Jeremy Bates (Tennis)

Grand Slam (tennis), Davis Cup, Australian Open, French Open, The Championships, Wimbledon
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Michael Jeremy Bates, commonly known as Jeremy Bates, is a former professional tennis player from the United Kingdom. He was born in Solihull, England. During his career, he won two Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. After retiring from the professional circuit, he has served as the captain of Britain's Davis Cup team. Bates turned professional in 1982. Partnering his fellow British player Jo Durie, he won the mixed doubles titles at Wimbledon in 1987, the first British doubles team to win the title for 51 years and the Australian Open in 1991, the first time a British doubles team has ever won the title. He was also a men's doubles runner-up at the Australian Open in 1988. As a singles player, he reached the fourth round at Wimbledon twice in 1992 and 1994 losing on both occasions to France's Guy Forget. In the 1992 encounter Bates held a match point against Forget in the fourth-set, but failed to convert it and ended up losing in five sets 7 6, 4 6, 6 3, 6 7, 3 6

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• Verlag: Alphascript Publishing / Fidel
• Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 108
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9786138188582
• ISBN-10: 6138188586
• Artikelnr.: 34705389