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Jeremy Bates (tennis)

Michael Jeremy Bates (born 19 June 1962) is a British former professional tennis player. He was ranked UK number 1 in 1987 and from 1989 to 1994. He reached a career-high ATP world ranking of 54 from 17 April 1995 to 23 April 1995.[1]

Jeremy Bates
Bates in 2019
Full nameMichael Jeremy Bates
Country (sports) United Kingdom
ResidenceLondon, England, United Kingdom
Born (1962-06-19) 19 June 1962 (age 62)
Solihull, England, United Kingdom
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro1982
Retired1996
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$1,338,555
Singles
Career record132–193
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 54 (17 April 1995)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (1989)
French Open3R (1988, 1989)
Wimbledon4R (1992, 1994)
US Open2R (1986)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games2R (1988)
Doubles
Career record163–170
Career titles3
Highest rankingNo. 25 (4 March 1991)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenF (1988)
French Open3R (1987)
WimbledonQF (1990, 1993)
US Open2R (1986, 1990)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games1R (1988)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenW (1991)
WimbledonW (1987)
Last updated on: 10 March 2023.

During his career Bates won two Grand Slam mixed doubles titles, at Wimbledon in 1987 and the Australian Open in 1991, partnering his fellow British player Jo Durie. He also won one top-level singles title and three men's doubles titles on the professional circuit. After retiring as a player, Bates served as the captain of Britain's Davis Cup team from 2004 to 2006.[2]

Career

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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 (partnering Sweden's Peter Lundgren).

As a singles player, Bates 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, narrowly missing out on a place in the quarter-finals against John McEnroe. Bates was also the first ever opponent of Andre Agassi in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, in the first round of the 1986 US Open, with Bates winning in four sets against the 16-year-old wildcard Agassi.

Bates won one top-level singles title during his career – at Seoul in 1994 when he was aged 31, becoming the first British male to win an ATP tour title since 1977 (he was the oldest champion on the tour that season). He also won three men's doubles titles at Tel Aviv (1989), Queen's Club (1990), and Rotterdam (1994). He was the British national champion six times, and played in 20 Davis Cup ties for Britain, scoring 27 wins and 24 losses. His career-high rankings were World No. 54 in singles (in 1995) and World No. 25 in doubles (in 1991).

Grand Slam finals

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Doubles: 1 (1 loss)

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Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1988 Australian Open Hard   Peter Lundgren   Rick Leach
  Jim Pugh		 3–6, 2–6, 3–6

Mixed doubles: 2 (2 wins)

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Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1987 Wimbledon Grass   Jo Durie   Nicole Bradtke
  Darren Cahill		 7–6(12–10), 6–3
Win 1991 Australian Open Hard   Jo Durie   Robin White
  Scott Davis		 2–6, 6–4, 6–4

ATP Career Finals

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Singles: 1 (1 title)

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Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–0)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Apr 1994 Seoul, South Korea World Series Hard   Jörn Renzenbrink 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–3

Doubles: 11 (3 titles, 8 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–1)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–1)
ATP World Series (3–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–3)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (1–4)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (2–3)
Indoors (1–5)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jan 1988 Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard   Peter Lundgren   Rick Leach
  Jim Pugh 		3–6, 2–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Aug 1988 Rye Brook, United States Grand Prix Hard   Michael Mortensen   Andrew Castle
  Tim Wilkison 		6–4, 5–7, 6–7
Loss 0–3 Oct 1988 Basel, Switzerland Grand Prix Hard   Peter Lundgren   Jakob Hlasek
  Tomáš Šmíd 		3–6, 1–6
Loss 0–4 Oct 1988 Frankfurt, West Germany Grand Prix Carpet   Tom Nijssen   Rudiger Haas
  Goran Ivanisevic 		6–1, 5–7, 3–6
Win 1–4 Oct 1989 Tel-Aviv, Israel Grand Prix Hard   Patrick Baur   Rikard Bergh
  Per Henricsson 		6–1, 4–6, 6–1
Loss 1–5 Nov 1989 Wembley, United Kingdom Grand Prix Carpet   Kevin Curren   Jakob Hlasek
  John McEnroe 		1–6, 6–7
Win 2–5 Jun 1990 Queen's, United Kingdom World Series Grass   Kevin Curren   Henri Leconte
  Ivan Lendl 		6–2, 7–6
Loss 2–6 Feb 1991 Stuttgard, Germany Championship Series Carpet   Nick Brown   Sergio Casal
  Emilio Sánchez 		3–6, 5–7
Loss 2–7 Oct 1991 Toulouse, France World Series Carpet   Kevin Curren   Tom Nijssen
  Cyril Suk 		6–3, 3–6, 6–7
Loss 2–8 Jun 1992 Manchester, United Kingdom World Series Grass   Laurie Warder   Patrick Galbraith
  David Macpherson 		6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Win 3–8 Feb 1994 Rotterdam, Netherlands World Series Carpet   Jonas Björkman   Jacco Eltingh
  Paul Haarhuis 		6–4, 6–1

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 10 (5–5)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (5–5)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–3)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–2)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 1989 Madeira, Portugal Challenger Hard   Nuno Marques 3–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Apr 1990 Cape Town, South Africa Challenger Carpet   Gary Muller 7–5, 2–6, 3–6
Win 1–2 Apr 1990 Durban, South Africa Challenger Hard   Grant Stafford 6–4, 6–1
Win 2–2 Oct 1991 Cherbourg, France Challenger Hard   Byron Black 7–5, 1–6, 7–6
Loss 2–3 May 1992 Taipei, Taiwan Challenger Hard   Sandon Stolle 3–6, 7–5, 5–7
Loss 2–4 May 1992 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Challenger Hard   Sandon Stolle 6–7, 4–6
Loss 2–5 Oct 1993 Dublin, Ireland Challenger Carpet   Paolo Cane 3–6, 5–7
Win 3–5 Oct 1993 Gothenburg, Sweden Challenger Hard   Alex Radulescu 6–2, 6–3
Win 4–5 Oct 1994 Brest, France Challenger Hard   Lionel Barthez 6–3, 6–1
Win 5–5 Jul 1995 Bristol, United Kingdom Challenger Grass   Andrew Foster 6–7, 6–4, 6–3

Doubles: 7 (5–2)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (5–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (2–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 1987 Enugu, Nigeria Challenger Hard   Stanislav Birner   Jorge Lozano
  Tim Pawsat 		1–6, 6–1, 2–6
Win 1–1 Feb 1989 Telford, United Kingdom Challenger Carpet   Nick Brown   Ronnie Baathman
  Rikard Bergh 		6–4, 7–6
Win 2–1 Apr 1990 Cape Town, South Africa Challenger Carpet   Marius Barnard   Wayne Ferreira
  Pieter Norval 		6–3, 6–1
Win 3–1 Apr 1992 Nagoya, Japan Challenger Hard   Mark Petchey   Bertrand Madsen
  Leander Paes 		7–5, 3–6, 7–6
Loss 3–2 Aug 1992 New Haven, United States Challenger Hard   Byron Black   Todd Nelson
  Leander Paes 		5–7, 6–2, 6–7
Abandoned 3–2 Jul 1993 Bristol, United Kingdom Challenger Grass   Mark Petchey   Paul Hand
  Chris Wilkinson 		7–6, 4–6
Win 4–2 Sep 1993 Singapore, Singapore Challenger Hard   Christo Van Rensburg   Sander Groen
  Grant Stafford 		6–3, 6–4
Win 5–2 Oct 1993 Gothenburg, Sweden Challenger Hard   Chris Wilkinson   Andrew Foster
  Ross Matheson 		7–6, 6–3

Performance timelines

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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

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Tournament 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q2 Q2 Q1 1R A 2R 2R 3R 1R 1R 1R 1R A 2R A 0 / 9 4–9 31%
French Open A A A A A 1R A 3R 3R 1R A A 1R Q2 1R A 0 / 6 4–6 40%
Wimbledon Q2 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 3R 2R 2R 2R 2R 4R 1R 4R 1R 1R 0 / 15 12–15 44%
US Open A A A A 1R 2R A 1R A 1R A A Q2 1R 1R A 0 / 6 1–6 14%
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–3 1–3 2–2 4–4 5–3 1–4 1–2 3–2 0–3 3–2 1–4 0–1 0 / 36 21–36 37%
National Representation
Summer Olympics Not Held A Not Held 2R Not Held A Not Held A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
ATP Masters Series
Miami A A A A A 1R A 1R A 1R A A A A A A 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Rome A A A A A A A 1R A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Canada A A A A A A A A 1R A A 1R 2R 2R 1R A 0 / 5 2–5 29%
Cincinnati A A A A A A A A A 1R A A Q1 A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–1 0–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 0 / 10 2–10 17%

Doubles

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Tournament 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 2R A 3R A 2R F 2R 1R SF 1R 2R A A A 0 / 9 15–9 63%
French Open A A A A A 1R 3R 1R 1R 1R 2R 2R 1R A A A 0 / 8 4–8 33%
Wimbledon Q1 1R 2R 1R 2R 1R 2R 2R 1R QF 1R 2R QF 2R 1R 2R 0 / 15 13–15 46%
US Open A A A A A 2R A 1R 1R 2R 1R A A A A A 0 / 5 2–5 29%
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 2–2 0–1 3–2 1–3 4–3 6–4 1–4 4–4 5–4 2–3 4–3 1–1 0–1 1–1 0 / 37 34–37 48%
National Representation
Summer Olympics Not Held A Not Held 1R Not Held A Not Held A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
ATP Masters Series
Miami A A A A A 2R 1R 3R A A A 1R A A A A 0 / 4 3–4 43%
Monte Carlo A A A A A 2R A A A A QF A A A A A 0 / 2 3–2 60%
Rome A A A A A A A 2R A A 1R A A A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Canada A A A A A A A A SF A A 1R 2R A A A 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Cincinnati A A A A A QF A 1R A 1R A A Q1 A A A 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–3 0–1 3–3 2–1 0–1 2–2 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 14 12–14 46%

Mixed Doubles

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Tournament 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A A A A QF W QF A A A A 1 / 3 9–2 82%
French Open A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon 3R 2R A A 1R QF W 2R A QF 3R 3R QF 2R 2R 3R 1 / 13 24–12 67%
US Open A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 6–0 1–1 0–0 5–2 7–1 4–2 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2 / 16 35–14 71%


Post-retirement activity

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Bates retired from the professional tour in 1996. Since leaving the tour, he has served as captain of Britain's Davis Cup team as well as playing in seniors' events. He quit as Head of Performance for the Lawn Tennis Association in January 2007. In September 2007, Bates was appointed Director of Tennis at the Sutton Tennis Academy (London, UK). He quit Sutton Tennis Academy in May 2010, and worked as a broadcaster and commentator for the BBC, Eurosport and Sky. He became the individual coach of former British Number 1 Anne Keothavong and continues to coach, including British player, Katie Boulter. He is also a motivational speaker on team building.

References

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  1. ^ "Jeremy Bates: Player Profile". atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  2. ^ "Bates quits as Davis Cup captain". BBC News. 24 July 2006.
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