Sandy Mayer

Sandy Mayer
Full name	Alexander Mayer
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Portola Valley, California
Born	April 5, 1952 (age 72); Flushing, New York
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	1972
Retired	1986
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,057,783
Singles
Career record	363–196
Career titles	12
Highest ranking	No. 7 (April 26, 1982)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (1980)
French Open	3R (1979, 1981)
Wimbledon	SF (1973)
US Open	4R (1972)
Other tournaments
WCT Finals	QF (1981)
Doubles
Career record	292–136
Career titles	24
Highest ranking	No. 3 (January 28, 1985)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (1980)
French Open	W (1979)
Wimbledon	W (1975)
US Open	3R (1983, 1984)

Last updated November 24, 2024

Alexander "Sandy" Mayer (born April 5, 1952) is a former tennis player from the United States. He won twelve titles in singles and twenty-four titles in doubles in his professional career, and was part of the winning tennis squad at Stanford University in 1973.

Career

Mayer was born in Flushing, New York. He entered Stanford University in 1970. In 1972, Mayer and Roscoe Tanner won the NCAA doubles championship, and the Stanford team finished second in the NCAA tournament, behind Trinity University.

In 1973, Mayer and Stanford won everything in the NCAA tournament: Mayer won singles, Mayer and Jim Delaney won doubles, and the team won the national championship ahead of USC.

The right-handed Mayer reached his highest singles ATP-ranking in April 1982, when he became world No. 7. His younger brother Gene was also a world tour tennis player and reached a career high of world No. 4 in 1980.^{[ citation needed ]}

Family

Mayer has four sons and a daughter, all of whom had been previously ranked in the United States Tennis Association Junior Tennis League (Northern California Section). Mayer's former wife, Libby, is a teacher. They filed for divorce on Aug. 5, 2016.^[1]

Career finals

Singles (11 titles, 10 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	1973	Baltimore, U.S.	Hard (i)	Jimmy Connors	4–6, 5–7
Win	1.	1973	Birmingham, U.S.	Hard	Charles Owens	6–4, 7–6
Win	2.	1974	Baltimore, U.S.	Carpet	Clark Graebner	6–2, 6–1
Loss	2.	1974	Birmingham, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Jimmy Connors	5–7, 3–6
Win	3.	1974	Paramus, U.S.	Indoor	Jürgen Fassbender	6–1, 6–3
Win	4.	1974	Jackson, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Karl Meiler	7–6, 7–5
Loss	3.	1975	Maui, U.S.	Hard	Jimmy Connors	1–6, 0–6
Loss	4.	1975	Hong Kong	Hard	Tom Gorman	3–6, 1–6, 1–6
Win	5.	1977	Little Rock, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Haroon Rahim	6–2, 6–4
Loss	5.	1977	San Jose, U.S.	Hard	Jiří Hřebec	6–3, 4–6, 5–7
Win	6.	1977	Hampton, U.S.	Hard (i)	Stan Smith	4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 1–6, 6–3
Win	7.	1977	Stockholm Open, Sweden	Hard (i)	Raymond Moore	6–2, 6–4
Win	8.	1978	St. Louis WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Eddie Dibbs	7–6, 6–4
Loss	6.	1980	Surbiton, England	Grass	Brian Gottfried	3–6, 3–6
Loss	7.	1981	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	John McEnroe	7–6, 3–6, 3–6
Loss	8.	1981	Cologne, West Germany	Carpet (i)	Ivan Lendl	3–6, 3–6
Loss	9.	1981	Stockholm Open, Sweden	Hard (i)	Gene Mayer	4–6, 2–6
Win	9.	1981	Bologna, Italy	Carpet (i)	Ilie Năstase	7–5, 6–3
Loss	10.	1982	Stuttgart Outdoor, West Germany	Clay	Ramesh Krishnan	7–5, 3–6, 3–6, 6–7
Win	10.	1982	Cleveland, U.S.	Hard	Robert Van't Hof	7–5, 6–3
Win	11.	1983	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Tomáš Šmíd	6–0, 6–3, 6–2

Doubles (24 titles, 16 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	1971	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Roscoe Tanner	Stan Smith Erik van Dillen	1–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss	2.	1973	Baltimore WCT, U.S.	Hard (i)	Paul Gerken	Jimmy Connors Clark Graebner	6–3, 2–6, 3–6
Win	1.	1974	Roanoke, U.S.	Indoors	Vitas Gerulaitis	Ian Crookenden Jeff Simpson	7–6, 6–1
Win	2.	1974	Birmingham, U.S.	Hard	Ian Fletcher	Nicholas Kalogeropoulos Iván Molina	4–6, 7–6, 6–1
Win	3.	1975	Roanoke, U.S.	Indoors	Vitas Gerulaitis	Juan Gisbert Ion Țiriac	7–6, 1–6, 6–3
Win	4.	1975	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Vitas Gerulaitis	Colin Dowdeswell Allan Stone	7–5, 8–6, 6–4
Loss	3.	1975	Hong Kong	Hard	Bob Carmichael	Tom Okker Ken Rosewall	3–6, 4–6
Win	5.	1976	Fort Worth WCT, U.S.	Hard	Vitas Gerulaitis	Eddie Dibbs Harold Solomon	6–4, 7–5
Win	6.	1976	Palm Springs, U.S.	Hard	Colin Dibley	Raymond Moore Erik van Dillen	6–4, 6–7, 7–6
Win	7.	1977	Hampton, U.S.	Hard (i)	Stan Smith	Paul Kronk Cliff Letcher	6–4, 6–3
Win	8.	1977	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Frew McMillan	Tom Leonard Mike Machette	6–2, 6–3
Win	9.	1977	Wembley, England	Hard	Frew McMillan	Brian Gottfried Raul Ramírez	6–3, 7–6
Win	10.	1978	Birmingham WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Vitas Gerulaitis	Frew McMillan Dick Stockton	3–6, 6–1, 7–6
Loss	4.	1978	Philadelphia WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Vitas Gerulaitis	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	4–6, 4–6
Loss	5.	1978	Richmond WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Vitas Gerulaitis	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	3–6, 5–7
Win	11.	1978	Guadalajara, Mexico	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	Gene Mayer Sashi Menon	4–6, 7–6, 6–3
Win	12.	1978	San Jose, U.S.	Carpet	Gene Mayer	Hank Pfister Brad Rowe	6–3, 6–4
Win	13.	1979	Rancho Mirage, U.S.	Hard	Gene Mayer	Cliff Drysdale Bruce Manson	6–4, 7–6
Win	14.	1979	French Open, Paris	Clay	Gene Mayer	Ross Case Phil Dent	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	6.	1979	Forest Hills WCT, U.S.	Clay	Gene Mayer	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	7–6, 6–7, 3–6
Win	15.	1980	Boston, U.S.	Clay	Gene Mayer	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	1–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	7.	1980	Washington, D.C., U.S.	Clay	Gene Mayer	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	4–6, 5–7
Win	16.	1980	Columbus, U.S.	Hard	Brian Gottfried	Peter Fleming Eliot Teltscher	6–4, 6–2
Loss	8.	1980	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Heinz Günthardt	Bruce Manson Brian Teacher	3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss	9.	1980	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Gene Mayer	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	1–6, 4–6
Win	17.	1981	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Gene Mayer	Mike Cahill Tom Gullikson	7–6, 6–7, 7–6
Win	18.	1981	Brussels, Belgium	Carpet (i)	Frew McMillan	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	10.	1981	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Gene Mayer	Fritz Buehning Ferdi Taygan	6–7, 6–1, 4–6
Loss	11.	1982	Strasbourg WCT, France	Carpet (i)	Frew McMillan	Wojtek Fibak John Fitzgerald	4–6, 3–6
Win	19.	1982	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Ferdi Taygan	Heinz Günthardt Markus Günthardt	6–2, 6–3
Loss	12.	1983	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Ferdi Taygan	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	1–6, 2–6
Win	20.	1983	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Ferdi Taygan	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	6–3, 6–4
Win	21.	1984	Stuttgart Outdoor, West Germany	Clay	Andreas Maurer	Fritz Buehning Ferdi Taygan	7–6, 6–4
Win	22.	1984	Columbus, U.S.	Hard	Stan Smith	Charles Bud Cox Terry Moor	6–4, 6–7, 7–5
Loss	13.	1984	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Balázs Taróczy	Francisco González Matt Mitchell	6–4, 3–6, 6–7
Loss	14.	1984	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Wojtek Fibak	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Win	23.	1984	Cologne, West Germany	Carpet (i)	Wojtek Fibak	Jan Gunnarsson Joakim Nyström	6–1, 6–3
Win	24.	1984	Vienna, Austria	Carpet (i)	Wojtek Fibak	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	6–4, 6–4
Loss	15.	1985	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Wojtek Fibak	Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander	6–3, 2–6, 2–6
Loss	16.	1985	San Francisco, U.S.	Hard (i)	Brad Gilbert	Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg	6–3, 3–6, 4–6

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References

↑ Alexander Mayer, Jr. v. Elizabeth Mayer,16-FAM-00477(Superior Court of California, County of San MateoFiled August 5, 2016).

External links

Sandy Mayer at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Sandy Mayer at the International Tennis Federation

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[1] Alexander Mayer, Jr. v. Elizabeth Mayer,16-FAM-00477(Superior Court of California, County of San MateoFiled August 5, 2016).

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