Victor Amaya

Victor Amaya
Nation:	United States
Birthday:	2nd July 1954
Size:	201 cm
1st professional season:	1973
Resignation:	1984
Playing hand:	Left
Prize money:	$ 694,304
singles
Career record:	186: 173
Career title:	3
Highest ranking:	15 (August 4 1980)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	193: 170
Career title:	6th
Highest ranking:	16 (January 3 1983)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Victor Amaya (born July 2, 1954 in Denver , Colorado ) is a retired American tennis player .

Career

Amaya began his tennis career in 1973. As a single player, he won three tournaments. He was more successful in doubles alongside Hank Pfister . Together they won the French Open in 1980 in four sets against Brian Gottfried and Raúl Ramírez and reached the final of the US Open in 1982 , which was lost in five sets against Kevin Curren and Steve Denton . He won a total of six tournaments in doubles and in early 1983 he reached 16th place, his highest ranking in the tennis world rankings .

successes

singles

Victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Bottom line
1.	January 10, 1977	Adelaide	race	Brian Teacher	6: 1, 6: 4
2.	June 18, 1979	Surbiton	race	Mark Edmondson	6: 4, 7: 5
3.	March 3, 1980	Washington	Carpet (i)	Ivan Lendl	6: 7, 6: 4, 7: 5

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Bottom line
1.	August 6, 1978	New Orleans	Carpet (i)	Roscoe Tanner	6: 3, 7: 5
2.	19th February 1979	Denver	Carpet (i)	Wojciech Fibak	6: 4, 6: 1
3.	February 18, 1980	Denver	Carpet (i)	Gene Mayer	6: 2, 6: 2
4th	April 8, 1980	Johannesburg	Hard court	Heinz Günthardt	6: 4, 6: 4
5.	August 11, 1980	Cleveland	Hard court	Gene Mayer	6: 2, 6: 1

Double

Victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Bottom line
1.	May 26, 1980	French Open	sand	Hank Pfister	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	1: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4, 6: 3
2.	October 27, 1980	Tokyo Indoor (1)	Carpet (i)	Hank Pfister	Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart	6: 3, 3: 6, 7: 6 2
3.	October 26, 1981	Tokyo Indoor (2)	Carpet (i)	Hank Pfister	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	6: 4, 6: 2
4th	February 22, 1982	Monterrey	Carpet (i)	Hank Pfister	Tracy Delatte Mel Purcell	6: 3, 6: 7, 6: 3
5.	August 9, 1982	Cleveland	Hard court	Hank Pfister	Matt Mitchell Craig Wittus	6: 4, 7: 6
6th	August 15, 1983	Cincinnati	Hard court	Tim Gullikson	Carlos Kirmayr Cassio Motta	6: 4, 6: 3

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Bottom line
1.	July 30, 1978	Louisville	sand	John James	Wojciech Fibak Víctor Pecci	4: 6, 7: 6, 4: 6
2.	August 30, 1979	Lafayette	Carpet (i)	Eric Friedler	Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart	4: 6, 4: 6
3.	September 29, 1980	Maui	Hard court	Hank Pfister	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	6: 7, 7: 6, 2: 6
4th	January 6, 1981	London	Carpet (i)	Hank Pfister	Peter McNamara Paul McNamee	3: 6, 6: 2, 6: 3, 3: 6, 2: 6
5.	June 7, 1982	Queen's Club	race	Hank Pfister	John McEnroe Peter Rennert	6: 7, 5: 7
6th	3rd August 1982	Columbus	Hard court	Hank Pfister	Tim Gullikson Bernard Mitton	6: 4, 1: 6, 4: 6
7th	August 31, 1982	US Open	Hard court	Hank Pfister	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	2: 6, 7: 6, 7: 5, 2: 6, 4: 6

Web links

• ATP profile of Victor Amaya (English)
• ITF profile of Victor Amaya (English)