Brad Pearce (tennis)

Brad Pearce (born March 21, 1966) is a former tennis player from the United States, who turned professional in 1986. He won four doubles titles during his career. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP ranking on October 8, 1990, when he became the World No. 71.

Pearce was inducted into the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Hall of Fame.

Career

1987

Pearce started off his new season playing doubles, reaching four finals. Three of those were on the Grand Prix tennis circuit. He won his first final in January at the Auckland, with partner Kelly Jones. En route he defeated players such as Milan Šrejber and Mark Woodforde to win the title. His year continued on a high note, making it to the quarter-finals of the Ebel U.S. Pro Indoor and the Lorraine Open and the semi-finals of the Japan Open Tennis Championships. Later he reached the finals at the OTB Open with partner Jim Pugh, losing to Gary Donnelly and Gary Muller 6–7, 2–6. A month later he made it to the final in New Haven with partner Gilad Bloom of Israel as the #1 seed, losing to the #2 seed Glenn Layendecker and Glenn Michibata 6–3, 4–6, 2–6.

1990

The highlight of Pearce's single career was his appearance in the quarter-finals of the Wimbledon Championship. Pearce was an unseeded player, and one of three Americans in the quarter-finals (Brad Gilbert and Kevin Curren being the others). En route he beat Ronnie Båthman (6–3, 3–6, 6–2, 6–3), Shuzo Matsuoka (7–6, 7–5, 6–3), Milan Šrejber (6–3, 6–3, 6–1), and Mark Woodforde (6–4, 6–4, 6–4) to face Ivan Lendl, the #1 seed of the tournament, where he lost (4–6, 4–6, 7–5, 4–6).

Personal life

Pearce now works as an employee of Brigham Young University in the athletic department. He is the head coach of the BYU men's tennis team, and coached several players who have reached the top 800's in ATP rankings.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 12 (4 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters Series (0–0) ATP Championship Series (0–2) ATP World Series (4–6)

Finals by surface Hard (3–8) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–0)

Finals by setting Outdoors (2–5) Indoors (2–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	[[World Championship Tennis|Template:Dts]]	Houston, United States	Grand Prix	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Ricardo Acuña	Template:Flagicon Chip Hooper Template:Flagicon Mike Leach	6–4, 7–5
Win	2–0	[[1987 Benson and Hedges Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Auckland, New Zealand	Grand Prix	Hard	Template:Flagicon Kelly Jones	Template:Flagicon Carl Limberger Template:Flagicon Mark Woodforde	7–6, 7–6
Loss	2–1	[[1987 Schenectady Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Schenectady, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jim Pugh	Template:Flagicon Gary Donnelly Template:Flagicon Gary Muller	6–7, 2–6
Loss	2–2	[[1987 South African Open (tennis)|Template:Dts]]	Johannesburg, South Africa	Grand Prix	Hard	Template:Flagicon Eric Korita	Template:Flagicon Kevin Curren Template:Flagicon David Pate	4–6, 4–6
Loss	2–3	[[1989 OTB Open – Men's doubles|Template:Dts]]	Schenectady, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Template:Flagicon Byron Talbot	Template:Flagicon Scott Davis Template:Flagicon Broderick Dyke	2–6, 6–7
Loss	2–4	[[Japan Open (tennis)|Template:Dts]]	Tokyo, Japan	Championship Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Kent Kinnear	Template:Flagicon Mark Kratzmann Template:Flagicon Wally Masur	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Win	3–4	[[1990 OTB International Open – Men's doubles|Template:Dts]]	Schenectady, United States	World Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Richard Fromberg	Template:Flagicon Brian Garrow Template:Flagicon Sven Salumaa	6–2, 3–6, 7–6
Loss	3–5	[[1991 Volvo Tennis/Los Angeles – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Los Angeles, United States	World Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Glenn Michibata	Template:Flagicon Javier Frana Template:Flagicon Jim Pugh	5–7, 6–2, 4–6
Loss	3–6	[[1992 Seoul Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Seoul, South Korea	World Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Kelly Evernden	Template:Flagicon Kevin Curren Template:Flagicon Gary Muller	6–7, 4–6
Win	4–6	[[1992 Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Toulouse, France	World Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Byron Talbot	Template:Flagicon Guy Forget Template:Flagicon Henri Leconte	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	4–7	[[1993 Comcast U.S. Indoor – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Philadelphia, United States	Championship Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Marcos Ondruska	Template:Flagicon Jim Grabb Template:Flagicon Richey Reneberg	7–6, 3–6, 0–6
Loss	4–8	[[1993 Swiss Indoors – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Basel, Switzerland	World Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Dave Randall	Template:Flagicon Byron Black Template:Flagicon Jonathan Stark	6–3, 5–7, 3–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 2 (0–2)

Legend ATP Challenger (0–2) ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Template:Dts	Gevrey-Chambertin, France	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Martin Laurendeau	6–4, 1–6, 6–7
Loss	0–2	Template:Dts	Bergen, Norway	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Jan Gunnarsson	3–6, 6–7

Doubles: 4 (1–3)

Legend ATP Challenger (1–3) ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (1–0) Clay (0–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Template:Dts	Guadeloupe, France	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Gilad Bloom	Template:Flagicon Patrick Baur Template:Flagicon Christian Saceanu	6–4, 6–2
Loss	1–1	Template:Dts	Gevrey-Chambertin, France	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Greg Van Emburgh	Template:Flagicon Nduka Odizor Template:Flagicon Paul Wekesa	4–6, 2–6
Loss	1–2	Template:Dts	Pembroke Pines, United States	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Glenn Layendecker	Template:Flagicon Roberto Saad Template:Flagicon Tobias Svantesson	6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Loss	1–3	Template:Dts	Pembroke Pines, United States	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Todd Witsken	Template:Flagicon Rikard Bergh Template:Flagicon Trevor Kronemann	3–6, 3–6

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	3R	A	A	A	1R	Q1	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	1R	Q1	Q1	Q2	QF	1R	Q2	Q1	A	0 / 3	4–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	1R	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	4–2	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 8	5–8	Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells	A	A	A	1R	2R	1R	A	A	Q3	0 / 3	1–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
Miami	A	1R	A	1R	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 3	0–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0	Template:Tennis win percentage
Canada	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	2R	Q1	Q1	0 / 3	2–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
Cincinnati	A	A	A	2R	A	1R	Q1	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–3	2–2	0–4	1–1	0–0	0–0	0 / 11	4–11	Template:Tennis win percentage

Doubles

Tournament	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	QF	1R	2R	2R	0 / 5	5–5	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	3R	2R	0 / 6	3–6	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	A	A	A	1R	1R	Q2	1R	2R	2R	1R	1R	1R	0 / 8	2–8	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	1R	A	A	1R	A	2R	2R	2R	1R	1R	QF	1R	0 / 9	6–9	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	2–3	4–4	0–4	6–4	2–4	0 / 28	16–28	Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	A	A	QF	1R	1R	1R	0 / 6	3–6	Template:Tennis win percentage
Miami	A	A	A	A	2R	A	2R	3R	3R	2R	2R	2R	0 / 7	6–7	Template:Tennis win percentage
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	0 / 1	2–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF	QF	2R	0 / 3	6–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	1R	QF	1R	0 / 5	3–5	Template:Tennis win percentage
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	2R	Q1	QF	1R	0 / 4	4–4	Template:Tennis win percentage
Paris	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	QF	Q2	0 / 2	3–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	2–2	2–2	6–5	4–4	8–6	3–6	0 / 28	27–28	Template:Tennis win percentage

External links

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