Jim Pugh

For other people with the same name, see James Pugh (disambiguation).

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.

Jim Pugh

Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Manhattan Beach, California, USA
Born	(1964-02-05) February 5, 1964 (age 61) Burbank, California, USA
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	1985
Retired	1996
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 1,780,466
Singles
Career record	85–95
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 37 (23 November 1987)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (1988)
French Open	3R (1987)
Wimbledon	3R (1989)
US Open	3R (1987)
Doubles
Career record	276–167
Career titles	22
Highest ranking	No. 1 (19 June 1989)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	W (1988, 1989)
French Open	F (1991)
Wimbledon	W (1990)
US Open	F (1988)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	W (1988, 1989, 1990)
French Open	QF (1988)
Wimbledon	W (1989)
US Open	W (1988)
Last updated on: 22 November 2021.

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.^[1]

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	Jul 1987	Schenectady, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Jaime Yzaga	6–0, 6–7(4–7), 1–6
Loss	0–2	Oct 1987	San Francisco, United States	Grand Prix	Carpet	Peter Lundgren	1–6, 5–7
Win	1–2	Jul 1989	Newport, United States	Grand Prix	Grass	Peter Lundgren	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Loss	1–3	Aug 1989	Stratton Mountain, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	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	Score
Loss	0–1	May 1987	Hamburg, West Germany	Masters Series	Clay	Claudio Mezzadri	Miloslav Mečíř Tomáš Šmíd	6–4, 6–7, 2–6
Win	1–1	May 1987	Munich, West Germany	Grand Prix	Clay	Blaine Willenborg	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	7–6, 4–6, 6–4
Loss	1–2	Jul 1987	Schenectady, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Brad Pearce	Gary Donnelly Gary Muller	6–7, 2–6
Win	2–2	Oct 1987	Scottsdale, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Rick Leach	Dan Goldie Mel Purcell	6–3, 6–2
Win	3–2	Nov 1987	Hong Kong, British Hong Kong	Grand Prix	Hard	Mark Kratzmann	Marty Davis Brad Drewett	6–7, 6–4, 6–2
Loss	3–3	Nov 1987	Stockholm, Sweden	Grand Prix	Hard	Jim Grabb	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	3–6, 4–6
Win	4–3	Jan 1988	Melbourne, Australia	Grand Slam	Hard	Rick Leach	Jeremy Bates Peter Lundgren	6–3, 6–2, 6–3
Loss	4–4	May 1988	Hamburg, West Germany	Masters Series	Clay	Rick Leach	Darren Cahill Laurie Warder	4–6, 4–6
Win	5–4	May 1988	Munich, West Germany	Grand Prix	Clay	Rick Leach	Alberto Mancini Christian Miniussi	7–6, 6–1
Win	6–4	Jul 1988	Washington, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Rick Leach	Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken	6–3, 6–7, 6–2
Win	7–4	Aug 1988	Indianapolis, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Rick Leach	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–4, 6–3
Win	8–4	Aug 1988	Cincinnati, United States	Masters Series	Hard	Rick Leach	Jim Grabb Patrick McEnroe	6–2, 6–4
Loss	8–5	Sep 1988	New York, United States	Grand Slam	Hard	Rick Leach	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	walkover
Loss	8–6	Oct 1988	Scottsdale, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Rick Leach	Scott Davis Mel Purcell	4–6, 6–7
Win	9–6	Nov 1988	Detroit, United States	Grand Prix	Carpet	Rick Leach	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–4, 6–1
Win	10–6	Dec 1988	Masters Doubles, United Kingdom	ATP Finals	Carpet	Rick Leach	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 6–0
Win	11–6	Jan 1989	Melbourne, Australia	Grand Slam	Hard	Rick Leach	Darren Cahill Mark Kratzmann	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	11–7	Feb 1989	Philadelphia, United States	Championship Series	Carpet	Rick Leach	Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg	3–6, 5–7
Win	12–7	Mar 1989	Scottsdale, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Rick Leach	Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg	6–7, 6–3, 6–2, 2–6, 6–4
Win	13–7	Apr 1989	Singapore, Singapore	Grand Prix	Hard	Rick Leach	Paul Chamberlin Paul Wekesa	6–3, 6–4
Win	14–7	May 1989	Forest Hills, United States	Grand Prix	Clay	Rick Leach	Jim Courier Pete Sampras	6–4, 6–2
Loss	14–8	Jul 1989	Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grand Slam	Grass	Rick Leach	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–3, 6–7, 4–6, 6–7
Loss	14–9	Nov 1989	Stockholm, Sweden	Grand Prix	Carpet	Rick Leach	Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken	3–6, 7–5, 3–6
Win	15–9	Nov 1989	Itaparica, Brazil	Grand Prix	Hard	Rick Leach	Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken	6–2, 7–6
Win	16–9	Feb 1990	Philadelphia, United States	Championship Series	Carpet	Rick Leach	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win	17–9	Mar 1990	Miami, United States	Masters Series	Hard	Rick Leach	Boris Becker Cássio Motta	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	17–10	May 1990	Bologna, Italy	World Series	Clay	Jérôme Potier	Gustavo Luza Udo Riglewski	6–7, 6–4, 1–6
Win	18–10	Jul 1990	Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grand Slam	Grass	Rick Leach	Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser	7–6, 7–6, 7–6
Loss	18–11	Nov 1990	Wembley, United Kingdom	World Series	Carpet	Rick Leach	Jim Grabb Patrick McEnroe	6–7, 6–4, 3–6
Win	19–11	Feb 1991	Philadelphia, United States	Championship Series	Carpet	Rick Leach	Udo Riglewski Michael Stich	6–4, 6–4
Win	20–11	May 1991	Charlotte, United States	World Series	Clay	Rick Leach	Bret Garnett Greg Van Emburgh	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
Loss	20–12	Jun 1991	Paris, France	Grand Slam	Clay	Rick Leach	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	0–6, 6–7
Win	21–12	Aug 1991	Los Angeles, United States	World Series	Hard	Javier Frana	Bret Garnett Brad Pearce	7–5, 2–6, 6–4
Win	22–12	Aug 1992	Los Angeles, United States	World Series	Hard	Patrick Galbraith	Francisco Montana David Wheaton	7–6, 7–6
Loss	22–13	Jul 1993	Newport, United States	World Series	Grass	Byron Black	Javier Frana Christo van Rensburg	6–4, 1–6, 6–7
Loss	22–14	Jan 1994	Jakarta, Indonesia	World Series	Hard	Jorge Lozano	Jonas Björkman Neil Borwick	4–6, 1–6
Loss	22–15	May 1994	Atlanta, United States	World Series	Clay	Francisco Montana	Jared Palmer 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	Mar 1987	Cherbourg, France	Challenger	Hard	Stefan Eriksson	3–6, 0–6
Loss	0–2	Sep 1995	Aruba, Aruba	Challenger	Hard	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	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 1987	Cherbourg, France	Challenger	Hard	Eric Winogradsky	Paul Chamberlin Leif Shiras	5–7, 5–7
Win	1–1	Sep 1992	Fairfield, United States	Challenger	Hard	Jared Palmer	Steve Devries Ted Scherman	6–4, 7–6
Win	2–1	Oct 1992	Ponte Vedra, United States	Challenger	Hard	Jared Palmer	Nicolas Pereira Daniel Vacek	1–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win	3–1	Dec 1993	Naples, United States	Challenger	Clay	Francisco Montana	Mark Knowles Jared Palmer	7–6, 3–6, 6–4
Loss	3–2	Feb 1996	Wolfsburg, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Joost Winnink	Dirk Dier Arne Thoms	4–6, 4–6
Win	4–2	Feb 1996	Lübeck, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Joost Winnink	Lorenzo Manta Lars Rehmann	7–5, 7–5

Performance timelines

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.

Singles

Tournament	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R	1R	0 / 4	1–4	20%
French Open	A	A	3R	2R	1R	2R	A	0 / 4	4–4	50%
Wimbledon	Q1	Q2	1R	1R	3R	2R	1R	0 / 5	3–5	38%
US Open	A	1R	3R	1R	1R	2R	1R	0 / 6	3–6	33%
Win–loss	0–0	0–1	4–3	2–4	2–4	3–4	0–3	0 / 19	11–19	37%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	1R	1R	3R	A	0 / 3	2–3	40%
Miami	A	A	1R	1R	2R	2R	A	0 / 4	2–4	33%
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Rome	A	A	2R	3R	A	1R	A	0 / 3	3–3	50%
Hamburg	A	A	1R	2R	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Canada	A	A	2R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Cincinnati	A	A	2R	1R	A	2R	A	0 / 3	2–3	40%
Paris	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	3–5	3–8	1–2	4–4	0–0	0 / 19	11–19	37%

Doubles

Tournament	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	NH	A	W	W	SF	3R	1R	A	1R	1R	2 / 7	18–5	78%
French Open	A	2R	1R	QF	1R	3R	F	QF	1R	1R	A	0 / 9	14–9	61%
Wimbledon	Q1	1R	1R	3R	F	W	1R	1R	2R	2R	A	1 / 9	15–8	65%
US Open	A	1R	3R	F	QF	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	A	0 / 9	11–9	55%
Win–loss	0–0	1–3	2–3	16–3	14–3	12–3	8–4	3–4	1–3	1–4	0–1	3 / 34	58–31	65%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	1R	A	SF	2R	SF	2R	1R	A	0 / 6	6–6	50%
Miami	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	W	3R	QF	2R	QF	2R	1 / 10	15–9	63%
Monte Carlo	A	A	2R	QF	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 3	2–3	40%
Rome	A	A	1R	1R	A	1R	A	2R	1R	2R	A	0 / 6	2–6	25%
Hamburg	A	A	F	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	1R	A	0 / 4	6–4	60%
Canada	A	A	1R	2R	A	A	A	1R	2R	2R	A	0 / 5	2–5	29%
Cincinnati	A	2R	1R	W	A	SF	QF	1R	A	1R	A	1 / 7	10–6	63%
Paris	A	A	A	2R	2R	2R	A	A	A	2R	A	0 / 4	3–4	43%
Win–loss	0–0	1–2	5–6	8–6	1–2	9–4	3–3	8–6	4–6	6–7	1–1	2 / 45	46–43	52%
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	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	W	W	W	QF	QF	A	A	3 / 5	19–2	90%
French Open	A	QF	A	A	A	A	A	3R	0 / 2	4–2	67%
Wimbledon	1R	2R	W	SF	F	3R	1R	1R	1 / 8	18–7	72%
US Open	QF	W	2R	F	1R	1R	1R	1R	1 / 8	12–7	63%
Win–loss	2–2	13–2	12–1	13–2	7–3	4–3	0–2	2–3	5 / 23	53–18	75%