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Raymond Moore (tennis)

South African tennis player

Field	Value
image	Ray Moore.jpg
caption	Raymond Moore (1985)
name	Raymond Moore
country	RSA South Africa
residence	Palm Desert, California
birth_date
birth_place	Johannesburg, South Africa
height
turnedpro	1968 (amateur from 1963)
retired	1983
plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
singlesrecord	571-528
singlestitles	9
highestsinglesranking	No. 34 (24 August 1976)
AustralianOpenresult	3R (1969, 1976)
FrenchOpenresult	3R (1972, 1975, 1979)
Wimbledonresult	QF (1968)
USOpenresult	QF (1977)
doublesrecord	260–298 (Open era)
doublestitles	8 (Open era)
AustralianOpenDoublesresult	SF (1969)
Team	yes
DavisCupresult	W (1974)

Raymond J. "Ray" Moore (born 24 August 1946) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa.

In June 1966 he won the East Gloucestershire Championships at Cheltenham on grass, defeating Tom Okker and Dick Crealy in the final two rounds.

In May 1969, Moore won the West Berlin Open Championships, defeating Arthur Ashe and Cliff Drysdale in close five-set matches.

During his career he won eight doubles titles in the Open Era alone, finishing runner-up an additional 12 times in Open Era doubles.

Moore participated in 12 Davis Cup ties for South Africa from 1967 to 1977, including the 1974 South African victory, posting a 12–10 record in singles and posting an 0–1 mark in doubles.

In 1981, Moore teamed with Charlie Pasarell to begin the tournament that eventually became the Indian Wells Masters at the Indian Wells Gardens. They started at La Quinta Resort and Club, moved to Grand Champions Hotel, and then in 2000 opened the new Indian Wells Gardens, which holds the ATP Masters BNP Paribus Open. Moore and Pasarell sold the tournament to Larry Ellison in 2009 and Moore became the tournament director/CEO for the new owner.

Remarks on female tennis and resignation

On 22 March 2016, Moore resigned as CEO of the Indian Wells Masters tennis tournament, after drawing outrage over his remarks about the roles of women in tennis:

Career finals

Doubles (8 titles, 13 runner-ups)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents
Loss	0–1	Aug 1969	Toronto, Canada	Clay	USA Butch Buchholz	USA Ron Holmberg
AUS John Newcombe	3–6, 6–4
Loss	0–2	Jan 1971	Auckland, New Zealand	Grass	NZL Brian Fairlie	AUS Bob Carmichael
AUS Ray Ruffels	3–6, 7–6, 4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss	0–3	Jun 1973	London/Queen's Club, UK	Grass	AUS Ray Keldie	NED Tom Okker
USA Marty Riessen	4–6, 5–7
Loss	0–4	Sep 1973	Aptos, US	Hard	NZL Onny Parun	USA Jeff Austin
USA Fred McNair	2–6, 1–6
Loss	0–5	Mar 1974	Palm Desert, US	Hard	NZL Onny Parun	TCH Jan Kodeš
TCH Vladimír Zedník	4–6, 4–6
Win	1–5	Apr 1974	Tokyo WCT, Japan	Hard	NZL Onny Parun	ESP Juan Gisbert Sr.
GBR Roger Taylor	4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win	2–5	Nov 1974	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Rhodesia Andrew Pattison	RSA Bob Hewitt
RSA Frew McMillan	6–4, 5–7, 6–4
Loss	2–6	Apr 1975	Tucson, US	Hard	USA Dennis Ralston	USA William Brown
MEX Raúl Ramírez	6–2, 6–7, 4–6
Win	3–6	Aug 1975	Toronto, Canada	Hard	RSA Cliff Drysdale	TCH Jan Kodeš
ROU Ilie Năstase	6–4, 5–7, 7–6
Loss	3–7	Mar 1976	Palm Springs, US	Hard	USA Erik van Dillen	AUS Colin Dibley
USA Sandy Mayer	4–6, 7–6, 6–7
Loss	3–8	May 1976	Düsseldorf, Germany	Clay	AUS Bob Carmichael	POL Wojciech Fibak
FRG Karl Meiler	4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win	4–8	Oct 1976	Maui, US	Hard	AUS Allan Stone	USA Dick Stockton
USA Roscoe Tanner	6–7, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	4–9	Dec 1977	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	USA Peter Fleming	USA Bob Lutz
USA Stan Smith	3–6, 5–7, 7–6, 6–7
Win	5–9	Feb 1978	Palm Springs, US	Hard	USA Roscoe Tanner	RSA Bob Hewitt
RSA Frew McMillan	6–4, 6–4
Win	6–9	Dec 1978	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	USA Peter Fleming	RSA Bob Hewitt
RSA Frew McMillan	6–3, 7–6
Loss	6–10	Apr 1979	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	ROU Ilie Năstase	GBR Colin Dowdeswell
SUI Heinz Günthardt	3–6, 6–7
Win	7–10	Sep 1979	Atlanta, US	Hard	ROU Ilie Năstase	AUS Steve Docherty
USA Eliot Teltscher	6–4, 6–2
Loss	7–11	Apr 1980	New Orleans, US	Carpet	RSA Robert Trogolo	USA Terry Moor
USA Eliot Teltscher	6–7, 1–6
Loss	7–12	Nov 1980	Paris Indoor, France	Hard (i)	USA Brian Gottfried	ITA Paolo Bertolucci
ITA Adriano Panatta	4–6, 4–6
Win	8–12	Apr 1981	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	RSA Bernard Mitton	RSA Bob Hewitt
RSA Frew McMillan	7–5, 3–6, 6–1
Loss	8–13	Jul 1981	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	RSA Andrew Pattison	SUI Heinz Günthardt
HUN Balázs Taróczy	0–6, 2–6

References

(22 March 2016). "Raymond Moore: Indian Wells CEO steps down amid outrage over sexist remarks".
(22 March 2016). "Indian Wells CEO Raymond Moore resigns after remarks drew outrage". [[ESPN]].
(22 March 2016). "Indian Wells CEO Raymond Moore quits after 'sexist' comments". [[BBC Sport]].
Kim McCauley. (20 March 2016). "Indian Wells CEO Raymond Moore goes on sexist rant about 'lady players' in tennis".

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