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Biography of Tim Mayotte - Tennis
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Tim Mayotte (b. August 3 1960, in Springfield, MA, USA) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Mayotte played tennis for Stanford University in the early-1980s and won the National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA singles title in 1981. Mayotte won his first top-level professional singles title in 1985 at the inaugural Lipton International Players Championships in Delray Beach, Florida. Other career highlights included winning the Queen's Club Championships|Queen's Club championship in London in 1986, capturing the Paris Masters|Paris Open title in 1987, and winning the men's singles Silver Medal at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. His best performances in Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam tournaments came in reaching the semi-finals at Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon in 1982 and the Australian Open in 1983. During his career, Mayotte won 12 singles titles and 1 doubles title. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 7. His career prize-money earnings totalled US$2,663,672. His final career singles title was won in 1989 at Washington D.C.|Washington DC. Mayotte retired from the professional tour in 1992. == External links == * http://www.atptennis.com/en/players/playerprofiles /default2.asp?playersearch=Tim+Mayotte Official ATP Profile

