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Jim Pugh

American tennis player

Field	Value
name	Jim Pugh
country	United States
residence	Manhattan Beach, California, U.S.
birth_date
birth_place	Burbank, California, U.S.
height
turnedpro	1985
retired	1996
plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
careerprizemoney	US$ 1,780,466
singlesrecord	85–95
singlestitles	1
highestsinglesranking	No. 37 (23 November 1987)
AustralianOpenresult	2R (1988)
FrenchOpenresult	3R (1987)
Wimbledonresult	3R (1989)
USOpenresult	3R (1987)
doublesrecord	276–167
doublestitles	22
highestdoublesranking	No. 1 (19 June 1989)
AustralianOpenDoublesresult	W (1988, 1989)
FrenchOpenDoublesresult	F (1991)
WimbledonDoublesresult	W (1990)
USOpenDoublesresult	F (1988)
AustralianOpenMixedresult	W (1988, 1989, 1990)
FrenchOpenMixedresult	QF (1988)
WimbledonMixedresult	W (1989)
USOpenMixedresult	W (1988)
updated	22 November 2021

Jim Pugh (born February 5, 1964) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. He grew up in Palos Verdes, California and at age 10 began taking tennis lessons from John Hillebrand. He played tennis at UCLA. He became a doubles specialist on the ATP Tour and won three Grand Slam men's doubles titles (two Australian Open, one Wimbledon) and five Grand Slam mixed doubles titles (three Australian Open, one Wimbledon, one US Open). Pugh reached the world No. 1 doubles ranking in 1989.

Career

Pugh was a member of the U.S. team that won the Davis Cup in 1990. Partnering with Rick Leach, he won the doubles rubbers in all four of the rounds which the U.S. played in that year and clinched the team's victory in the final with a win over Pat Cash and John Fitzgerald of Australia. Pugh has a 6–0 career record in Davis Cup play.

Pugh won 27 doubles titles (22 men's doubles and 5 mixed doubles). He also won one top-level singles title at Newport, Rhode Island in 1989, reaching a career-high singles ranking of world No. 37 in 1987. Pugh won his last career doubles title at Los Angeles in 1992. Pugh was inducted into the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Hall of Fame in 2008.

ATP career finals

Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP 500 Series (0–0)
ATP 250 Series (1–3)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–1)

Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–3)
Indoors (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	[](otb-open)	Schenectady, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	PER Jaime Yzaga	6–0, 6–7(4–7), 1–6
Loss	0–2	[](1987-transamerica-open)	San Francisco, United States	Grand Prix	Carpet	SWE Peter Lundgren	1–6, 5–7
Win	1–2	[](1989-hall-of-fame-tennis-championships-and-the-virginia-slims-of-newport)	Newport, United States	Grand Prix	Grass	SWE Peter Lundgren	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Loss	1–3	[](1989-volvo-international-singles)	Stratton Mountain, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	USA Brad Gilbert	5–7, 0–6

Doubles: 37 (22 titles, 15 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (3–3)
ATP World Tour Finals (1–0)
ATP Masters 1000 (2–2)
ATP Championship Series (2–1)
ATP Grand Prix (14–9)

Finals by surface
Hard (13–0)
Clay (4–0)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (4–0)

Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–0)
Indoors (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents
Loss	0–1	[](1987-ebel-german-open)	Hamburg, West Germany	Masters Series	Clay	SUI Claudio Mezzadri	CZE Miloslav Mečíř
CZE Tomáš Šmíd	6–4, 6–7, 2–6
Win	1–1	[](1987-transamerica-open)	Munich, West Germany	Grand Prix	Clay	USA Blaine Willenborg	ESP Sergio Casal
ESP Emilio Sánchez	7–6, 4–6, 6–4
Loss	1–2	[](otb-open)	Schenectady, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	USA Brad Pearce	USA Gary Donnelly
RSA Gary Muller	6–7, 2–6
Win	2–2	[](1987-wct-scottsdale-open-doubles)	Scottsdale, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	USA Rick Leach	USA Dan Goldie
USA Mel Purcell	6–3, 6–2
Win	3–2	[](hong-kong-open-tennis)	Hong Kong, British Hong Kong	Grand Prix	Hard	AUS Mark Kratzmann	USA Marty Davis
AUS Brad Drewett	6–7, 6–4, 6–2
Loss	3–3	[](1987-stockholm-open-doubles)	Stockholm, Sweden	Grand Prix	Hard	USA Jim Grabb	SWE Stefan Edberg
SWE Anders Järryd	3–6, 4–6
Win	4–3	[](1988-australian-open-men-s-doubles)	Melbourne, Australia	Grand Slam	Hard	USA Rick Leach	GBR Jeremy Bates
SWE Peter Lundgren	6–3, 6–2, 6–3
Loss	4–4	[](1987-ebel-german-open)	Hamburg, West Germany	Masters Series	Clay	USA Rick Leach	AUS Darren Cahill
AUS Laurie Warder	4–6, 4–6
Win	5–4	[](1988-transamerica-open)	Munich, West Germany	Grand Prix	Clay	USA Rick Leach	ARG Alberto Mancini
ARG Christian Miniussi	7–6, 6–1
Win	6–4	[](1988-sovran-bank-classic)	Washington, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	USA Rick Leach	MEX Jorge Lozano
USA Todd Witsken	6–3, 6–7, 6–2
Win	7–4	[](indianapolis-tennis-championships)	Indianapolis, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	USA Rick Leach	USA Ken Flach
USA Robert Seguso	6–4, 6–3
Win	8–4	[](1988-cincinnati-open)	Cincinnati, United States	Masters Series	Hard	USA Rick Leach	USA Jim Grabb
USA Patrick McEnroe	6–2, 6–4
Loss	8–5	[](1988-us-open-men-s-doubles)	New York, United States	Grand Slam	Hard	USA Rick Leach	ESP Sergio Casal
ESP Emilio Sánchez	walkover
Loss	8–6	[](1988-eagle-classic-doubles)	Scottsdale, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	USA Rick Leach	USA Scott Davis
USA Mel Purcell	4–6, 6–7
Win	9–6	[](little-caesars-championship-tennis-tournament)	Detroit, United States	Grand Prix	Carpet	USA Rick Leach	USA Ken Flach
USA Robert Seguso	6–4, 6–1
Win	10–6	[](1988-nabisco-masters-doubles)	Masters Doubles, United Kingdom	ATP Finals	Carpet	USA Rick Leach	ESP Sergio Casal
ESP Emilio Sánchez	6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 6–0
Win	11–6	[](1989-australian-open-men-s-doubles)	Melbourne, Australia	Grand Slam	Hard	USA Rick Leach	AUS Darren Cahill
AUS Mark Kratzmann	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	11–7	[](1989-ebel-u-s-pro-indoor-doubles)	Philadelphia, United States	Championship Series	Carpet	USA Rick Leach	USA Paul Annacone
RSA Christo van Rensburg	3–6, 5–7
Win	12–7	[](1989-eagle-classic-doubles)	Scottsdale, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	USA Rick Leach	USA Paul Annacone
RSA Christo van Rensburg	6–7, 6–3, 6–2, 2–6, 6–4
Win	13–7	[](1989-singapore-open-doubles)	Singapore, Singapore	Grand Prix	Hard	USA Rick Leach	USA Paul Chamberlin
KEN Paul Wekesa	6–3, 6–4
Win	14–7	[](1989-eagle-tournament-of-champions-doubles)	Forest Hills, United States	Grand Prix	Clay	USA Rick Leach	USA Jim Courier
USA Pete Sampras	6–4, 6–2
Loss	14–8	[](1989-wimbledon-championships-men-s-doubles)	Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grand Slam	Grass	USA Rick Leach	AUS John Fitzgerald
SWE Anders Järryd	6–3, 6–7, 4–6, 6–7
Loss	14–9	[](1989-stockholm-open-doubles)	Stockholm, Sweden	Grand Prix	Carpet	USA Rick Leach	MEX Jorge Lozano
USA Todd Witsken	3–6, 7–5, 3–6
Win	15–9	[](1989-citibank-open)	Itaparica, Brazil	Grand Prix	Hard	USA Rick Leach	MEX Jorge Lozano
USA Todd Witsken	6–2, 7–6
Win	16–9	[](1990-ebel-u-s-pro-indoor-doubles)	Philadelphia, United States	Championship Series	Carpet	USA Rick Leach	CAN Grant Connell
CAN Glenn Michibata	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win	17–9	[](1990-lipton-international-players-championships-men-s-doubles)	Miami, United States	Masters Series	Hard	USA Rick Leach	GER Boris Becker
BRA Cássio Motta	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	17–10	[](bologna-outdoor)	Bologna, Italy	World Series	Clay	FRA Jérôme Potier	ARG Gustavo Luza
GER Udo Riglewski	6–7, 6–4, 1–6
Win	18–10	[](1990-wimbledon-championships-men-s-doubles)	Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grand Slam	Grass	USA Rick Leach	RSA Pieter Aldrich
RSA Danie Visser	7–6, 7–6, 7–6
Loss	18–11	[](1990-diet-pepsi-championships-doubles)	Wembley, United Kingdom	World Series	Carpet	USA Rick Leach	USA Jim Grabb
USA Patrick McEnroe	6–7, 6–4, 3–6
Win	19–11	[](1991-u-s-pro-indoor-doubles)	Philadelphia, United States	Championship Series	Carpet	USA Rick Leach	GER Udo Riglewski
GER Michael Stich	6–4, 6–4
Win	20–11	[](1991-u-s-men-s-clay-court-championships-doubles)	Charlotte, United States	World Series	Clay	USA Rick Leach	USA Bret Garnett
USA Greg Van Emburgh	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
Loss	20–12	[](1991-french-open-men-s-doubles)	Paris, France	Grand Slam	Clay	USA Rick Leach	AUS John Fitzgerald
SWE Anders Järryd	0–6, 6–7
Win	21–12	[](1991-volvo-tennis-los-angeles-doubles)	Los Angeles, United States	World Series	Hard	ARG Javier Frana	CAN Bret Garnett
USA Brad Pearce	7–5, 2–6, 6–4
Win	22–12	[](1992-volvo-tennis-los-angeles-doubles)	Los Angeles, United States	World Series	Hard	USA Patrick Galbraith	USA Francisco Montana
USA David Wheaton	7–6, 7–6
Loss	22–13	[](1993-miller-lite-hall-of-fame-tennis-championships)	Newport, United States	World Series	Grass	ZIM Byron Black	ARG Javier Frana
RSA Christo van Rensburg	6–4, 1–6, 6–7
Loss	22–14	[](jakarta-open)	Jakarta, Indonesia	World Series	Hard	MEX Jorge Lozano	SWE Jonas Björkman
AUS Neil Borwick	4–6, 1–6
Loss	22–15	[](1994-at-t-challenge-doubles)	Atlanta, United States	World Series	Clay	USA Francisco Montana	USA Jared Palmer
USA Richey Reneberg	6–4, 6–7, 4–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 2 (0–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1		Cherbourg, France	Challenger	Hard	SWE Stefan Eriksson	3–6, 0–6
Loss	0–2		Aruba, Aruba	Challenger	Hard	USA Chris Woodruff	4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 6 (4–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (4–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–1)

Result	W–L	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents
Loss	0–1	Cherbourg, France	Challenger	Hard	FRA Eric Winogradsky	USA Paul Chamberlin
USA Leif Shiras	5–7, 5–7
Win	1–1	Fairfield, United States	Challenger	Hard	USA Jared Palmer	USA Steve Devries
USA Ted Scherman	6–4, 7–6
Win	2–1	Ponte Vedra, United States	Challenger	Hard	USA Jared Palmer	VEN Nicolas Pereira
CZE Daniel Vacek	1–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win	3–1	Naples, United States	Challenger	Clay	USA Francisco Montana	BAH Mark Knowles
USA Jared Palmer	7–6, 3–6, 6–4
Loss	3–2	Wolfsburg, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	NED Joost Winnink	GER Dirk Dier
GER Arne Thoms	4–6, 4–6
Win	4–2	Lübeck, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	NED Joost Winnink	SUI Lorenzo Manta
GER Lars Rehmann	7–5, 7–5

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R	1R
French Open	A	A	3R	2R	1R	2R	A
Wimbledon	Q1	Q2	1R	1R	3R	2R	1R
US Open	A	1R	3R	1R	1R	2R	1R
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	1R	1R	3R	A
Miami	A	A	1R	1R	2R	2R	A
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A
Rome	A	A	2R	3R	A	1R	A
Hamburg	A	A	1R	2R	A	A	A
Canada	A	A	2R	1R	A	A	A
Cincinnati	A	A	2R	1R	A	2R	A
Paris	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A

Doubles

Tournament	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	NH	A	W	W	SF	3R	1R	A	1R	1R
French Open	A	2R	1R	QF	1R	3R	F	QF	1R	1R	A
Wimbledon	Q1	1R	1R	3R	F	W	1R	1R	2R	2R	A
US Open	A	1R	3R	F	QF	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	A
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	1R	A	SF	2R	SF	2R	1R	A
Miami	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	W	3R	QF	2R	QF	2R
Monte Carlo	A	A	2R	QF	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A
Rome	A	A	1R	1R	A	1R	A	2R	1R	2R	A
Hamburg	A	A	F	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	1R	A
Canada	A	A	1R	2R	A	A	A	1R	2R	2R	A
Cincinnati	A	2R	1R	W	A	SF	QF	1R	A	1R	A
Paris	A	A	A	2R	2R	2R	A	A	A	2R	A
Year-end ranking	245	134	32	6	2	3	30	68	85	77	229

Mixed doubles

Tournament	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	W	W	W	QF	QF	A	A
French Open	A	QF	A	A	A	A	A	3R
Wimbledon	1R	2R	W	SF	F	3R	1R	1R
US Open	QF	W	2R	F	1R	1R	1R	1R

References

"ITA Men's Hall of Fame".

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