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Brad Pearce (tennis)

Brad Pearce (born March 21, 1966) is a former tennis player from the United States, who turned professional in 1986. He won four doubles titles during his career. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP ranking on October 8, 1990, when he became the World No. 71.

Brad Pearce
Country (sports) United States
ResidenceProvo, Utah, United States
Born (1966-03-21) March 21, 1966 (age 58)
Provo, Utah, United States
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Turned pro1986
Retired1999
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$818,413
Singles
Career record41–79
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 71 (8 October 1990)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (1987)
French Open1R (1991)
WimbledonQF (1990)
US Open1R (1986, 1990)
Doubles
Career record168–176
Career titles4
Highest rankingNo. 24 (4 October 1993)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (1991)
French Open3R (1993)
Wimbledon2R (1990, 1991)
US OpenQF (1993)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open1R (1994)
French Open2R (1989, 1993)
Wimbledon2R (1989)
US Open1R (1993, 1994)
Last updated on: 24 May 2023.

Pearce was inducted into the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Hall of Fame.[1]

Career

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1987

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Pearce started off his new season playing doubles, reaching four finals. Three of those were on the Grand Prix tennis circuit. He won his first final in January at the Auckland, with partner Kelly Jones. En route he defeated players such as Milan Šrejber and Mark Woodforde to win the title. His year continued on a high note, making it to the quarter-finals of the Ebel U.S. Pro Indoor and the Lorraine Open and the semi-finals of the Japan Open Tennis Championships. Later he reached the finals at the OTB Open with partner Jim Pugh, losing to Gary Donnelly and Gary Muller 6–7, 2–6. A month later he made it to the final in New Haven with partner Gilad Bloom of Israel as the #1 seed, losing to the #2 seed Glenn Layendecker and Glenn Michibata 6–3, 4–6, 2–6.

1990

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The highlight of Pearce's single career was his appearance in the quarter-finals of the Wimbledon Championship. Pearce was an unseeded player, and one of three Americans in the quarter-finals (Brad Gilbert and Kevin Curren being the others). En route he beat Ronnie Båthman (6–3, 3–6, 6–2, 6–3), Shuzo Matsuoka (7–6, 7–5, 6–3), Milan Šrejber (6–3, 6–3, 6–1), and Mark Woodforde (6–4, 6–4, 6–4) to face Ivan Lendl, the #1 seed of the tournament, where he lost (4–6, 4–6, 7–5, 4–6).[2]

1991

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Personal life

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Pearce now works as an employee of Brigham Young University in the athletic department. He is the head coach of the BYU men's tennis team, and coached several players who have reached the top 800's in ATP rankings.

ATP career finals

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Doubles: 12 (4 titles, 8 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–2)
ATP World Series (4–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–8)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (2–5)
Indoors (2–3)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Nov 1986 Houston, United States Grand Prix Carpet   Ricardo Acuña   Chip Hooper
  Mike Leach 		6–4, 7–5
Win 2–0 Jan 1987 Auckland, New Zealand Grand Prix Hard   Kelly Jones   Carl Limberger
  Mark Woodforde 		7–6, 7–6
Loss 2–1 Jul 1987 Schenectady, United States Grand Prix Hard   Jim Pugh   Gary Donnelly
  Gary Muller 		6–7, 2–6
Loss 2–2 Nov 1987 Johannesburg, South Africa Grand Prix Hard   Eric Korita   Kevin Curren
  David Pate 		4–6, 4–6
Loss 2–3 Jul 1989 Schenectady, United States Grand Prix Hard   Byron Talbot   Scott Davis
  Broderick Dyke 		2–6, 6–7
Loss 2–4 Apr 1990 Tokyo, Japan Championship Series Hard   Kent Kinnear   Mark Kratzmann
  Wally Masur 		6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Win 3–4 Aug 1990 Schenectady, United States World Series Hard   Richard Fromberg   Brian Garrow
  Sven Salumaa 		6–2, 3–6, 7–6
Loss 3–5 Aug 1991 Los Angeles, United States World Series Hard   Glenn Michibata   Javier Frana
  Jim Pugh 		5–7, 6–2, 4–6
Loss 3–6 Apr 1992 Seoul, South Korea World Series Hard   Kelly Evernden   Kevin Curren
  Gary Muller 		6–7, 4–6
Win 4–6 Oct 1992 Toulouse, France World Series Hard   Byron Talbot   Guy Forget
  Henri Leconte 		6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Loss 4–7 Feb 1993 Philadelphia, United States Championship Series Hard   Marcos Ondruska   Jim Grabb
  Richey Reneberg 		7–6, 3–6, 0–6
Loss 4–8 Oct 1993 Basel, Switzerland World Series Hard   Dave Randall   Byron Black
  Jonathan Stark 		6–3, 5–7, 3–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 2 (0–2)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (0–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–2)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 1989 Gevrey-Chambertin, France Challenger Carpet   Martin Laurendeau 6–4, 1–6, 6–7
Loss 0–2 Nov 1989 Bergen, Norway Challenger Carpet   Jan Gunnarsson 3–6, 6–7

Doubles: 4 (1–3)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (1–3)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Apr 1989 Guadeloupe, France Challenger Hard   Gilad Bloom   Patrick Baur
  Christian Saceanu 		6–4, 6–2
Loss 1–1 Jun 1989 Gevrey-Chambertin, France Challenger Carpet   Greg Van Emburgh   Nduka Odizor
  Paul Wekesa 		4–6, 2–6
Loss 1–2 Oct 1991 Pembroke Pines, United States Challenger Clay   Glenn Layendecker   Roberto Saad
  Tobias Svantesson 		6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Loss 1–3 Nov 1992 Pembroke Pines, United States Challenger Clay   Todd Witsken   Rikard Bergh
  Trevor Kronemann 		3–6, 3–6

Performance timelines

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

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Tournament 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A 3R A A A 1R Q1 A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
French Open A A A A A 1R A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wimbledon 1R Q1 Q1 Q2 QF 1R Q2 Q1 A 0 / 3 4–3 57%
US Open 1R A A A 1R A A A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Win–loss 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 4–2 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 8 5–8 38%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A A 1R 2R 1R A A Q3 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Miami A 1R A 1R A 1R A A A 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Rome A A A A A A A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canada A A A A 2R 1R 2R Q1 Q1 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Cincinnati A A A 2R A 1R Q1 A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–3 2–2 0–4 1–1 0–0 0–0 0 / 11 4–11 27%

Doubles

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Tournament 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A 2R A A A QF 1R 2R 2R 0 / 5 5–5 50%
French Open A A A A A A 1R 1R 1R 1R 3R 2R 0 / 6 3–6 33%
Wimbledon A A A 1R 1R Q2 1R 2R 2R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 8 2–8 20%
US Open 1R A A 1R A 2R 2R 2R 1R 1R QF 1R 0 / 9 6–9 40%
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–3 2–3 4–4 0–4 6–4 2–4 0 / 28 16–28 36%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A A A 1R 2R A A QF 1R 1R 1R 0 / 6 3–6 33%
Miami A A A A 2R A 2R 3R 3R 2R 2R 2R 0 / 7 6–7 46%
Hamburg A A A A A A A A A A A QF 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Rome A A A A A A A A A SF QF 2R 0 / 3 6–3 67%
Canada A A A A A A A 1R 2R 1R QF 1R 0 / 5 3–5 38%
Cincinnati A A A A A A 2R A 2R Q1 QF 1R 0 / 4 4–4 50%
Paris A A A A A A A A 2R A QF Q2 0 / 2 3–2 60%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 2–2 2–2 6–5 4–4 8–6 3–6 0 / 28 27–28 49%

References

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  1. ^ "ITA Men's Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on July 3, 2017. Retrieved May 15, 2009.
  2. ^ ATP Brad Pearce Profile
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