Tim Wilkison

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Tim Wilkison (born November 23, 1959 in Shelby, North Carolina, U.S.) is a former professional male tennis player from the United States. He was the #1 ranked junior in the United States and went on to play professional tennis for over 25 years. Wilkison won 6 singles titles and 9 doubles championships. He is best known for his diving volleys at Wimbledon that earned him the nickname “Dr. Dirt”. In his playing career, Wilkison had victories over Arthur Ashe, Stan Smith, Roscoe Tanner, Guillermo Vilas, Yannick Noah, Boris Becker, Jim Courier, John McEnroe, Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras. He played left-handed.

His best Grand Slam singles result came at the 1986 US Open where he reached the quarter-finals. He lost to Swede Stefan Edberg in sets (3–6, 3–6, 3–6).

Contents 1 Singles titles (6) 1.1 Singles runner-ups (9) 2 Doubles titles (10) 2.1 Runner-ups (14)

[edit] Singles titles (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	18 December 1978	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	Kim Warwick	6–3, 6–3, 6–7, 3–6, 6–2
2.	1 January 1979	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Peter Feigl	6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 2–6 6–2
3.	14 December 1981	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	Chris Lewis	6–4, 7–6, 6–3
4.	11 January 1982	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Russell Simpson	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
5.	22 October 1984	Vienna, Austria	Hard (I)	Pavel Složil	6–1, 6–1, 6–2
6.	18 March 1985	Nancy, France	Hard	Slobodan Živojinović	4–6, 7–6, 9–7

[edit] Singles runner-ups (9)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1977	Auckland, New Zealand	Grass	Vijay Amritraj	7–6, 5–7, 6–1, 6–2
2.	1980	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	John Sadri	6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
3.	1980	Maui, U.S.	Hard	Eliot Teltscher	7–6, 6–3
4.	1981	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Bill Scanlon	6–7, 6–3, 3–6, 7–6, 6–0
5.	1984	North Conway, U.S.	Clay	Joakim Nyström	6–2, 7–5
6.	1984	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Joakim Nyström	6–3, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2
7.	1986	Atlanta, U.S.	Carpet	Kevin Curren	7–6, 7–6
8.	1986	Newport, U.S.	Grass	Bill Scanlon	7–5, 6–4
9.	1987	Bristol, England	Grass	Kelly Evernden	6–4, 7–6

[edit] Doubles titles (10)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1980	Manchester, England	Grass	John Sadri	Dennis Ralston Roscoe Tanner	6–7, 7–5, 6–2
2.	1981	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Ferdi Taygan	Tony Graham Bill Scanlon	7–5, 6–1
3.	1981	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Steve Denton	Sammy Giammalva Jr. Fred McNair	7–5, 6–4
4.	1984	Treviso, Italy	Clay	Pavel Slozil	Jan Gunnarsson Sherwood Stewart	7–5, 6–3
5.	1986	Newport, U.S.	Grass	Vijay Amritraj	Eddie Edwards Francisco González	4–6, 7–5, 7–6
6.	1987	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Mel Purcell	Emilio Sánchez Javier Sánchez	6–3, 7–5
7.	1988	Rye Brook, U.S.	Hard	Andrew Castle	Jeremy Bates Michael Mortensen	4–6, 7–5, 7–6
8.	1988	Scottsdale, U.S.	Hard	Scott Davis	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	6–4, 7–6
9.	1989	Bristol, England	Grass	Paul Chamberlain	Mike De Palmer Gary Donnelly	7–6, 6–4
10.	1989	Livingston, U.S.	Hard	Tim Pawsat	Kelly Evernden Sammy Giammalva Jr.	7–5, 6–3

[edit] Runner-ups (14)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1979	North Conway, U.S.	Clay	John Sadri	Ion Ţiriac Guillermo Vilas	6–4, 7–6
2.	1980	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	John Sadri	Peter Feigl Rod Frawley	6–2, 7–5
3.	1980	Melbourne Indoor, Australia	Carpet	John Sadri	Fritz Buehning Ferdi Taygan	6–1, 6–2
4.	1982	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet	Fred McNair	Larry Stefanki Robert Van't Hof	6–3, 7–6
5.	1984	Bari, Italy	Clay	Marcel Freeman	Stanislav Birner Libor Pimek	2–6, 7–6, 6–4
6.	1984	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Stefan Edberg	Pavel Slozil Tomáš Šmíd	7–6, 6–2
7.	1984	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Pavel Slozil	Jan Gunnarsson Michael Mortensen	6–4, 6–2
8.	1985	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Mark Dickson	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
9.	1987	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Brad Gilbert	Kevin Curren David Pate	6–3, 6–4
10.	1988	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Andrew Castle	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	7–6, 6–3
11.	1988	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Scott Davis	John McEnroe Mark Woodforde	6–4, 7–6
12.	1988	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard (i)	Gary Muller	Kevin Curren David Pate	7–6, 6–4
13.	1989	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Scott Davis	Paul Annacone Christo Van Rensburg	7–6, 6–7, 6–1
14.	1989	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Carpet	Patrick McEnroe	Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken	2–6, 6–4, 6–4