José Luis Clerc

José Luis Clerc (born August 16 1958 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine professional tennis player, and one of the most important Argentine players in history.

Right handed, Batata Clerc started playing professionally in 1977, and won 25 ATP Titles, and retired in 1988. His highest rank was World No. 4 in August 4 1981, following a run of 27 victories and 4 titles in one month, and had year-ending rankings 8th in 1980, 5th in 1981, 6th in 1982, and 8th in 1983.

Clerc represented Argentina for the Davis Cup from 1976 to 1989. With team mate Guillermo Vilas, Argentina was runner up of the 1981 Davis Cup losing 3-1 to United States in Cincinnati. He defeated Roscoe Tanner in a singles match, but lost to John McEnroe, and to Fleming/McEnroe in doubles with Vilas.

Also with Vilas and Carlos Gattiker, Argentina won the 1980 World Team Cup, beating Italy 3-0 in Buenos Aires.

He received the ATP Sportsmanship Award of 1981, and Argentine Konex Awards in 1980 and 1990 for Merit in Tennis.

Clerc currently runs a tennis school in Argentina, participates in Senior tournaments, and works as a TV commentator.

Titles (25)

Singles (25)

Legend

Grand Slam (0)

Tennis Masters Cup (0)

ATP Masters Series (1)

ATP Tour (24)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1	May 15, 1978	Florence	Clay	Patrice Dominguez	6-4 6-2 6-1
2	Nov 27, 1978	Buenos Aires	Clay	Victor Pecci	6-4 6-4
3	Dec 4, 1978	Santiago de Chile	Clay	Victor Pecci	3-6 6-3 6-3
4	Apr 16, 1979	Johannesburg	Hard	Deon Joubert	6-2 6-1
5	Mar 10, 1980	San José de Costa Rica	Hard	Jimmy Connors	4-6 2-6 RET
6	Jul 28, 1980	South Orange	Clay	John McEnroe	6-3 6-2
7	Aug 4, 1980	Indianapolis	Clay	Mel Purcell	7-5 6-3
8	Sep 29, 1980	Madrid	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	6-3 1-6 1-6 6-4 6-2
9	Nov 3, 1980	Quito	Clay	Victor Pecci	6-4 1-6 10-8
10	Nov 17, 1980	Buenos Aires	Clay	Rolf Gehring	6-7 2-6 7-5 6-0 6-3
11	May 11, 1981	Florence	Clay	Raul Ramirez	6-1 6-2
12	May 18, 1981	Rome Masters	Clay	Victor Pecci	6-3 6-4 6-0
13	Jul 13, 1981	Boston	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	0-6 6-2 6-2
14	Jul 20, 1981	Washington	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	7-5 6-2
15	Jul 28, 1981	North Conway	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	6-3 6-2
16	Aug 3, 1981	Indianapolis	Clay	Ivan Lendl	4-6 6-4 6-2
17	Feb 8, 1982	Richmond	Carpet	Fritz Buehning	3-6 6-3 6-4 6-3
18	Jun 7, 1982	Venice	Clay	Peter McNamara	7-6 6-1
19	Jul 5, 1982	Gstaad	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	6-1 6-3 6-2
20	Jul 12, 1982	Zell am See	Clay	Heinz Gunthardt	6-0 3-6 6-2 6-1
21	Nov 15, 1982	San Paolo	Clay	Marcos Hocevar	6-2 6-7 6-3
22	Jan 24, 1983	Guaruja	Hard	Mats Wilander	3-6 7-5 6-1
23	Jul 11, 1983	Boston	Clay	Jimmy Arias	6-3 6-1
24	Jul 18, 1983	Washington	Clay	Jimmy Arias	6-3 3-6 6-0
25	Jul 25, 1983	North Conway	Clay	Andrés Gómez	6-3 6-1

External links

*Clerc's matches for David Cup
*Statistics
*Clerc's Konex Awards (Spanish)
*1980 Argentina's World Team Cup
*Interview (Spanish)