Wayne Pascoe

Australian tennis player

Wayne Pascoe
Full nameWayne Pascoe
Country (sports) Australia
Born (1955-04-19) 19 April 1955 (age 69)
Adelaide, Australia
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Career record9–17
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (1981)
Wimbledon2R (1981)
Doubles
Career record11–26
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (1980)
Wimbledon3R (1981, 1982)
US Open2R (1982)

Wayne Pascoe (born 19 April 1955) is a former professional tennis player from Australia.

Biography

A right-handed player from Adelaide, Pascoe began competing on tour in the late 1970s.

As a singles player on the Grand Prix circuit he had a win over Bill Scanlon at the Melbourne Indoor in 1980 and had his best run at the 1981 South Australian Open, where he made the quarter-finals in front of a home crowd.[1]

During his career he featured in the main draws of the Australian Open, Wimbledon Championships and US Open. He reached the second round of the 1981 Wimbledon Championships as a qualifier, with a first round win over Pascal Portes.[2] His best performances at Wimbledon came in doubles, twice making the round of 16, with John Fitzgerald in 1981 and David Mustard in 1982.

Pascoe, a property adviser by profession, has served on the board of Tennis NSW since 2011 and was appointed president in 2018.[3]

Challenger titles

Doubles: (1)

No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
1. 1981 Tokyo, Japan Clay Australia John Fitzgerald Australia Cliff Letcher
Australia Warren Maher 		6–1, 7–6

References

  1. ^ "Pascoe upsets Chris Lewis". The Canberra Times. ACT, Australia. 9 January 1981. p. 14. Retrieved 22 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Fancutt tumbles seed in first-round shock". The Canberra Times. ACT, Australia. 24 June 1981. p. 42. Retrieved 22 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Wayne Pascoe appointed President of Tennis NSW". Tennis NSW. 2 March 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018.

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