Gene Mayer

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Gene Mayer

Gene Mayer at the 1979 ABN Tennis Tournament
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Mill Neck, New York, U.S.
Born	(1956-05-11) May 11, 1956 (age 70) Flushing, Queens, New York, U.S.
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Turned pro	1973
Retired	1986 (brief comeback in 2001)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed both sides)
Prize money	$1,382,422
Singles
Career record	317–158
Career titles	14
Highest ranking	No. 4 (October 6, 1980)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	4R (1979)
Wimbledon	QF (1980, 1982)
US Open	QF (1982, 1984)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals	SF (1980)
WCT Finals	QF (1979)
Doubles
Career record	167–91
Career titles	15
Highest ranking	No. 5 (July 9, 1979)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	W (1978, 1979)

Gene Mayer (born May 11, 1956) is a former tennis player from the United States who won 14 professional singles titles during his career.

Mayer was born in Flushing, Queens, New York. He grew up in Wayne, New Jersey, and played tennis at Wayne Valley High School, where he went unbeaten in his two years on the tennis team. He was a double hander on both forehand and backhand.

The right-hander Mayer reached his highest ranking on the ATP Tour on October 6, 1980, when he reached the rank of world No. 4.

Mayer has been a resident of Woodmere, New York. In 2005, he was inducted into the Nassau County Sports Hall of Fame.

Gene's older brother Sandy was also a tour player. He achieved the rank of world No. 7 in 1982. They met each other in the Stockholm Open final 1981 and won 5 doubles tournaments together, including 1979 French Open.

Career finals

Singles: 26 (14 wins, 12 losses)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 1976	Hamilton, Bermuda	Clay	Cliff Richey	6–7, 2–6
Win	1–1	Apr 1978	Guadalajara, Mexico	Clay	John Newcombe	6–3, 6–4
Loss	1–2	Apr 1979	Houston, U.S.	Clay	José Higueras	3–6, 6–2, 6–7
Win	2–2	Nov 1979	Cologne, Germany	Hard (i)	Wojtek Fibak	6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Loss	2–3	Nov 1979	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	John McEnroe	7–6, 3–6, 3–6
Win	3–3	Feb 1980	Denver, U.S.	Carpet	Victor Amaya	6–2, 6–2
Loss	3–4	Mar 1980	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Heinz Günthardt	2–6, 4–6
Win	4–4	Mar 1980	Metz, France	Carpet	Gianni Ocleppo	6–3, 6–3, 6–0
Win	5–4	Apr 1980	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Brian Teacher	6–3, 6–2
Loss	5–5	Jul 1980	Boston, U.S.	Clay	Eddie Dibbs	2–6, 1–6
Win	6–5	Aug 1980	Cleveland, U.S.	Hard	Victor Amaya	6–2, 6–1
Win	7–5	Sep 1980	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Eliot Teltscher	6–2, 2–6, 6–1
Loss	7–6	Nov 1980	Wembley, United Kingdom	Carpet	John McEnroe	4–6, 3–6, 3–6
Win	8–6	Feb 1981	Memphis, U.S.	Carpet	Roscoe Tanner	6–2, 6–4
Win	9–6	Mar 1981	Denver, U.S.	Carpet	John Sadri	6–4, 6–4
Loss	9–7	Mar 1981	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Jimmy Connors	1–6, 6–2, 2–6
Win	10–7	Aug 1981	Cleveland, U.S.	Hard	Dave Siegler	6–1, 6–4
Win	11–7	Nov 1981	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Sandy Mayer	6–4, 6–2
Loss	11–8	Apr 1982	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Jimmy Connors	2–5, retired
Win	12–8	May 1982	Munich, Germany	Clay	Peter Elter	3–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–1
Loss	12–9	Oct 1982	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	John McEnroe	4–6, 1–6, 4–6
Loss	12–10	Feb 1983	Memphis, U.S.	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	5–7, 0–6
Win	13–10	Mar 1983	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Guillermo Vilas	6–1, 7–6
Win	14–10	Apr 1983	Los Angeles	Hard	Johan Kriek	7–6, 6–1
Loss	14–11	May 1984	Munich, Germany	Clay	Libor Pimek	4–6, 6–4, 6–7, 4–6
Loss	14–12	Jul 1984	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Henri Leconte	6–7, 0–6, 6–1, 1–6

Doubles: 24 (15 wins, 9 losses)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 1976	La Costa, U.S.	Hard	Peter Fleming	Marty Riessen Roscoe Tanner	6–7, 6–7
Loss	0–2	1976	Charlotte WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Vitas Gerulaitis	John Newcombe Tony Roche	3–6, 5–7
Loss	0–3	1977	Columbus, U.S.	Clay	Peter Fleming	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	6–4, 5–7, 2–6
Win	1–3	1978	Mexico City WCT, Mexico	Hard	Sashi Menon	Marcello Lara Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 7–6
Win	2–3	1978	Miami, Florida, U.S.	Carpet	Tom Gullikson	Bob Carmichael Brian Teacher	7–6, 6–3
Loss	2–4	1978	Guadalajara, Mexico	Clay	Sashi Menon	Sandy Mayer Sherwood Stewart	6–4, 6–7, 3–6
Win	3–4	1978	San Jose, California, U.S.	Carpet	Sandy Mayer	Hank Pfister Brad Rowe	6–3, 6–4
Win	4–4	1978	French Open, Paris	Clay	Hank Pfister	Manuel Orantes José Higueras	6–3, 6–2, 6–2
Win	5–4	1978	Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.	Clay	Raúl Ramírez	Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie	6–3, 6–3
Win	6–4	1978	Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.	Clay	Hank Pfister	Jeff Borowiak Chris Lewis	6–3, 6–1
Win	7–4	1979	Rancho Mirage, California, U.S.	Hard	Sandy Mayer	Cliff Drysdale Bruce Manson	6–4, 7–6
Win	8–4	1979	Houston, U.S.	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	John Alexander Geoff Masters	6–1, 5–7, 6–4
Win	9–4	1979	French Open, Paris	Clay	Sandy Mayer	Ross Case Phil Dent	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	9–5	1979	Forest Hills WCT, U.S.	Clay	Sandy Mayer	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	7–6, 6–7, 3–6
Win	10–5	1979	Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.	Clay	John McEnroe	Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd	6–4, 7–6
Win	11–5	1979	Cologne, Germany	Hard (i)	Stan Smith	Heinz Günthardt Pavel Složil	6–3, 6–4
Win	12–5	1980	Metz, France	Carpet	Colin Dibley	Chris Delaney Kim Warwick	7–6, 7–5
Loss	12–6	1980	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Wojtek Fibak	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	2–6, 5–7
Win	13–6	1980	Florence, Italy	Clay	Raúl Ramírez	Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta	6–1, 6–4
Win	14–6	1980	Boston, U.S.	Clay	Sandy Mayer	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	1–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	14–7	1980	Washington, D.C., U.S.	Clay	Sandy Mayer	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	4–6, 5–7
Loss	14–8	1980	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Sandy Mayer	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	1–6, 4–6
Win	15–8	1981	Memphis, U.S.	Carpet	Sandy Mayer	Mike Cahill Tom Gullikson	7–6, 6–7, 7–6
Loss	15–9	1981	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Sandy Mayer	Fritz Buehning Ferdi Taygan	6–7, 6–1, 4–6

References

External links

• Gene Mayer at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Gene Mayer at World Tennis
• Gene Mayer at the Davis Cup (archived)