Victor Amaya

Victor Amaya

Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Born	(1954-07-02) July 2, 1954 Denver, Colorado, USA
Height	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	1973
Retired	1984
Plays	Left-handed (1-handed backhand)
Prize money	$694,304
Singles
Career record	186–173 (Grand Prix, WCT and Grand Slam level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 15 (August 4, 1980)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	SF (1979)
French Open	3R (1976, 1979)
Wimbledon	3R (1981)
US Open	3R (1977, 1979, 1980)
Doubles
Career record	193–170 (Grand Prix, WCT and Grand Slam level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles	6
Highest ranking	No. 16 (January 3, 1983)

Victor Amaya (born July 2, 1954 in Denver) is a former American male professional tour tennis player.

The left-handed Amaya's career-high singles ranking was World No. 15, which he attained in August 1980.

Amaya nearly beat tennis legend Björn Borg in the first round of the 1978 Wimbledon Championships. With his 135 mph lefty serve he had Borg down 2 sets to 1 before losing 9–8, 1–6, 6–1, 3–6, 3–6.

Amaya also won the 1980 French Open doubles title with partner Hank Pfister.

Amaya played college tennis at the University of Michigan^[1]

Grand Prix finals (8)

Singles titles (3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	1977	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Brian Teacher	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	1978	New Orleans, U.S.	Carpet	Roscoe Tanner	3–6, 5–7
Runner-up	2.	1979	Denver, U.S.	Carpet	Wojtek Fibak	4–6, 1–6
Winner	2.	1979	Surbiton, U.K.	Grass	Mark Edmondson	6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	3.	1980	Denver, U.S.	Carpet	Gene Mayer	2–6, 2–6
Winner	3.	1980	Washington, D.C., U.S.	Carpet	Ivan Lendl	6–7, 6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	4.	1980	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Heinz Günthardt	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	1980	Cleveland, U.S.	Hard	Gene Mayer	2–6, 1–6

Doubles titles (6)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	1978	Louisville, U.S.	Clay	John James	Wojtek Fibak Víctor Pecci	4–6, 7–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	1979	Lafayette, U.S.	Clay	Eric Friedler	Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart	4–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	1980	French Open, Paris	Clay	Hank Pfister	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	1–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	1980	Maui, U.S.	Hard	Hank Pfister	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	6–7, 7–6, 2–6
Winner	2.	1980	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Hank Pfister	Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart	6–3, 3–6, 7–6
Runner-up	4.	1981	Masters Doubles WCT, London	Carpet	Hank Pfister	Peter McNamara Paul McNamee	3–6, 6–2, 6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Winner	3.	1981	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Hank Pfister	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	6–4, 6–2
Winner	4.	1982	Monterrey, Mexico	Carpet	Hank Pfister	Tracy Delatte Mel Purcell	6–3, 6–7, 6–3
Runner-up	5.	1982	London/Queen's Club, U.K.	Grass	Hank Pfister	John McEnroe Peter Rennert	6–7, 5–7
Runner-up	6.	1982	Columbus, U.S.	Carpet	Hank Pfister	Tim Gullikson Bernard Mitton	6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Winner	5.	1982	Cleveland, U.S.	Hard	Hank Pfister	Matt Mitchell Craig Wittus	6–4, 7–6
Runner-up	7.	1982	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Hank Pfister	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	2–6, 7–6, 7–5, 2–6, 4–6
Winner	6.	1983	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Tim Gullikson	Carlos Kirmayr Cássio Motta	6–4, 6–3

References

External links

• Victor Amaya at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Victor Amaya at the International Tennis Federation