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Timothy "Gentleman Tim" Mayotte (born August 3, 1960) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. == Professional career == A tall serve-and-volleyer, Mayotte learned to play the game on the public courts of Forest Park in his hometown of Springfield, Massachusetts. He played tennis for Stanford University in the early-1980s and won the NCAA singles title in 1981. Mayotte won his first top-level professional singles title in 1985 at the inaugural Lipton International Players Championships (now known as the Miami Masters). Other career highlights included winning the Queen's Club Championships in London in 1986, capturing the Paris Indoor title in 1987, and winning the men's singles Silver Medal at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. His best performances in Grand Slam tournaments came in reaching the semi-finals at Wimbledon in 1982 and the Australian Open in 1983. He also reached the quarter-finals of the US Open in 1989. 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 $2,663,672. His final career singles title was won in 1989 at Washington DC. Mayotte retired from the professional tour in 1992. Mayotte was hired by the United States Tennis Association (USTA) to serve as a national coach in July 2009. Mayotte's older brother Chris also played on the international tennis tour a few seasons. Their older brother John was the number one junior player in New England and latter one of the top players in the New England Tennis Stars (NETS), a tour started by Ted Hoehn in the late 70s and 80s. John started the Mayotte Family string of successes at the very same forest Park mentioned above. He then went to work as a tennis agent working for Donald Dell's ProServ. There he managed top ten and All American players on the ATP and WTA Tours. His clients included Amanda Coetzer and Greg Rusedski, who became semi-finalist and finalists at the French Open and U.S. Open consecutively. 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「Tim Mayotte」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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