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Chip Hooper

Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Sunnyvale, California
Born	(1958-10-24) October 24, 1958 (age 66) Washington, D.C.
Height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$479,798
Singles
Career record	104–119
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 17 (19 April 1982)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (1983)
French Open	4R (1982)
Wimbledon	3R (1985)
US Open	3R (1982)
Doubles
Career record	112–112
Career titles	5
Highest ranking	No. 18 (8 December 1986)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1988)
French Open	2R (1982, 1987)
Wimbledon	3R (1986, 1987)
US Open	QF (1982)

Chip Hooper (born October 24, 1958) is a former tennis player from the United States, who won five doubles titles during his professional career.

The right-handed Hooper reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 17 in April 1982

Hooper played collegiately at Memphis State University (now University of Memphis) and the University of Arkansas

Currently, he is working as a private tennis coach in Miami.

Grand Prix career finals

Singles (2 runner-ups)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 1983	Lorraine, France	Hard	Nick Saviano	4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Jan 1984	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Danny Saltz	6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 4–6

Doubles (5 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	May 1982	Munich, West Germany	Clay	Mel Purcell	Tian Viljoen Danie Visser	6–4, 7–6
Loss	1–1	Jan 1984	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Brad Drewett	Brian Levine John Van Nostrand	5–7, 2–6
Win	2–1	May 1984	Firenze, Italy	Clay	Mark Dickson	Bernard Mitton Butch Walts	7–6, 4–6, 7–5
Win	3–1	Apr 1986	Cologne, West Germany	Hard	Kelly Evernden	Jan Gunnarsson Peter Lundgren	6–4, 6–7, 6–3
Win	4–1	Aug 1986	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Mike Leach	Boris Becker Slobodan Živojinović	7–6, 4–6, 7–5
Loss	4–2	Nov 1986	Houston, US	Carpet (i)	Mike Leach	Ricardo Acuña Brad Pearce	4–6, 5–7
Win	5–2	Nov 1986	Itaparica, Brazil	Hard	Mike Leach	Loïc Courteau Guy Forget	7–6, 4–6, 7–5
Loss	5–3	Mar 1987	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Mike Leach	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	5–4	Mar 1987	Brussels, Belgium	Carpet (i)	Mike Leach	Boris Becker Slobodan Živojinović	6–7, 6–7
Loss	5–5	Jul 1987	Newport, US	Grass	Mike Leach	Dan Goldie Larry Scott	3–6, 6–4, 4–6

External links

• Chip Hooper at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Chip Hooper at the International Tennis Federation

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