Mike De Palmer

Mike De Palmer (October 17, 1961 – August 7, 2021) was a professional tennis player from the United States.

De Palmer enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won six tour doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional six times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 20 in 1986.

DePalmer had a career high singles ranking of 35, with wins over Jimmy Connors, Vitas Gerulaitis, Mel Purcell, Peter Fleming, Peter Lundgren, Paul McNamee, Jakob Hlasek, and Tim Gullikson. He reached the singles final in Ancona, Italy, in 1982, losing to Anders Järryd 6-3, 6-2.

DePalmer coached Boris Becker for several years, as well as other professional tennis players.

De Palmer died in Knoxville, Tennessee on August 7, 2021 at the age of 59 because of complications from pancreatic cancer.^[1] His father coached the tennis team at the University of Tennessee from 1981 to 1994.

Grand Prix and WCT finals[]

Doubles: 12 (6 titles, 6 runner-ups)[]

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	1984	San Francisco, U.S.	Hard (i)	Sammy Giammalva Jr.	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	3–6, 4–6
Win	1.	1985	Livingston, U.S.	Hard	Peter Doohan	Eddie Edwards Danie Visser	6–3, 6–4
Loss	2.	1985	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Gary Donnelly	Guy Forget Andrés Gómez	3–6, 4–6
Win	2.	1985	Vienna, Austria	Carpet (i)	Gary Donnelly	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	6–4, 6–3
Loss	3.	1986	Florence, Italy	Clay	Gary Donnelly	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	4–6, 6–7
Loss	4.	1986	San Francisco, U.S.	Hard (i)	Gary Donnelly	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	4–6, 6–7
Win	3.	1986	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet (i)	Gary Donnelly	Andrés Gómez Ivan Lendl	6–3, 7–5
Win	4.	1986	Hong Kong, U.K.	Hard	Gary Donnelly	Pat Cash Mark Kratzmann	7–6, 6–7, 7–5
Win	5.	1986	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard (i)	Christo van Rensburg	Andrés Gómez Sherwood Stewart	3–6, 6–2, 7–6
Loss	5.	1987	Chicago, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Gary Donnelly	Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg	3–6, 6–7
Win	6.	1989	Florence, Italy	Clay	Blaine Willenborg	Pietro Pennisi Simone Restelli	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	6.	1989	Bristol, England	Grass	Gary Donnelly	Paul Chamberlin Tim Wilkison	6–7, 4–6

References[]

External links[]

• Mike De Palmer at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Mike De Palmer at the International Tennis Federation