Jeremy Bates (tennis)

Michael Jeremy Bates (born 19 June 1962) is a British former professional tennis player. He was ranked UK number 1 in 1987 and from 1989 to 1994. He reached a career-high ATP world ranking of 54 from 17 April 1995 to 23 April 1995.

During his career Bates won two Grand Slam mixed doubles titles, at Wimbledon in 1987 and the Australian Open in 1991, partnering his fellow British player Jo Durie. He also won one top-level singles title and three men's doubles titles on the professional circuit. After retiring as a player, Bates served as the captain of Britain's Davis Cup team from 2004 to 2006.

Career

Bates turned professional in 1982. Partnering his fellow British player Jo Durie, he won the mixed doubles titles at Wimbledon in 1987, the first British doubles team to win the title for 51 years and the Australian Open in 1991, the first time a British doubles team has ever won the title. He was also a Men's Doubles runner-up at the Australian Open in 1988 (partnering Sweden's Peter Lundgren).

As a singles player, Bates reached the fourth round at Wimbledon twice – in 1992 and 1994 – losing on both occasions to France's Guy Forget. In the 1992 encounter, Bates held a match point against Forget in the fourth set, but failed to convert it and ended up losing in five sets 7–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–7, 3–6, narrowly missing out on a place in the quarter-finals against John McEnroe. Bates was also the first ever opponent of Andre Agassi in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, in the first round of the 1986 US Open, with Bates winning in four sets against the 16-year-old wildcard Agassi.

Bates won one top-level singles title during his career – at Seoul in 1994 when he was aged 31, becoming the first British male to win an ATP tour title since Mark Cox in 1977 (he was the oldest champion on the tour that season). He also won three men's doubles titles at Tel Aviv (1989), Queen's Club (1990), and Rotterdam (1994). He was the British national champion six times, and played in 20 Davis Cup ties for Britain, scoring 27 wins and 24 losses. His career-high rankings were World No. 54 in singles (in 1995) and World No. 25 in doubles (in 1991).

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 loss)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1988	Australian Open	Hard	Template:Flagicon Peter Lundgren	Template:Flagicon Rick Leach Template:Flagicon Jim Pugh	3–6, 2–6, 3–6

Mixed doubles: 2 (2 wins)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1987	Wimbledon	Grass	Template:Flagicon Jo Durie	Template:Flagicon Nicole Bradtke Template:Flagicon Darren Cahill	7–6(12–10), 6–3
Win	1991	Australian Open	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jo Durie	Template:Flagicon Robin White Template:Flagicon Scott Davis	2–6, 6–4, 6–4

ATP Career Finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters Series (0–0) ATP Championship Series (0–0) ATP World Series (1–0)

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

Finals by setting Outdoors (1–0) Indoors (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	[[1994 KAL Cup Korea Open – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Seoul, South Korea	World Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jörn Renzenbrink	6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–3

Doubles: 11 (3 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–1) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters Series (0–0) ATP Championship Series (0–1) ATP World Series (3–6)

Finals by surface Hard (1–3) Clay (0–0) Grass (1–1) Carpet (1–4)

Finals by setting Outdoors (2–3) Indoors (1–5)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	[[1988 Australian Open - Men's Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Melbourne, Australia	Grand Slam	Hard	Template:Flagicon Peter Lundgren	Template:Flagicon Rick Leach Template:Flagicon Jim Pugh	3–6, 2–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	[[1988 Rye Brook Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Rye Brook, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Template:Flagicon Michael Mortensen	Template:Flagicon Andrew Castle Template:Flagicon Tim Wilkison	6–4, 5–7, 6–7
Loss	0–3	[[1988 Ebel Swiss Indoors|Template:Dts]]	Basel, Switzerland	Grand Prix	Hard	Template:Flagicon Peter Lundgren	Template:Flagicon Jakob Hlasek Template:Flagicon Tomáš Šmíd	3–6, 1–6
Loss	0–4	[[Frankfurt Cup|Template:Dts]]	Frankfurt, West Germany	Grand Prix	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Tom Nijssen	Template:Flagicon Rudiger Haas Template:Flagicon Goran Ivanisevic	6–1, 5–7, 3–6
Win	1–4	[[1989 Tel Aviv Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Tel-Aviv, Israel	Grand Prix	Hard	Template:Flagicon Patrick Baur	Template:Flagicon Rikard Bergh Template:Flagicon Per Henricsson	6–1, 4–6, 6–1
Loss	1–5	[[1989 Benson & Hedges Championships – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Wembley, United Kingdom	Grand Prix	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Kevin Curren	Template:Flagicon Jakob Hlasek Template:Flagicon John McEnroe	1–6, 6–7
Win	2–5	[[1990 Stella Artois Championships – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Queen's, United Kingdom	World Series	Grass	Template:Flagicon Kevin Curren	Template:Flagicon Henri Leconte Template:Flagicon Ivan Lendl	6–2, 7–6
Loss	2–6	[[1991 Eurocard Classics|Template:Dts]]	Stuttgard, Germany	Championship Series	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Nick Brown	Template:Flagicon Sergio Casal Template:Flagicon Emilio Sánchez	3–6, 5–7
Loss	2–7	[[1991 Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Toulouse, France	World Series	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Kevin Curren	Template:Flagicon Tom Nijssen Template:Flagicon Cyril Suk	6–3, 3–6, 6–7
Loss	2–8	[[1992 Manchester Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Manchester, United Kingdom	World Series	Grass	Template:Flagicon Laurie Warder	Template:Flagicon Patrick Galbraith Template:Flagicon David Macpherson	6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Win	3–8	[[1994 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Rotterdam, Netherlands	World Series	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Jonas Björkman	Template:Flagicon Jacco Eltingh Template:Flagicon Paul Haarhuis	6–4, 6–1

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 10 (5–5)

Legend ATP Challenger (5–5) ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (4–3) Clay (0–0) Grass (1–0) Carpet (0–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Template:Dts	Madeira, Portugal	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Nuno Marques	3–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Template:Dts	Cape Town, South Africa	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Gary Muller	7–5, 2–6, 3–6
Win	1–2	Template:Dts	Durban, South Africa	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Grant Stafford	6–4, 6–1
Win	2–2	Template:Dts	Cherbourg, France	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Byron Black	7–5, 1–6, 7–6
Loss	2–3	Template:Dts	Taipei, Taiwan	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Sandon Stolle	3–6, 7–5, 5–7
Loss	2–4	Template:Dts	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Sandon Stolle	6–7, 4–6
Loss	2–5	Template:Dts	Dublin, Ireland	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Paolo Cane	3–6, 5–7
Win	3–5	Template:Dts	Gothenburg, Sweden	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Alex Radulescu	6–2, 6–3
Win	4–5	Template:Dts	Brest, France	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Lionel Barthez	6–3, 6–1
Win	5–5	Template:Dts	Bristol, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Template:Flagicon Andrew Foster	6–7, 6–4, 6–3

Doubles: 7 (5–2)

Legend ATP Challenger (5–2) ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (3–2) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (2–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Template:Dts	Enugu, Nigeria	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Stanislav Birner	Template:Flagicon Jorge Lozano Template:Flagicon Tim Pawsat	1–6, 6–1, 2–6
Win	1–1	Template:Dts	Telford, United Kingdom	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Nick Brown	Template:Flagicon Ronnie Baathman Template:Flagicon Rikard Bergh	6–4, 7–6
Win	2–1	Template:Dts	Cape Town, South Africa	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Marius Barnard	Template:Flagicon Wayne Ferreira Template:Flagicon Pieter Norval	6–3, 6–1
Win	3–1	Template:Dts	Nagoya, Japan	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Mark Petchey	Template:Flagicon Bertrand Madsen Template:Flagicon Leander Paes	7–5, 3–6, 7–6
Loss	3–2	Template:Dts	New Haven, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Byron Black	Template:Flagicon Todd Nelson Template:Flagicon Leander Paes	5–7, 6–2, 6–7
Abandoned	3–2	Template:Dts	Bristol, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Template:Flagicon Mark Petchey	Template:Flagicon Paul Hand Template:Flagicon Chris Wilkinson	7–6, 4–6
Win	4–2	Template:Dts	Singapore, Singapore	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Christo Van Rensburg	Template:Flagicon Sander Groen Template:Flagicon Grant Stafford	6–3, 6–4
Win	5–2	Template:Dts	Gothenburg, Sweden	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Chris Wilkinson	Template:Flagicon Andrew Foster Template:Flagicon Ross Matheson	7–6, 6–3

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	Q2	Q2	Q1	1R	A	2R	2R	3R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	2R	A	0 / 9	4–9	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	3R	3R	1R	A	A	1R	Q2	1R	A	0 / 6	4–6	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	Q2	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	3R	2R	2R	2R	2R	4R	1R	4R	1R	1R	0 / 15	12–15	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	A	1R	A	1R	A	A	Q2	1R	1R	A	0 / 6	1–6	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–3	1–3	2–2	4–4	5–3	1–4	1–2	3–2	0–3	3–2	1–4	0–1	0 / 36	21–36	Template:Tennis win percentage
National Representation
Summer Olympics	Not Held			A	Not Held			2R	Not Held			A	Not Held			A	0 / 1	1–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Masters Series
Miami	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 3	0–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	1R	2R	2R	1R	A	0 / 5	2–5	Template:Tennis win percentage
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–2	0–1	0–2	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	0 / 10	2–10	Template:Tennis win percentage

Doubles

Tournament	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	2R	A	3R	A	2R	F	2R	1R	SF	1R	2R	A	A	A	0 / 9	15–9	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	3R	1R	1R	1R	2R	2R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 8	4–8	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	Q1	1R	2R	1R	2R	1R	2R	2R	1R	QF	1R	2R	QF	2R	1R	2R	0 / 15	13–15	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 5	2–5	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	0–1	2–2	0–1	3–2	1–3	4–3	6–4	1–4	4–4	5–4	2–3	4–3	1–1	0–1	1–1	0 / 37	34–37	Template:Tennis win percentage
National Representation
Summer Olympics	Not Held			A	Not Held			1R	Not Held			A	Not Held			A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Masters Series
Miami	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	3R	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 4	3–4	Template:Tennis win percentage
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	QF	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	3–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF	A	A	1R	2R	A	A	A	0 / 3	3–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	A	QF	A	1R	A	1R	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	0 / 3	2–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	4–3	0–1	3–3	2–1	0–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 14	12–14	Template:Tennis win percentage

Mixed Doubles

Tournament	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	W	QF	A	A	A	A	1 / 3	9–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	3R	2R	A	A	1R	QF	W	2R	A	QF	3R	3R	QF	2R	2R	3R	1 / 13	24–12	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	3–1	6–0	1–1	0–0	5–2	7–1	4–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	2 / 16	35–14	Template:Tennis win percentage

Post-retirement activity

Template:BLP unsourced section Bates retired from the professional tour in 1996. Since leaving the tour, he has served as captain of Britain's Davis Cup team as well as playing in seniors' events. He quit as Head of Performance for the Lawn Tennis Association in January 2007. In September 2007, Bates was appointed Director of Tennis at the Sutton Tennis Academy (London, UK). He quit Sutton Tennis Academy in May 2010, and worked as a broadcaster and commentator for the BBC, Eurosport and Sky. He became the individual coach of former British Number 1 Anne Keothavong and continues to coach, including British player, Katie Boulter. He is also a motivational speaker on team building.

External links

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