José Luis Clerc

José Luis Clerc (born August 16, 1958 in Buenos Aires) is a former Argentine professional tennis player, and one of the most important Argentine players in history.

Right handed, Batata Clerc started playing professionally in 1977, and won 25 ATP Titles, and retired in 1988. His highest rank was World No. 4 on August 4, 1981, following a run of 27 victories and 4 titles in one month, and had year-ending rankings 8th in 1980, 5th in 1981, 6th in 1982, and 8th in 1983.

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.

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.

Titles (25)

Singles (25)

Legend

Grand Slam (0)

Tennis Masters Cup (0)

ATP Masters Series (1)

ATP Tour (24)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	May 21, 1978	Florence, Italy	Clay	Patrice Dominguez	6–4, 6–2, 6–1
2.	November 26, 1978	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Víctor Pecci	6–4, 6–4
3.	December 4, 1978	Santiago de Chile, Chile	Clay	Víctor Pecci	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
4.	April 16, 1979	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Deon Joubert	6–2, 6–1
5.	March 10, 1980	San José de Costa Rica, Costa Rica	Hard	Jimmy Connors	4–6, 2–6, retired
6.	July 28, 1980	South Orange, New Jersey, U.S.	Clay	John McEnroe	6–3, 6–2
7.	August 4, 1980	Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.	Clay	Mel Purcell	7–5, 6–3
8.	September 29, 1980	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	6–3, 1–6, 1–6, 6–4, 6–2
9.	November 3, 1980	Quito, Ecuador	Clay	Víctor Pecci	6–4, 1–6, 10–8
10.	November 17, 1980	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Rolf Gehring	6–7, 2–6, 7–5, 6–0, 6–3
11.	May 11, 1981	Florence, Italy	Clay	Raúl Ramírez	6–1, 6–2
12.	May 18, 1981	Italian Open, Rome	Clay	Víctor Pecci	6–3, 6–4, 6–0
13.	July 13, 1981	Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	0–6, 6–2, 6–2
14.	July 20, 1981	Washington D.C.	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	7–5, 6–2
15.	July 28, 1981	North Conway, New Hampshire, U.S.	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	6–3, 6–2
16.	August 3, 1981	Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.	Clay	Ivan Lendl	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
17.	February 8, 1982	Richmond, Virginia, U.S.	Carpet	Fritz Buehning	3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–3
18.	June 7, 1982	Venice, Italy	Clay	Peter McNamara	7–6, 6–1
19.	July 5, 1982	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	6–1, 6–3, 6–2
20.	July 12, 1982	Zell am See, Austria	Clay	Heinz Günthardt	6–0, 3–6, 6–2, 6–1
21.	November 15, 1982	San Paolo, Brazil	Clay	Marcos Hocevar	6–2, 6–7, 6–3
22.	January 24, 1983	Guarujá, Brazil	Hard	Mats Wilander	3–6, 7–5, 6–1
23.	July 11, 1983	Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.	Clay	Jimmy Arias	6–3, 6–1
24.	July 18, 1983	Washington D.C., U.S.	Clay	Jimmy Arias	6–3, 3–6, 6–0
25.	July 25, 1983	North Conway, New Hampshire, U.S.	Clay	Andrés Gómez	6–3, 6–1

Personal

Jose Luis Clerc is married to Annalie and has two sons & a daughter, Juan Pablo 9/23/81, Dominique 1/12/84 & Nicolas 10/19/90.

External links

• Clerc's matches for Davis Cup
• Statistics
• Clerc's Konex Awards (Spanish)
• 1980 Argentina's World Team Cup
• Interview (Spanish)
• Algodon Wine Estates website