Jeremy Bates (tennis)

Jeremy Bates
	Bates in 2019
Full name	Michael Jeremy Bates
Country (sports)	United Kingdom
Residence	London, England, United Kingdom
Born	19 June 1962 (age 62); Solihull, England, United Kingdom
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	1982
Retired	1996
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$1,338,555
Singles
Career record	132–193
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 54 (17 April 1995)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (1989)
French Open	3R (1988, 1989)
Wimbledon	4R (1992, 1994)
US Open	2R (1986)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	2R (1988)
Doubles
Career record	163–170
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 25 (4 March 1991)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	F (1988)
French Open	3R (1987)
Wimbledon	QF (1990, 1993)
US Open	2R (1986, 1990)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (1988)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	W (1991)
Wimbledon	W (1987)
	Last updated on: 10 March 2023.

Last updated November 13, 2024

Michael Jeremy Bates (born 19 June 1962) is a British former professional tennis player. He was ranked UK number 1 in 1987 and from 1989 to 1994. He reached a career-high ATP world ranking of 54 from 17 April 1995 to 23 April 1995.^[1]

Career
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (1 loss)
Mixed doubles: 2 (2 wins)
ATP Career Finals
Singles: 1 (1 title)
Doubles: 11 (3 titles, 8 runner-ups)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 10 (5–5)
Doubles: 7 (5–2)
Performance timelines
Singles
Doubles
Mixed Doubles
Post-retirement activity
References
External links

During his career Bates won two Grand Slam mixed doubles titles, at Wimbledon in 1987 and the Australian Open in 1991, partnering his fellow British player Jo Durie. He also won one top-level singles title and three men's doubles titles on the professional circuit. After retiring as a player, Bates served as the captain of Britain's Davis Cup team from 2004 to 2006.^[2]

Career

Bates turned professional in 1982. Partnering his fellow British player Jo Durie, he won the mixed doubles titles at Wimbledon in 1987, the first British doubles team to win the title for 51 years and the Australian Open in 1991, the first time a British doubles team has ever won the title. He was also a Men's Doubles runner-up at the Australian Open in 1988 (partnering Sweden's Peter Lundgren).

As a singles player, Bates reached the fourth round at Wimbledon twice – in 1992 and 1994 – losing on both occasions to France's Guy Forget. In the 1992 encounter, Bates held a match point against Forget in the fourth set, but failed to convert it and ended up losing in five sets 7–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–7, 3–6, narrowly missing out on a place in the quarter-finals against John McEnroe. Bates was also the first ever opponent of Andre Agassi in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, in the first round of the 1986 US Open, with Bates winning in four sets against the 16-year-old wildcard Agassi.

Bates won one top-level singles title during his career – at Seoul in 1994 when he was aged 31, becoming the first British male to win an ATP tour title since Mark Cox in 1977 (he was the oldest champion on the tour that season). He also won three men's doubles titles at Tel Aviv (1989), Queen's Club (1990), and Rotterdam (1994). He was the British national champion six times, and played in 20 Davis Cup ties for Britain, scoring 27 wins and 24 losses. His career-high rankings were World No. 54 in singles (in 1995) and World No. 25 in doubles (in 1991).

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 loss)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1988	Australian Open	Hard	Peter Lundgren	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	3–6, 2–6, 3–6

Mixed doubles: 2 (2 wins)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1987	Wimbledon	Grass	Jo Durie	Nicole Bradtke Darren Cahill	7–6^(12–10), 6–3
Win	1991	Australian Open	Hard	Jo Durie	Robin White Scott Davis	2–6, 6–4, 6–4

ATP Career Finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (1–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–0)
Indoors (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 1994	Seoul, South Korea	World Series	Hard	Jörn Renzenbrink	6–4, 6–7^(5–7), 6–3

Doubles: 11 (3 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–1)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–1)
ATP World Series (3–6)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–3)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (1–4)

Finals by setting
Outdoors (2–3)
Indoors (1–5)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 1988	Melbourne, Australia	Grand Slam	Hard	Peter Lundgren	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	3–6, 2–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Aug 1988	Rye Brook, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Michael Mortensen	Andrew Castle Tim Wilkison	6–4, 5–7, 6–7
Loss	0–3	Oct 1988	Basel, Switzerland	Grand Prix	Hard	Peter Lundgren	Jakob Hlasek Tomáš Šmíd	3–6, 1–6
Loss	0–4	Oct 1988	Frankfurt, West Germany	Grand Prix	Carpet	Tom Nijssen	Rudiger Haas Goran Ivanisevic	6–1, 5–7, 3–6
Win	1–4	Oct 1989	Tel-Aviv, Israel	Grand Prix	Hard	Patrick Baur	Rikard Bergh Per Henricsson	6–1, 4–6, 6–1
Loss	1–5	Nov 1989	Wembley, United Kingdom	Grand Prix	Carpet	Kevin Curren	Jakob Hlasek John McEnroe	1–6, 6–7
Win	2–5	Jun 1990	Queen's, United Kingdom	World Series	Grass	Kevin Curren	Henri Leconte Ivan Lendl	6–2, 7–6
Loss	2–6	Feb 1991	Stuttgard, Germany	Championship Series	Carpet	Nick Brown	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	3–6, 5–7
Loss	2–7	Oct 1991	Toulouse, France	World Series	Carpet	Kevin Curren	Tom Nijssen Cyril Suk	6–3, 3–6, 6–7
Loss	2–8	Jun 1992	Manchester, United Kingdom	World Series	Grass	Laurie Warder	Patrick Galbraith David Macpherson	6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Win	3–8	Feb 1994	Rotterdam, Netherlands	World Series	Carpet	Jonas Björkman	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6–4, 6–1

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 10 (5–5)

Legend
ATP Challenger (5–5)
ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (4–3)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 1989	Madeira, Portugal	Challenger	Hard	Nuno Marques	3–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Apr 1990	Cape Town, South Africa	Challenger	Carpet	Gary Muller	7–5, 2–6, 3–6
Win	1–2	Apr 1990	Durban, South Africa	Challenger	Hard	Grant Stafford	6–4, 6–1
Win	2–2	Oct 1991	Cherbourg, France	Challenger	Hard	Byron Black	7–5, 1–6, 7–6
Loss	2–3	May 1992	Taipei, Taiwan	Challenger	Hard	Sandon Stolle	3–6, 7–5, 5–7
Loss	2–4	May 1992	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Challenger	Hard	Sandon Stolle	6–7, 4–6
Loss	2–5	Oct 1993	Dublin, Ireland	Challenger	Carpet	Paolo Cane	3–6, 5–7
Win	3–5	Oct 1993	Gothenburg, Sweden	Challenger	Hard	Alex Radulescu	6–2, 6–3
Win	4–5	Oct 1994	Brest, France	Challenger	Hard	Lionel Barthez	6–3, 6–1
Win	5–5	Jul 1995	Bristol, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Andrew Foster	6–7, 6–4, 6–3

Doubles: 7 (5–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (5–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (3–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (2–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 1987	Enugu, Nigeria	Challenger	Hard	Stanislav Birner	Jorge Lozano Tim Pawsat	1–6, 6–1, 2–6
Win	1–1	Feb 1989	Telford, United Kingdom	Challenger	Carpet	Nick Brown	Ronnie Baathman Rikard Bergh	6–4, 7–6
Win	2–1	Apr 1990	Cape Town, South Africa	Challenger	Carpet	Marius Barnard	Wayne Ferreira Pieter Norval	6–3, 6–1
Win	3–1	Apr 1992	Nagoya, Japan	Challenger	Hard	Mark Petchey	Bertrand Madsen Leander Paes	7–5, 3–6, 7–6
Loss	3–2	Aug 1992	New Haven, United States	Challenger	Hard	Byron Black	Todd Nelson Leander Paes	5–7, 6–2, 6–7
Abandoned	3–2	Jul 1993	Bristol, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Mark Petchey	Paul Hand Chris Wilkinson	7–6, 4–6
Win	4–2	Sep 1993	Singapore, Singapore	Challenger	Hard	Christo Van Rensburg	Sander Groen Grant Stafford	6–3, 6–4
Win	5–2	Oct 1993	Gothenburg, Sweden	Challenger	Hard	Chris Wilkinson	Andrew Foster Ross Matheson	7–6, 6–3

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	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	Q2	Q2	Q1	1R	A	2R	2R	3R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	2R	A	0 / 9	4–9	31%
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	3R	3R	1R	A	A	1R	Q2	1R	A	0 / 6	4–6	40%
Wimbledon	Q2	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	3R	2R	2R	2R	2R	4R	1R	4R	1R	1R	0 / 15	12–15	44%
US Open	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	A	1R	A	1R	A	A	Q2	1R	1R	A	0 / 6	1–6	14%
Win–loss	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–3	1–3	2–2	4–4	5–3	1–4	1–2	3–2	0–3	3–2	1–4	0–1	0 / 36	21–36	37%
National Representation
Summer Olympics	Not Held			A	Not Held			2R	Not Held			A	Not Held			A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
ATP Masters Series
Miami	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 3	0–3	0%
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	1R	2R	2R	1R	A	0 / 5	2–5	29%
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–2	0–1	0–2	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	0 / 10	2–10	17%

Doubles

Tournament	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	2R	A	3R	A	2R	F	2R	1R	SF	1R	2R	A	A	A	0 / 9	15–9	63%
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	3R	1R	1R	1R	2R	2R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 8	4–8	33%
Wimbledon	Q1	1R	2R	1R	2R	1R	2R	2R	1R	QF	1R	2R	QF	2R	1R	2R	0 / 15	13–15	46%
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 5	2–5	29%
Win–loss	0–0	0–1	2–2	0–1	3–2	1–3	4–3	6–4	1–4	4–4	5–4	2–3	4–3	1–1	0–1	1–1	0 / 37	34–37	48%
National Representation
Summer Olympics	Not Held			A	Not Held			1R	Not Held			A	Not Held			A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
ATP Masters Series
Miami	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	3R	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 4	3–4	43%
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	QF	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	3–2	60%
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF	A	A	1R	2R	A	A	A	0 / 3	3–3	50%
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	A	QF	A	1R	A	1R	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	0 / 3	2–3	40%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	4–3	0–1	3–3	2–1	0–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 14	12–14	46%

Mixed Doubles

Tournament	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	W	QF	A	A	A	A	1 / 3	9–2	82%
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Wimbledon	3R	2R	A	A	1R	QF	W	2R	A	QF	3R	3R	QF	2R	2R	3R	1 / 13	24–12	67%
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	3–1	6–0	1–1	0–0	5–2	7–1	4–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	2 / 16	35–14	71%

Post-retirement activity

Bates retired from the professional tour in 1996. Since leaving the tour, he has served as captain of Britain's Davis Cup team as well as playing in seniors' events. He quit as Head of Performance for the Lawn Tennis Association in January 2007. In September 2007, Bates was appointed Director of Tennis at the Sutton Tennis Academy (London, UK). He quit Sutton Tennis Academy in May 2010, and worked as a broadcaster and commentator for the BBC, Eurosport and Sky. He became the individual coach of former British Number 1 Anne Keothavong and continues to coach, including British player, Katie Boulter. He is also a motivational speaker on team building.

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References

↑ "Jeremy Bates: Player Profile". atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
↑ "Bates quits as Davis Cup captain". BBC News. 24 July 2006.

External links

Jeremy Bates at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Jeremy Bates at the International Tennis Federation
Jeremy Bates at the Davis Cup

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[1] "Jeremy Bates: Player Profile". atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 13 June 2014.

[2] "Bates quits as Davis Cup captain". BBC News. 24 July 2006.

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