Matt Lucena (born August 4, 1969) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. He won the mixed doubles title at the 1995 US Open.ITF Pro Circuit Profile
College years Lucena played tennis for UC Berkeley from 1988 to 1992. He and Doug Eisenman were NCAA doubles champions in 1990 and with a new partner, Bent-Ove Pedersen in 1991, Lucena went back to back. A three-time All-American, he didn't drop a set in either year.ATP World Tour Profile
Professional career The highlight of Lucena's professional career was winning the 1995 US Open mixed doubles title, partnering Meredith McGrath. Unseeded, the pair had never played together previously.New Straits Times, "Matt And Meredith Triumph", September 9, 1995, p. 20 He twice made the quarter-finals of the men's doubles at the US Open, in 1991 with his UC Berkeley teammate Pedersen and in 1993 with Brian MacPhie. He won one ATP Tour doubles title, at St. Poelten in 1995, as well as four ATP Challenger titles.
Grand Slam finals
Mixed doubles: 1 (1–0) ResultYearChampionshipPartnerOpponentsScoreWin1995U.S. Open Meredith McGrath Cyril Suk Gigi Fernández6–4, 6–4
ATP career finals
Doubles: 2 (1 win, 1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (0–0)ATP World Series (1–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (1–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (1–1)Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0St. Polten, AustriaWorld SeriesClay Bill Behrens Libor Pimek Byron Talbot7–5, 6–4 Loss1–1Atlanta, United StatesWorld SeriesClay Bill Behrens Christo Van Rensburg David Wheaton6–7, 2–6
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Doubles: 8 (4–4) LegendATP Challenger (4–4)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (2–1)Clay (2–3)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Bloomfield Hills, United StatesChallengerHard Steve Devries Doug Eisenman Ted Scherman6–4, 6–3Loss1–1Fairfield, United StatesChallengerHard Brian Macphie Alex O'Brien Jared Palmer3–6, 5–7Loss1–2Guayaquil, EcuadorChallengerClay Richard Schmidt Joao Cunha-Silva Nuno Marques6–7, 4–6Win2–2Cherbourg, FranceChallengerHard Bill Behrens Marius Barnard Stefan Kruger7–6, 6–1Win3–2Dresden, GermanyChallengerClay Nuno Marques Mike Bauer Jon Ireland6–1, 6–4Loss3–3Budapest, HungaryChallengerClay Rikard Bergh Pablo Albano Hendrik-Jan Davids4–6, 4–6Win4–3Poznan, PolandChallengerClay Bill Behrens Jeff Belloli Jack Waite7–5, 6–1Loss4–4Birmingham, United StatesChallengerClay Dave Randall Javier Frana Karel Novacek3–6, 1–6
Performance timelines
Doubles Tournament19891990199119921993199419951996SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAAAAA1R0 / 10–1French OpenAAAAAA1R1R0 / 20–2WimbledonAAAQ2AQ12R1R0 / 21–2US OpenA1RQF1RQF3R1R3R0 / 710–7Win–loss0–00–13–10–13–12–11–32–40 / 1211–12ATP Masters SeriesIndian Wells1RAAAAAAA0 / 10–1MiamiAAAAAAA1R0 / 10–1StuttgartAAAAAA2RA0 / 11–1Win–loss0–10–00–00–00–00–01–10–10 / 31–3
Mixed Doubles Tournament19951996SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAQF0 / 13–1French OpenA3R0 / 12–1Wimbledon1R2R0 / 21–2US OpenW1R1 / 25–1Win–loss5–16–41 / 611–5
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