Brad Pearce (tennis)

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Brad Pearce
Country (sports)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Residence Provo, 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 Open 3R (1987)
French Open 1R (1991)
Wimbledon QF (1990)
US Open 1R (1986, 1990)
Doubles
Career record168–176
Career titles4
Highest rankingNo. 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.

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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]

1991

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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0 Nov 1986 Houston, United StatesGrand PrixCarpet Flag of Chile.svg Ricardo Acuña Flag of the United States.svg Chip Hooper
Flag of the United States.svg Mike Leach 		6–4, 7–5
Win2–0 Jan 1987 Auckland, New ZealandGrand PrixHard Flag of the United States.svg Kelly Jones Flag of Australia (converted).svg Carl Limberger
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Woodforde 		7–6, 7–6
Loss2–1 Jul 1987 Schenectady, United StatesGrand PrixHard Flag of the United States.svg Jim Pugh Flag of the United States.svg Gary Donnelly
Flag of South Africa.svg Gary Muller 		6–7, 2–6
Loss2–2 Nov 1987 Johannesburg, South AfricaGrand PrixHard Flag of the United States.svg Eric Korita Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Curren
Flag of the United States.svg David Pate 		4–6, 4–6
Loss2–3 Jul 1989 Schenectady, United StatesGrand PrixHard Flag of South Africa.svg Byron Talbot Flag of the United States.svg Scott Davis
Flag of South Africa.svg Broderick Dyke 		2–6, 6–7
Loss2–4 Apr 1990 Tokyo, JapanChampionship SeriesHard Flag of the United States.svg Kent Kinnear Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Kratzmann
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wally Masur 		6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Win3–4 Aug 1990 Schenectady, United StatesWorld SeriesHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Richard Fromberg Flag of the United States.svg Brian Garrow
Flag of the United States.svg Sven Salumaa 		6–2, 3–6, 7–6
Loss3–5 Aug 1991 Los Angeles, United StatesWorld SeriesHard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Glenn Michibata Flag of Argentina.svg Javier Frana
Flag of the United States.svg Jim Pugh 		5–7, 6–2, 4–6
Loss3–6 Apr 1992 Seoul, South KoreaWorld SeriesHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kelly Evernden Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Curren
Flag of South Africa.svg Gary Muller 		6–7, 4–6
Win4–6 Oct 1992 Toulouse, FranceWorld SeriesHard Flag of South Africa.svg Byron Talbot Flag of France.svg Guy Forget
Flag of France.svg Henri Leconte 		6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Loss4–7 Feb 1993 Philadelphia, United StatesChampionship SeriesHard Flag of South Africa.svg Marcos Ondruska Flag of the United States.svg Jim Grabb
Flag of the United States.svg Richey Reneberg 		7–6, 3–6, 0–6
Loss4–8 Oct 1993 Basel, SwitzerlandWorld SeriesHard Flag of the United States.svg Dave Randall Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Byron Black
Flag of the United States.svg 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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Jun 1989 Gevrey-Chambertin, FranceChallengerCarpet Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Martin Laurendeau 6–4, 1–6, 6–7
Loss0–2Nov 1989 Bergen, NorwayChallengerCarpet Flag of Sweden.svg 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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Apr 1989 Guadeloupe, FranceChallengerHard Flag of Israel.svg Gilad Bloom Flag of Germany.svg Patrick Baur
Flag of Germany.svg Christian Saceanu 		6–4, 6–2
Loss1–1Jun 1989 Gevrey-Chambertin, FranceChallengerCarpet Flag of the United States.svg Greg Van Emburgh Flag of Nigeria.svg Nduka Odizor
Flag of Kenya.svg Paul Wekesa 		4–6, 2–6
Loss1–2Oct 1991 Pembroke Pines, United StatesChallengerClay Flag of the United States.svg Glenn Layendecker Flag of Argentina.svg Roberto Saad
Flag of Sweden.svg Tobias Svantesson 		6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Loss1–3Nov 1992 Pembroke Pines, United StatesChallengerClay Flag of the United States.svg Todd Witsken Flag of Sweden.svg Rikard Bergh
Flag of the United States.svg Trevor Kronemann 		3–6, 3–6

Performance timelines

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(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 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A 3R AAA 1R Q1 AA0 / 21–233%
French Open AAAAA 1R AAA0 / 10–10%
Wimbledon 1R Q1 Q1 Q2 QF 1R Q2 Q1 A0 / 34–357%
US Open 1R AAA 1R AAAA0 / 20–20%
Win–loss0–21–10–00–04–20–30–00–00–00 / 85–838%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells AAA 1R 2R 1R AA Q3 0 / 31–325%
Miami A 1R A 1R A 1R AAA0 / 30–30%
Rome AAAAAAA Q1 A0 / 00–0 – 
Canada AAAA 2R 1R 2R Q1 Q1 0 / 32–340%
Cincinnati AAA 2R A 1R Q1 AA0 / 21–233%
Win–loss0–00–10–01–32–20–41–10–00–00 / 114–1127%

Doubles

Tournament 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AAAA 2R AAA QF 1R 2R 2R 0 / 55–550%
French Open AAAAAA 1R 1R 1R 1R 3R 2R 0 / 63–633%
Wimbledon AAA 1R 1R Q2 1R 2R 2R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 82–820%
US Open 1R AA 1R A 2R 2R 2R 1R 1R QF 1R 0 / 96–940%
Win–loss0–10–00–00–20–21–11–32–34–40–46–42–40 / 2816–2836%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells AAAA 1R 2R AA QF 1R 1R 1R 0 / 63–633%
Miami AAAA 2R A 2R 3R 3R 2R 2R 2R 0 / 76–746%
Hamburg AAAAAAAAAAA QF 0 / 12–167%
Rome AAAAAAAAA SF QF 2R 0 / 36–367%
Canada AAAAAAA 1R 2R 1R QF 1R 0 / 53–538%
Cincinnati AAAAAA 2R A 2R Q1 QF 1R 0 / 44–450%
Paris AAAAAAAA 2R A QF Q2 0 / 23–260%
Win–loss0–00–00–00–01–21–12–22–26–54–48–63–60 / 2827–2849%

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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
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