Víctor Pecci

Paraguayan tennis player

Víctor Pecci

Country (sports)|  Paraguay
Residence| Asunción, Paraguay
Born|  (1955-10-15) 15 October 1955 (age 68)
Asunción, Paraguay
Height| 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro| 1976
Retired| 1990
Plays| Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money| $994,408
Singles
Career record| 358–243
Career titles| 10
Highest ranking| No. 9 (24 March 1980)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open| 2R (1980)
French Open| F (1979)
Wimbledon| 3R (1979, 1980)
US Open| 3R (1979)
Doubles
Career record| 194–170
Career titles| 12
Highest ranking| No. 13 (9 April 1979)
Team competitions
Davis Cup| 28–17

Víctor Pecci Sr. (born October 15, 1955) is a Paraguayan former professional tennis player.

He was ranked as high as world No. 9 in singles in 1980 and world No. 31 in doubles in 1984. Pecci is famous for reaching the 1979 French Open final. He beat Guillermo Vilas in the quarterfinals and Jimmy Connors in the semifinals, but lost to three-time champion Björn Borg in the final. He also reached the semifinals in 1981 and was runner-up in Rome. Pecci won the French Open boys' singles in 1973.

## Grand Slam finals[edit]

### Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)[edit]

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Loss | 1979 | French Open | Clay |  Björn Borg | 3–6, 1–6, 7–6(8–6), 4–6

## Grand Slam singles performance timeline[edit]

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(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.

Tournament | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | Career W-L

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Australian Open | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | 2R | A  | 1R | A  | A  | A  | NH  | 1–2
French Open | 1R | Q3 | A  | 1R | 4R | F | 2R | SF | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 17–11
Wimbledon | Q3 | 2R | 2R | A  | 1R | 3R | 3R | 1R | A  | A  | A  | 1R | A  | 6–7
US Open | A  | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 2R | A  | A  | A  | A  | 1R | A  | 5–7
Win–loss  | 0–1  | 1–2  | 2–2  | 0–2  | 4–3  | 10–3  | 5–4  | 5–2  | 1–2  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 0–3  | 0–1  | 29–27

Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.

## Career finals[edit]

### Singles: 22 (10 titles, 12 runner-ups)[edit]

Result  | W–L  | Year  | Tournament  | Surface  | Opponent  | Score

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Win  | 1–0  | 1976  | Madrid, Spain  | Clay  |  Éric Deblicker | 7–5, 7–6, 3–6, 2–6, 6–4
Win  | 2–0  | 1976  | Berlin, West Germany  | Hard  |  Hans-Jürgen Pohmann | 6–1, 6–2, 5–7, 6–3
Loss  | 2–1  | 1977  | Munich, West Germany  | Clay  |  Željko Franulović | 1–6, 1–6, 7–6, 5–7
Win  | 3–1  | 1978  | Bogotá, Colombia  | Clay  |  Rolf Gehring | 6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss  | 3–2  | 1978  | Buenos Aires, Argentina  | Clay  |  José Luis Clerc | 4–6, 4–6
Loss  | 3–3  | 1978  | Santiago, Chile  | Clay  |  José Luis Clerc  | 6–3, 3–6, 1–6
Win  | 4–3  | 1979  | Nice, France  | Clay  |  John Alexander | 6–3, 6–2, 7–5
Loss  | 4–4  | 1979  | French Open, Paris  | Clay  |  Björn Borg | 3–6, 1–6, 7–6(8–6), 4–6
Loss  | 4–5  | 1979  | London Queen's Club, UK  | Grass  |  John McEnroe | 7–6(7–2), 1–6, 1–6
Loss  | 4–6  | 1979  | Washington, D.C., U.S.  | Clay  |  Guillermo Vilas | 6–7(4–7), 6–7(3–7)
Win  | 5–6  | 1979  | Quito, Ecuador  | Clay  |  José Higueras | 2–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win  | 6–6  | 1979  | Bogotá, Colombia  | Clay  |  Jairo Velasco Sr. | 6–3, 6–4
Loss  | 6–7  | 1979  | Johannesburg, South Africa  | Hard  |  Andrew Pattison | 6–2, 3–6, 2–6, 3–6
Loss  | 6–8  | 1980  | Quito, Ecuador  | Clay  |  José Luis Clerc  | 4–6, 6–1, 8–10
Win  | 7–8  | 1980  | Santiago, Chile  | Clay  |  Christophe Freyss | 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win  | 8–8  | 1981  | Viña del Mar, Chile  | Clay  |  José Higueras  | 6–4, 6–0
Loss  | 8–9  | 1981  | Mar del Plata, Argentina  | Clay  |  Guillermo Vilas  | 6–2, 3–6, 1–2 ret.
Win  | 9–9  | 1981  | Bournemouth, England  | Clay  |  Balázs Taróczy | 6–3, 6–4
Loss  | 9–10  | 1981  | Rome, Italy  | Clay  |  José Luis Clerc  | 3–6, 4–6, 0–6
Win  | 10–10  | 1983  | Viña del Mar, Chile  | Clay  |  Jaime Fillol | 2–6, 7–5, 6–4
Loss  | 10–11  | 1984  | Kitzbühel, Austria  | Clay  |  José Higueras  | 5–7, 6–3, 1–6
Loss  | 10–12  | 1985  | Nice, France  | Clay  |  Henri Leconte | 4–6, 4–6

### Doubles: 18 (12 titles, 6 runner-ups)[edit]

Result  | W–L  | Year  | Tournament  | Surface  | Partner  | Opponents  | Score

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Loss  | 0–1  | 1976  | North Conway, U.S.  | Clay  |  Ricardo Cano |  Brian Gottfried
Raúl Ramírez | 3–6, 0–6
Win  | 1–1  | 1976  | São Paulo, Brazil  | Carpet (i)  |  Lito Álvarez |  Ricardo Cano
Belus Prajoux | 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win  | 2–1  | 1978  | Milan, Italy  | Carpet (i)  |  José Higueras |  Wojciech Fibak
Raúl Ramírez  | 5–7, 7–6, 7–6
Loss  | 2–2  | 1978  | Hamburg, West Germany  | Clay  |  Antonio Muñoz |  Wojciech Fibak
Tom Okker | 2–6, 4–6
Win  | 3–2  | 1978  | Rome Masters, Italy  | Clay  |  Belus Prajoux  |  Jan Kodeš
Tomáš Šmíd | 6–7, 7–6, 6–1
Win  | 4–2  | 1978  | Louisville, United States  | Clay  |  Wojciech Fibak  |  Victor Amaya
John James | 6–4, 6–7, 6–4
Win  | 5–2  | 1978  | Boston, United States  | Clay  |  Balázs Taróczy |  Heinz Günthardt
Van Winitsky | 6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Win  | 6–2  | 1978  | Vienna, Austria  | Hard (i)  |  Balázs Taróczy  |  Bob Hewitt
Frew McMillan | 6–3, 6–7, 6–4
Loss  | 6–3  | 1978  | Bogotá, Colombia  | Clay  |  Hans Gildemeister |  Álvaro Fillol
Jaime Fillol | 4–6, 3–6
Win  | 7–3  | 1978  | Santiago, Chile  | Clay  |  Hans Gildemeister  |  Álvaro Fillol
Jaime Fillol  | 6–4, 6–3
Loss  | 7–4  | 1979  | Monte Carlo, Monaco  | Clay  |  Balázs Taróczy  |  Ilie Năstase
Raúl Ramírez  | 3–6, 4–6
Loss  | 7–5  | 1980  | Palermo, Italy  | Clay  |  Balázs Taróczy  |  Gianni Ocleppo
Ricardo Ycaza | 2–6, 2–6
Win  | 8–5  | 1981  | Bournemouth, England  | Clay  |  Ricardo Cano  |  Buster Mottram
Tomáš Šmíd  | 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win  | 9–5  | 1983  | Florence, Italy  | Clay  |  Francisco González |  Dominique Bedel
Bernard Fritz | 4–6, 6–4, 7–6
Win  | 10–5  | 1983  | Rome Masters, Italy  | Clay  |  Francisco González  |  Jan Gunnarsson
Mike Leach | 6–2, 6–7, 6–4
Win  | 11–5  | 1983  | Venice, Italy  | Clay  |  Francisco González  |  Steve Krulevitz
Zoltán Kuhárszky | 6–1, 6–2
Loss  | 11–6  | 1984  | Barcelona, Spain  | Clay  |  Martín Jaite |  Pavel Složil
Tomáš Šmíd  | 2–6, 0–6
Win  | 12–6  | 1985  | Washington, D.C., U.S.  | Clay  |  Hans Gildemeister  |  David Graham
Balázs Taróczy  | 6–3, 1–6, 6–4

## External links[edit]

* Víctor Pecci at the Association of Tennis Professionals
* Víctor Pecci at the International Tennis Federation
* Víctor Pecci at the Davis Cup

Awards

Preceded by

John McEnroe

|  ATP Most Improved Player
1979  | Succeeded by

not awarded, 1980
Ivan Lendl, 1981

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French Open boys' singles champions

* 1947: Jacky Brichant
* 1948: Kurt Nielsen
* 1949: Jean-Claude Molinari
* 1950: Roland Dubuisson
* 1951: Ham Richardson
* 1952: Ken Rosewall
* 1953: Jean-Noël Grinda
* 1954: Roy Emerson
* 1955: Andrés Gimeno
* 1956: Mustapha Belkhodja
* 1957: Alberto Arilla
* 1958: Butch Buchholz
* 1959: Ingo Buding
* 1960: Ingo Buding
* 1961: John Newcombe
* 1962: John Newcombe
* 1963: Nicky Kalogeropoulos
* 1964: Cliff Richey
* 1965: Gerald Battrick
* 1966: Vladimir Korotkov
* 1967: Patrick Proisy
* 1968: Phil Dent
* 1969: Antonio Muñoz
* 1970: Juan Herrera
* 1971: Corrado Barazzutti
* 1972: Buster Mottram
* 1973: Víctor Pecci
* 1974: Christophe Casa
* 1975: Christophe Roger-Vasselin
* 1976: Heinz Günthardt
* 1977: John McEnroe
* 1978: Ivan Lendl
* 1979: Ramesh Krishnan
* 1980: Henri Leconte
* 1981: Mats Wilander
* 1982: Tarik Benhabiles
* 1983: Stefan Edberg
* 1984: Kent Carlsson
* 1985: Jaime Yzaga
* 1986: Guillermo Pérez Roldán
* 1987: Guillermo Pérez Roldán
* 1988: Nicolás Pereira
* 1989: Fabrice Santoro
* 1990: Andrea Gaudenzi
* 1991: Andriy Medvedev
* 1992: Andrei Pavel
* 1993: Roberto Carretero
* 1994: Jacobo Díaz
* 1995: Mariano Zabaleta
* 1996: Alberto Martín
* 1997: Daniel Elsner
* 1998: Fernando González
* 1999: Guillermo Coria
* 2000: Paul-Henri Mathieu
* 2001: Carlos Cuadrado
* 2002: Richard Gasquet
* 2003: Stanislas Wawrinka
* 2004: Gaël Monfils
* 2005: Marin Čilić
* 2006: Martin Kližan
* 2007: Vladimir Ignatic
* 2008: Yang Tsung-hua
* 2009: Daniel Berta
* 2010: Agustín Velotti
* 2011: Bjorn Fratangelo
* 2012: Kimmer Coppejans
* 2013: Cristian Garín
* 2014: Andrey Rublev
* 2015: Tommy Paul
* 2016: Geoffrey Blancaneaux
* 2017: Alexei Popyrin
* 2018: Tseng Chun-hsin
* 2019: Holger Vitus Nødskov Rune
* 2020: Dominic Stricker
* 2021: Luca Van Assche
* 2022: Gabriel Debru
* 2023: Dino Prižmić

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