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Gene Mayer (born April 11, 1956) is a former tennis player from the United States who won 14 singles titles during his career. Mayer was born in Flushing, Queens, New York. He grew up in Wayne, New Jersey,〔("Vilas Extended by Mayer" ), ''The New York Times'', February 13, 1977. Accessed December 10, 2007. "Guillermo Vilas, the Argentine left hander, had unexpectedly strong opposition, but ousted young Gene Mayer of Wayne, N.J., 7–6, 7–6, 6–1, in the semifinals of the $50,000 Springfield International, a Grand Prix tennis tournament."〕 and played tennis at Wayne Valley High School, where he went unbeaten in his two years on the tennis team.〔(Best Boys Tennis Team of the Century ), ''The Star-Ledger''. Accessed December 10, 2007.〕 He was a double hander on both forehand and backhand. The right-hander Mayer reached his highest ranking on the ATP Tour on October 6, 1980, when he reached the rank of World No. 4. Mayer has been a resident of Woodmere, New York.〔Cavanaugh, Jack. ("A TENNIS TOURNAMENT SERVES SOME ACES" ), ''The New York Times'', August 23, 1987. Accessed September 16, 2008. "Most of what rooting interest developed focused on the closest thing to a homegrown product in the competition, Gene Mayer of Woodmere."〕 In 2005, he was inducted into the Nassau County Sports Hall of Fame.〔("NC Sports Commission Invites Athlete and Coach Nominations From Community" ), ''Three Village Times'', January 28, 2005. Accessed December 22, 2007. "The NCSC is privileged to announce that four-time Track and Field Gold Medallist Al Oerter and former world ranked tennis professional Gene Mayer are scheduled, among others, to accept their induction into the Nassau County Sports Hall of Fame on April 11."〕 Gene's older brother Sandy was also a tour player. He achieved the rank of World No. 7 in 1982. They met each other in the Stockholm Open final 1981 and won 5 doubles tournaments together, including 1979 French Open. ==Career finals== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gene Mayer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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