Jeff Borowiak

Jeff Borowiak (born September 25, 1949) is a former professional tennis player from the United States, who won five singles and three doubles titles during his professional career, reaching a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 20 in August 1977.

Personal

Borowiak is also an accomplished musician, mastering the flute and the piano. He was also indirectly involved in the formation of the group Metallica when he invested in his friend and Danish fellow player Torben Ulrich's son band Lars Rocket, which later became Metallica.

Tennis career

Borowiak played number one singles on one of the greatest collegiate tennis team of all time for the UCLA Bruins. Haroon Rahim played number two singles, Jimmy Connors played at number three. Borowiak and Connors were NCAA champions, and Rahim remains the youngest player to represent his country in the Davis Cup competition.

Borowiak was ATP Comeback Player of the Year in 1981.

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

Career finals

Singles: 11 (5 titles – 6 runners-up)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 1971	Cologne WCT, Germany	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Robert Lutz	3–6, 7–6, 3–6, 1–6
Loss	0–2	Jul 1972	Bretton Woods, US	Hard	Template:Flagicon Cliff Richey	1–6, 0–6
Loss	0–3	Apr 1974	New Orleans WCT, US	Hard	Template:Flagicon John Newcombe	4–6, 2–6
Win	1–3	Apr 1973	Charlotte WCT, US	Clay	Template:Flagicon Dick Stockton	6–4, 5–7, 7–6(7–5)
Win	2–3	Nov 1974	Oslo, Norway	Indoor	Template:Flagicon Karl Meiler	6–3, 6–2
Loss	2–4	Jan 1976	Atlanta WCT, US	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	2–6, 4–6
Win	3–4	Feb 1977	Dayton, US	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Buster Mottram	6–3, 6–3
Win	4–4	Jul 1977	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jean-François Caujolle	2–6, 6–1, 6–3
Win	5–4	Aug 1977	Toronto, Canada	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jaime Fillol	6–0, 6–1
Loss	5–5	Mar 1981	Tampa, US	Hard	Template:Flagicon Mel Purcell	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	5–6	Nov 1981	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Template:Flagicon Vitas Gerulaitis	4–6, 6–7, 1–6

Doubles: 9 (3 titles – 6 runners-up)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 1973	Osaka, Japan		Template:Flagicon Tom Gorman	Template:Flagicon Jun Kamiwazumi Template:Flagicon Ken Rosewall	6–4, 7–6
Win	2–0	Feb 1974	Hempstead WCT, US	Hard	Template:Flagicon Dick Crealy	Template:Flagicon Ross Case Template:Flagicon Geoff Masters	6–7, 6–4, 6–4
Win	3–0	Aug 1974	Bretton Woods, US	Clay	Template:Flagicon Rod Laver	Template:Flagicon Georges Goven Template:Flagicon Francois Jauffret	6–3, 6–2
Loss	3–1	Nov 1973	Oslo, Norway	Indoor	Template:Flagicon Vitas Gerulaitis	Template:Flagicon Karl Meiler Template:Flagicon Haroon Rahim	3–6, 2–6
Loss	3–2	Oct 1975	Maui, US	Hard	Template:Flagicon Haroon Rahim	Template:Flagicon Fred McNair Template:Flagicon Sherwood Stewart	6–3, 6–7, 3–6
Loss	3–3	Mar 1976	Caracas, Venezuela	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	Template:Flagicon Brian Gottfried Template:Flagicon Raúl Ramírez	5–7, 4–6
Loss	3–4	Feb 1977	Dayton, US	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Andrew Pattison	Template:Flagicon Hank Pfister Template:Flagicon Butch Walts	4–6, 6–7
Loss	3–5	Oct 1977	Paris, France	Hard	Template:Flagicon Roger Taylor	Template:Flagicon Brian Gottfried Template:Flagicon Raúl Ramírez	2–6, 0–6
Loss	3–6	Aug 1978	Indianapolis, US	Clay	Template:Flagicon Chris Lewis	Template:Flagicon Gene Mayer Template:Flagicon Hank Pfister	3–6, 1–6

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