Jim Pugh

Jim Pugh

Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Manhattan Beach, California, USA
Born	(1964-02-05) February 5, 1964 (age 57) Burbank, California, USA
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	1985
Retired	1996
Plays	Right-handed (2-handed both sides)
Prize money	US$ 1,780,466
Singles
Career record	85–95
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 37 (November 23, 1987)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (1988)
French Open	3R (1987)
Wimbledon	3R (1989)
US Open	3R (1987)
Doubles
Career record	276–167
Career titles	22
Highest ranking	No. 1 (June 19, 1989)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	W (1988, 1989)
French Open	F (1991)
Wimbledon	W (1990)
US Open	F (1988)

Jim Pugh (born February 5, 1964) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. He grew up in Palos Verdes, California and at age 10 began taking tennis lessons from John Hillebrand. He played tennis at UCLA. He became a doubles specialist on the ATP Tour and won three Grand Slam men's doubles titles (two Australian Open, one Wimbledon) and five Grand Slam mixed doubles titles (three Australian Open, one Wimbledon, one US Open). Pugh reached the world No. 1 doubles ranking in 1989.

Career[]

Pugh was a member of the U.S. team that won the Davis Cup in 1990. Partnering with Rick Leach, he won the doubles rubbers in all four of the rounds which the U.S. played in that year and clinched the team's victory in the final with a win over Pat Cash and John Fitzgerald of Australia. Pugh has a 6–0 career record in Davis Cup play.

Pugh won 27 doubles titles (22 men's doubles and 5 mixed doubles). He also won one top-level singles title at Newport, Rhode Island in 1989, reaching a career-high singles ranking of world No. 37 in 1987. Pugh won his last career doubles title at Los Angeles in 1992. Pugh was inducted into the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Hall of Fame in 2008. ^[1]

Career finals[]

Doubles (22 titles, 15 runners-up)[]

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	May 1987	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Claudio Mezzadri	Miloslav Mečíř Tomáš Šmíd	6–4, 6–7, 2–6
Win	1.	May 1987	Munich, Germany	Clay	Blaine Willenborg	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	7–6, 4–6, 6–4
Loss	2.	Jul 1987	Schenectady, New York, U.S.	Hard	Brad Pearce	Gary Donnelly Gary Muller	6–7, 2–6
Win	2.	Oct 1987	Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.	Hard	Rick Leach	Dan Goldie Mel Purcell	6–3, 6–2
Win	3.	Nov 1987	Hong Kong	Hard	Mark Kratzmann	Marty Davis Brad Drewett	6–7, 6–4, 6–2
Loss	3.	Nov 1987	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Jim Grabb	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	3–6, 4–6
Win	4.	Jan 1988	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Rick Leach	Jeremy Bates Peter Lundgren	6–3, 6–2, 6–3
Loss	4.	May 1988	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Rick Leach	Darren Cahill Laurie Warder	4–6, 4–6
Win	5.	May 1988	Munich, Germany	Clay	Rick Leach	Alberto Mancini Christian Miniussi	7–6, 6–1
Win	6.	Jul 1988	Washington, D.C.	Hard	Rick Leach	Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken	6–3, 6–7, 6–2
Win	7.	Aug 1988	Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.	Hard	Rick Leach	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–4, 6–3
Win	8.	Aug 1988	Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.	Hard	Rick Leach	Jim Grabb Patrick McEnroe	6–2, 6–4
Loss	5.	Sep 1988	US Open, New York City	Hard	Rick Leach	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	W/O
Loss	6.	Oct 1988	Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.	Hard	Rick Leach	Scott Davis Tim Wilkison	4–6, 6–7
Win	9.	Nov 1988	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.	Carpet	Rick Leach	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–4, 6–1
Win	10.	Dec 1988	Masters Doubles, London	Carpet	Rick Leach	Emilio Sánchez Sergio Casal	6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 6–0
Win	11.	Jan 1989	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Rick Leach	Darren Cahill Mark Kratzmann	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	7.	Feb 1989	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.	Carpet	Rick Leach	Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg	3–6, 5–7
Win	12.	Mar 1989	Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.	Hard	Rick Leach	Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg	6–7, 6–3, 6–2, 2–6, 6–4
Win	13.	May 1989	Singapore	Hard	Rick Leach	Paul Chamberlin Paul Wekesa	6–3, 6–4
Win	14.	May 1989	Forest Hills, New York, U.S.	Clay	Rick Leach	Jim Courier Pete Sampras	6–4, 6–2
Loss	8.	Jul 1989	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Rick Leach	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–3, 6–7, 4–6, 6–7
Loss	9.	Nov 1989	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet	Rick Leach	Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken	3–6, 7–5, 3–6
Win	15.	Nov 1989	Itaparica, Brazil	Hard	Rick Leach	Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken	6–2, 7–6
Win	16.	Feb 1990	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.	Carpet	Rick Leach	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win	17.	Mar 1990	Key Biscayne, Florida, U.S.	Hard	Rick Leach	Boris Becker Cássio Motta	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	10.	May 1990	Bologna, Italy	Clay	Jérôme Potier	Gustavo Luza Udo Riglewski	6–7, 6–4, 1–6
Win	18.	Jul 1990	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Rick Leach	Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser	7–6, 7–6, 7–6
Loss	11.	Nov 1990	Wembley, United Kingdom	Carpet	Rick Leach	Jim Grabb Patrick McEnroe	6–7, 6–4, 3–6
Win	19.	Feb 1991	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.	Carpet	Rick Leach	Udo Riglewski Michael Stich	6–4, 6–4
Win	20.	May 1991	Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.	Clay	Rick Leach	Bret Garnett Greg Van Emburgh	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
Loss	12.	Jun 1991	French Open, Paris	Clay	Rick Leach	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	0–6, 6–7
Win	21.	Aug 1991	Los Angeles	Hard	Javier Frana	Glenn Michibata Brad Pearce	7–5, 2–6, 6–4
Win	22.	Aug 1992	Los Angeles	Hard	Patrick Galbraith	Francisco Montana David Wheaton	7–6, 7–6
Loss	13.	Jul 1993	Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.	Grass	Byron Black	Javier Frana Christo van Rensburg	6–4, 1–6, 6–7
Loss	14.	Jan 1994	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Jorge Lozano	Jonas Björkman Neil Borwick	4–6, 1–6
Loss	15.	May 1994	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.	Clay	Francisco Montana	Jared Palmer Richey Reneberg	6–4, 6–7, 4–6

Doubles performance timeline[]

References[]

External links[]

• Jim Pugh at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Jim Pugh at the International Tennis Federation
• Jim Pugh at the Davis Cup