Víctor Pecci

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Víctor Pecci Sr. (born October 15, 1955) is a Paraguayan former professional tennis player.

He was ranked as high as world No. 9 in singles in 1980 and world No. 31 in doubles in 1984. Pecci is famous for reaching the 1979 French Open final. He beat Guillermo Vilas in the quarterfinals and Jimmy Connors in the semifinals, but lost to three-time champion Björn Borg in the final. He also reached the semifinals in 1981 and was runner-up in Rome. Pecci won the French Open boys' singles in 1973.

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1979 French Open Clay Template:Flagicon Björn Borg 3–6, 1–6, 7–6(8–6), 4–6

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Template:Performance key

Tournament 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Career W-L
Australian Open A A A A A A A 2R A 1R A A A NH 1–2
French Open 1R Q3 A 1R 4R F 2R SF 2R 2R 1R 1R 1R 17–11
Wimbledon Q3 2R 2R A 1R 3R 3R 1R A A A 1R A 6–7
US Open A 1R 2R 1R 2R 3R 2R A A A A 1R A 5–7
Win–loss 0–1 1–2 2–2 0–2 4–3 10–3 5–4 5–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–3 0–1 29–27

Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.

Career finals

Singles: 22 (10 titles, 12 runner-ups)

Result W–L Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 1976 Madrid, Spain Clay Template:Flagicon Éric Deblicker 7–5, 7–6, 3–6, 2–6, 6–4
Win 2–0 1976 Berlin, West Germany Hard Template:Flagicon Hans-Jürgen Pohmann 6–1, 6–2, 5–7, 6–3
Loss 2–1 1977 Munich, West Germany Clay Template:Flagicon Željko Franulović 1–6, 1–6, 7–6, 5–7
Win 3–1 1978 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Template:Flagicon Rolf Gehring 6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss 3–2 1978 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Template:Flagicon José Luis Clerc 4–6, 4–6
Loss 3–3 1978 Santiago, Chile Clay Template:Flagicon José Luis Clerc 6–3, 3–6, 1–6
Win 4–3 1979 Nice, France Clay Template:Flagicon John Alexander 6–3, 6–2, 7–5
Loss 4–4 1979 French Open, Paris Clay Template:Flagicon Björn Borg 3–6, 1–6, 7–6(8–6), 4–6
Loss 4–5 1979 London Queen's Club, UK Grass Template:Flagicon John McEnroe 7–6(7–2), 1–6, 1–6
Loss 4–6 1979 Washington, D.C., U.S. Clay Template:Flagicon Guillermo Vilas 6–7(4–7), 6–7(3–7)
Win 5–6 1979 Quito, Ecuador Clay Template:Flagicon José Higueras 2–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win 6–6 1979 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Template:Flagicon Jairo Velasco Sr. 6–3, 6–4
Loss 6–7 1979 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard Template:Flagicon Andrew Pattison 6–2, 3–6, 2–6, 3–6
Loss 6–8 1980 Quito, Ecuador Clay Template:Flagicon José Luis Clerc 4–6, 6–1, 8–10
Win 7–8 1980 Santiago, Chile Clay Template:Flagicon Christophe Freyss 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win 8–8 1981 Viña del Mar, Chile Clay Template:Flagicon José Higueras 6–4, 6–0
Loss 8–9 1981 Mar del Plata, Argentina Clay Template:Flagicon Guillermo Vilas 6–2, 3–6, 1–2 ret.
Win 9–9 1981 Bournemouth, UK Clay Template:Flagicon Balázs Taróczy 6–3, 6–4
Loss 9–10 1981 Rome, Italy Clay Template:Flagicon José Luis Clerc 3–6, 4–6, 0–6
Win 10–10 1983 Viña del Mar, Chile Clay Template:Flagicon Jaime Fillol 2–6, 7–5, 6–4
Loss 10–11 1984 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Template:Flagicon José Higueras 5–7, 6–3, 1–6
Loss 10–12 1985 Nice, France Clay Template:Flagicon Henri Leconte 4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 18 (12 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Result W–L Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 1976 North Conway, U.S. Clay Template:Flagicon Ricardo Cano Template:Flagicon Brian Gottfried
Template:Flagicon Raúl Ramírez
3–6, 0–6
Win 1–1 1976 São Paulo, Brazil Carpet (i) Template:Flagicon Lito Álvarez Template:Flagicon Ricardo Cano
Template:Flagicon Belus Prajoux
6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win 2–1 1978 Milan, Italy Carpet (i) Template:Flagicon José Higueras Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak
Template:Flagicon Raúl Ramírez
5–7, 7–6, 7–6
Loss 2–2 1978 Hamburg, West Germany Clay Template:Flagicon Antonio Muñoz Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak
Template:Flagicon Tom Okker
2–6, 4–6
Win 3–2 1978 Rome Masters, Italy Clay Template:Flagicon Belus Prajoux Template:Flagicon Jan Kodeš
Template:Flagicon Tomáš Šmíd
6–7, 7–6, 6–1
Win 4–2 1978 Louisville, United States Clay Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak Template:Flagicon Victor Amaya
Template:Flagicon John James
6–4, 6–7, 6–4
Win 5–2 1978 Boston, United States Clay Template:Flagicon Balázs Taróczy Template:Flagicon Heinz Günthardt
Template:Flagicon Van Winitsky
6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Win 6–2 1978 Vienna, Austria Hard (i) Template:Flagicon Balázs Taróczy Template:Flagicon Bob Hewitt
Template:Flagicon Frew McMillan
6–3, 6–7, 6–4
Loss 6–3 1978 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Template:Flagicon Hans Gildemeister Template:Flagicon Álvaro Fillol
Template:Flagicon Jaime Fillol
4–6, 3–6
Win 7–3 1978 Santiago, Chile Clay Template:Flagicon Hans Gildemeister Template:Flagicon Álvaro Fillol
Template:Flagicon Jaime Fillol
6–4, 6–3
Loss 7–4 1979 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay Template:Flagicon Balázs Taróczy Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase
Template:Flagicon Raúl Ramírez
3–6, 4–6
Loss 7–5 1980 Palermo, Italy Clay Template:Flagicon Balázs Taróczy Template:Flagicon Gianni Ocleppo
Template:Flagicon Ricardo Ycaza
2–6, 2–6
Win 8–5 1981 Bournemouth, England Clay Template:Flagicon Ricardo Cano Template:Flagicon Buster Mottram
Template:Flagicon Tomáš Šmíd
6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win 9–5 1983 Florence, Italy Clay Template:Flagicon Francisco González Template:Flagicon Dominique Bedel
Template:Flagicon Bernard Fritz
4–6, 6–4, 7–6
Win 10–5 1983 Rome Masters, Italy Clay Template:Flagicon Francisco González Template:Flagicon Jan Gunnarsson
Template:Flagicon Mike Leach
6–2, 6–7, 6–4
Win 11–5 1983 Venice, Italy Clay Template:Flagicon Francisco González Template:Flagicon Steve Krulevitz
Template:Flagicon Zoltán Kuhárszky
6–1, 6–2
Loss 11–6 1984 Barcelona, Spain Clay Template:Flagicon Martín Jaite Template:Flagicon Pavel Složil
Template:Flagicon Tomáš Šmíd
2–6, 0–6
Win 12–6 1985 Washington, D.C., U.S. Clay Template:Flagicon Hans Gildemeister Template:Flagicon David Graham
Template:Flagicon Balázs Taróczy
6–3, 1–6, 6–4

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Awards
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check ATP Most Improved Player
1979 Template:S-ttl/check
Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by

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