Full name | Joel Bailey |
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Country (sports) | United States |
Born | West Palm Beach, Florida | April 25, 1951
Plays | Right-handed |
Singles | |
Career record | 7–34 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 197 (December 31, 1978) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Wimbledon | 1R (1978, 1981) |
US Open | 2R (1979) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 28–55 |
Career titles | 1 |
Highest ranking | No. 90 (September 24, 1979) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (1981) |
French Open | 1R (1978) |
Wimbledon | 2R (1978) |
US Open | 1R (1977, 1979, 1981) |
Joel Bailey (born April 25, 1951) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.
Biography
Bailey was born in Florida but based in Memphis, Tennessee. An All-American varsity tennis player at Samford University, Bailey began competing internationally in the late 1970s.
He won a Grand Prix doubles title in Lagos, Nigeria with Bruce Kleege in 1979.[1]
In singles, he had his first big match win at Sarasota in 1980 when he saved triple match points to upset Steve Krulevitz, from a set and 2–5 down.[2] He had only entered the tournament as a wild card, which was awarded as he was the son of Mack Bailey, who owned the company that sponsored the tournament.[3] At the Tulsa that year he made the quarter-finals, his best performance in a Grand Prix tournament. He competed in the main draw of the 1981 Wimbledon Championships and had a two set lead over Kevin Curren in their first round encounter, but lost in five.[4]
From the 1980s he lived in Japan and appeared in many tournaments in that country, as well as earning a living teaching tennis.[5] He twice won the doubles title at the ATP Challenger event in Nagoya.
Grand Prix career finals
Doubles: 1 (1–0)
Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Mar 1979 | Lagos, Nigeria | Hard | Bruce Kleege | Ismail El Shafei Peter Feigl |
6–4, 6–7, 6–3 |
Challenger titles
Doubles: (3)
No. | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | 1979 | Nagoya, Japan | Hard | Rod Frawley | Chris Kachel Marcello Lara |
7–6, 7–5 |
2. | 1979 | Lincoln, U.S. | Hard | Bruce Kleege | Steve Denton Peter Rennert |
0–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
3. | 1983 | Nagoya, Japan | Hard | Jeff Turpin | Charles Strode Morris Strode |
6–4, 3–6, 7–6 |
References
- ↑ "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Lagos - 26 February - 04 March 1979". International Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- ↑ Gibson, Steve (February 13, 1980). "Bailey makes it right". Sarasota Journal. p. 1B. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- ↑ Huber, Mic (February 10, 1980). "McCurry Meets Carter Monday". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. p. 6C. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- ↑ Barclay, Simon (2015). Wimbledon Singles Championships - Complete Open Era Results. Lulu.com. ISBN 9781326385958.
- ↑ Shapiro, Michael (September 17, 1986). "Tennis Booms In Japan, But Like Nowhere Else". New York Times. Retrieved 16 January 2016.