Victor Pecci

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Víctor Pecci

Víctor Pecci (born October 15, 1955) is a former professional Paraguayan tennis player. Pecci was born in Asunción.

Pecci 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. Pecci 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 Björn Borg beat Pecci 6-3, 6-1, 6-7, 6-4 in the final.

Contents

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (0-1)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 1979 French Open Clay Sweden Björn Borg 6–3, 6–1, 6–7(6), 6–4

Singles titles (10)

No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. 1976 Madrid, Spain Clay France Eric Deblicker 7–5, 7–6, 3–6, 2–6, 6–4
2. 1976 Berlin, Germany Hard Germany Hans-Jürgen Pohmann 6–1, 6–2, 5–7, 6–3
3. 1978 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Germany Rolf Gehring 6–4, 2–6, 6–3, 6–3
4. 1979 Nice, France Clay Australia John Alexander 6–3, 6–2, 7–5
5. 1979 Quito, Ecuador Clay Spain José Higueras 2–6, 6–4, 6–2
6. 1979 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Spain Jairo Velasco 6–3, 6–4
7. 1980 Santiago, Chile Clay France Christophe Freyss 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
8. 1981 Viña del Mar, Chile Clay Spain José Higueras 6–4, 6–0
9. 1981 Bournemouth, England Clay Hungary Balázs Taróczy 6–3, 6–4
10. 1983 Viña del Mar, Chile Clay Chile Jaime Fillol 2–6, 7–5, 6–4

Runner-ups (12)

No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. 1977 Munich, Germany Clay Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko Franulović 1–6, 1–6, 7–6, 5–7
2. 1978 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Argentina José Luis Clerc 4–6, 4–6
3. 1978 Santiago, Chile Clay Argentina José Luis Clerc 6–3, 3–6, 1–6
4. 1979 French Open, Paris Clay Sweden Björn Borg 3–6, 1–6, 7–6, 4–6
5. 1979 London/Queen's Club, England Grass United States John McEnroe 7–6, 1–6, 1–6
6. 1979 Washington, D.C., U.S. Clay Argentina Guillermo Vilas 6–7, 6–7
7. 1979 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard Zimbabwe Andrew Pattison 6–2, 3–6, 2–6, 3–6
8. 1980 Quito, Ecuador Clay Argentina José Luis Clerc 4–6, 6–1, 8–10
9. 1981 Mar del Plata, Argentina Clay Argentina Guillermo Vilas 6–2, 3–6, 1–2, RET.
10. 1981 Rome, Italy Clay Argentina José Luis Clerc 3–6, 4–6, 0–6
11. 1984 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Spain José Higueras 5–7, 6–3, 1–6
12. 1985 Nice, France Clay France Henri Leconte 4–6, 4–6

Doubles titles (12)

No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponent in the final Score
1. 1976 São Paulo, Brazil Carpet Argentina Lito Álvarez Argentina Ricardo Cano
Chile Belus Prajoux		 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
2. 1978 Milan WCT, Italy Carpet Spain José Higueras Poland Wojtek Fibak
Mexico Raúl Ramírez		 5–7, 7–6, 7–6
3. 1978 Rome, Italy Clay Chile Belus Prajoux Czech Republic Jan Kodeš
Czech Republic Tomáš Šmíd		 6–7, 7–6, 6–1
4. 1978 Louisville, U.S. Clay Poland Wojtek Fibak United States Victor Amaya
Australia John James		 6–4, 6–7, 6–4
5. 1978 Boston, U.S. Clay Hungary Balázs Taróczy Switzerland Heinz Günthardt
United States Van Winitsky		 6–3, 3–6, 6–1
6. 1978 Vienna, Austria Hard (i) Hungary Balázs Taróczy South Africa Bob Hewitt
South Africa Frew McMillan		 6–3, 6–7, 6–4
7. 1978 Santiago, Chile Clay Chile Hans Gildemeister Chile Alvaro Fillol
Chile Jaime Fillol		 6–4, 6–3
8. 1981 Bournemouth, England Clay Argentina Ricardo Cano United Kingdom Buster Mottram
Czech Republic Tomáš Šmíd		 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
9. 1983 Florence, Italy Clay Paraguay Francisco González France Dominique Bedel
France Bernard Fritz		 4–6, 6–4, 7–6
10. 1983 Rome, Italy Clay Paraguay Francisco González Sweden Jan Gunnarsson
United States Mike Leach		 6–2, 6–7, 6–4
11. 1983 Venice, Italy Clay Paraguay Francisco González United States Steve Krulevitz
Hungary Zoltan Kuharszky		 6–1, 6–2
12. 1985 Washington, D.C. Clay Chile Hans Gildemeister Australia David Graham
Hungary Balázs Taróczy		 6–3, 1–6, 6–4

Runner-ups (6)

No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponent in the final Score
1. 1976 North Conway, New Hampshire, U.S. Clay Argentina Ricardo Cano United States Brian Gottfried
Mexico Raúl Ramírez		 3–6, 0–6
2. 1978 Hamburg, Germany Clay Spain Antonio Muñoz Poland Wojtek Fibak
Netherlands Tom Okker		 2–6, 4–6
3. 1978 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Chile Hans Gildemeister Chile Alvaro Fillol
Chile Jaime Fillol		 4–6, 3–6
4. 1979 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay Hungary Balázs Taróczy Romania Ilie Năstase
Mexico Raúl Ramírez		 3–6, 4–6
5. 1980 Palermo, Italy Clay Hungary Balázs Taróczy Italy Gianni Ocleppo
Ecuador Ricardo Ycaza		 2–6, 2–6
6. 1984 Barcelona, Spain Clay Argentina Martín Jaite Czech Republic Pavel Složil
Czech Republic Tomáš Šmíd		 2–6, 0–6


Awards
Preceded by
John McEnroe
 ATP Most Improved Player
1979		 Succeeded by
not awarded, 1980
Ivan Lendl, 1981
French Open boys' singles champions

1968 Phil Dent · 1969 Antonio Muñoz · 1970 Juan Herrera · 1971 Corrado Barazzutti · 1972 Buster Mottram · 1973 Víctor Pecci · 1974 Christophe Casa · 1975 Christophe Roger-Vasselin · 1976 Heinz Günthardt · 1977 John McEnroe · 1978 Ivan Lendl · 1979 Ramesh Krishnan · 1980 Henri Leconte · 1981 Mats Wilander · 1982 Tarik Benhabiles · 1983 Stefan Edberg · 1984 Kent Carlsson · 1985 Jaime Yzaga · 1986 Guillermo Pérez-Roldán · 1987 Guillermo Pérez-Roldán · 1988 Nicolás Pereira · 1989 Fabrice Santoro · 1990 Andrea Gaudenzi · 1991 Andriy Medvedev · 1992 Andrei Pavel · 1993 Roberto Carretero · 1994 Jacobo Díaz · 1995 Mariano Zabaleta · 1996 Alberto Martín · 1997 Daniel Elsner · 1998 Fernando González · 1999 Guillermo Coria · 2000 Paul-Henri Mathieu · 2001 Carlos Cuadrado · 2002 Richard Gasquet · 2003 Stanislas Wawrinka · 2004 Gaël Monfils · 2005 Marin Čilić · 2006 Martin Kližan · 2007 Vladimir Ignatic · 2008 Yang Tsung-hua · 2009 Daniel Berta · 2010 Agustín Velotti · 2011 Bjorn Fratangelo


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