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Mike Bauer

American tennis player

Mike Bauer (born June 29, 1959) is a retired American tour professional tennis player. Bauer won three singles and nine top-tier doubles titles during his career. He reached a career high singles ranking of world No. 29 in November 1984.

01Career

An All-American in 1981 at University of California, Berkeley, Bauer won the 1982 Bangkok Grand Prix and 1982 and 1983 South Australian Open. He was also a finalist at the 1983 Sydney Outdoor Grand Prix. He reached the semi-finals in five other tournaments during his career. His best Grand Slam result was reaching the 3rd round of Wimbledon in 1983 where he lost to eventual finalist Chris Lewis. He reached the second round of the U.S. Open twice in four tries.

Bauer reached a career high doubles ranking of world No. 25, and won the 1981 Taipei Grand Prix and Manila Grand Prix, and 1982 Bangkok Grand Prix, tournaments partnering compatriot John Benson, the 1983 Stuttgart Outdoor partnering Anand Amritraj and Sydney Outdoor partnering Pat Cash, the 1992 Tel Aviv Grand Prix partnering João Cunha e Silva, the 1993 Casablanca Grand Prix partnering Piet Norval, and Santiago Grand Prix with Rikl, and the 1994 Vienna Grand Prix again with Rikl. He was a finalist at the 1983 Maui Grand Prix partnering Scott Davis and 1984 Melbourne Grand Prix partnering Scott McCain, 1993 Zarazoga Grand Prix partnering David Rikl, Gerry Weber Open with Marc-Kevin Goellner, Tel Aviv partnering Rikl, and Vienna with David Prinosil.

Bauer was a member of the American Davis Cup team. Mike graduated from Miramonte High School in Orinda, California. He is the former Director of Tennis at Harbor Bay Club in Alameda, California. He regularly gave private lessons and directed the Summer Tennis Camp program. He now lives in Germany with his family.

02Grand Prix career finals

Singles (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1-0 Nov 1982 Bangkok, Thailand Carpet (i) Jim Gurfein 6-1, 6-2
Win 2-0 Dec 1982 Adelaide, Australia Grass Chris Johnstone 4-6, 7-6, 6-2
Loss 2-1 Dec 1983 Sydney, Australia Grass Joakim Nyström 6-2, 3-6, 1-6
Win 3-1 Dec 1983 Adelaide, Australia Grass Miloslav Mečíř 3-6, 6-4, 6-1

Doubles (9 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partners Opponents Score
Win 1-0 Nov 1981 Taipei, Taiwan Carpet (i) John Benson John Austin
Mike Cahill
6-4, 6-3
Win 2-0 Nov 1981 Manila, Philippines Clay John Benson Drew Gitlin
Jim Gurfein
6-4, 6-4
Win 3-0 Oct 1992 Tel Aviv, Israel Hard João Cunha e Silva Mark Koevermans
Tobias Svantesson
6-3, 6-4
Win 4-0 Nov 1982 Bangkok, Thailand Carpet (i) John Benson Charles Strode
Morris Strode
7-5, 3-6, 6-3
Win 5-0 Jul 1983 Stuttgart, West Germany Clay Anand Amritraj Pavel Složil
Tomáš Šmíd
4-6, 6-3, 6-2
Loss 5-1 Oct 1983 Maui, U.S. Hard Scott Davis Tony Giammalva
Steve Meister
3-6, 7-5, 4-6
Loss 5-2 Dec 1984 Melbourne, Australia Grass Scott McCain Broderick Dyke
Wally Masur
6-7, 6-3, 6-7
Loss 5-3 Mar 1993 Zaragoza Carpet David Rikl Martin Damm
Karel Nováček
6-2, 4-6, 5-7
Win 6-3 Mar 1993 Casablanca, Morocco Clay Piet Norval Ģirts Dzelde
Goran Prpić
7-5, 7-6
Loss 6-4 Jun 1993 Halle, Germany Grass Marc-Kevin Goellner Petr Korda
Cyril Suk
6-7, 7-5, 3-6
Loss 6-5 Oct 1993 Tel Aviv, Israel Hard David Rikl Sergio Casal
Emilio Sánchez
4-6, 4-6
Loss 6-6 Oct 1993 Vienna, Austria Carpet (i) David Prinosil Byron Black
Jonathan Stark
3-6, 6-7
Win 7-6 Nov 1993 Santiago, Chile Clay David Rikl Christer Allgårdh
Brian Devening
7-6, 6-4
Win 8-6 Dec 1983 Sydney, Australia Grass Pat Cash Broderick Dyke
Rod Frawley
7-6, 6-4
Win 9-6 Oct 1994 Vienna, Austria Carpet (i) David Rikl Alex Antonitsch
Greg Rusedski
7-6, 6-4
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