Eliot Teltscher
| Country (sports) |
 United States |
|---|---|
| Residence | Irvine, California |
| Born |
March 15, 1959 Rancho Palos Verdes, California |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Turned pro | 1977 |
| Retired | 1988 |
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $1,653,997 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 399–216 |
| Career titles | 10 |
| Highest ranking | No. 6 (May 7, 1982) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | QF (1983) |
| French Open | 4R (1979, 1982, 1983) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (1977) |
| US Open | QF (1980, 1981, 1983) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Tour Finals | QF (1984) |
| WCT Finals | QF (1984) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 161–164 |
| Career titles | 4 |
| Highest ranking | No. 38 (August 26, 1985) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (1983) |
| French Open | F (1981) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (1985) |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| French Open | W (1983) |
| Wimbledon | QF (1985) |
| Last updated on: December 17, 2012. | |
Eliot Teltscher (born March 15, 1959, in Rancho Palos Verdes, California) is a retired professional American tennis player. He resides in Irvine, California.
Teltscher began playing tennis when he was nine, and by the time he was seventeen, he was ranked in the top ten in the United States junior rankings. He attended UCLA in 1978 on a tennis scholarship, but dropped out to begin his professional tennis career. In the NCAA tournament that year, he was ranked number two and was expected play John Mcenroe from Stanford in the final. However, he lost in the quarter-finals to John Sadri of North Carolina State. That same year he defeated Onny Parun to win the New Zealand Open.
In 1979, Teltscher turned pro. A worldwide top 10 player from 1980–82, he was ranked no lower than #15 from through 1984. He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on May 7, 1982, when he became ranked #6 in the world.
In 1981, he had a famous outburst during the French Open at the end of a match against Ilie Năstase, against whom he lost on a controversial point. Furious at the decision, Teltscher snapped and grabbed the referee by the tie and had to be stopped by a few spectators who entered the court.
He and his partner Terry Moor made it to the finals of the French Open in 1981, and he and Barbara Jordan won the mixed doubles title in 1983. He made it to the quarterfinals at the US Open in 1980, 1981, and 1983, where each time he was defeated by Jimmy Connors. He beat Connors, ranked # 8 in the world, in Chicago 6–3, 6–1. He won 10 singles titles during his professional career, which ended in 1988.
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