Brad Pearce (tennis)

Brad Pearce

Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Provo, Utah, United States
Born	(1966-03-21) March 21, 1966 (age 59) Provo, Utah, United States
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Turned pro	1986
Retired	1999
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$818,413
Singles
Career record	41–79
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 71 (8 October 1990)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (1987)
French Open	1R (1991)
Wimbledon	QF (1990)
US Open	1R (1986, 1990)
Doubles
Career record	168–176
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 24 (4 October 1993)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (1991)
French Open	3R (1993)
Wimbledon	2R (1990, 1991)
US Open	QF (1993)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1994)
French Open	2R (1989, 1993)
Wimbledon	2R (1989)
US Open	1R (1993, 1994)
Last updated on: 24 May 2023.

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.

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

Career

1987

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

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]

Personal life

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

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

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

Singles: 2 (0–2)

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)

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

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

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

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

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

External links

• Brad Pearce at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Brad Pearce at the International Tennis Federation
• Profile on BYU Athletics