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Blaine Willenborg

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Blaine Willenborg
Country (sports) United States
Born (1960-01-04) January 4, 1960 (age 64)
Miami, Florida, U.S.
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$249,307
Singles
Career record33–54
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 50 (10 September 1984)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open2R (1985)
Wimbledon1R (1984)
US Open2R (1980)
Doubles
Career record142–105
Career titles7
Highest rankingNo. 13 (18 April 1988)
Grand Slam doubles results
French OpenQF (1985, 1987, 1989)
Wimbledon1R (1984, 1989)
US OpenQF (1988)
Medal record
Tennis
Summer Universiade
Silver medal – second place 1979 Mexico City Doubles

Blaine Willenborg (born January 4, 1960) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

Willenborg enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 7 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 9 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 13 in 1988. His career high singles ranking was world No. 50, which he reached on September 9, 1984.

Career finals

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Doubles (7 titles, 9 runner-ups)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 1982 South Orange, U.S. Clay United States Jai DiLouie Mexico Raúl Ramírez
United States Van Winitsky
6–3, 4–6, 1–6
Loss 2. 1982 Indianapolis, U.S. Clay South Africa Robbie Venter United States Sherwood Stewart
United States Ferdi Taygan
4–6, 5–7
Win 1. 1983 Geneva, Switzerland Clay Czechoslovakia Stanislav Birner Sweden Joakim Nyström
Sweden Mats Wilander
6–1, 2–6, 6–3
Loss 3. 1984 Washington D.C., U.S. Clay United States Drew Gitlin Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil
United States Ferdi Taygan
6–7, 1–6
Loss 4. 1984 North Conway, U.S. Clay Brazil Cássio Motta United States Brian Gottfried
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
4–6, 2–6
Win 2. 1984 Palermo, Italy Clay Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd Italy Claudio Panatta
Sweden Henrik Sundström
6–7, 6–3, 6–0
Win 3. 1984 Bordeaux, France Clay Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil France Loïc Courteau
France Guy Forget
6–1, 6–4
Loss 5. 1985 Bordeaux, France Clay Czechoslovakia Libor Pimek United Kingdom David Felgate
United Kingdom Steve Shaw
4–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss 6. 1986 Bologna, Italy Clay Italy Claudio Panatta Italy Paolo Canè
Italy Simone Colombo
1–6, 2–6
Win 4. 1986 Athens, Greece Clay Czechoslovakia Libor Pimek Peru Carlos Di Laura
Italy Claudio Panatta
5–7, 6–4, 6–2
Win 5. 1987 Munich, Germany Clay United States Jim Pugh Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sánchez
7–6, 4–6, 6–4
Loss 7. 1987 Bologna, Italy Clay Italy Claudio Panatta Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sánchez
3–6, 2–6
Win 6. 1987 Indianapolis, U.S. Clay Australia Laurie Warder Sweden Joakim Nyström
Sweden Mats Wilander
6–0, 6–3
Loss 8. 1987 Washington D.C., U.S. Hard Australia Laurie Warder United States Gary Donnelly
United States Peter Fleming
2–6, 6–7
Loss 9. 1988 Lyon, France Carpet Denmark Michael Mortensen Australia Brad Drewett
Australia Broderick Dyke
6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Win 7. 1989 Florence, Italy Clay United States Mike De Palmer Italy Pietro Pennisi
Italy Simone Restelli
4–6, 6–4, 6–4
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