Jim Pugh

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Jim Pugh (born February 5, 1964 in Burbank, California) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won 3 Grand Slam men's doubles titles (2 Australian Open, 1 Wimbledon), and 5 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles (3 Australian Open, 1 Wimbledon, 1 US Open). Pugh reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1989.

Pugh was a member of the US team which won the Davis Cup in 1990. Partnering Rick Leach, he won the doubles rubbers in all four of the rounds which the US 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 the Davis Cup.

During his career, Pugh won 27 doubles titles (22 men's doubles and 5 mixed doubles). He also won 1 top-level singles title at Newport, Rhode Island in 1989. (His career-high singles ranking was World No. 37 in 1987.) Pugh won his last career doubles title at Los Angeles in 1992.

Pugh was one of only a very few professional male players to use a two-handed forehand.

[edit] Titles (22)

Legend Grand Slam (3) Tennis Masters Cup (1) ATP Masters Series (1) ATP Tour (17)

Titles by Surface Hard (13) Clay (4) Grass (1) Carpet (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	11 May 1987	Munich, Germany	Clay	Blaine Willenborg	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	7–6, 4–6, 6–4
2.	12 October 1987	Scottsdale, U.S.	Hard	Rick Leach	Dan Goldie Mel Purcell	6–3, 6–2
3.	2 November 1987	Hong Kong	Hard	Mark Kratzmann	Marty Davis Brad Drewett	6–7, 6–4, 6–2
4.	25 January 1988	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Rick Leach	Jeremy Bates Peter Lundgren	6–3, 6–2, 6–3
5.	9 May 1988	Munich, Germany	Clay	Rick Leach	Alberto Mancini Christian Miniussi	7–6, 6–1
6.	25 July 1988	Washington D.C., U.S.	Hard	Rick Leach	Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken	6–3, 6–7, 6–2
7.	8 August 1988	Indianapolis, U.S.	Hard	Rick Leach	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–4, 6–3
8.	22 August 1988	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Rick Leach	Jim Grabb Patrick McEnroe	6–2, 6–4
9.	21 November 1988	Detroit, U.S.	Carpet	Rick Leach	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–4, 6–1
10.	11 December 1988	Masters Doubles, London	Carpet	Rick Leach	Emilio Sánchez Sergio Casal	6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 6–0
11.	30 January 1989	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Rick Leach	Darren Cahill Mark Kratzmann	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
12.	13 March 1989	Scottsdale, U.S.	Hard	Rick Leach	Paul Annacone Christo Van Rensburg	6–7, 6–3, 6–2, 2–6, 6–4
13.	1 May 1989	Singapore	Hard	Rick Leach	Paul Chamberlin Paul Wekesa	6–3, 6–4
14.	8 May 1989	Forest Hills, U.S.	Clay	Rick Leach	Jim Courier Pete Sampras	6–4, 6–2
15.	27 November 1989	Itaparica, Brazil	Hard	Rick Leach	Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken	6–2, 7–6
16.	26 February 1990	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet	Rick Leach	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
17.	26 March 1990	Miami, U.S.	Hard	Rick Leach	Boris Becker Cassio Motta	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
18.	9 July 1990	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Rick Leach	Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser	7–6, 7–6, 7–6
19.	18 February 1991	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet	Rick Leach	Udo Riglewski Michael Stich	6–4, 6–4
20.	13 May 1991	Charlotte, U.S.	Clay	Rick Leach	Bret Garnett Greg Van Emburgh	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
21.	5 August 1991	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Javier Frana	Glenn Michibata Brad Pearce	7–5, 2–6, 6–4
22.	10 August 1992	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Patrick Galbraith	Francisco Montana David Wheaton	7–6, 7–6

[edit] Runner-ups (15)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	4 May 1987	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Claudio Mezzadri	Miloslav Mečíř Tomáš Šmíd	4–6, 7–6, 6–2
2.	27 July 1987	Schenectady, U.S.	Hard	Brad Pearce	Gary Donnelly Gary Muller	7–6, 6–2
3.	9 November 1987	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Jim Grabb	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	6–3, 6–4
4.	2 May 1988	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Rick Leach	Darren Cahill Laurie Warder	6–4, 6–4
5.	12 September 1988	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Rick Leach	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	W/O
6.	10 October 1988	Scottsdale, U.S.	Hard	Rick Leach	Scott Davis Tim Wilkison	6–4, 7–6
7.	27 February 1989	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet	Rick Leach	Paul Annacone Christo Van Rensburg	6–3, 7–5
8.	10 July 1989	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Rick Leach	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	3–6, 7–6, 6–4, 7–6
9.	13 November 1989	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet	Rick Leach	Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken	6–3, 5–7, 6–3
10.	28 May 1990	Bologna, Italy	Clay	Jerome Potier	Gustavo Luza Udo Riglewski	7–6, 4–6, 6–1
11.	12 November 1990	Wembley, England	Carpet	Rick Leach	Jim Grabb Patrick McEnroe	7–6, 4–6, 6–3
12.	10 June 1991	French Open, Paris	Clay	Rick Leach	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–0, 7–6
13.	12 July 1993	Newport, U.S.	Grass	Byron Black	Javier Frana Christo Van Rensburg	4–6, 6–1, 7–6
14.	17 January 1994	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Jorge Lozano	Jonas Björkman Neil Borwick	6–4, 6–1
15.	2 May 1994	Atlanta, U.S.	Clay	Francisco Montana	Jared Palmer Richey Reneberg	4–6, 7–6, 6–4

[edit] External links

• ATP Tour profile for Jim Pugh
• Davis Cup record