Mike Bauer

Mike Bauer (born June 29, 1959) is a retired American tour professional tennis player. Bauer won three singles and nine top-tier doubles titles during his career. He reached a career high singles ranking of world No. 29 in November 1984.

Career

An All-American in 1981 at University of California, Berkeley, Bauer won the 1982 Bangkok Grand Prix and 1982 and 1983 South Australian Open. He was also a finalist at the 1983 Sydney Outdoor Grand Prix. He reached the semi-finals in five other tournaments during his career. His best Grand Slam result was reaching the 3rd round of Wimbledon in 1983 where he lost to eventual finalist Chris Lewis. He reached the second round of the U.S. Open twice in four tries.

Bauer reached a career high doubles ranking of world No. 25, and won the 1981 Taipei Grand Prix and Manila Grand Prix, and 1982 Bangkok Grand Prix, tournaments partnering compatriot John Benson, the 1983 Stuttgart Outdoor partnering Anand Amritraj and Sydney Outdoor partnering Pat Cash, the 1992 Tel Aviv Grand Prix partnering João Cunha e Silva, the 1993 Casablanca Grand Prix partnering Piet Norval, and Santiago Grand Prix with Rikl, and the 1994 Vienna Grand Prix again with Rikl. He was a finalist at the 1983 Maui Grand Prix partnering Scott Davis and 1984 Melbourne Grand Prix partnering Scott McCain, 1993 Zarazoga Grand Prix partnering David Rikl, Gerry Weber Open with Marc-Kevin Goellner, Tel Aviv partnering Rikl, and Vienna with David Prinosil.

Bauer was a member of the American Davis Cup team. Mike graduated from Miramonte High School in Orinda, California. He is the former Director of Tennis at Harbor Bay Club in Alameda, California. He regularly gave private lessons and directed the Summer Tennis Camp program. He now lives in Germany with his family.

Grand Prix career finals

Singles (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 1982	Bangkok, Thailand	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Jim Gurfein	6–1, 6–2
Win	2–0	Dec 1982	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Template:Flagicon Chris Johnstone	4–6, 7–6, 6–2
Loss	2–1	Dec 1983	Sydney, Australia	Grass	Template:Flagicon Joakim Nyström	6–2, 3–6, 1–6
Win	3–1	Dec 1983	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Template:Flagicon Miloslav Mečíř	3–6, 6–4, 6–1

Doubles (9 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partners	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 1981	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon John Benson	Template:Flagicon John Austin Template:Flagicon Mike Cahill	6–4, 6–3
Win	2–0	Nov 1981	Manila, Philippines	Clay	Template:Flagicon John Benson	Template:Flagicon Drew Gitlin Template:Flagicon Jim Gurfein	6–4, 6–4
Win	3–0	Oct 1992	Tel Aviv, Israel	Hard	Template:Flagicon João Cunha e Silva	Template:Flagicon Mark Koevermans Template:Flagicon Tobias Svantesson	6–3, 6–4
Win	4–0	Nov 1982	Bangkok, Thailand	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon John Benson	Template:Flagicon Charles Strode Template:Flagicon Morris Strode	7–5, 3–6, 6–3
Win	5–0	Jul 1983	Stuttgart, West Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Anand Amritraj	Template:Flagicon Pavel Složil Template:Flagicon Tomáš Šmíd	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	5–1	Oct 1983	Maui, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Scott Davis	Template:Flagicon Tony Giammalva Template:Flagicon Steve Meister	3–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss	5–2	Dec 1984	Melbourne, Australia	Grass	Template:Flagicon Scott McCain	Template:Flagicon Broderick Dyke Template:Flagicon Wally Masur	6–7, 6–3, 6–7
Loss	5–3	Mar 1993	Zaragoza	Carpet	Template:Flagicon David Rikl	Template:Flagicon Martin Damm Template:Flagicon Karel Nováček	6–2, 4–6, 5–7
Win	6–3	Mar 1993	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Template:Flagicon Piet Norval	Template:Flagicon Ģirts Dzelde Template:Flagicon Goran Prpić	7–5, 7–6
Loss	6–4	[[1993 Gerry Weber Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Halle, Germany	Grass	Template:Flagicon Marc-Kevin Goellner	Template:Flagicon Petr Korda Template:Flagicon Cyril Suk	6–7, 7–5, 3–6
Loss	6–5	Oct 1993	Tel Aviv, Israel	Hard	Template:Flagicon David Rikl	Template:Flagicon Sergio Casal Template:Flagicon Emilio Sánchez	4–6, 4–6
Loss	6–6	[[1993 CA-TennisTrophy – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Vienna, Austria	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon David Prinosil	Template:Flagicon Byron Black Template:Flagicon Jonathan Stark	3–6, 6–7
Win	7–6	Nov 1993	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Template:Flagicon David Rikl	Template:Flagicon Christer Allgårdh Template:Flagicon Brian Devening	7–6, 6–4
Win	8–6	Dec 1983	Sydney, Australia	Grass	Template:Flagicon Pat Cash	Template:Flagicon Broderick Dyke Template:Flagicon Rod Frawley	7–6, 6–4
Win	9–6	Oct 1994	Vienna, Austria	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon David Rikl	Template:Flagicon Alex Antonitsch Template:Flagicon Greg Rusedski	7–6, 6–4

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