington DC (1)	Hard court	Rick Leach	Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken	6: 3, 6: 7, 6: 2
7th	August 8, 1988	Indianapolis	Hard court	Rick Leach	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6: 4, 6: 3
8th.	August 22, 1988	Cincinnati	Hard court	Rick Leach	Jim Grabb Patrick McEnroe	6: 2, 6: 4
9.	November 21, 1988	Detroit	Carpet (i)	Rick Leach	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6: 4, 6: 1
10.	December 11, 1988	Tour Finals (London)	Carpet (i)	Rick Leach	Emilio Sánchez Vicario Sergio Casal	6: 4, 6: 3, 2: 6, 6: 0
11.	January 30, 1989	Australian Open (2)	Hard court	Rick Leach	Darren Cahill Mark Kratzmann	6: 4, 6: 4, 6: 4
12.	March 13, 1989	Scottsdale (2)	Hard court	Rick Leach	Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg	6: 7, 6: 3, 6: 2, 2: 6, 6: 4
13.	May 1, 1989	Singapore	Hard court	Rick Leach	Paul Chamberlin Paul Wekesa	6: 3, 6: 4
14th	May 8, 1989	Forest Hills	sand	Rick Leach	Jim Courier Pete Sampras	6: 4, 6: 2
15th	November 27, 1989	Itaparica	Hard court	Rick Leach	Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken	6: 2, 7: 6
16.	February 26, 1990	Philadelphia (1)	Carpet (i)	Rick Leach	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	3: 6, 6: 4, 6: 2
17th	March 26, 1990	Miami (1)	Hard court	Rick Leach	Boris Becker Cássio Motta	6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 3
18th	July 9, 1990	Wimbledon	race	Rick Leach	Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser	7: 6, 7: 6, 7: 6
19th	February 18, 1991	Philadelphia (2)	Carpet (i)	Rick Leach	Udo Riglewski Michael Stich	6: 4, 6: 4
20th	May 13, 1991	Charlotte	sand	Rick Leach	Bret Garnett Greg Van Emburgh	6: 3, 2: 6, 6: 3
21st	July 29, 1991	Los Angeles (1)	Hard court	Javier Frana	Glenn Michibata Brad Pearce	7: 5, 2: 6, 6: 4
22nd	August 24, 1992	Los Angeles (2)	Hard court	Patrick Galbraith	Francisco Montana David Wheaton	7: 6, 7: 6

Mixed

Tournament victories

date	competition	Partner	Final opponent	Result
1988	Australian Open	Jana Novotná	Tim Gullikson Martina Navrátilová	5: 7, 6: 2, 6: 4
1988	US Open	Jana Novotná	John McEnroe Elizabeth Smylie	7: 5, 6: 3
1989	Australian Open (2)	Jana Novotná	Sherwood Stewart Zina Garrison	6: 3, 6: 7, 7: 5
1989	Wimbledon	Jana Novotná	Mark Kratzmann Jenny Byrne	6: 4, 5: 7, 6: 4
1990	Australian Open (3)	Natallja Sverava	Rick Leach Zina Garrison	4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 3

Final participation

date	competition	Partner	Final opponent	Result
1990	US Open	Natallja Sverava	Todd Woodbridge Elizabeth Smylie	4: 6, 2: 6
1991	Wimbledon	Jana Novotná	John Fitzgerald Elizabeth Smylie	6: 7, 2: 6

Web links

• ATP profile of Jim Pugh (English)
• ITF Profile of Jim Pugh (English)
• Davis Cup stats by Jim Pugh (English)
• Jim Pugh's Grand Slam stats