Editing Clark Graebner

{{short description|American tennis player}}
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|name           = Clark Graebner
|country        = {{U.S.}}
|residence      = New York City
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|11|4}}
|birth_place =  [[Cleveland]], Ohio, US
|height = {{height|ft=6|in=2}}
|turnedpro = 1968 (amateur from 1960)
|retired = 1976
|plays= Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
|careerprizemoney=
|singlesrecord= 572–254 (69% win rate)
|singlestitles= 29 
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|FrenchOpenresult= 4R ([[1966 French Championships – Men's singles|1966]])
|Wimbledonresult= SF ([[1968 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|1968]])
|USOpenresult= F ([[1967 U.S. National Championships – Men's singles|1967]])
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'''Clark Edward Graebner''' (born November 4, 1943) is an American former professional [[tennis]] player.

He was four times a world top ten ranked player each year from 1966 to 1969, reaching world No. 3 in 1967 and world No. 7 the following year. He was ranked eight times in the top ten U.S. players by the USTA, reaching U.S. No. 2 in 1968 behind Arthur Ashe, and U.S. No. 3 in 1966 and 1971.

Graebner won three U.S. national titles, the [[U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships|U.S. Clay Court]] in 1968, the U.S. Hard Court in 1969, and the U.S. Indoor in 1971. He was a member of the U.S. Davis Cup team which won the Davis Cup in five straight years from 1968 to 1972.

He won a Grand Slam doubles title at the 1966 French Championships at Roland Garros with doubles partner [[Dennis Ralston]].

==Early life==
Graebner was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the only child of Paul Graebner, a dentist,<ref>{{cite magazine |date=31 May 1969 |title=Levels of the Game—I |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1969/06/07/arthur-ashe-profile-levels-of-the-game-i |magazine=New Yorker |location=New York |access-date=2024-08-26}}</ref> and his wife, the former Janice Clark. Paul had been a moderately successful youth player.<ref>{{cite book|author=John McPhee|title=Levels of the Game|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GDf_AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT14|date=5 June 2014|publisher=Aurum Press|isbn=978-1-78131-313-8|pages=14}}</ref> Clark won the state high-school tennis championship three times. He graduated from [[Northwestern University]], where he joined the [[Delta Upsilon]] fraternity.

In 1964 he married rising American tennis player [[Carole Caldwell]]. They had two children, a daughter, Cameron, and a son, Clark.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1993-04-11 |title=ENGAGEMENTS; Kendall L. Losee, Clark Graebner Jr. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/11/style/engagements-kendall-l-losee-clark-graebner-jr.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The couple separated in 1974 and eventually divorced. In 1975, Graebner married Patti Morgan. Caldwell died of cancer in New York City on November 19, 2008.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Finn |first=Robin |date=2008-11-21 |title=Carole Caldwell Graebner, Tennis Star, Dies at 65 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/sports/tennis/21graebner.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

==Tennis career==

;1965
Graebner won his first important international tournament in December 1965 at the [[Victorian Championships]] at Melbourne's Kooyong Stadium. He defeated [[Ray Ruffels]], [[Tony Roche]] in a close five set match, [[Herb Fitzgibbon]], [[Fred Stolle]], and [[Roy Emerson]] in a five set final.

;1966
Graebner lost to [[John Newcombe]] in the quarterfinal of the [[Australian Open (tennis)|Australian Open]]. He returned the favour by defeating Newcombe in the third round at the [[French Championships (tennis)|French Championships]] at Roland Garros that season. He won the men's doubles title at the French Championships, with his doubles partner [[Dennis Ralston]], defeating the Rumanian doubles team of Tiriac/Năstase in the final. 
Graebner won the [[Pennsylvania Lawn Tennis Championships]] at the Merion Cricket Club defeating [[Charlie Pasarell]] in the semifinal and [[Stan Smith]] in the final. At the [[U.S. National Tennis Championships|U.S. Championships]] at Forest Hills, New York he reached the quarterfinals where he was defeated by Stolle, who would win the title that year.

Graebner was ranked world No. 9 for 1966 by McCauley.<ref>McCauley, World Tennis. McCauley, Joseph (December 1966). "World Rankings". World Tennis. Vol. 14, no. 7. New York. pp. 15, 20.</ref> He was ranked the No. 3 U.S. player for that year by the USTA.<ref name="Men's and Women's Year-End Top-10">{{Cite web |title=Men's and Women's Year-End Top-10 |url=https://www.usta.com/en/home/about-usta/usta-history/national/mens-womens-year-end-top-10.html |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=www.usta.com |language=en}}</ref>

;1967
Graebner won the Buffalo Indoor Tennis Championships<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-02-20 |title=The Buffalo Tennis & Squash Club – Tennis Professional |url=https://wearecollegetennis.com/2023/02/20/the-buffalo-tennis-squash-club-tennis-professional/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=ITA #WeAreCollegeTennis |language=en-US}}</ref> in February defeating [[Marty Riessen]] in a marathon final. Graebner would also win this same event in 1968 (over Riessen again in the final), in 1969 (over [[Mark Cox (tennis)|Mark Cox]] in the final) and in 1970 (over [[Bob Lutz (tennis)|Bob Lutz]] in the final).

He lost to Newcombe, the champion that year, in the 4th round of the 1967 Wimbledon championships. In the [[1967 United States Championship]], the last time the event, today's U.S. Open, was open only to amateur players, Graebner was the top-seeded U.S. player at No. 7. He defeated the No. 2 seed Roy Emerson in a marathon quarterfinal, but lost in the final to Newcombe.<ref name="gsta">{{cite web|title=U. S. Open 1967|url=http://www.tennis.co.nf/U.S.%20OPEN%201967.htm|website=www.tennis.co.nf|access-date=October 7, 2017|archive-date=May 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526155039/http://www.tennis.co.nf/U.S.%20OPEN%201967.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Graebner was ranked world No. 3 for 1967, which would be his highest world ranking, by the Martini and Rossi panel of tennis experts using a point system for tournament play.<ref>[[Martini & Rossi|Martini and Rossi]]{{cite web|title=The Baltimore Sun, 12 September 1967|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/376911800/|website=newspapers.com}}</ref> He was ranked the U.S. No. 4 by the USTA for that year.<ref name="Men's and Women's Year-End Top-10"/>

;1968
In 1968 he reached the final of the [[Queen's Club Championships]] in London, defeating Stolle, Emerson and [[Alex Metreveli]], but the final was not played. Graebner then reached the semifinals in singles at the 1968 [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]],  defeating both [[Manuel Santana]] and Stolle, before losing a close match to Roche. He won the 1968 [[U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships]] in Milwaukee defeating [[Charlie Pasarell]] in the semifinal and [[Stan Smith]] in the final. At the inaugural [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]], he defeated Newcombe in the quarter-final, but lost the semifinal to [[Arthur Ashe]], the eventual champion. [[John McPhee]]'s book, ''[[Levels of the Game]]'', is about a semifinal match played between Graebner and Ashe at the 1968 [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]] at Forest Hills. Ashe won the match.

Graebner was ranked U.S. No. 2 by the USTA for 1968<ref name="Men's and Women's Year-End Top-10"/> and world No. 7 by Lance Tingay<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/worldoftennis1990000unse |title=World of tennis, 1990 |date=1990 |location=London  |publisher= Collins Willow |isbn=978-0-00-218355-0}}</ref> as well as by most other ranking authorities.

Graebner and Ashe led the [[U.S. Davis Cup team]] to victory in the 1968 [[Davis Cup]], its first in five years. Graebner won both of his singles matches in the Challenge Round against Australia, defeating [[Bill Bowrey]] and Ruffels in five set matches. The Americans won four more titles in as many years. 

;1969
Graebner won seven tournaments in the 1969 season, beginning with the [[Richmond WCT]] Indoor in February, defeating [[Thomaz Koch]] (winner over both Ashe and Richey in the event) in the final. He won the New York Indoor in March, defeating Pasarell in the final. At Wimbledon in 1969, Graebner defeated [[Ilie Năstase]] and [[Andrés Gimeno]] before losing to Roche again in the quarterfinal, this time in a marathon five sets. He won the U.S. Hard Court Championships in Sacramento in June, defeating [[Erik van Dillen]] in a close five-set final. That same season, Graebner won the [[Southampton Invitational]] at Long Island on grass, defeating [[Bill Bowrey]] in the semifinal and Lutz in the final, both matches in three straight sets. At the U.S. Open that year, he retired in the third set against [[Roger Taylor (tennis)|Roger Taylor]] in the second round.

Graebner was ranked world No. 10 for 1969 by the ''Daily Express''.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=November 1969 |title=Around The World |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_tennis-illustrated_1969-11_17_6/page/56/ |magazine=World Tennis |location=New York |publisher= |volume=17 |issue=6 |page=57 |access-date=}}</ref> He was ranked the U.S. No. 4 player by the USTA ranking.<ref name="Men's and Women's Year-End Top-10"/>

;1970
He won the 1970 [[River Oaks International Tennis Tournament]] on clay in Houston, Texas, in April defeating Santana in the semifinal and [[Cliff Richey]] in a close five-set final. At Wimbledon, Graebner eliminated Năstase again in the fourth round, but lost in the quarterfinal to Taylor. At the U.S. Open, Graebner lost to Newcombe in the fourth round, although he had beaten Newcombe earlier in the season at the  [[1970 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships]] at Longwood. Graebner also reached the singles quarterfinals in Cincinnati in 1970, falling to eventual champion [[Ken Rosewall]]. Graebner was ranked the U.S. No. 4 player by the USTA for 1970.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Top 10 US Men's and Women's Rankings |url=https://www.usta.com/en/home/about-usta/usta-history/national/mens-womens-year-end-top-10.html#tab=men's |access-date=2024-05-16}}</ref>

;1971
He won the [[U.S. National Indoor Championships]] in February 1971, his third U.S. national title, defeating Năstase in the semifinal and Richey in the final in tight five-set matches. Graebner survived two match points against him in the final with Richey serving, on one of those points returning an overhead finishing shot from Richey.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Anderson |first=Dave |date=1971-02-22 |title=Graebner Beats Richey in 6‐Set U.S.Indoor Tennis Final |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/02/22/archives/graebner-beats-richey-in-5set-u-s-indoor-tennis-final-texan-bemoans.html |access-date=2024-05-16 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> At Wimbledon that year, Graebner lost in the third round to [[Rod Laver]]. During that same season Graebner won two ITF tournaments. In the Pennsylvania Lawn Tennis Championship at the Merion Cricket Club, he defeated [[Frank Froehling]] in a close semifinal and [[Dick Stockton (tennis)|Dick Stockton]] in the final. At the [[South Orange Open]] on grass in South Orange, New Jersey, he narrowly won the semifinal over [[Onny Parun]] and won the final against [[Pierre Barthès]]. This was a rewarding victory for Graebner who had finished as runner-up at South Orange in 1964 (to Ashe), in 1966 (to Roche), in 1967 (to Riessen), in 1968 (to Pasarell), and in 1969 (to Smith). At the U.S. Open, he advanced to the quarterfinals where he lost to [[Tom Okker]]. Graebner was ranked the U.S. No. 3 player by the USTA for 1971.<ref name=":0" />

;1972
In the [[1972 Rothmans International Tennis Tournament ]] at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in London, England, Graebner defeated Năstase in the semifinal, but lost the final to Richey.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Draws {{!}} ATP Tour {{!}} Tennis |url=http://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/london/2064/1972/draws?matchtype=singles |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=ATP Tour |language=en}}</ref> Graebner and Năstase had a confrontation about court manners during the first set of the semifinal.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1972-01-22 |title=NASTASE DEFAULTS AGAINST GRAEBNER IN SHOUTING MATCH |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/01/22/archives/nastase-defaults-againstgraebner-in-shouting-match-rumanian-leaves.html |access-date=2024-05-16 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Graebner won the Long Island Indoor title in April defeating [[Roscoe Tanner]] in the final. At Wimbledon that year, Graebner lost his second round match to Nastase in four sets, Nastase proceeding to a classic Wimbledon final against Smith. In the U.S. Championships, Graebner defeated [[Adriano Panatta]] in the first round in four sets, but lost to Smith in the second round in four sets.

;1973
Graebner won his final ITF tournament at the [[Des Moines Open]] International Indoor defeating [[Nicholas Kalogeropoulos]] in the final. He defeated the world No. 1 Năstase in the semifinal of the Charleston International ITF tournament in a close match after losing the first set. He then lost the final to [[Jürgen Fassbender]]. Graebner also defeated Năstase at Paramus, N.J.in the semifinal, but lost the final to [[Jimmy Connors]]. At the U.S. Championships Graebner lost in the first round to [[Geoff Masters]].

;1974
At the U.S. Championships at Forest Hills N.Y., Graebner won his first round match against [[Torben Ulrich]] and rallied from two sets to one down to defeat [[Antonio Muñoz (tennis)|Antonio Muñoz]] in the second round in five sets. He lost in the third round to [[Ray Moore (tennis)|Ray Moore]].

===Doubles===
Graebner's most significant doubles title was undoubtedly his Grand Slam victory of the men's doubles title at the 1966 French Championships, where he and Ralston beat Țiriac and Năstase in the final. Graebner won the 1969 and 1970 U.S. Men's Clay Court Doubles Championship (with William Bowrey and Ashe, respectively), and the 1963 doubles title at [[Cincinnati Masters|Cincinnati]].

==Assessment==
Graebner was considered to be one of the fastest servers of his time, and was a powerful hitter with relatively flat groundstrokes.

Graebner ranks No. 32 on the list of best career set win–loss records in [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] events, at 108–58, for a 65% record.<ref>[http://www.tennis28.com/slams/sets_winpct_career.html Set W/L% - Slams - Career]</ref>

==Grand Slam tournament performance timeline==
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===Singles===
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| align=left bgcolor=#efefef|[[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]]
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==Career finals==
===Singles: 20 (12 wins, 8 losses)===

{| class="sortable wikitable"
!style="width:40px"|Result
!style="width:30px" class="unsortable"|W/L 
!style="width:40px"|Date
!style="width:160px"|Tournament
!style="width:50px"|Surface
!style="width:170px"|Opponent
!style="width:150px" class="unsortable"|Score
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 1.
| 1965
| [[Victorian Championships]]<br/> Kooyong Stadium, Australia
| grass
| {{Flagicon|AUS}} [[Roy Emerson]]
| 8–6, 7–5, 2–6, 1–6, 6–1
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 2.
| 1966
| [[Pennsylvania Lawn Tennis Championship|Merion]], U.S.
| grass
| {{Flagicon|USA}} Stan Smith
| 6–3, 6–4, 6–3
|-
|-style="background:#ccf;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 1.
| 1967
| U.S. National Championships, Forest Hills, N.Y.
| grass
| {{Flagicon|AUS}} John Newcombe
| 4–6, 4–6, 6–8
|-
|-style="background:#ccf;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 5.
| 1968
| [[U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships|U.S. Clay Court Championships, Milwaukee, U.S.]]
| Clay
| {{Flagicon|USA}} Stan Smith
| 6–3, 7–5, 6–0
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 6.
| 1969
| [[Richmond WCT]], Richmond, U.S.
| Indoor
| {{Flagicon|BRA}} [[Thomaz Koch]]
| 6–3, 10–12, 9-7
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 7.
| 1969
| New York City Indoor<br/>New York City, U.S.
| Indoor
| {{Flagicon|USA}} Charlie Pasarell
| 6–2, 6–2
|-
|-style="background:#ccf;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 8.
| 1969
| U.S. Hard Court Championships, Sacramento, U.S.
| Hard
| {{Flagicon|USA}} Erik Van Dillen
| 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 6–0, 7-5
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 9.
| 1969
| [[Southampton Invitation]], Southampton, U.S.
| Grass
| {{Flagicon|USA}} Bob Lutz
| 6–2, 6–2, 6–4
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 10.
| 1970
| [[River Oaks International Tennis Tournament|Houston]], U.S.
| Clay
| {{Flagicon|USA}} Cliff Richey
| 2–6, 6–3, 5–7, 6–3, 6-2
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 2.
| 1971
| New York City Indoor<br/>New York City, U.S.
| Indoor
| {{Flagicon|YUG}} [[Željko Franulović]]
| 2–6, 7–5, 4–6
|-
|-style="background:#ccf;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 11.
| 1971
| U.S. Indoor Championships, [[ATP Memphis|Salisbury]], U.S.
| Indoor (i)
| {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Cliff Richey]]
| 2–6, 7–6, 1–6, 7–6, 6–0
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 3.
| 1971
| [[Hampton Grand Prix|Hampton]], U.S.
| Hard (i)
| {{Flagicon|ROU|1965}} [[Ilie Năstase]]
| 5–7, 4–6, 6–7
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 4.
| 1971
| [[River Oaks International Tennis Tournament|Houston]], U.S.
| Clay
| {{Flagicon|USA}} Cliff Richey
| 1–6, 2–6, 2–6
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 12.
| 1971
| [[Pennsylvania Lawn Tennis Championship|Merion]], U.S.
| Hard
| {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Dick Stockton (tennis)|Dick Stockton]]
| 6–2, 6–4, 6–7, 7–5
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 13.
| 1971
| [[South Orange Open|South Orange]], U.S.
| Grass
| {{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Pierre Barthès]]
| 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 5.
| 1972
| [[1972 Rothmans International Tennis Tournament|Royal Albert Hall Indoor]], England
| Hard (i)
| {{Flagicon|USA}} Cliff Richey
| 5–7, 7–6, 5–7, 0–6
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 6.
| 1972
| [[Jacksonville Open (tennis)|Jacksonville]], U.S.
| Hard (i)
| {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Jimmy Connors]]
| 5–7, 4–6
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 14.
| 1973
| [[Des Moines Open|Des Moines]], U.S.
| Hard (i)
| {{Flagicon|GRE}} [[Nicholas Kalogeropoulos]]
| 7–5, 4–6, 6–4
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 7.
| 1973
| Paramus, New Jersey, U.S.
| Hard (i)
| {{Flagicon|USA}} Jimmy Connors
| 1–6, 2–6
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 8.
| 1974
| [[Baltimore WCT|Baltimore]], U.S.
| Carpet
| {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Sandy Mayer]]
| 2–6, 1–6
|}

===Doubles finals: 22 (11 wins, 11 losses)===

{| class="sortable wikitable"
!style="width:40px"|Result
!style="width:30px" class="unsortable"|W/L 
!style="width:40px"|Date
!style="width:160px"|Tournament
!style="width:50px"|Surface
!style="width:170px"|Partner
!style="width:170px"|Opponents
!style="width:120px" class="unsortable"|Score
|-
|-style="background:#ebc2af;" 
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 2.
| 1966
| French Championships, Roland Garros
| clay
| {{Flagicon|USA}} Dennis Ralston
| {{Flagicon|ROU|1965}} Ilie Năstase <br /> {{Flagicon|ROU|1965}} Ion Țiriac
| 6–3, 6–3, 6–0
|-
|-style="background:#ccf;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 1.
| 1969
| U.S. National Clay Court Championships<br/>[[ATP Houston|Indianapolis]], U.S.
| Clay
| {{Flagicon|AUS}} [[Bill Bowrey]]
| {{Flagicon|AUS}} [[Dick Crealy]] <br /> {{Flagicon|AUS}} [[Allan Stone]]
| 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
|-
|-style="background:#ccf;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 2.
| 1970
| U.S. National Clay Court Championships Indianapolis, U.S.
| Clay
| {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Arthur Ashe]]
| {{Flagicon|ROU|1965}} [[Ilie Năstase]] <br /> {{Flagicon|ROU|1965}} [[Ion Țiriac]]
| 2–6, 6–4, 6–4
|-
|-style="background:#ccf;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 1.
| 1971
| U.S. National Indoor Championships<br/>[[ATP Memphis|Salisbury]], U.S.
| Hard (i)
| {{Flagicon|BRA|1968}} [[Thomaz Koch]]
| {{Flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Juan Gisbert Sr.]] <br /> {{Flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Manuel Orantes]]
| 3–6, 6–4, 6–7
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 3.
| 1971
| [[Macon Open (tennis)|Macon]], U.S.
| Hard
| {{Flagicon|BRA|1968}} Thomaz Koch
| {{Flagicon|YUG}} [[Željko Franulović]] <br /> {{Flagicon|TCH}} [[Jan Kodeš]]
| 6–3, 7–6
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 2.
| 1971
| [[Hampton Grand Prix|Hampton]], U.S.
| Hard (i)
| {{Flagicon|BRA|1968}} Thomaz Koch
| {{Flagicon|ROU|1965}} Ilie Năstase <br /> {{Flagicon|ROU|1965}} Ion Țiriac
| 4–6, 6–4, 5–7
|-
|-style="background:#ccf;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 3.
| 1971
| U.S. National Clay Court Championships<br/>Indianapolis, U.S.
| Clay
| {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Erik van Dillen]]
| {{Flagicon|YUG}} Željko Franulović <br /> {{Flagicon|TCH}} Jan Kodeš
| 6–7, 7–5, 3–6
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 4.
| 1971
| [[Pennsylvania Lawn Tennis Championship|Merion]], U.S.
| Hard
| {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Jim Osborne (tennis)|Jim Osborne]]
| {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Robert McKinley (tennis)|Robert McKinley]] <br /> {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Dick Stockton (tennis)|Dick Stockton]]
| 7–6, 6–3
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 4.
| 1971
| [[South Orange Open|South Orange]], U.S.
| Hard
| {{Flagicon|USA}} Erik van Dillen
| {{Flagicon|AUS}} [[Bob Carmichael]] <br /> {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Tom Leonard (tennis)|Tom Leonard]]
| 4–6, 6–4, 4–6
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 5.
| 1971
| [[Countrywide Classic|Los Angeles]], U.S.
| Hard
| {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Frank Froehling]]
| {{Flagicon|AUS}} [[John Alexander (tennis)|John Alexander]] <br /> {{Flagicon|AUS}} [[Phil Dent]]
| 6–7, 4–6
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 6.
| 1972
| [[Washington Indoor|Washington]], U.S.
| Carpet
| {{Flagicon|BRA|1968}} Thomaz Koch
| {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Tom Edlefsen]] <br /> {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Cliff Richey]]
| 4–6, 3–6
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 7.
| 1972
| [[Bristol Open|Bristol]], England
| Grass
| {{Flagicon|AUS}} [[Lew Hoad]]
| {{Flagicon|RSA|1928}} [[Bob Hewitt]] <br /> {{Flagicon|RSA|1928}} [[Frew McMillan]]
| 3–6, 2–6
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 5.
| 1973
| [[Baltimore WCT|Baltimore]], U.S.
| Hard (i)
| {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Jimmy Connors]]
| {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Paul Gerken]] <br /> {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Sandy Mayer]]
| 3–6, 6–2, 6–3
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 8.
| 1973
| [[ATP Birmingham|Birmingham]], U.S.
| Hard
| {{Flagicon|ROU|1965}} Ion Țiriac
| {{Flagicon|RSA|1928}} [[Pat Cramer]] <br /> {{Flagicon|FRG}} [[Jürgen Fassbender]]
| 4–6, 5–7
|-
|-style="background:#ccf;"
|-style="background:#ccf;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 6.
| 1973
| U.S. National Indoor Championships<br/>Salisbury, U.S.
| Hard (i)
| {{Flagicon|ROU|1965}} Ilie Năstase
| {{Flagicon|FRG}} Jürgen Fassbender <br /> {{Flagicon|ESP|1945}} Juan Gisbert Sr.
| 2–6, 6–4, 6–3
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 7.
| 1973
| [[Hampton Grand Prix|Hampton]], U.S.
| Hard (i)
| {{Flagicon|ROU|1965}} Ilie Năstase
| {{Flagicon|USA}} Jimmy Connors <br /> {{Flagicon|ROU|1965}} Ion Țiriac
| 6–2, 6–1
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 9.
| 1973
| [[Louisville Tennis Classic|Louisville]], U.S.
| Clay
| {{Flagicon|AUS}} [[John Newcombe]]
| {{Flagicon|ESP|1945}} Manuel Orantes <br /> {{Flagicon|ROU|1965}} Ion Țiriac
| 6–0, 4–6, 3–6
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 10.
| 1974
| Baltimore, U.S.
| Carpet
| {{Flagicon|AUS}} [[Owen Davidson]]
| {{Flagicon|FRG}} Jürgen Fassbender <br /> {{Flagicon|FRG}} [[Karl Meiler]]
| 6–7, 5–7
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 11.
| 1974
| [[St. Petersburg|St. Petersburg WCT]], U.S.
| Hard
| {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Charlie Pasarell]]
| {{Flagicon|AUS}} [[Owen Davidson]] <br /> {{Flagicon|AUS}} John Newcombe
| 6–4, 3–6, 4–6
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 8.
| 1974
| [[La Costa WCT]], U.S.
| Hard
| {{Flagicon|USA}} Charlie Pasarell
| {{Flagicon|AUS}} [[Roy Emerson]] <br /> {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Dennis Ralston]]
| 6–4, 6–7, 7–5
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 9.
| 1975
| [[Boca West International|Boca Raton]], U.S.
| Hard
| {{Flagicon|ESP|1945}} Juan Gisbert Sr.
| {{Flagicon|FRG}} Jürgen Fassbender <br /> {{Flagicon|ESP|1945}} Juan Gisbert Sr.
| 6–2, 6–1
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| 10.
| 1976
| Boca Raton, U.S.
| Hard
| {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Vitas Gerulaitis]]
| {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Bruce Manson]] <br /> {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Butch Walts]]
| 6–2, 6–4
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Tennis}}
* [[Professional Tennis Championships]]

==References==

{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* Clark Graebner, Carole Graebner, ''Mixed Doubles Tennis'' (McGraw-Hill, New York, 1973)
*{{cite book |author=McPhee, John A. |title=Levels of the Game |url=https://archive.org/details/levelsofgame00mcph |url-access=registration |publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux |location=New York |year=1969 |isbn=0-374-51526-3 }}

==External links==
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