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Víctor Pecci

Paraguayan tennis player

Víctor Pecci Sr. (born October 15, 1955) is a former professional tennis player from Paraguay.

He was ranked as high as world No. 9 in singles in 1980 and world No. 31 in doubles in 1984. Pecci is famous for reaching the 1979 French Open final. He beat Guillermo Vilas 6–0, 6–2, 7–5 in the quarterfinals and Jimmy Connors 7–5, 6–4, 5–7, 6–3 in the semifinals, but lost to three-time champion Björn Borg in the final. He also reached the semifinals in 1981 and was runner-up in Rome. Pecci won the French Open boys' singles in 1973.

Contents

  • 1 Grand Slam finals
    • 1.1 Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
  • 2 Grand Slam singles performance timeline
  • 3 Career finals
    • 3.1 Singles: 22 (10 *les, 12 runner-ups)
    • 3.2 Doubles: 18 (12 *les, 6 runner-ups)
  • 4 External links

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.

Career finals

Singles: 22 (10 *les, 12 runner-ups)

Doubles: 18 (12 *les, 6 runner-ups)

External links

  • Víctor Pecci at the *ociation of Tennis Professionals
  • Víctor Pecci at the International Tennis Federation
  • Víctor Pecci at the Davis Cup