Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective

Peter Doohan

Australian tennis player (1961–2017) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Remove ads

Peter Leslie Doohan (2 May 1961 – 21 July 2017) was an Australian tennis player who won three consecutive Australian Hard Court Championships singles titles (1984, 1985, 1986),[1] which remains an Open era record for that tournament. He won a further two singles titles at the South Australian Open in 1984 and San Louis Potosí tournament in Mexico in 1988. He also won five doubles titles during his career. The right-hander reached his highest Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles ranking of world No. 43 in August 1987.

Quick Facts Country (sports), Residence ...
Remove ads
Remove ads

Early and personal life

Peter Leslie Doohan was born on 2 May 1961 in Newcastle, New South Wales, to Paul and Thelma Doohan.[2][3] Her sisters were Cathie Roff and Margaret Knight.[2][3] His sons include tennis coach John Doohan and American actor Hunter Doohan.

Doohan died on 21 July 2017 from motor neurone disease.[4]

Career

At the 1987 Wimbledon Championships, he unexpectedly defeated two-time defending champion and top-seeded Boris Becker in the second round, earning himself the nickname "The Becker Wrecker" at home in Australia.[5][6][7]

Doohan played collegiately in the United States with the University of Arkansas where he won the NCAA doubles title in 1982. Also a successful singles player, he won three Australian Hard Court Championships consecutively from 1984 to 1986. In 1984, he won the South Australian Open singles title.[8] In 1988, he won the San Louis Potosí singles title on clay[9] in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. He also coached high school tennis at Donoho High School in Anniston, Alabama, for several years in the mid-1990s.[4]

Remove ads

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

More information Result, Year ...

ATP career finals

Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

More information Legend, Titles by surface ...
More information Result, W–L ...

Doubles: 14 (5 titles, 9 runner-ups)

More information Legend, Titles by surface ...
More information Result, W–L ...
Remove ads

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

More information Legend, Finals by surface ...
More information Result, W–L ...

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

More information Legend, Finals by surface ...
More information Result, W–L ...
Remove ads

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RRQ# 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

More information Tournament, SR ...

Doubles

More information Tournament, SR ...

Mixed doubles

More information Tournament, SR ...
Remove ads

References

Loading content...
Loading content...
Loading related searches...

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.

Remove ads