Mike De Palmer

Template:Short description Mike De Palmer (October 17, 1961 – August 7, 2021) was a professional tennis player from the United States.

De Palmer enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won six tour doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional six times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 20 in 1986.

DePalmer had a career high singles ranking of 35, with wins over Jimmy Connors, Vitas Gerulaitis, Mel Purcell, Peter Fleming, Peter Lundgren, Paul McNamee, Jakob Hlasek, and Tim Gullikson. He reached the singles final in Ancona, Italy, in 1982, losing to Anders Järryd 6-3, 6-2.

De Palmer coached Boris Becker from August 1995 to June 1999, as well as coaching other professional tennis players.

De Palmer died in Knoxville, Tennessee, on August 7, 2021, at the age of 59 because of complications from pancreatic cancer. His father coached the tennis team at the University of Tennessee from 1981 to 1994.

Grand Prix and WCT finals

Doubles: 12 (6 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	Sep 1984	San Francisco, U.S.	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Sammy Giammalva Jr.	Template:Flagicon Peter Fleming Template:Flagicon John McEnroe	3–6, 4–6
Win	1.	Jul 1985	Livingston, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Peter Doohan	Template:Flagicon Eddie Edwards Template:Flagicon Danie Visser	6–3, 6–4
Loss	2.	Nov 1985	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Gary Donnelly	Template:Flagicon Guy Forget Template:Flagicon Andrés Gómez	3–6, 4–6
Win	2.	Nov 1985	Vienna, Austria	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Gary Donnelly	Template:Flagicon Sergio Casal Template:Flagicon Emilio Sánchez	6–4, 6–3
Loss	3.	May 1986	Florence, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Gary Donnelly	Template:Flagicon Sergio Casal Template:Flagicon Emilio Sánchez	4–6, 6–7
Loss	4.	Sep 1986	San Francisco, U.S.	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Gary Donnelly	Template:Flagicon Peter Fleming Template:Flagicon John McEnroe	4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win	3.	Oct 1986	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Gary Donnelly	Template:Flagicon Andrés Gómez Template:Flagicon Ivan Lendl	6–3, 7–5
Win	4.	Oct 1986	Hong Kong, U.K.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Gary Donnelly	Template:Flagicon Pat Cash Template:Flagicon Mark Kratzmann	7–6, 6–7, 7–5
Win	5.	Nov 1986	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Christo van Rensburg	Template:Flagicon Andrés Gómez Template:Flagicon Sherwood Stewart	3–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Loss	5.	Mar 1987	Chicago, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Gary Donnelly	Template:Flagicon Paul Annacone Template:Flagicon Christo van Rensburg	3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win	6.	May 1989	Florence, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Blaine Willenborg	Template:Flagicon Pietro Pennisi Template:Flagicon Simone Restelli	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	6.	Jun 1989	Bristol, England	Grass	Template:Flagicon Gary Donnelly	Template:Flagicon Paul Chamberlin Template:Flagicon Tim Wilkison	6–7, 4–6

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