Tim Wilkison

Tim Wilkison (born November 23, 1959) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

Tennis career

Wilkison was the No. 1 ranked junior in the United States and played on the tour for over 25 years. He prepped at McCallie School in Chattanooga, Tennessee before turning pro immediately after high school. The left-hander won six singles titles, ten doubles championships, and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 23 in September 1986. Wilkison is perhaps best known for his diving volleys at Wimbledon that earned him the nickname "Dr. Dirt".

In his playing career, Wilkison had victories over Arthur Ashe, Stan Smith, Roscoe Tanner, Guillermo Vilas, Yannick Noah, Boris Becker, Jim Courier, John McEnroe, Andre Agassi, and Pete Sampras.

His best Grand Slam singles result came at the 1986 US Open, where he reached the quarterfinals by defeating Horst Skoff, Paul McNamee, Yannick Noah and Andrei Chesnokov, before losing to Stefan Edberg in straight sets. Wilkison has stated that his preferred surface is clay.

His eldest son, MacLane, played college tennis at UNC.

Career finals

Singles: 15 (6 titles, 9 runner-ups)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	1977	Auckland, New Zealand	Grass	Template:Flagicon Vijay Amritraj	6–7, 7–5, 1–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	1978	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	Template:Flagicon Kim Warwick	6–3, 6–3, 6–7, 3–6, 6–2
Win	2–1	1979	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Template:Flagicon Peter Feigl	6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 2–6, 6–2
Loss	2–2	1980	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Template:Flagicon John Sadri	4–6, 6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	2–3	1980	Maui, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Eliot Teltscher	6–7, 3–6
Loss	2–4	1981	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Template:Flagicon Bill Scanlon	7–6, 3–6, 6–3, 6–7, 0–6
Win	3–4	1981	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	Template:Flagicon Chris Lewis	6–4, 7–6, 6–3
Win	4–4	1982	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Template:Flagicon Russell Simpson	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	4–5	1984	North Conway, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Joakim Nyström	2–6, 5–7
Loss	4–6	1984	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Joakim Nyström	3–6, 6–3, 4–6, 2–6
Win	5–6	1984	Vienna, Austria	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Pavel Složil	6–1, 6–1, 6–2
Win	6–6	1985	Nancy, France	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Slobodan Živojinović	4–6, 7–6, 9–7
Loss	6–7	1986	Atlanta, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Kevin Curren	6–7, 6–7
Loss	6–8	1986	Newport, U.S.	Grass	Template:Flagicon Bill Scanlon	5–7, 4–6
Loss	6–9	1987	Bristol, England	Grass	Template:Flagicon Kelly Evernden	4–6, 6–7

Doubles: 24 (10 titles, 14 runner-ups)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	1979	North Conway, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon John Sadri	Template:Flagicon Ion Țiriac Template:Flagicon Guillermo Vilas	4–6, 6–7
Loss	0–2	1980	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Template:Flagicon John Sadri	Template:Flagicon Peter Feigl Template:Flagicon Rod Frawley	2–6, 5–7
Win	1–2	1980	Manchester, England	Grass	Template:Flagicon John Sadri	Template:Flagicon Dennis Ralston Template:Flagicon Roscoe Tanner	6–7, 7–5, 6–2
Loss	1–3	1980	Melbourne Indoor, Australia	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon John Sadri	Template:Flagicon Fritz Buehning Template:Flagicon Ferdi Taygan	1–6, 2–6
Win	2–3	1981	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Template:Flagicon Ferdi Taygan	Template:Flagicon Tony Graham Template:Flagicon Bill Scanlon	7–5, 6–1
Win	3–3	1981	Vienna, Austria	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Steve Denton	Template:Flagicon Sammy Giammalva Jr. Template:Flagicon Fred McNair	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	3–4	1982	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Fred McNair	Template:Flagicon Larry Stefanki Template:Flagicon Robert Van't Hof	3–6, 6–7
Loss	3–5	1984	Bari, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Marcel Freeman	Template:Flagicon Stanislav Birner Template:Flagicon Libor Pimek	6–2, 6–7, 4–6
Loss	3–6	1984	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Stefan Edberg	Template:Flagicon Pavel Složil Template:Flagicon Tomáš Šmíd	6–7, 2–6
Win	4–6	1984	Treviso, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Pavel Složil	Template:Flagicon Jan Gunnarsson Template:Flagicon Sherwood Stewart	7–5, 6–3
Loss	4–7	1984	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Pavel Složil	Template:Flagicon Jan Gunnarsson Template:Flagicon Michael Mortensen	4–6, 2–6
Loss	4–8	1985	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Mark Dickson	Template:Flagicon Tim Gullikson Template:Flagicon Tom Gullikson	6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Win	5–8	1986	Newport, U.S.	Grass	Template:Flagicon Vijay Amritraj	Template:Flagicon Eddie Edwards Template:Flagicon Francisco González	4–6, 7–5, 7–6
Loss	5–9	1987	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Brad Gilbert	Template:Flagicon Kevin Curren Template:Flagicon David Pate	3–6, 4–6
Win	6–9	1987	Vienna, Austria	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Mel Purcell	Template:Flagicon Emilio Sánchez Template:Flagicon Javier Sánchez	6–3, 7–5
Loss	6–10	1988	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Template:Flagicon Andrew Castle	Template:Flagicon Ken Flach Template:Flagicon Robert Seguso	6–7, 3–6
Win	7–10	1988	Rye Brook, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Andrew Castle	Template:Flagicon Jeremy Bates Template:Flagicon Michael Mortensen	4–6, 7–5, 7–6
Loss	7–11	1988	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Scott Davis	Template:Flagicon John McEnroe Template:Flagicon Mark Woodforde	4–6, 6–7
Win	8–11	1988	Scottsdale, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Scott Davis	Template:Flagicon Rick Leach Template:Flagicon Jim Pugh	6–4, 7–6
Loss	8–12	1988	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Gary Muller	Template:Flagicon Kevin Curren Template:Flagicon David Pate	6–7, 4–6
Loss	8–13	1989	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Scott Davis	Template:Flagicon Paul Annacone Template:Flagicon Christo van Rensburg	6–7, 7–6, 1–6
Loss	8–14	1989	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Patrick McEnroe	Template:Flagicon Jorge Lozano Template:Flagicon Todd Witsken	6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Win	9–14	1989	Bristol, England	Grass	Template:Flagicon Paul Chamberlain	Template:Flagicon Mike De Palmer Template:Flagicon Gary Donnelly	7–6, 6–4
Win	10–14	1989	Livingston, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Tim Pawsat	Template:Flagicon Kelly Evernden Template:Flagicon Sammy Giammalva Jr.	7–5, 6–3

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