Country (sports) | United States |
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Residence | Manhattan Beach, California, USA |
Born |
Burbank, California, USA |
February 5, 1964
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) |
Turned pro | 1985 |
Retired | 1996 |
Plays | Right-handed (2-handed both sides) |
Prize money | US$ 1,780,466 |
Singles | |
Career record | 85–95 |
Career titles | 1 |
Highest ranking | No. 37 (November 23, 1987) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (1988) |
French Open | 3R (1987) |
Wimbledon | 3R (1989) |
US Open | 3R (1987) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 276–167 |
Career titles | 22 |
Highest ranking | No. 1 (June 19, 1989) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | W (1988, 1989) |
French Open | F (1991) |
Wimbledon | W (1990) |
US Open | F (1988) |
Last updated on: October 11, 2012. |
Jim Pugh (born February 5, 1964 in Burbank, California) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won three Grand Slam men's doubles titles (two Australian Open, one Wimbledon) and five Grand Slam mixed doubles titles (three Australian Open, one Wimbledon, one US Open). Pugh reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1989.
Pugh was a member of the U.S. team that won the Davis Cup in 1990. Partnering with Rick Leach, he won the doubles rubbers in all four of the rounds which the U.S. played in that year and clinched the team's victory in the final with a win over Pat Cash and John Fitzgerald of Australia. Pugh has a 6–0 career record in the Davis Cup.
Pugh won 27 doubles titles (22 men's doubles and 5 mixed doubles). He also won one top-level singles title at Newport, Rhode Island in 1989, reaching a career-high singles ranking of World No. 37 in 1987. Pugh won his last career doubles title at Los Angeles in 1992. Pugh was inducted into the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Hall of Fame.
A = did not attend tournament
NH = tournament not held