Alexander Mayer (born April 5, 1952) is a former tennis player from the United States. He won twelve titles in singles and twenty-four titles in doubles in his professional career, and was part of the winning tennis squad at

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in 1973.

Career

Mayer was born in Flushing, New York. He entered

in 1970. In 1972, Mayer and Roscoe Tanner won the NCAA doubles championship, and the Stanford team finished second in the NCAA tournament, behind Trinity University. In 1973, Mayer and Stanford won everything in the NCAA tournament: Mayer won singles, Mayer and Jim Delaney won doubles, and the team won the national championship ahead of

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. The right-handed Mayer reached his highest singles ATP-ranking in April 1982, when he became world No. 7. His younger brother

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was also a world tour tennis player and reached a career high of world No. 4 in 1980.

Family

Mayer has four sons and a daughter, all of whom had been previously ranked in the United States Tennis Association Junior Tennis League (Northern California Section). Mayer's former wife, Libby, is a teacher. They filed for divorce on Aug. 5, 2016.

Career finals

Singles (11 titles, 10 runner-ups)

Doubles (24 titles, 16 runner-ups)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mayer, Sandy 1952 births American male tennis players French Open champions Living people Tennis players from Queens, New York People from Portola Valley, California Sportspeople from San Mateo County, California American people of German descent Stanford Cardinal men's tennis players Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles 20th-century American sportsmen