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José Luis Clerc (born 16 August 1958) is a former Argentine professional tennis player, and one of the most important Argentine players in history. Right handed, ''Batata''〔http://blog.db4tennis.com/exclusive-interview-with-jose-luis-clerc-alias-batata-who-is-a-part-of-history/〕 Clerc started playing professionally in 1977, and won 25 ATP titles, and retired in 1988. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 4 on 4 August 1981, following a run of 27 victories and four titles in one month, and had year-ending world rankings of No. 8 in 1980, No. 5 in 1981, No. 6 in 1982, and No. 8 in 1983. ==Tennis career== Clerc represented Argentina for the Davis Cup from 1976 to 1989. With team mate Guillermo Vilas, Argentina was runner up of the 1981 Davis Cup losing 3–1 to United States in Cincinnati. He defeated Roscoe Tanner 7-5, 6-3, 8-6 in a singles match, but lost to John McEnroe in five sets, and to Fleming/McEnroe in doubles with Vilas. Also with Vilas and Carlos Gattiker, Argentina won the 1980 World Team Cup, defeating Adriano Panatta 7-6, 6-3 to beat Italy 3–0 in the finals in Düsseldorf. Clerc reached the semifinals at Roland Garros two consecutive years. In 1981, in the quarterfinal beating Jimmy Connors in an epic 5 setter, then he faced Ivan Lendl who survived a match point in the fourth set.This changed the momentum (maybe it would have changed Clerc’s entire career) and he eventually lost in 5 sets against the top Czechoslovak player who advanced into his first Grand Slam final. In less than 48 hours later, Lendl had to play another 5 setter against Bjorn Borg, and it was too much for the fatigued No. 5 seeded player. If Clerc hadn’t pushed Lendl to the limit, he probably would have had better and real chance versus Borg to win his maiden Major final. The rest of the story is now history; Lendl lost his first 4 Grand Slam finals and this negative record (0-4) would have burden him in his entire career and gave reason to draw parallel with Andy Murray‘s Grand Slam career. In 1982, the rising star, Mats Wilander was his opponent in the semifinal in Paris and the Swede talent defeated Clerc in 4 sets, then beating Vilas in the final winning the French Open.〔http://blog.db4tennis.com/exclusive-interview-with-jose-luis-clerc-alias-batata-who-is-a-part-of-history/〕 He received the ATP ''Sportsmanship Award'' of 1981, and Argentine Konex Awards in 1980 and 1990 for ''Merit in Tennis''. Clerc runs a tennis school in Argentina, participates in Senior tournaments, and regularly serves as a tennis analyst for ESPN Latin America and ESPN Deportes. He also coaches Julia Cohen, a top American junior player. Clerc is currently developing and will serve as director of the "José Luis Clerc Tennis Academy" at Algodon Wine Estates in San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina. He also serves as Ambassador to the "Algodon" brand. 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「José Luis Clerc」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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