Alexander Mayer (born April 5, 1952) is a former tennis player from the United States. He won twelve titles in singles and twenty-four titles in doubles in his professional career, and was part of the winning tennis squad at Stanford University in 1973.

Early life and college career Mayer was born in Flushing, New York. He entered Stanford University in 1970 and majored in political science. In 1972, Mayer and Roscoe Tanner won the NCAA doubles championship, and the Stanford team finished second in the NCAA tournament, behind Trinity University.

In 1973, Mayer and Stanford won everything in the NCAA tournament: Mayer won singles, Mayer and Jim Delaney won doubles, and the team won the national championship ahead of USC.

Professional career The right-handed Mayer reached his highest singles ATP-ranking in April 1982, when he became world No. 7. He won 11 ATP singles titles and 24 doubles titles.

A strong grass-court player, Mayer reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon on three occasions (1977, 1978, and 1983), losing to eventual or multi-time champions John McEnroe and Björn Borg. Mayer's greatest professional triumphs came in doubles at the Grand Slam level. In 1975, he partnered with Vitas Gerulaitis to capture the men's doubles title at Wimbledon. Four years later, in 1979, he teamed up with his younger brother, Gene Mayer, to win the clay-court doubles crown at the 1979 French Open by defeating Ross Case and Phil Dent in the final.

His younger brother Gene was also a world tour tennis player and reached a career high of world No. 4 in 1980.

Family Mayer resided in Atherton, California, and has four sons and a daughter, all of whom had been previously ranked in the United States Tennis Association Junior Tennis League in the Northern California Section. Mayer's former wife, Libby, is a teacher. They filed for divorce on August 5, 2016.

Career finals Singles: 22 (11 titles / 11 runner-ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Jan 1973 Baltimore, U.S. Hard (i) Jimmy Connors 4–6, 5–7Win 1–1 Jan 1973 Birmingham, U.S. Hard Charles Owens 6–4, 7–6Win 2–1 Feb 1974 Baltimore, U.S. Carpet Clark Graebner 6–2, 6–1Loss 2–2 Feb 1974 Birmingham, U.S. Carpet (i) Jimmy Connors 5–7, 3–6Win 3–2 Mar 1974 Paramus, U.S. Indoor Jürgen Fassbender 6–1, 6–3Win 4–2 Mar 1974 Jackson, U.S. Carpet (i) Karl Meiler 7–6, 7–5Loss 4–3 Feb 1975 Fairfield, U.S. Carpet (i) Roger Taylor 5–7, 7–5, 6–7Loss 4–4 Oct 1975 Maui, U.S. Hard Jimmy Connors 1–6, 0–6Loss 4–5 Nov 1975 Hong Kong Hard Tom Gorman 3–6, 1–6, 1–6Win 5–5 Feb 1977 Little Rock, U.S. Carpet (i) Haroon Rahim 6–2, 6–4Loss 5–6 Feb 1977 San Jose, U.S. Hard Jiří Hřebec 6–3, 4–6, 5–7Win 6–6 Mar 1977 Hampton, U.S. Hard (i) Stan Smith 4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 1–6, 6–3Win 7–6 Nov 1977Stockholm Open, Sweden Hard (i) Raymond Moore 6–2, 6–4Win 8–6 Feb 1978 St. Louis WCT, U.S. Carpet (i) Eddie Dibbs 7–6, 6–4Loss 8–7 Jun 1980 Surbiton, England Grass Brian Gottfried 3–6, 3–6Loss 8–8 Apr 1981 Los Angeles, U.S. Hard John McEnroe 7–6, 3–6, 3–6Loss 8–9 Nov 1981 Cologne, West Germany Carpet (i) Ivan Lendl 3–6, 3–6Loss 8–10 Nov 1981 Stockholm Open, Sweden Hard (i) Gene Mayer 4–6, 2–6Win 9–10 Nov 1981 Bologna, Italy Carpet (i) Ilie Năstase 7–5, 6–3Loss 9–11 Jul 1982 Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany Clay Ramesh Krishnan 7–5, 3–6, 3–6, 6–7Win 10–11 Aug 1982 Cleveland, U.S. Hard Robert Van't Hof 7–5, 6–3Win 11–11 Jul 1983 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Tomáš Šmíd 6–0, 6–3, 6–2

Doubles: 40 (24 titles / 16 runner-ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Aug 1971 Cincinnati, U.S. Hard Roscoe Tanner Stan Smith Erik van Dillen 1–6, 6–3, 4–6Loss 0–2 Jan 1973 Baltimore WCT, U.S. Hard (i) Paul Gerken Jimmy Connors Clark Graebner 6–3, 2–6, 3–6Win 1–2 Jan 1974 Roanoke, U.S. Indoors Vitas Gerulaitis Ian Crookenden Jeff Simpson 7–6, 6–1Win 2–2 Feb 1974 Birmingham, U.S. Hard Ian Fletcher Nicholas Kalogeropoulos Iván Molina 4–6, 7–6, 6–1Win 3–2 Feb 1975 Roanoke, U.S. Indoors Vitas Gerulaitis Juan Gisbert Ion Țiriac 7–6, 1–6, 6–3Win 4–2 Jul 1975Wimbledon, London Grass Vitas Gerulaitis Colin Dowdeswell Allan Stone 7–5, 8–6, 6–4Loss 4–3 Nov 1975 Hong Kong Hard Bob Carmichael Tom Okker Ken Rosewall 3–6, 4–6Win 5–3 Feb 1976 Fort Worth WCT, U.S. Hard Vitas Gerulaitis Eddie Dibbs Harold Solomon 6–4, 7–5Win 6–3 Mar 1976 Palm Springs, U.S. Hard Colin Dibley Raymond Moore Erik van Dillen 6–4, 6–7, 7–6Win 7–3 Mar 1977 Hampton, U.S. Hard (i) Stan Smith Paul Kronk Cliff Letcher 6–4, 6–3Win 8–3 Sep 1977 Los Angeles, U.S. Hard Frew McMillan Tom Leonard Mike Machette 6–2, 6–3Win 9–3 Nov 1977 Wembley, England Hard Frew McMillan Brian Gottfried Raul Ramírez 6–3, 7–6Win 10–3 Jan 1978 Birmingham WCT, U.S. Carpet (i) Vitas Gerulaitis Frew McMillan Dick Stockton 3–6, 6–1, 7–6Loss 10–4 Jan 1978 Philadelphia WCT, U.S. Carpet (i) Vitas Gerulaitis Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan 4–6, 4–6Loss 10–5 Feb 1978 Richmond WCT, U.S. Carpet (i) Vitas Gerulaitis Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan 3–6, 5–7Win 11–5 Apr 1978 Guadalajara, Mexico Clay Sherwood Stewart Gene Mayer Sashi Menon 4–6, 7–6, 6–3Win 12–5 Apr 1978 San Jose, U.S. Carpet Gene Mayer Hank Pfister Brad Rowe 6–3, 6–4Win 13–5 Feb 1979 Rancho Mirage, U.S. Hard Gene Mayer Cliff Drysdale Bruce Manson 6–4, 7–6Win 14–5 Jun 1979French Open, Paris Clay Gene Mayer Ross Case Phil Dent 6–4, 6–4, 6–4Loss 14–6 Jul 1979 Forest Hills WCT, U.S. Clay Gene Mayer Peter Fleming John McEnroe 7–6, 6–7, 3–6Win 15–6 Jul 1980 Boston, U.S. Clay Gene Mayer Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez 1–6, 6–4, 6–4Loss 15–7 Jul 1980 Washington, D.C., U.S. Clay Gene Mayer Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez 4–6, 5–7Win 16–7 Aug 1980 Columbus, U.S. Hard Brian Gottfried Peter Fleming Eliot Teltscher 6–4, 6–2Loss 16–8 Aug 1980 Toronto, Canada Hard Heinz Günthardt Bruce Manson Brian Teacher 3–6, 6–3, 4–6Loss 16–9 Sep 1980 San Francisco, U.S. Carpet (i) Gene Mayer Peter Fleming John McEnroe 1–6, 4–6Win 17–9 Mar 1981 Memphis, U.S. Hard (i) Gene Mayer Mike Cahill Tom Gullikson 7–6, 6–7, 7–6Win 18–9 Mar 1981 Brussels, Belgium Carpet (i) Frew McMillan Kevin Curren Steve Denton 4–6, 6–3, 6–3Loss 18–10 Mar 1981 Rotterdam, Netherlands Carpet (i) Gene Mayer Fritz Buehning Ferdi Taygan 6–7, 6–1, 4–6Loss 18–11 Mar 1982 Strasbourg WCT, France Carpet (i) Frew McMillan Wojciech Fibak John Fitzgerald 4–6, 3–6Win 19–11 Jul 1982 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Ferdi Taygan Heinz Günthardt Markus Günthardt 6–2, 6–3Loss 19–12 Apr 1983 Los Angeles, U.S. Hard Ferdi Taygan Peter Fleming John McEnroe 1–6, 2–6Win 20–12 Aug 1983 Montreal, Canada Hard Ferdi Taygan Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson 6–3, 6–4Win 21–12 Jul 1984 Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany Clay Andreas Maurer Fritz Buehning Ferdi Taygan 7–6, 6–4Win 22–12 Aug 1984 Columbus, U.S. Hard Stan Smith Charles Bud Cox Terry Moor 6–4, 6–7, 7–5Loss 22–13 Aug 1984 Cincinnati, U.S. Hard Balázs Taróczy Francisco González Matt Mitchell 6–4, 3–6, 6–7Loss 22–14 Sep 1984 Los Angeles, U.S. Hard Wojciech Fibak Ken Flach Robert Seguso 6–4, 4–6, 3–6Win 23–14 Oct 1984 Cologne, Germany Carpet (i) Wojciech Fibak Jan Gunnarsson Joakim Nyström 6–1, 6–3Win 24–14 Oct 1984 Vienna, Austria Carpet (i) Wojciech Fibak Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy 6–4, 6–4Loss 24–15 Jan 1985 Philadelphia, U.S. Carpet (i) Wojciech Fibak Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander 6–3, 2–6, 2–6Loss 24–16 Sep 1985 San Francisco, U.S. Hard (i) Brad Gilbert Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg 6–3, 3–6, 4–6

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