José Luis Clerc
El Grafico October 1981
Nation:
Argentina Argentina
Birthday:
August 16, 1958
Size:
185 cm
Weight:
80 kg
1st professional season:
1977
Resignation:
1985
Playing hand:
Right, one-handed backhand
Prize money:
$ 1,987,036
singles
Career record:
375: 148
Career title:
25th
Highest ranking:
4 (August 3 1981)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000 0
Double
Career record:
110: 99
Career title:
2
Highest ranking:
30 (October 8 1979)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000 0
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000 0
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )
José Luis Clerc (born August 16, 1958 in Buenos Aires ) is a retired Argentine tennis player .
Career
As a right-hander, Clerc moved to the professional camp in 1977 and won 27 ATP titles. In 1988 he retired as an active player. His best place in the world rankings was fourth on August 3, 1981. He then had a run and achieved 27 wins and four titles in one month. In the world rankings he was eighth at the end of 1980, fifth in 1981, sixth in 1982 and eighth in 1983.
Between 1976 and 1989 Clerc represented Argentina in the Davis Cup , sometimes together with his teammate Guillermo Vilas . In 1981 in the final against the USA (final score 1: 3) he defeated Roscoe Tanner , but lost the second single against John McEnroe after he had already lost the double with Vilas against Peter Fleming and McEnroe.
Together with Vilas and Carlos Gattiker , he won the Nations Cup in Düsseldorf with Argentina in 1980 , in the final the team beat Italy 3-0.
Clerc runs a tennis school in Argentina, competes in senior tournaments, and works as a television commentator.
successes
Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Grand Prix (27)
Victories by covering
Sand (22)
Hard Court (4)
Lawn (0)
Carpet (1)
Tournament victories
singles
No.
date
competition
Topping
Final opponent
Result
1.
July 1978
Italy Florence
sand
France Patrice Dominguez
6: 4, 6: 2, 6: 1
2.
December 1978
Argentina Buenos Aires
sand
Paraguay Víctor Pecci
6: 4, 6: 4
3.
December 1978
Chile Santiago de Chile
sand
Paraguay Víctor Pecci
3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 1
4th
April 1979
South Africa 1961 Johannesburg
Hard court
South Africa 1961 Deon Joubert
6: 2, 6: 1
5.
March 1980
Costa Rica San Jose
Hard court
United States Jimmy Connors
4: 6, 2: 6 problem
6th
July 1980
United States South Orange
sand
United States John McEnroe
6: 3, 6: 2
7th
August 1980
United States Indianapolis
sand
United States Mel Purcell
7: 5, 6: 3
8th.
September 1980
Spain Madrid
sand
Argentina Guillermo Vilas
6: 3, 1: 6, 1: 6, 6: 4, 6: 2
9.
November 1980
Ecuador Quito
sand
Paraguay Víctor Pecci
6: 4, 1: 6, 10: 8
10.
November 1980
Argentina Buenos Aires
sand
Germany Rolf Gehring
6: 7, 2: 6, 7: 5, 6: 0, 6: 3
11.
May 1981
Italy Florence
sand
Mexico Raúl Ramírez
6: 1, 6: 2
12.
May 1981
Italy Rome
sand
Paraguay Víctor Pecci
6: 3, 6: 4, 6: 0
13.
July 1981
United States Boston
sand
Chile Hans Gildemeister
0: 6, 6: 2, 6: 2
14th
July 1981
United States Washington, DC
sand
Argentina Guillermo Vilas
7: 5, 6: 2
15th
July 1981
United States North Conway
sand
Argentina Guillermo Vilas
6: 3, 6: 2
16.
August 1981
United States Indianapolis
sand
United States Ivan Lendl
4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 2
17th
February 1982
United States Richmond
Carpet (i)
United States Fritz Buehning
3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4, 6: 3
18th
June 1982
Italy Venice
sand
Australia Peter McNamara
7: 6, 6: 1
19th
July 1982
Switzerland Gstaad
sand
Argentina Guillermo Vilas
6: 1, 6: 3, 6: 2
20th
July 1982
Austria Zell am See
sand
Switzerland Heinz Günthardt
6: 0, 3: 6, 6: 2, 6: 1
21st
November 1982
Brazil São Paulo
Sand (i)
Brazil Marcos Hocevar
6: 2, 6: 7, 6: 3
22nd
January 1983
Brazil Guarujá
Hard court
Sweden Mats Wilander
3: 6, 7: 5, 6: 1
23.
July 1983
United States Boston
sand
United States Jimmy Arias
6: 3, 6: 1
24.
July 1983
United States Washington, DC
sand
United States Jimmy Arias
6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 0
25th
July 1983
United States North Conway
sand
Ecuador Andrés Gómez
6: 3, 6: 1
Double
Final participation
singles
No.
date
competition
Topping
Final opponent
Result
1.
July 1978
Switzerland Gstaad
sand
Argentina Guillermo Vilas
3: 6, 6: 7, 4: 6
2.
July 1978
United States South Orange
sand
Argentina Guillermo Vilas
1: 6, 3: 6
3.
August 1978
Canada Toronto
sand
United States Eddie Dibbs
7: 5, 4: 6, 1: 6
4th
September 1978
France Aix-en-Provence
sand
Argentina Guillermo Vilas
3: 6, 0: 6, 3: 6
5.
November 1979
Argentina Buenos Aires
sand
Argentina Guillermo Vilas
1: 6, 2: 6, 2: 6
6th
July 1980
United States Washington, DC
sand
United States Brian Gottfried
5: 7, 6: 4, 4: 6
7th
October 1981
Switzerland Basel
Hard court (i)
United States Ivan Lendl
2: 6, 3: 6, 0: 6
8th.
April 1982
United States Houston
sand
United States Ivan Lendl
6: 3, 6: 7, 0: 6, 4: 1 task
9.
September 1983
Italy Palermo
sand
United States Jimmy Arias
2: 6, 6: 2, 0: 6
10.
July 1984
United States Boston
sand
United States Aaron Krickstein
6: 7, 6: 3, 4: 6
Double
No.
date
competition
Topping
partner
Final opponent
Result
1.
November 1978
Argentina Buenos Aires
sand
Chile Belus Prajoux
New Zealand Chris Lewis Van Winitsky United States
4: 6, 6: 3, 0: 6
2.
March 1979
Italy Milan
Carpet (i)
Czech Republic Tomáš Šmíd
United States Peter Fleming John McEnroe United States
1: 6, 3: 6
3.
May 1979
Italy Rome
sand
Romania Ilie Năstase
United States Peter Fleming Tomáš Šmíd Czech Republic
4: 6, 1: 6, 5: 7
4th
January 1980
United States Birmingham
Carpet (i)
Romania Ilie Năstase
Poland Wojciech Fibak Tom Okker Netherlands
3: 6, 3: 6
5.
November 1980
Ecuador Quito
sand
Chile Belus Prajoux
Chile Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez Ecuador
3: 6, 6: 1, 4: 6
6th
June 1982
Italy Venice
sand
Romania Ilie Năstase
Brazil Carlos Kirmayr Cássio Motta Brazil
4: 6, 2: 6
7th
November 1988
Argentina Buenos Aires
sand
Argentina Eduardo Bengoechea
Spain Carlos Costa Javier Sánchez Spain
3: 6, 6: 3, 3: 6
Awards
In 1981 he received the ATP Sportsmanship Award .
In 1980 and 1990 he received the Argentine Culture Prize for Special Merits Konex Award .
Web links
<img src="https://de.wikipedia.org//de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" title="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;">