José Luis Clerc

José Luis Clerc
El Grafico October 1981
Nation:	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
Double
Career record:	110: 99
Career title:	2
Highest ranking:	30 (October 8 1979)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
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	Florence	sand	Patrice Dominguez	6: 4, 6: 2, 6: 1
2.	December 1978	Buenos Aires	sand	Víctor Pecci	6: 4, 6: 4
3.	December 1978	Santiago de Chile	sand	Víctor Pecci	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 1
4th	April 1979	Johannesburg	Hard court	Deon Joubert	6: 2, 6: 1
5.	March 1980	San Jose	Hard court	Jimmy Connors	4: 6, 2: 6 problem
6th	July 1980	South Orange	sand	John McEnroe	6: 3, 6: 2
7th	August 1980	Indianapolis	sand	Mel Purcell	7: 5, 6: 3
8th.	September 1980	Madrid	sand	Guillermo Vilas	6: 3, 1: 6, 1: 6, 6: 4, 6: 2
9.	November 1980	Quito	sand	Víctor Pecci	6: 4, 1: 6, 10: 8
10.	November 1980	Buenos Aires	sand	Rolf Gehring	6: 7, 2: 6, 7: 5, 6: 0, 6: 3
11.	May 1981	Florence	sand	Raúl Ramírez	6: 1, 6: 2
12.	May 1981	Rome	sand	Víctor Pecci	6: 3, 6: 4, 6: 0
13.	July 1981	Boston	sand	Hans Gildemeister	0: 6, 6: 2, 6: 2
14th	July 1981	Washington, DC	sand	Guillermo Vilas	7: 5, 6: 2
15th	July 1981	North Conway	sand	Guillermo Vilas	6: 3, 6: 2
16.	August 1981	Indianapolis	sand	Ivan Lendl	4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 2
17th	February 1982	Richmond	Carpet (i)	Fritz Buehning	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4, 6: 3
18th	June 1982	Venice	sand	Peter McNamara	7: 6, 6: 1
19th	July 1982	Gstaad	sand	Guillermo Vilas	6: 1, 6: 3, 6: 2
20th	July 1982	Zell am See	sand	Heinz Günthardt	6: 0, 3: 6, 6: 2, 6: 1
21st	November 1982	São Paulo	Sand (i)	Marcos Hocevar	6: 2, 6: 7, 6: 3
22nd	January 1983	Guarujá	Hard court	Mats Wilander	3: 6, 7: 5, 6: 1
23.	July 1983	Boston	sand	Jimmy Arias	6: 3, 6: 1
24.	July 1983	Washington, DC	sand	Jimmy Arias	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 0
25th	July 1983	North Conway	sand	Andrés Gómez	6: 3, 6: 1

Double

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	October 1981	Basel	Hard court (i)	Ilie Năstase	Markus Günthardt Pavel Složil	7: 6, 6: 7, 7: 6
2.	September 1983	Palermo	sand	Pablo Arraya	Tian Viljoen Danie Visser	1: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4

Final participation

singles

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	July 1978	Gstaad	sand	Guillermo Vilas	3: 6, 6: 7, 4: 6
2.	July 1978	South Orange	sand	Guillermo Vilas	1: 6, 3: 6
3.	August 1978	Toronto	sand	Eddie Dibbs	7: 5, 4: 6, 1: 6
4th	September 1978	Aix-en-Provence	sand	Guillermo Vilas	3: 6, 0: 6, 3: 6
5.	November 1979	Buenos Aires	sand	Guillermo Vilas	1: 6, 2: 6, 2: 6
6th	July 1980	Washington, DC	sand	Brian Gottfried	5: 7, 6: 4, 4: 6
7th	October 1981	Basel	Hard court (i)	Ivan Lendl	2: 6, 3: 6, 0: 6
8th.	April 1982	Houston	sand	Ivan Lendl	6: 3, 6: 7, 0: 6, 4: 1 task
9.	September 1983	Palermo	sand	Jimmy Arias	2: 6, 6: 2, 0: 6
10.	July 1984	Boston	sand	Aaron Krickstein	6: 7, 6: 3, 4: 6

Double

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	November 1978	Buenos Aires	sand	Belus Prajoux	Chris Lewis Van Winitsky	4: 6, 6: 3, 0: 6
2.	March 1979	Milan	Carpet (i)	Tomáš Šmíd	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	1: 6, 3: 6
3.	May 1979	Rome	sand	Ilie Năstase	Peter Fleming Tomáš Šmíd	4: 6, 1: 6, 5: 7
4th	January 1980	Birmingham	Carpet (i)	Ilie Năstase	Wojciech Fibak Tom Okker	3: 6, 3: 6
5.	November 1980	Quito	sand	Belus Prajoux	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	3: 6, 6: 1, 4: 6
6th	June 1982	Venice	sand	Ilie Năstase	Carlos Kirmayr Cássio Motta	4: 6, 2: 6
7th	November 1988	Buenos Aires	sand	Eduardo Bengoechea	Carlos Costa Javier Sánchez	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

• ATP profile of José Luis Clerc (English)
• ITF profile José Luis Clerc (English)
• Davis Cup stats by José Luis Clerc (English)