Jeff Borowiak

Jeff Borowiak
Singles
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Seattle, WA United States
Born	(1949-09-25) September 25, 1949 Berkeley, CA, USA
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	1968 (amateur tour from 1967)
Retired	1986
Plays	Right-handed (1-handed backhand)
Career record	276-291 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	7
Highest ranking	No. 20 (August 30, 1977)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	4R (1982)
French Open	3R (1978)
Wimbledon	4R (1971, 1981)
US Open	3R (1968)
Doubles
Career record	146-211 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	3
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open	3R (1977, 1978)
Wimbledon	3R (1974, 1976, 1977)
US Open	QF (1971)

Jeff Borowiak (born September 25, 1949) is a former professional tennis player from the United States, who won five singles and three doubles titles during his professional career, reaching a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 20 in August 1977.

Personal

Borowiak is also an accomplished musician, mastering the flute and the piano. He was also indirectly involved in the formation of the group Metallica when he invested in his friend and Danish fellow player Torben Ulrich's son band Lars Rocket, which later became Metallica.

Tennis career

Borowiak played number one singles on one of the greatest collegiate tennis team of all time for the UCLA Bruins. Haroon Rahim played number two singles, Jimmy Connors played at number three. Borowiak and Connors were NCAA champions, while Rahim remains the youngest player ever to represent his country in the Davis Cup competition.

Borowiak was ATP Comeback Player of the Year in 1981.^[1]

Borowiak was inducted into the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Hall of Fame.^[2]

Career finals

Singles: 11 (5 titles – 6 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	October 17, 1971	Cologne WCT, Germany	Carpet	Robert Lutz	3–6, 7–6, 3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	July 10, 1972	Bretton Woods, USA	Hard	Cliff Richey	1–6, 0–6
Runner-up	3.	April 7, 1974	New Orleans WCT, USA	Hard	John Newcombe	4–6, 2–6
Winner	1.	April 15, 1973	Charlotte WCT, USA	Clay	Dick Stockton	6–4, 5–7, 7–6^(7–5)
Winner	2.	November 16, 1974	Oslo, Norway	Indoor	Karl Meiler	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	January 14, 1976	Atlanta WCT, USA	Carpet (i)	Ilie Năstase	2–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	February 2, 1977	Dayton, USA	Carpet (i)	Buster Mottram	6–3, 6–3
Winner	4.	July 3, 1977	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Jean-Francois Caujolle	2–6, 6–1, 6–3
Winner	5.	August 16, 1977	Toronto, Canada	Clay	Jaime Fillol	6–0, 6–1
Runner-up	5.	March 9, 1981	Tampa, USA	Hard	Mel Purcell	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	6.	November 23, 1981	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Vitas Gerulaitis	4–6, 6–7, 1–6

Doubles: 9 (3 titles – 6 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	October 7, 1973	Osaka, Japan.		Tom Gorman	Jun Kamiwazumi Ken Rosewall	6–4, 7–6
Winner	2.	February 18, 1974	Hempstead WCT, USA	Hard	Dick Crealy	Ross Case Geoff Masters	6–7, 6–4, 6–4
Winner	3.	August 5, 1974	Bretton Woods, USA	Clay	Rod Laver	Georges Goven Francois Jauffret	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	1.	November 16, 1973	Oslo, Norway	Indoor	Vitas Gerulaitis	Karl Meiler Haroon Rahim	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	October 5, 1975	Maui, USA	Hard	Haroon Rahim	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	6–3, 6–7, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	March 30, 1976	Caracas, Venezuela	Clay	Ilie Năstase	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	5–7, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	February 2, 1977	Dayton, USA	Carpet (i)	Andrew Pattison	Hank Pfister Butch Walts	4–6, 6–7
Runner-up	5.	October 31, 1977	Paris, France	Hard	Roger Taylor	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	2–6, 0–6
Runner-up	6.	August 7, 1978	Indianapolis, USA	Clay	Chris Lewis	Gene Mayer Hank Pfister	3–6, 1–6

References

External links

Jeff Borowiak at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Jeff Borowiak at the International Tennis Federation

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