John Sadri (born September 19, 1956) is a former tennis player from the United States. Sadri, an All-American at North Carolina State, reached the finals of the 1978 men's NCAA singles championship, losing to John McEnroe in four sets. He reached the final of the 1979 Australian Open, losing in straight sets to Guillermo Vilas. He won two singles titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 14 in September 1980. Sadri formerly ran a junior tennis academy at Russell Tennis Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Grand Slam finals
Singles (1 runner-up) ResultYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1979 Australian Open Grass Guillermo Vilas 6–7(5–7), 3–6, 2–6
Grand Slam tournament performance timeline
Singles Tournament 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987Australian Open3RFQF1R4R2R4R3RNH1R 0 / 9French Open A A1R A A A A A A A 0 / 1Wimbledon A3R2R3R1R1RQF2R3R2R 0 / 9US Open3R2R2R1R1R2R1R1R2R A 0 / 9Strike rate 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 2
Career finals
Singles: 5 (2 wins / 3 losses) ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Dec 1979Australian Open, Melbourne Grass Guillermo Vilas 6–7(4–7), 3–6, 2–6Win 1–1 Jan 1980 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Tim Wilkison 6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4Loss 1–2 Mar 1981 Denver, U.S. Carpet (i) Gene Mayer 4–6, 4–6Loss 1–3 Jan 1982 Mexico City WCT, Mexico Carpet (i) Tomáš Šmíd 6–3, 6–7, 6–4, 6–7, 2–6Win 2–3 Feb 1982 Denver, U.S. Carpet (i) Andrés Gómez 4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Doubles: 9 (3 wins / 6 losses) ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Aug 1979 North Conway, U.S. Clay Tim Wilkison Ion Țiriac Guillermo Vilas 4–6, 6–7Loss 0–2 Jan 1980 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Tim Wilkison Peter Feigl Rod Frawley 2–6, 5–7Win 1–2 Jun 1980 Manchester, Great Britain Grass Tim Wilkison Dennis Ralston Roscoe Tanner 6–3, 6–4Loss 1–3 Oct 1980 Melbourne Indoor, Australia Carpet (i) Tim Wilkison Fritz Buehning Ferdi Taygan 1–6, 2–6Loss 1–4 Dec 1981 Sydney, Australia Grass Hank Pfister Peter McNamara Paul McNamee 7–6, 6–7, 6–7Loss 1–5 Dec 1981Australian Open, Melbourne Grass Hank Pfister Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick 3–6, 7–6, 3–6Win 2–5 Jul 1982 Newport, U.S. Grass Andy Andrews Syd Ball Rod Frawley 3–6, 7–6, 7–5Win 3–5 Aug 1982 Stowe, U.S. Hard Andy Andrews Mike Fishbach Eric Fromm 6–3, 6–4Loss 3–6 Dec 1982Australian Open, Melbourne Grass Andy Andrews John Alexander John Fitzgerald 4–6, 6–7
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