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Revision as of 08:40, 19 November 2008 by Tennis expert (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Patrick Du Pré (born on September 16, 1954 in Liège, Belgium) is a former professional male tennis player from the United States.
He won one ATP Tour singles title (the Hong Kong Open in 1982) and four doubles titles. He grew up in Mountain Brook, Alabama. He was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 1995 and was the first tennis player ever to be brought in. While at Mountain Brook High School, he was a three-time Alabama state singles champion. In 1971, he was ranked second in the United States in the boys' 18 singles.
In 1972, he won the national junior singles championship and was top ranked in both singles and doubles nationally. He attended Stanford University and was an All-American for four years, and in 1973 and 1974, Stanford won two National Collegiate Athletics Association national championships.
Of the winning 1973 Stanford tennis team, he, Roscoe Tanner, and Sandy Mayer were members of the Zeta Psi fraternity.
On the professional tour, he was a semifinalist at Wimbledon in 1979 and a quarterfinalist at the US Open. From 1979 through 1981, he was ranked in the top 20 in the world, reaching as high as World No. 12. He is currently living in Birmingham, Alabama, and is the head professional at the Old Overton Club in Vestavia Hills, Alabama.
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