Peter Leslie Doohan (2 May 1961 – 21 July 2017) was an Australian tennis player who won three consecutive Australian Hard Court Championships singles titles (1984, 1985, 1986), which remains an Open era record for that tournament. He won a further two singles titles at the South Australian Open in 1984 and San Louis Potosí tournament in Mexico in 1988. He also won five doubles titles during his career. The right-hander reached his highest Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles ranking of world No. 43 in August 1987.

Early and personal life Peter Leslie Doohan was born on 2 May 1961 in Newcastle, New South Wales, to Paul and Thelma Doohan. Her sisters were Cathie Roff and Margaret Knight. His sons include tennis coach John Doohan and American actor Hunter Doohan.

Doohan died on 21 July 2017 from motor neurone disease.

Career At the 1987 Wimbledon Championships, he unexpectedly defeated two-time defending champion and top-seeded Boris Becker in the second round, earning himself the nickname "The Becker Wrecker" at home in Australia.

Doohan played collegiately in the United States with the University of Arkansas where he won the NCAA doubles title in 1982. Also a successful singles player, he won three Australian Hard Court Championships consecutively from 1984 to 1986. In 1984, he won the South Australian Open singles title. In 1988, he won the San Luis Potosí singles title on clay in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. He also coached high school tennis at Donoho High School in Anniston, Alabama, for several years in the mid-1990s.

Grand Slam finals Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) ResultYearChampionship SurfacePartnerOpponentsScore Loss 1987 Australian Open Grass Laurie Warder Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd 4–6, 4–6, 6–7(3–7)

ATP career finals

Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)ATP World Tour Championship Series (0–0)ATP World Tour World Series (1–3)Titles by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–0)Grass (1–3)Carpet (0–0)Titles by settingOutdoor (1–3)Indoor (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Adelaide, AustraliaGrand PrixGrass Huub van Boeckel1–6, 6–1, 6–4Loss1–1Adelaide, AustraliaGrand PrixGrass Eddie Edwards2–6, 4–6Loss1–2Melbourne, AustraliaGrand PrixGrass Jonathan Canter7–5, 3–6, 4–6Loss1–3Sydney, AustraliaGrand PrixGrass Miloslav Mečíř2–6, 4–6

Doubles: 14 (5 titles, 9 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–1)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–1)ATP World Tour Championship Series (0–1)ATP World Tour World Series (5–6)Titles by surfaceHard (3–4)Clay (0–1)Grass (2–4)Carpet (0–0)Titles by settingOutdoor (5–9)Indoor (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Tel Aviv, IsraelGrand PrixHard Brian Levine Colin Dowdeswell Jakob Hlasek6–3, 6–4Loss1–1Adelaide, AustraliaGrand PrixGrass Brian Levine Broderick Dyke Wally Masur6–4, 5–7, 1–6Win2–1Newport, United StatesGrand PrixGrass Sammy Giammalva Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg6–1, 6–3Win3–1Livingston, United StatesGrand PrixHard Mike De Palmer Eddie Edwards Danie Visser6–3, 6–4Loss3–2Fort Meyers, United StatesGrand PrixHard Paul McNamee Andrés Gómez Ivan Lendl5–7, 4–6Loss3–3Adelaide, AustraliaGrand PrixGrass Laurie Warder Ivan Lendl Bill Scanlon7–6, 3–6, 4–6Loss3–4Melbourne, AustraliaGrand SlamGrass Laurie Warder Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd4–6, 4–6, 6–7Loss3–5Sydney, AustraliaGrand PrixGrass Laurie Warder Brad Drewett Mark Edmondson4–6, 6–4, 2–6Loss3–6Montreal, CanadaMasters SeriesHard Laurie Warder Pat Cash Stefan Edberg7–6, 3–6, 4–6Win4–6Bristol, United KingdomGrand PrixGrass Laurie Warder Marty Davis Tim Pawsat2–6, 6–4, 7–5Loss4–7Los Angeles, United StatesGrand PrixHard Jim Grabb John McEnroe Mark Woodforde4–6, 4–6Win5–7Wellington, New ZealandGrand PrixHard Laurie Warder Rill Baxter Glenn Michibata3–6, 6–2, 6–3Loss5–8Munich, GermanyGrand PrixClay Laurie Warder Javier Sánchez Balázs Taróczy6–7, 3–6Loss5–9Indianapolis, United StatesChampionship SeriesHard Laurie Warder Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser6–7, 6–7

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 1 (0–1) LegendATP Challenger (0–1)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1San Luis Potosí, MexicoChallengerClay Jorge Lozano4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 1 (1–0) LegendATP Challenger (1–0)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Canberra, AustraliaChallengerCarpet Brett Custer David Adams Jamie Morgan6–3, 6–4

Performance timelines

Singles Tournament1979198019811982198319841985198619871988198919901991SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenA1RQ1Q31R1R3RA4R2R1R1R1R0 / 96–9French OpenAAAAAAA1RAAAAA0 / 10–1WimbledonQ21RQ11RQ3Q21R1R4R1RQ2Q1A0 / 63–6US OpenAAAAA2R1RA1RAAAA0 / 31–3Win–loss0–00–20–00–10–11–22–30–26–31–20–10–10–10 / 1910–19ATP Masters SeriesIndian WellsAAAAAAAAA1RAAA0 / 10–1MiamiAAAAAA2RAA1RAAA0 / 21–2CanadaAAAAAAAA1RAAAA0 / 10–1CincinnatiAAAAAAAA1RAAAA0 / 10–1Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–01–10–00–20–20–00–00–00 / 51–5

Doubles Tournament198019811982198319841985198619871988198919901991SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian Open1R1RA1RSF3RAF1R3R1R2R0 / 1011–10French OpenAAAAAAAAA2RAA0 / 11–1Wimbledon1RQ2AQ2SF1R2R3RSFQF2R1R0 / 915–9US OpenAA1RA2R2RA2R3RA3RA0 / 67–6Win–loss0–20–10–10–18–32–31–17–36–36–33–31–20 / 2634–26ATP Masters SeriesIndian WellsAAAAAAA2RQF2RAA0 / 34–3MiamiAAAAA3RAQF2RA2RA0 / 40–4Monte CarloAAAAAAAAA2RAA0 / 10–1HamburgAAAAAAAAAQFAA0 / 12–1RomeAAAAAAAAAQFAA0 / 12–1CanadaAAAAAA2RFAASFA0 / 38–3CincinnatiAAAAAA2RQF2RAAA0 / 34–3ParisAAAAAAA1RAAAA0 / 10–1Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–02–12–210–54–35–44–20–00 / 1727–17

Mixed doubles Tournament1984198519861987198819891990SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAQF1RSF2R0 / 46–4French OpenAAAAA3RA0 / 11–1Wimbledon3R3RA2RA3R1R0 / 57–5US OpenAAA1RAAA0 / 10–1Win–loss2–12–10–03–30–16–31–20 / 1114–11

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