Tim Mayotte

Tim Mayotte

Country (sports)	United States
Residence	New York
Born	(1960-08-03) August 3, 1960 (age 62) Springfield, Massachusetts
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	1981
Retired	1992
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$2,663,672
Singles
Career record	340–202
Career titles	12
Highest ranking	No. 7 (October 31, 1988)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	SF (1983)
French Open	2R (1988, 1989)
Wimbledon	SF (1982)
US Open	QF (1989)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals	QF (1985)
WCT Finals	F (1985)
Olympic Games	F (1988)
Doubles
Career record	38–57
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 66 (January 3, 1983)
Medal record Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Singles

Timothy Mayotte (born August 3, 1960) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

Professional career

A tall serve-and-volleyer, Mayotte learned to play the game on the public courts of Forest Park in his hometown of Springfield, Massachusetts. He played tennis for Stanford University in the early-1980s and won the NCAA singles title in 1981.

Mayotte won his first top-level professional singles title in 1985 at the inaugural Lipton International Players Championships (now known as the Miami Masters). Other career highlights included winning the Queen's Club Championships in London in 1986, capturing the Paris Indoor title in 1987, and winning the men's singles silver medal at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul.

His best performances in Grand Slam tournaments came in reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon in 1982 and the Australian Open in 1983. He also reached the quarterfinals of the US Open in 1989.

During his career, Mayotte won 12 singles titles and one doubles title. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 7. His final singles title was won in 1989 at Washington DC. Mayotte retired from the professional tour in 1992.

He was hired by the United States Tennis Association (USTA) to serve as a national coach in July 2009.

Mayotte's older brother Chris also played on the international tennis tour for a few seasons. Their older brother John was the number one junior player in New England and later one of the top players in the New England Tennis Stars (NETS), a tour started by Ted Hoehn in the late 1970s and 1980s.^{[ citation needed ]}

He then went to work as a tennis agent working for Donald Dell's ProServ. There, he managed top-ten and All-American players on the ATP and WTA Tours. His clients included Amanda Coetzer and Greg Rusedski, who became semifinalist and finalists at the French Open and US Open consecutively.

Coach with USTA Player Development Program

After working as a coach for USTA Player Development under General Manager Patrick McEnroe, Mayotte spoke publicly about his experiences:

"One big issue and an expression of the pervading arrogance is that the bosses there at the USTA PD have no willingness or ability to deeply discuss ideas and methods. They want to produce great, strong independent players who can be flexible and adjust and yet they (the bosses) do not display any of these qualities. We have cultural dissonance of the highest and most destructive order going on there. Jose, and to a tragic level, Patrick feel somehow by virtue of their celebrity that their "magic" will rub off on people they control. What they are too lost to see is the word "development" in PD. As you know so well, building healthy individuals means walking thru [sic.] the trenches with them and helping them analyze the moral, mental, and emotional choices they (and the parents) have to make and develop a healthy strong person in the process. Hard to do when you are dictating from a broadcast booth and a board room." ^[1]

Career finals

Singles 23 (12 titles, 11 runner-ups)

Legend Year-end championships (0–1) Grand Prix Super Series (0–1) Summer Olympics (0–1) ATP Championship Series (0–1) Grand Prix Regular Series (12–7)

Finals by surface Hard (4–2) Grass (1–2) Clay (0–0) Carpet (7–7)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	Oct 1981	Maui, U.S.	Hard	Hank Pfister	4–6, 4–6
Loss	2.	Mar 1982	Strasbourg WCT, France	Carpet (i)	Ivan Lendl	0–6, 5–7, 1–6
Loss	3.	Jun 1982	Bristol, England	Grass	John Alexander	3–6, 4–6
Loss	4.	Jul 1984	Newport, U.S.	Grass	Vijay Amritraj	6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Win	1.	Feb 1985	Delray Beach, U.S.	Hard	Scott Davis	4–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–4
Loss	5.	Apr 1985	WCT Finals, Dallas	Carpet (i)	Ivan Lendl	6–7(4–7), 4–6, 1–6
Loss	6.	Feb 1986	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Ivan Lendl	w/o
Win	2.	Jun 1986	London Queen's Club, England	Grass	Jimmy Connors	6–4, 2–1 ret.
Win	3.	Feb 1987	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet (i)	John McEnroe	3–6, 6–1, 6–3, 6–1
Win	4.	Apr 1987	Chicago, U.S.	Carpet (i)	David Pate	6–4, 6–2
Win	5.	Oct 1987	Toulouse, France	Carpet (i)	Ricki Osterthun	6–2, 5–7, 6–4
Win	6.	Nov 1987	Paris Indoor, France	Carpet (i)	Brad Gilbert	2–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
Win	7.	Nov 1987	Frankfurt, Germany	Carpet (i)	Andrés Gómez	7–6(8–6), 6–4
Win	8.	Feb 1988	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet (i)	John Fitzgerald	4–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–3
Win	9.	Jul 1988	Schenectady, U.S.	Hard	Johan Kriek	5–7, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	7.	Sep 1988	Summer Olympics, Seoul	Hard	Miloslav Mečíř	6–3, 2–6, 4–6, 2–6
Win	10.	Oct 1988	Brisbane, Australia	Hard (i)	Marty Davis	6–4, 6–4
Win	11.	Oct 1988	Frankfurt, Germany	Carpet (i)	Leonardo Lavalle	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	8.	Feb 1989	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Boris Becker	6–7(4–7), 1–6, 3–6
Win	12.	Jul 1989	Washington DC, U.S.	Hard	Brad Gilbert	3–6, 6–4, 7–5
Loss	9.	Feb 1990	Milan, Italy	Carpet (i)	Ivan Lendl	3–6, 2–6
Loss	10.	Feb 1990	Toronto Indoor, Canada	Carpet (i)	Ivan Lendl	3–6, 0–6
Loss	11.	Nov 1990	Moscow, Russia	Carpet (i)	Andrei Cherkasov	2–6, 1–6

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

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.

Tournament	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	Career SR
Australian Open	A	A	1R	QF	3R	SF	2R	4R	NH	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 7
French Open	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	2R	2R	A	A	A	0 / 5
Wimbledon	A	A	A	QF	SF	QF	4R	4R	QF	3R	QF	QF	1R	4R	A	0 / 11
US Open	A	1R	1R	3R	2R	1R	4R	4R	1R	2R	3R	QF	1R	1R	A	0 / 13
Strike rate	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 0	0 / 36
Year-end ranking	436	420	171	33	30	16	44	12	15	9	10	13	37	115	1097	N/A

References

1. Browne, Doug. "The Battle Rages On Between Wayne Bryan & Patrick McEnroe". Coastal Breeze News. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.

External links

• Tim Mayotte at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Tim Mayotte at the International Tennis Federation
• Tim Mayotte at the Davis Cup
• Mayotte Named USTA Coach