David Pate (born April 16, 1962) is a former professional

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from the

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who won two singles titles and eighteen doubles titles during his career. He reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 18 in June 1987 and attained the World No. 1 doubles ranking in January 1991. His greatest success came in 1991 when he won the Australian Open doubles title together with compatriot Scott Davis and reached the doubles final at the US Open later that year. Before turning professional, Pate played college tennis at

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(TCU) in

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, where he was a six time All-American playing for the Horned Frogs.

Career finals

Singles finals (2 wins – 4 losses)

Doubles finals (18 wins – 18 losses)

Doubles performance timeline

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pate, David Living people 1962 births American male tennis players Australian Open (tennis) champions Sportspeople from the Las Vegas Valley TCU Horned Frogs men's tennis players Tennis players from Los Angeles Tennis people from Nevada Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles ATP number 1 ranked doubles tennis players