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Cliff Letcher

Australian tennis player

Summary

Australian tennis player

Field	Value
name	Cliff Letcher
country

birth_date
birth_place	Pyramid Hill, Australia
death_date
coach	Don Tregonning
plays	Right-handed
AustralianOpenDoublesresult	F (1978, 1979)
FrenchOpenDoublesresult	2R (1977)
WimbledonDoublesresult	QF (1979)
USOpenDoublesresult	F (1976)

Cliff Letcher (9 February 1952 – 31 December 2004) was a professional tennis player from Australia. He played Davis Cup for Austria.

Letcher enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won two doubles titles and finished runner-up in doubles at three Grand Slam events.

Letcher died on 31 December 2004.

His children Clint, Chris and Sophie Letcher were also professional tennis players.

Career finals

Doubles (2 wins, 9 losses)

Result	W/L	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents
Loss	0–1	1976	U.S. Open, New York City	Clay	AUS Paul Kronk	USA Marty Riessen
NED Tom Okker	4–6, 4–6
Win	1–1	1977	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	USA Dick Stockton	AUS Syd Ball
AUS Kim Warwick	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Loss	1–2	1977	Miami, U.S.	Clay	AUS Paul Kronk	USA Brian Gottfried
MEX Raúl Ramírez	5–7, 4–6
Loss	1–3	1977	Hampton, U.S.	Carpet	AUS Paul Kronk	USA Sandy Mayer
USA Stan Smith	4–6, 3–6
Loss	1–4	1977	Düsseldorf, Germany	Clay	AUS Paul Kronk	FRG Jürgen Fassbender
FRG Karl Meiler	3–6, 3–6
Loss	1–5	1977	Louisville, U.S.	Clay	AUS Chris Kachel	AUS John Alexander
AUS Phil Dent	1–6, 4–6
Loss	1–6	1977	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	AUS Dick Crealy	CHI Patricio Cornejo
CHI Jaime Fillol	7–6, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	1–7	1978	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	AUS Paul Kronk	POL Wojciech Fibak
AUS Kim Warwick	6–7, 5–7
Loss	1–8	1979	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	AUS Paul Kronk	AUS Peter McNamara
AUS Paul McNamee	6–7, 2–6
Win	2–8	1980	Perth, Australia	Grass	AUS Syd Ball	AUS Dale Collings
AUS Dick Crealy	6–3, 6–4
Loss	2–9	1982	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	AUS Craig Miller	AUS John Alexander
AUS John Fitzgerald	4–6, 6–7

References

(18 November 1974). "Letcher accepts Davis Cup offer". [[The Canberra Times]].
"Cliff Letcher | Player Profiles | Players and Rankings | News and Events | Tennis Australia". Tennis.com.au.

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