Víctor Pecci Sr. (born October 15, 1955) is a Paraguayan former professional tennis player.

He was ranked as high as world No. 9 in singles in 1980 and world No. 31 in doubles in 1984. Pecci is famous for reaching the 1979 French Open final. He beat Guillermo Vilas in the quarterfinals and Jimmy Connors in the semifinals, but lost to three-time champion Björn Borg in the final in four sets. He also reached the semifinals in 1981 and was runner-up in Rome. Pecci won the French Open boys' singles in 1973.

Grand Slam finals Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) ResultYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1979 French Open Clay Björn Borg 3–6, 1–6, 7–6(8–6), 4–6

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Career W-L Australian Open A A A A A A A2R A1R A A ANH 1–2 French Open1R Q3 A1R4RF2RSF2R2R1R1R1R 17–11 Wimbledon Q32R2RA1R3R3R1R A A A1R A 6–7 US Open A1R2R1R2R3R2R A A A A1R A 5–7 Win–loss 0–1 1–2 2–20–2 4–3 10–3 5–4 5–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–3 0–1 Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.

Career finals Singles: 22 (10 titles / 12 runner-ups) ResultW–L DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Apr 1976 Madrid, Spain Clay Éric Deblicker 7–5, 7–6, 3–6, 2–6, 6–4Win 2–0 Jun 1976 Berlin, West Germany Hard Hans-Jürgen Pohmann 6–1, 6–2, 5–7, 6–3Loss 2–1 May 1977 Munich, West Germany Clay Željko Franulović 1–6, 1–6, 7–6, 5–7Win 3–1 Nov 1978 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Rolf Gehring 6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3Loss 3–2 Nov 1978 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay José Luis Clerc 4–6, 4–6Loss 3–3 Dec 1978 Santiago, Chile Clay José Luis Clerc 6–3, 3–6, 1–6Win 4–3 Apr 1979 Nice, France Clay John Alexander 6–3, 6–2, 7–5Loss 4–4 Jun 1979 French Open, Paris Clay Björn Borg 3–6, 1–6, 7–6(8–6), 4–6Loss 4–5 Jun 1979 London Queen's Club, UK Grass John McEnroe 7–6(7–2), 1–6, 1–6Loss 4–6 Jul 1979 Washington, D.C., U.S. Clay Guillermo Vilas 6–7(4–7), 6–7(3–7)Win 5–6 Nov 1979 Quito, Ecuador Clay José Higueras 2–6, 6–4, 6–2Win 6–6 Nov 1979 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Jairo Velasco Sr. 6–3, 6–4Loss 6–7 Dec 1979 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard Andrew Pattison 6–2, 3–6, 2–6, 3–6Loss 6–8 Nov 1980 Quito, Ecuador Clay José Luis Clerc 4–6, 6–1, 8–10Win 7–8 Nov 1980 Santiago, Chile Clay Christophe Freyss 4–6, 6–4, 6–3Win 8–8 Feb 1981 Viña del Mar, Chile Clay José Higueras 6–4, 6–0Loss 8–9 Feb 1981 Mar del Plata, Argentina Clay Guillermo Vilas 6–2, 3–6, 1–2 ret.Win 9–9 Apr 1981 Bournemouth, UK Clay Balázs Taróczy 6–3, 6–4Loss 9–10 May 1981 Rome, Italy Clay José Luis Clerc 3–6, 4–6, 0–6Win 10–10 Feb 1983 Viña del Mar, Chile Clay Jaime Fillol 2–6, 7–5, 6–4Loss 10–11 Jul 1984 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay José Higueras 5–7, 6–3, 1–6Loss 10–12 Apr 1985 Nice, France Clay Henri Leconte 4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 18 (12 titles / 6 runner-ups) ResultW–L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Aug 1976 North Conway, U.S. Clay Ricardo Cano Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez 3–6, 0–6Win 1–1 Nov 1976 São Paulo, Brazil Carpet (i) Lito Álvarez Ricardo Cano Belus Prajoux 6–4, 3–6, 6–3Win 2–1 Apr 1978 Milan, Italy Carpet (i) José Higueras Wojciech Fibak Raúl Ramírez 5–7, 7–6, 7–6Loss 2–2 May 1978 Hamburg, West Germany Clay Antonio Muñoz Wojciech Fibak Tom Okker 2–6, 4–6Win 3–2 May 1978 Rome Masters, Italy Clay Belus Prajoux Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd 6–7, 7–6, 6–1Win 4–2 Jul 1978 Louisville, United States Clay Wojciech Fibak Victor Amaya John James 6–4, 6–7, 6–4Win 5–2 Aug 1978 Boston, United States Clay Balázs Taróczy Heinz Günthardt Van Winitsky 6–3, 3–6, 6–1Win 6–2 Oct 1978 Vienna, Austria Hard (i) Balázs Taróczy Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan 6–3, 6–7, 6–4Loss 6–3 Nov 1978 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Hans Gildemeister Álvaro Fillol Jaime Fillol 4–6, 3–6Win 7–3 Dec 1978 Santiago, Chile Clay Hans Gildemeister Álvaro Fillol Jaime Fillol 6–4, 6–3Loss 7–4 Apr 1979 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay Balázs Taróczy Ilie Năstase Raúl Ramírez 3–6, 4–6Loss 7–5 Sep 1980 Palermo, Italy Clay Balázs Taróczy Gianni Ocleppo Ricardo Ycaza 2–6, 2–6Win 8–5 Apr 1981 Bournemouth, England Clay Ricardo Cano Buster Mottram Tomáš Šmíd 6–4, 3–6, 6–3Win 9–5 May 1983 Florence, Italy Clay Francisco González Dominique Bedel Bernard Fritz 4–6, 6–4, 7–6Win 10–5 May 1983 Rome Masters, Italy Clay Francisco González Jan Gunnarsson Mike Leach 6–2, 6–7, 6–4Win 11–5 Jun 1983 Venice, Italy Clay Francisco González Steve Krulevitz Zoltán Kuhárszky 6–1, 6–2Loss 11–6 Oct 1984 Barcelona, Spain Clay Martín Jaite Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd 2–6, 0–6Win 12–6 Jul 1985 Washington, D.C., U.S. Clay Hans Gildemeister David Graham Balázs Taróczy 6–3, 1–6, 6–4

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