Tim Mayotte

Tim Mayotte

Country (sports)	United States
Residence	New York, New York
Born	(1960-08-03) August 3, 1960 Springfield, MA, USA
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	1981
Retired	1992
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 2,663,672
Singles
Career record	340–203
Career titles	12
Highest ranking	No. 7 (October 31, 1988)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	SF (1983)
French Open	2R (1988, 1989)
Wimbledon	SF (1982)
US Open	QF (1989)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals	QF (1985)
WCT Finals	F (1985)
Olympic Games	F (1988)
Doubles
Career record	38–57
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 66 (January 3, 1983)
Medal record Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Singles

Timothy "Gentleman Tim" Mayotte (born August 3, 1960) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

Professional career

A tall serve-and-volleyer, Mayotte learned to play the game on the public courts of Forest Park in his hometown of Springfield, Massachusetts. He played tennis for Stanford University in the early-1980s and won the NCAA singles title in 1981.

Mayotte won his first top-level professional singles title in 1985 at the inaugural Lipton International Players Championships (now known as the Miami Masters). Other career highlights included winning the Queen's Club Championships in London in 1986, capturing the Paris Indoor title in 1987, and winning the men's singles Silver Medal at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul.

His best performances in Grand Slam tournaments came in reaching the semi-finals at Wimbledon in 1982 and the Australian Open in 1983. He also reached the quarter-finals of the US Open in 1989.

During his career, Mayotte won 12 singles titles and 1 doubles title. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 7. His career prize-money earnings totalled $2,663,672. His final career singles title was won in 1989 at Washington DC. Mayotte retired from the professional tour in 1992.

Mayotte was hired by the United States Tennis Association (USTA) to serve as a national coach in July 2009.

Mayotte's older brother Chris also played on the international tennis tour a few seasons.

Their older brother John was the number one junior player in New England and latter one of the top players in the New England Tennis Stars (NETS), a tour started by Ted Hoehn in the late 70s and 80s. John started the Mayotte Family string of successes at the very same forest Park mentioned above.

He then went to work as a tennis agent working for Donald Dell's ProServ. There he managed top ten and All American players on the ATP and WTA Tours. His clients included Amanda Coetzer and Greg Rusedski, who became semi-finalist and finalists at the French Open and U.S. Open consecutively.

Coach with USTA Player Development Program

After working as a coach for USTA Player Development under General Manager Patrick McEnroe, Mayotte spoke publicly about his experiences:

“One big issue and an expression of the pervading arrogance is that the bosses there at the USTA PD have no willingness or ability to deeply discuss ideas and methods. They want to produce great, strong independent players who can be flexible and adjust and yet they (the bosses) do not display any of these qualities. We have cultural dissonance of the highest and most destructive order going on there. Jose, and to a tragic level, Patrick feel somehow by virtue of their celebrity that their “magic” will rub off on people they control. What they are too lost to see is the word “development” in PD. As you know so well, building healthy individuals means walking thru the trenches with them and helping them analyze the moral, mental, and emotional choices they (and the parents) have to make and develop a healthy strong person in the process. Hard to do when you are dictating from a broadcast booth and a board room.”^[1]

Career finals

Singles 23 (12 titles, 11 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	October 5, 1981	Maui, U.S.	Hard	Hank Pfister	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	March 22, 1982	Strasbourg WCT, France	Carpet	Ivan Lendl	0–6, 5–7, 1–6
Runner-up	3.	June 21, 1982	Bristol, England	Grass	John Alexander	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	July 16, 1984	Newport, U.S.	Grass	Vijay Amritraj	6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	February 18, 1985	Delray Beach, U.S.	Hard	Scott Davis	4–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	April 15, 1985	Dallas, U.S. – WCT Finals	Carpet	Ivan Lendl	6–7(4–7), 4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	6.	February 3, 1986	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet	Ivan Lendl	w/o
Winner	2.	June 16, 1986	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Jimmy Connors	6–4, 2–1, ret.
Winner	3.	February 9, 1987	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet	John McEnroe	3–6, 6–1, 6–3, 6–1
Winner	4.	April 6, 1987	Chicago, U.S.	Carpet	David Pate	6–4, 6–2
Winner	5.	October 19, 1987	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Ricki Osterthun	6–2, 5–7, 6–4
Winner	6.	November 9, 1987	Paris Indoor, France	Carpet	Brad Gilbert	2–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
Winner	7.	November 16, 1987	Frankfurt, Germany	Carpet	Andrés Gómez	7–6(8–6), 6–4
Winner	8.	February 29, 1988	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet	John Fitzgerald	4–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–3
Winner	9.	July 25, 1988	Schenectady, U.S.	Hard	Johan Kriek	5–7, 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	7.	September 26, 1988	Seoul Olympics, South Korea	Hard	Miloslav Mečíř	6–3, 2–6, 4–6, 2–6
Winner	10.	October 10, 1988	Brisbane, Australia	Hard (i)	Marty Davis	6–4, 6–4
Winner	11.	October 24, 1988	Frankfurt, Germany	Carpet	Leonardo Lavalle	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	8.	February 29, 1989	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet	Boris Becker	6–7(4–7), 1–6, 3–6
Winner	12.	July 31, 1989	Washington D.C., U.S.	Hard	Brad Gilbert	3–6, 6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	9.	February 12, 1990	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Ivan Lendl	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	10.	February 19, 1990	Toronto Indoor, Canada	Carpet	Ivan Lendl	3–6, 0–6
Runner-up	11.	November 12, 1990	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Andrei Cherkasov	2–6, 1–6

Singles performance timeline

A = did not attend tournament
NH = tournament not held

References

External links

• Tim Mayotte at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Tim Mayotte at the International Tennis Federation
• Tim Mayotte at the Davis Cup
• Mayotte Named USTA Coach