Scott Davis (tennis)

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**Scott Davis**

Country	United States
Residence	Irvine, California
Date of birth	27 August 1962
Place of birth	Santa Monica, California
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1+¹⁄₂ in)
Weight	170 lb (77 kg/12 st)
Turned pro	1983
Retired	1998
Plays	Right-handed
Career prize money	US$2,287,611
Singles
Career record:	206 - 198
Career titles:	3
Highest ranking:	11 (28 October 1985)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	QF (1984)
French Open	1st (1980, 1987, 1990, 1991)
Wimbledon	4th (1984)
US Open	3rd (1982, 1988)
Doubles
Career record:	368 - 286
Career titles:	22
Highest ranking:	2 (28 January 1991)

Scott Davis (born August 27, 1962, in Santa Monica, California) is a former top-ranking professional tennis player. He reached a career high singles ranking of World No. 11 (in October, 1985) and doubles ranking of number two (in January 1991).

A 6'2" right-handed serve and volleyer, Davis played 14 years on the tour, earning $2,287,611 in prize money. He won 3 singles titles - the 1983 Maui, 1985 Tokyo Outdoor, and 1990 Auckland Grand Prix events - and 22 doubles titles. His biggest doubles title was the 1991 Australian Open, which he won partnering David Pate. Other big doubles wins included the 1990 Los Angeles, Indianapolis, and Paris Open, and 1993 Indianapolis Grand Prix events, all partnering Pate. He was also a men's doubles finalist at the 1991 US Open with Pate.

Since retiring from the tour in 1998, Davis has been active on the over-35 senior tour and as a private tennis coach.

1 ATP Tour finals
2 External links

[edit] ATP Tour finals

[edit] Singles titles (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	31 October 1983	Maui, U.S.	Hard	Vincent Van Patten	6–3, 6–7, 7–6
2.	21 October 1985	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Hard	Jimmy Arias	6–1, 7–6
3.	15 January 1990	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Andrei Chesnokov	4–6, 6–3, 6–3

[edit] Singles finalist (7)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	6 July 1981	Napa, U.S.	Hard	Sammy Giammalva Jr.	3–6, 7–5, 1–6
2.	31 October 1983	Newport, U.S.	Grass	John Fitzgerald	6–2, 1–6, 3–6
3.	31 October 1983	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet (i)	Ivan Lendl	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
4.	12 December 1983	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet (i)	Nduka Odizor	4–6, 6–3, 4–6
5.	18 February 1985	Delray Beach, U.S.	Hard	Tim Mayotte	6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 2–6, 4–6
6.	24 November 1986	Houston, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Slobodan Živojinović	1–6, 6–4, 3–6
7.	24 July 1989	Schenectady, U.S.	Hard	Simon Youl	6–2, 4–6, 4–6

[edit] Doubles titles (22)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	31 October 1983	Columbus, U.S.	Hard	Brian Teacher	Vijay Amritraj John Fitzgerald	6–1, 4–6, 7–6
2.	6 August 1984	Livingston, U.S.	Hard	Ben Testerman	Paul Annacone Glenn Michibata	6–4, 6–4
3.	12 August 1985	Stratton Mountain, U.S.	Hard	David Pate	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	3–6, 7–6, 7–6
4.	23 September 1985	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Robert Van't Hof	Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg	6–3, 7–6
5.	21 October 1985	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Hard	David Pate	Sammy Giammalva Jr. Greg Holmes	7–6, 6–7, 6–3
6.	3 February 1986	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet (i)	David Pate	Stefan Edberg Anders Jarryd	6–4, 6–7, 6–3
7.	10 October 1988	Scottsdale, U.S.	Hard	Tim Wilkison	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	6–4, 7–6
8.	17 April 1989	Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Paul Wekesa	John Letts Bruce Man Son Hing	6–2, 6–4
9.	24 July 1989	Schenectady, U.S.	Hard	Broderick Dyke	Brad Pearce Byron Talbot	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
10.	9 October 1989	Orlando, U.S.	Hard	Tim Pawsat	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	7–5, 5–7, 6–4
11.	9 April 1990	Orlando, U.S.	Hard	David Pate	Alfonso Mora Brian Page	6–3, 7–5
12.	14 May 1990	Kiawah Island, U.S.	Clay	David Pate	Jim Grabb Leonardo Lavalle	6–2, 6–3
13.	6 August 1990	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	David Pate	Peter Lundgren Paul Wekesa	3–6, 6–1, 6–3
14.	20 August 1990	Indianapolis, U.S.	Hard	David Pate	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	4–6, 6–2, 6–2
15.	5 November 1990	Paris Indoor, France	Carpet (i)	David Pate	Darren Cahill Mark Kratzmann	7–6, 7–6
16.	14 January 1991	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Hard	David Pate	Darren Cahill Mark Kratzmann	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
17.	28 January 1991	Australian Open	Hard	David Pate	Patrick McEnroe David Wheaton	6–7, 7–6, 6–3, 7–5
18.	4 March 1991	Chicago, U.S.	Carpet (i)	David Pate	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	6–4, 5–7, 7–6
19.	22 July 1991	Washington, U.S.	Hard	David Pate	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	7–6, 7–6,
20.	8 February 1993	San Francisco, U.S.	Hard (i)	Jacco Eltingh	Patrick McEnroe Jonathan Stark	6–1, 4–6, 7–5
21.	23 August 1993	Indianapolis, U.S.	Hard	Todd Martin	Ken Flach Rick Leach	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
22.	22 July 1996	Washington, U.S.	Hard	Grant Connell	Doug Flach Chris Woodruff	6–4, 7–6

[edit] Doubles finalist (19)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	31 October 1983	Maui, U.S.	Hard	Mike Bauer	Tony Giammalva Steve Meister	3–6, 7–5, 4–6
2.	12 March 1984	La Quinta, U.S.	Hard	Ferdi Taygan	Steve Meister Butch Walts	6–4, 4–6, 6–7
3.	28 October 1985	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet (i)	David Pate	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–4, 3–6, 6–7(7–9)
4.	13 October 1986	Scottsdale, U.S.	Hard	David Pate	Leonardo Lavalle Mike Leach	6–7, 4–6
5.	9 November 1987	Paris Indoor, France	Carpet (i)	David Pate	Jakob Hlasek Claudio Mezzadri	6–7, 2–6
6.	16 November 1987	Frankfurt, Germany	Carpet (i)	David Pate	Boris Becker Patrik Kuhnen	4–6, 2–6
7.	11 July 1988	Newport	Grass	Dan Goldie	Kelly Jones Peter Lundgren	3–6, 6–7
8.	8 October 1988	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Tim Wilkison	John McEnroe Mark Woodforde	4–6, 6–7
9.	20 February 1989	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Tim Wilkison	Paul Annacone Christo Van Rensburg	4–6, 2–6
10.	15 October 1990	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet (i)	David Pate	Guy Forget Jakob Hlasek	2–6, 6–4, 2–6
11.	9 September 1991	US Open	Hard	David Pate	John Fitzgerald Anders Jarryd	3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 3–6
12.	14 October 1991	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet (i)	David Pate	Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg	3–6, 7–6, 2–6
13.	13 January 1992	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Hard	David Pate	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	6–3, 1–6, 4–6
14.	9 August 1993	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Grant Connell	Wayne Ferreira Michael Stich	6–7, 6–7
15.	20 June 1994	Manchester, UK	Grass	Trevor Kronemann	Rick Leach Danie Visser	4–6, 6–4, 6–7
16.	8 August 1994	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Brian MacPhie	John Fitzgerald Mark Woodforde	6–4, 2–6, 0–6
17.	7 August 1995	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Goran Ivanišević	Brent Haygarth Kent Kinnear	4–6, 6–7
18.	21 August 1995	Indianapolis, U.S.	Hard	Todd Martin	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	3–6, 5–7
19.	5 May 1997	Atlanta, U.S.	Clay	Kelly Jones	Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti	2–6, 6–7