Jim Pugh

Jim Pugh (born February 5, 1964) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. He grew up in Palos Verdes, California and at age 10 began taking tennis lessons from John Hillebrand. He played tennis at UCLA. He became a doubles specialist on the ATP Tour and 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.

Career

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 Davis Cup play.

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 in 2008.

ATP career finals

Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP 500 Series (0–0) ATP 250 Series (1–3)

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

Finals by setting Outdoors (1–3) Indoors (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	[[OTB Open|Template:Dts]]	Schenectady, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jaime Yzaga	6–0, 6–7(4–7), 1–6
Loss	0–2	[[1987 Transamerica Open|Template:Dts]]	San Francisco, United States	Grand Prix	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Peter Lundgren	1–6, 5–7
Win	1–2	[[1989 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships and the Virginia Slims of Newport|Template:Dts]]	Newport, United States	Grand Prix	Grass	Template:Flagicon Peter Lundgren	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Loss	1–3	[[1989 Volvo International – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Stratton Mountain, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Template:Flagicon Brad Gilbert	5–7, 0–6

Doubles: 37 (22 titles, 15 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (3–3) ATP World Tour Finals (1–0) ATP Masters 1000 (2–2) ATP Championship Series (2–1) ATP Grand Prix (14–9)

Finals by surface Hard (13–0) Clay (4–0) Grass (1–0) Carpet (4–0)

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	[[1987 Ebel German Open|Template:Dts]]	Hamburg, West Germany	Masters Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Claudio Mezzadri	Template:Flagicon Miloslav Mečíř Template:Flagicon Tomáš Šmíd	6–4, 6–7, 2–6
Win	1–1	[[1987 Transamerica Open|Template:Dts]]	Munich, West Germany	Grand Prix	Clay	Template:Flagicon Blaine Willenborg	Template:Flagicon Sergio Casal Template:Flagicon Emilio Sánchez	7–6, 4–6, 6–4
Loss	1–2	[[OTB Open|Template:Dts]]	Schenectady, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Template:Flagicon Brad Pearce	Template:Flagicon Gary Donnelly Template:Flagicon Gary Muller	6–7, 2–6
Win	2–2	[[1987 WCT Scottsdale Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Scottsdale, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Template:Flagicon Rick Leach	Template:Flagicon Dan Goldie Template:Flagicon Mel Purcell	6–3, 6–2
Win	3–2	[[Hong Kong Open (tennis)|Template:Dts]]	Hong Kong, British Hong Kong	Grand Prix	Hard	Template:Flagicon Mark Kratzmann	Template:Flagicon Marty Davis Template:Flagicon Brad Drewett	6–7, 6–4, 6–2
Loss	3–3	[[1987 Stockholm Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Stockholm, Sweden	Grand Prix	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jim Grabb	Template:Flagicon Stefan Edberg Template:Flagicon Anders Järryd	3–6, 4–6
Win	4–3	[[1988 Australian Open – Men's doubles|Template:Dts]]	Melbourne, Australia	Grand Slam	Hard	Template:Flagicon Rick Leach	Template:Flagicon Jeremy Bates Template:Flagicon Peter Lundgren	6–3, 6–2, 6–3
Loss	4–4	[[1987 Ebel German Open|Template:Dts]]	Hamburg, West Germany	Masters Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Rick Leach	Template:Flagicon Darren Cahill Template:Flagicon Laurie Warder	4–6, 4–6
Win	5–4	[[1988 Transamerica Open|Template:Dts]]	Munich, West Germany	Grand Prix	Clay	Template:Flagicon Rick Leach	Template:Flagicon Alberto Mancini Template:Flagicon Christian Miniussi	7–6, 6–1
Win	6–4	[[1988 Sovran Bank Classic|Template:Dts]]	Washington, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Template:Flagicon Rick Leach	Template:Flagicon Jorge Lozano Template:Flagicon Todd Witsken	6–3, 6–7, 6–2
Win	7–4	[[Indianapolis Tennis Championships|Template:Dts]]	Indianapolis, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Template:Flagicon Rick Leach	Template:Flagicon Ken Flach Template:Flagicon Robert Seguso	6–4, 6–3
Win	8–4	[[1988 Cincinnati Open|Template:Dts]]	Cincinnati, United States	Masters Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Rick Leach	Template:Flagicon Jim Grabb Template:Flagicon Patrick McEnroe	6–2, 6–4
Loss	8–5	[[1988 US Open – Men's doubles|Template:Dts]]	New York, United States	Grand Slam	Hard	Template:Flagicon Rick Leach	Template:Flagicon Sergio Casal Template:Flagicon Emilio Sánchez	walkover
Loss	8–6	[[1988 Eagle Classic – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Scottsdale, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Template:Flagicon Rick Leach	Template:Flagicon Scott Davis Template:Flagicon Mel Purcell	4–6, 6–7
Win	9–6	[[Little Caesars Championship Tennis Tournament|Template:Dts]]	Detroit, United States	Grand Prix	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Rick Leach	Template:Flagicon Ken Flach Template:Flagicon Robert Seguso	6–4, 6–1
Win	10–6	[[1988 Nabisco Masters – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Masters Doubles, United Kingdom	ATP Finals	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Rick Leach	Template:Flagicon Sergio Casal Template:Flagicon Emilio Sánchez	6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 6–0
Win	11–6	[[1989 Australian Open – Men's doubles|Template:Dts]]	Melbourne, Australia	Grand Slam	Hard	Template:Flagicon Rick Leach	Template:Flagicon Darren Cahill Template:Flagicon Mark Kratzmann	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	11–7	[[1989 Ebel U.S. Pro Indoor – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Philadelphia, United States	Championship Series	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Rick Leach	Template:Flagicon Paul Annacone Template:Flagicon Christo van Rensburg	3–6, 5–7
Win	12–7	[[1989 Eagle Classic – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Scottsdale, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Template:Flagicon Rick Leach	Template:Flagicon Paul Annacone Template:Flagicon Christo van Rensburg	6–7, 6–3, 6–2, 2–6, 6–4
Win	13–7	[[1989 Singapore Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Singapore, Singapore	Grand Prix	Hard	Template:Flagicon Rick Leach	Template:Flagicon Paul Chamberlin Template:Flagicon Paul Wekesa	6–3, 6–4
Win	14–7	[[1989 Eagle Tournament of Champions – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Forest Hills, United States	Grand Prix	Clay	Template:Flagicon Rick Leach	Template:Flagicon Jim Courier Template:Flagicon Pete Sampras	6–4, 6–2
Loss	14–8	[[1989 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles|Template:Dts]]	Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grand Slam	Grass	Template:Flagicon Rick Leach	Template:Flagicon John Fitzgerald Template:Flagicon Anders Järryd	6–3, 6–7, 4–6, 6–7
Loss	14–9	[[1989 Stockholm Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Stockholm, Sweden	Grand Prix	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Rick Leach	Template:Flagicon Jorge Lozano Template:Flagicon Todd Witsken	3–6, 7–5, 3–6
Win	15–9	[[1989 Citibank Open|Template:Dts]]	Itaparica, Brazil	Grand Prix	Hard	Template:Flagicon Rick Leach	Template:Flagicon Jorge Lozano Template:Flagicon Todd Witsken	6–2, 7–6
Win	16–9	[[1990 Ebel U.S. Pro Indoor – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Philadelphia, United States	Championship Series	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Rick Leach	Template:Flagicon Grant Connell Template:Flagicon Glenn Michibata	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win	17–9	[[1990 Lipton International Players Championships – Men's doubles|Template:Dts]]	Miami, United States	Masters Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Rick Leach	Template:Flagicon Boris Becker Template:Flagicon Cássio Motta	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	17–10	[[Bologna Outdoor|Template:Dts]]	Bologna, Italy	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jérôme Potier	Template:Flagicon Gustavo Luza Template:Flagicon Udo Riglewski	6–7, 6–4, 1–6
Win	18–10	[[1990 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles|Template:Dts]]	Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grand Slam	Grass	Template:Flagicon Rick Leach	Template:Flagicon Pieter Aldrich Template:Flagicon Danie Visser	7–6, 7–6, 7–6
Loss	18–11	[[1990 Diet Pepsi Championships – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Wembley, United Kingdom	World Series	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Rick Leach	Template:Flagicon Jim Grabb Template:Flagicon Patrick McEnroe	6–7, 6–4, 3–6
Win	19–11	[[1991 U.S. Pro Indoor – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Philadelphia, United States	Championship Series	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Rick Leach	Template:Flagicon Udo Riglewski Template:Flagicon Michael Stich	6–4, 6–4
Win	20–11	[[1991 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Charlotte, United States	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Rick Leach	Template:Flagicon Bret Garnett Template:Flagicon Greg Van Emburgh	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
Loss	20–12	[[1991 French Open – Men's doubles|Template:Dts]]	Paris, France	Grand Slam	Clay	Template:Flagicon Rick Leach	Template:Flagicon John Fitzgerald Template:Flagicon Anders Järryd	0–6, 6–7
Win	21–12	[[1991 Volvo Tennis/Los Angeles – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Los Angeles, United States	World Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Javier Frana	Template:Flagicon Bret Garnett Template:Flagicon Brad Pearce	7–5, 2–6, 6–4
Win	22–12	[[1992 Volvo Tennis/Los Angeles – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Los Angeles, United States	World Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Patrick Galbraith	Template:Flagicon Francisco Montana Template:Flagicon David Wheaton	7–6, 7–6
Loss	22–13	[[1993 Miller Lite Hall of Fame Tennis Championships|Template:Dts]]	Newport, United States	World Series	Grass	Template:Flagicon Byron Black	Template:Flagicon Javier Frana Template:Flagicon Christo van Rensburg	6–4, 1–6, 6–7
Loss	22–14	[[Jakarta Open|Template:Dts]]	Jakarta, Indonesia	World Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jorge Lozano	Template:Flagicon Jonas Björkman Template:Flagicon Neil Borwick	4–6, 1–6
Loss	22–15	[[1994 AT&T Challenge – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Atlanta, United States	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Francisco Montana	Template:Flagicon Jared Palmer Template:Flagicon Richey Reneberg	6–4, 6–7, 4–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 2 (0–2)

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

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Template:Dts	Cherbourg, France	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Stefan Eriksson	3–6, 0–6
Loss	0–2	Template:Dts	Aruba, Aruba	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Chris Woodruff	4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 6 (4–2)

Legend ATP Challenger (4–2) ITF Futures (0–0)

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Template:Dts	Cherbourg, France	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Eric Winogradsky	Template:Flagicon Paul Chamberlin Template:Flagicon Leif Shiras	5–7, 5–7
Win	1–1	Template:Dts	Fairfield, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jared Palmer	Template:Flagicon Steve Devries Template:Flagicon Ted Scherman	6–4, 7–6
Win	2–1	Template:Dts	Ponte Vedra, United States	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jared Palmer	Template:Flagicon Nicolas Pereira Template:Flagicon Daniel Vacek	1–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win	3–1	Template:Dts	Naples, United States	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Francisco Montana	Template:Flagicon Mark Knowles Template:Flagicon Jared Palmer	7–6, 3–6, 6–4
Loss	3–2	Template:Dts	Wolfsburg, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Joost Winnink	Template:Flagicon Dirk Dier Template:Flagicon Arne Thoms	4–6, 4–6
Win	4–2	Template:Dts	Lübeck, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Joost Winnink	Template:Flagicon Lorenzo Manta Template:Flagicon Lars Rehmann	7–5, 7–5

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R	1R	0 / 4	1–4	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	A	A	3R	2R	1R	2R	A	0 / 4	4–4	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	Q1	Q2	1R	1R	3R	2R	1R	0 / 5	3–5	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	A	1R	3R	1R	1R	2R	1R	0 / 6	3–6	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	0–1	4–3	2–4	2–4	3–4	0–3	0 / 19	11–19	Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	1R	1R	3R	A	0 / 3	2–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
Miami	A	A	1R	1R	2R	2R	A	0 / 4	2–4	Template:Tennis win percentage
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Rome	A	A	2R	3R	A	1R	A	0 / 3	3–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
Hamburg	A	A	1R	2R	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Canada	A	A	2R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Cincinnati	A	A	2R	1R	A	2R	A	0 / 3	2–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
Paris	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	3–5	3–8	1–2	4–4	0–0	0 / 19	11–19	Template:Tennis win percentage

Doubles

Tournament	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	NH	A	W	W	SF	3R	1R	A	1R	1R	2 / 7	18–5	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	A	2R	1R	QF	1R	3R	F	QF	1R	1R	A	0 / 9	14–9	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	Q1	1R	1R	3R	F	W	1R	1R	2R	2R	A	1 / 9	15–8	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	A	1R	3R	F	QF	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	A	0 / 9	11–9	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	1–3	2–3	16–3	14–3	12–3	8–4	3–4	1–3	1–4	0–1	3 / 34	58–31	Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	1R	A	SF	2R	SF	2R	1R	A	0 / 6	6–6	Template:Tennis win percentage
Miami	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	W	3R	QF	2R	QF	2R	1 / 10	15–9	Template:Tennis win percentage
Monte Carlo	A	A	2R	QF	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 3	2–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
Rome	A	A	1R	1R	A	1R	A	2R	1R	2R	A	0 / 6	2–6	Template:Tennis win percentage
Hamburg	A	A	F	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	1R	A	0 / 4	6–4	Template:Tennis win percentage
Canada	A	A	1R	2R	A	A	A	1R	2R	2R	A	0 / 5	2–5	Template:Tennis win percentage
Cincinnati	A	2R	1R	W	A	SF	QF	1R	A	1R	A	1 / 7	10–6	Template:Tennis win percentage
Paris	A	A	A	2R	2R	2R	A	A	A	2R	A	0 / 4	3–4	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	1–2	5–6	8–6	1–2	9–4	3–3	8–6	4–6	6–7	1–1	2 / 45	46–43	Template:Tennis win percentage
Year-end ranking	245	134	32	6	2	3	30	68	85	77	229

Mixed doubles

Tournament	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	W	W	W	QF	QF	A	A	3 / 5	19–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	A	QF	A	A	A	A	A	3R	0 / 2	4–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	1R	2R	W	SF	F	3R	1R	1R	1 / 8	18–7	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	QF	W	2R	F	1R	1R	1R	1R	1 / 8	12–7	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	2–2	13–2	12–1	13–2	7–3	4–3	0–2	2–3	5 / 23	53–18	Template:Tennis win percentage

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