Victor Pecci

Victor Pecci
Country (sports)	Paraguay
Residence	Asuncion , Paraguay
Born	15 October 1955 (age 68) ; Asuncion, Paraguay
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	1976
Retired	1990
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$994,408
Singles
Career record	358?243
Career titles	10
Highest ranking	No. 9 (24 March 1980)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R ( 1980 )
French Open	F ( 1979 )
Wimbledon	3R ( 1979 , 1980 )
US Open	3R ( 1979 )
Doubles
Career record	194?170
Career titles	12
Highest ranking	No. 13 (9 April 1979)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	28?17

Victor 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 Bjorn 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 [ edit ]

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) [ edit ]

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1979	French Open	Clay	Bjorn Borg	3?6, 1?6, 7?6 ^(8?6), 4?6

Grand Slam singles performance timeline [ edit ]

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W?L) win?loss record.

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 [ edit ]

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

Result	W?L	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1?0	1976	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Eric Deblicker	7?5, 7?6, 3?6, 2?6, 6?4
Win	2?0	1976	Berlin , West Germany	Hard	Hans-Jurgen Pohmann	6?1, 6?2, 5?7, 6?3
Loss	2?1	1977	Munich , West Germany	Clay	?eljko Franulovi?	1?6, 1?6, 7?6, 5?7
Win	3?1	1978	Bogota , Colombia	Clay	Rolf Gehring	6?4, 3?6, 6?3, 6?3
Loss	3?2	1978	Buenos Aires , Argentina	Clay	Jose Luis Clerc	4?6, 4?6
Loss	3?3	1978	Santiago , Chile	Clay	Jose Luis Clerc	6?3, 3?6, 1?6
Win	4?3	1979	Nice , France	Clay	John Alexander	6?3, 6?2, 7?5
Loss	4?4	1979	French Open , Paris	Clay	Bjorn Borg	3?6, 1?6, 7?6 ^(8?6), 4?6
Loss	4?5	1979	London Queen's Club , UK	Grass	John McEnroe	7?6 ^(7?2), 1?6, 1?6
Loss	4?6	1979	Washington, D.C. , U.S.	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	6?7 ^(4?7), 6?7 ^(3?7)
Win	5?6	1979	Quito , Ecuador	Clay	Jose Higueras	2?6, 6?4, 6?2
Win	6?6	1979	Bogota, Colombia	Clay	Jairo Velasco Sr.	6?3, 6?4
Loss	6?7	1979	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Andrew Pattison	6?2, 3?6, 2?6, 3?6
Loss	6?8	1980	Quito, Ecuador	Clay	Jose Luis Clerc	4?6, 6?1, 8?10
Win	7?8	1980	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Christophe Freyss	4?6, 6?4, 6?3
Win	8?8	1981	Vina del Mar, Chile	Clay	Jose Higueras	6?4, 6?0
Loss	8?9	1981	Mar del Plata , Argentina	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	6?2, 3?6, 1?2 ret.
Win	9?9	1981	Bournemouth, England	Clay	Balazs Taroczy	6?3, 6?4
Loss	9?10	1981	Rome , Italy	Clay	Jose Luis Clerc	3?6, 4?6, 0?6
Win	10?10	1983	Vina del Mar, Chile	Clay	Jaime Fillol	2?6, 7?5, 6?4
Loss	10?11	1984	Kitzbuhel , Austria	Clay	Jose Higueras	5?7, 6?3, 1?6
Loss	10?12	1985	Nice , France	Clay	Henri Leconte	4?6, 4?6

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

Result	W?L	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0?1	1976	North Conway , U.S.	Clay	Ricardo Cano	Brian Gottfried Raul Ramirez	3?6, 0?6
Win	1?1	1976	Sao Paulo, Brazil	Carpet (i)	Lito Alvarez	Ricardo Cano Belus Prajoux	6?4, 3?6, 6?3
Win	2?1	1978	Milan , Italy	Carpet (i)	Jose Higueras	Wojciech Fibak Raul Ramirez	5?7, 7?6, 7?6
Loss	2?2	1978	Hamburg , West Germany	Clay	Antonio Munoz	Wojciech Fibak Tom Okker	2?6, 4?6
Win	3?2	1978	Rome Masters , Italy	Clay	Belus Prajoux	Jan Kode? Toma? ?mid	6?7, 7?6, 6?1
Win	4?2	1978	Louisville , United States	Clay	Wojciech Fibak	Victor Amaya John James	6?4, 6?7, 6?4
Win	5?2	1978	Boston , United States	Clay	Balazs Taroczy	Heinz Gunthardt Van Winitsky	6?3, 3?6, 6?1
Win	6?2	1978	Vienna , Austria	Hard (i)	Balazs Taroczy	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	6?3, 6?7, 6?4
Loss	6?3	1978	Bogota , Colombia	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Alvaro Fillol Jaime Fillol	4?6, 3?6
Win	7?3	1978	Santiago , Chile	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Alvaro Fillol Jaime Fillol	6?4, 6?3
Loss	7?4	1979	Monte Carlo , Monaco	Clay	Balazs Taroczy	Ilie N?stase Raul Ramirez	3?6, 4?6
Loss	7?5	1980	Palermo , Italy	Clay	Balazs Taroczy	Gianni Ocleppo Ricardo Ycaza	2?6, 2?6
Win	8?5	1981	Bournemouth, England	Clay	Ricardo Cano	Buster Mottram Toma? ?mid	6?4, 3?6, 6?3
Win	9?5	1983	Florence , Italy	Clay	Francisco Gonzalez	Dominique Bedel Bernard Fritz	4?6, 6?4, 7?6
Win	10?5	1983	Rome Masters, Italy	Clay	Francisco Gonzalez	Jan Gunnarsson Mike Leach	6?2, 6?7, 6?4
Win	11?5	1983	Venice , Italy	Clay	Francisco Gonzalez	Steve Krulevitz Zoltan Kuharszky	6?1, 6?2
Loss	11?6	1984	Barcelona , Spain	Clay	Martin Jaite	Pavel Slo?il Toma? ?mid	2?6, 0?6
Win	12?6	1985	Washington, D.C. , U.S.	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	David Graham Balazs Taroczy	6?3, 1?6, 6?4