John Yancey (tennis)

John Yancey (born January 18, 1970) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

John Yancey

Full name	John Yancey
Country (sports)	United States
Born	(1970-01-18) January 18, 1970 (age 55)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$17,310
Doubles
Career record	1–8
Career titles	0 0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 142 (14 February 1994)
Last updated on: 13 May 2023.

Biography

As a junior Yancey partnered with Jonathan Stark to win the boys' doubles title at the 1988 US Open.^[1]

Recruited from Grosse Pointe, Yancey played collegiate tennis at the Kentucky Wildcats. He also had an opportunity to play basketball for the Wildcats but decided to dedicate all of his efforts to tennis.^[2]

In the early 1990s he played on the professional tour as a doubles specialist. Across 1993 and 1994 he appeared in the main draw of eight ATP Tour tournaments. His best result was a quarter-final appearance partnering Rich Benson at the San Marino Open in the 1993 season and the following year he reached his highest ranking of 142 in the world for doubles.^[3]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1988	US Open	Hard	Jonathan Stark	Massimo Boscatto Stefano Pescosolido	7–6, 7–5

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals

Doubles: 2 (0–2)

Legend ATP Challenger (0–2) ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 1993	Seville, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Steve Campbell	Emilio Benfele Álvarez Pepe Imaz	7–6, 1–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Oct 1993	Munich, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Jon Ireland	Sander Groen Arne Thoms	3–6, 3–6