Brad Pearce (born March 21, 1966) is a former tennis player from the United States, who turned professional in 1986. He won four doubles titles during his career. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP ranking on October 8, 1990, when he became the World No. 71.

Pearce was inducted into the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Hall of Fame.

Career

1987 Pearce started off his new season playing doubles, reaching four finals. Three of those were on the Grand Prix tennis circuit. He won his first final in January at the Auckland, with partner Kelly Jones. En route he defeated players such as Milan Šrejber and Mark Woodforde to win the title. His year continued on a high note, making it to the quarter-finals of the Ebel U.S. Pro Indoor and the Lorraine Open and the semi-finals of the Japan Open Tennis Championships. Later he reached the finals at the OTB Open with partner Jim Pugh, losing to Gary Donnelly and Gary Muller 6–7, 2–6. A month later he made it to the final in New Haven with partner Gilad Bloom of Israel as the #1 seed, losing to the #2 seed Glenn Layendecker and Glenn Michibata 6–3, 4–6, 2–6.

1990 The highlight of Pearce's single career was his appearance in the quarter-finals of the Wimbledon Championship. Pearce was an unseeded player, and one of three Americans in the quarter-finals (Brad Gilbert and Kevin Curren being the others). En route he beat Ronnie Båthman (6–3, 3–6, 6–2, 6–3), Shuzo Matsuoka (7–6, 7–5, 6–3), Milan Šrejber (6–3, 6–3, 6–1), and Mark Woodforde (6–4, 6–4, 6–4) to face Ivan Lendl, the #1 seed of the tournament, where he lost (4–6, 4–6, 7–5, 4–6).ATP Brad Pearce Profile

1991

Personal life Pearce now works as an employee of Brigham Young University in the athletic department. He is the head coach of the BYU men's tennis team, and coached several players who have reached the top 800's in ATP rankings.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 12 (4 titles / 8 runner-ups)

LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (0–2)ATP World Series (4–6)Finals by surfaceHard (3–8)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (2–5)Indoors (2–3)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Houston, United StatesGrand PrixCarpet Ricardo Acuña Chip Hooper Mike Leach6–4, 7–5Win2–0Auckland, New ZealandGrand PrixHard Kelly Jones Carl Limberger Mark Woodforde7–6, 7–6Loss2–1Schenectady, United StatesGrand PrixHard Jim Pugh Gary Donnelly Gary Muller6–7, 2–6Loss2–2Johannesburg, South AfricaGrand PrixHard Eric Korita Kevin Curren David Pate4–6, 4–6Loss2–3Schenectady, United StatesGrand PrixHard Byron Talbot Scott Davis Broderick Dyke2–6, 6–7Loss2–4Tokyo, JapanChampionship SeriesHard Kent Kinnear Mark Kratzmann Wally Masur6–3, 3–6, 4–6Win3–4Schenectady, United StatesWorld SeriesHard Richard Fromberg Brian Garrow Sven Salumaa6–2, 3–6, 7–6Loss3–5Los Angeles, United StatesWorld SeriesHard Glenn Michibata Javier Frana Jim Pugh5–7, 6–2, 4–6Loss3–6Seoul, South KoreaWorld SeriesHard Kelly Evernden Kevin Curren Gary Muller6–7, 4–6Win4–6Toulouse, FranceWorld SeriesHard Byron Talbot Guy Forget Henri Leconte6–1, 3–6, 6–3Loss4–7Philadelphia, United StatesChampionship SeriesHard Marcos Ondruska Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg7–6, 3–6, 0–6Loss4–8Basel, SwitzerlandWorld SeriesHard Dave Randall Byron Black Jonathan Stark6–3, 5–7, 3–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 2 (0–2) LegendATP Challenger (0–2)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–2)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Gevrey-Chambertin, FranceChallengerCarpet Martin Laurendeau6–4, 1–6, 6–7Loss0–2Bergen, NorwayChallengerCarpet Jan Gunnarsson3–6, 6–7

Doubles: 4 (1–3) LegendATP Challenger (1–3)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (0–2)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–1)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Guadeloupe, FranceChallengerHard Gilad Bloom Patrick Baur Christian Saceanu6–4, 6–2Loss1–1Gevrey-Chambertin, FranceChallengerCarpet Greg Van Emburgh Nduka Odizor Paul Wekesa4–6, 2–6Loss1–2Pembroke Pines, United StatesChallengerClay Glenn Layendecker Roberto Saad Tobias Svantesson6–4, 3–6, 2–6Loss1–3Pembroke Pines, United StatesChallengerClay Todd Witsken Rikard Bergh Trevor Kronemann3–6, 3–6

Performance timelines

Singles Tournament198619871988198919901991199219931994SRW–LWin %Grand Slam TournamentsAustralian OpenA3RAAA1RQ1AA0 / 21–2French OpenAAAAA1RAAA0 / 10–1Wimbledon1RQ1Q1Q2QF1RQ2Q1A0 / 34–3US Open1RAAA1RAAAA0 / 20–2Win–loss0–21–10–00–04–20–30–00–00–00 / 85–8ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian WellsAAA1R2R1RAAQ30 / 31–3MiamiA1RA1RA1RAAA0 / 30–3RomeAAAAAAAQ1A0 / 00–0CanadaAAAA2R1R2RQ1Q10 / 32–3CincinnatiAAA2RA1RQ1AA0 / 21–2Win–loss0–00–10–01–32–20–41–10–00–00 / 114–11

Doubles Tournament198319841985198619871988198919901991199219931994SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAA2RAAAQF1R2R2R0 / 55–5French OpenAAAAAA1R1R1R1R3R2R0 / 63–6WimbledonAAA1R1RQ21R2R2R1R1R1R0 / 82–8US Open1RAA1RA2R2R2R1R1RQF1R0 / 96–9Win–loss0–10–00–00–20–21–11–32–34–40–46–42–40 / 2816–28ATP Masters SeriesIndian WellsAAAA1R2RAAQF1R1R1R0 / 63–6MiamiAAAA2RA2R3R3R2R2R2R0 / 76–7HamburgAAAAAAAAAAAQF0 / 12–1RomeAAAAAAAAASFQF2R0 / 36–3CanadaAAAAAAA1R2R1RQF1R0 / 53–5CincinnatiAAAAAA2RA2RQ1QF1R0 / 44–4ParisAAAAAAAA2RAQFQ20 / 23–2Win–loss0–00–00–00–01–21–12–22–26–54–48–63–60 / 2827–28

References

External links

Profile on BYU Athletics