Victor Amaya (born July 2, 1954) is a retired tennis player from the U.S.
The left-handed Amaya's career-high singles ranking was world No. 15, attained in August 1980. During his career he won three ATP singles titles and six doubles titles, including the 1980 French Open doubles title with partner Hank Pfister. With Pfister he was runner-up in doubles at the 1982 US Open.
One of Amaya's memorable matches was a loss to Björn Borg in the first round of the 1978 Wimbledon Championships. With his 135 mph serve, he led Borg two sets to one and was up a break in the fourth set, but ultimately lost in five sets. After the match Borg, who was the defending champion and seeded first, commented “It was his match, if he wins one point for 4‐1 and two breaks, he doesn't lose the match.”.
He played college tennis at the University of Michigan and was inducted into the USTA/Midwest Hall of Fame in 2016.
Career finals
Singles (3 titles, 5 runner-ups) ResultW-L DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Jan 1977 Adelaide, Australia Grass Brian Teacher 6–1, 6–4Loss 1–1 Aug 1978 New Orleans, U.S. Carpet Roscoe Tanner 3–6, 5–7Loss 1–2 Feb 1979 Denver, U.S. Carpet Wojciech Fibak 4–6, 1–6Win 2–2 Jun 1979 Surbiton, U.K. Grass Mark Edmondson 6–4, 7–5Loss 2–3 Feb 1980 Denver, U.S. Carpet Gene Mayer 2–6, 2–6Win 3–3 Mar 1980 Washington, D.C., U.S. Carpet Ivan Lendl 6–7, 6–4, 7–5Loss 3–4 Apr 1980 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard Heinz Günthardt 4–6, 4–6Loss 3–5 Aug 1980 Cleveland, U.S. Hard Gene Mayer 2–6, 1–6
Doubles (6 titles, 7 runner-ups) ResultW-L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Jul 1978 Louisville, U.S. Clay John James Wojciech Fibak Víctor Pecci 4–6, 7–6, 4–6Loss 0–2 Aug 1979 Lafayette, U.S. Clay Eric Friedler Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart 4–6, 4–6Win 1–2 Jun 1980French Open, Paris Clay Hank Pfister Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez 1–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–3Loss 1–3 Oct 1980 Maui, U.S. Hard Hank Pfister Peter Fleming John McEnroe 6–7, 7–6, 2–6Win 2–3 Nov 1980 Tokyo Indoor, Japan Carpet Hank Pfister Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart 6–3, 3–6, 7–6Loss 2–4 Jan 1981Masters Doubles WCT, London Carpet Hank Pfister Peter McNamara Paul McNamee 3–6, 6–2, 6–3, 3–6, 2–6Win 3–4 Oct 1981 Tokyo Indoor, Japan Carpet Hank Pfister Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy 6–4, 6–2Win 4–4 Feb 1982 Monterrey, Mexico Carpet Hank Pfister Tracy Delatte Mel Purcell 6–3, 6–7, 6–3Loss 4–5 Jun 1982 London/Queen's Club, U.K. Grass Hank Pfister John McEnroe Peter Rennert 6–7, 5–7Loss 4–6 Aug 1982 Columbus, U.S. Carpet Hank Pfister Tim Gullikson Bernard Mitton 6–4, 1–6, 4–6Win 5–6 Aug 1982 Cleveland, U.S. Hard Hank Pfister Matt Mitchell Craig Wittus 6–4, 7–6Loss 5–7 Sep 1982U.S. Open, New York Hard Hank Pfister Kevin Curren Steve Denton 2–6, 7–6, 7–5, 2–6, 4–6Win 6–7 Aug 1983 Cincinnati, U.S. Hard Tim Gullikson Carlos Kirmayr Cássio Motta 6–4, 6–3
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