Pat DuPré
Patrick DuPré (born September 16, 1954, in Liège, Belgium) is a former professional tennis player.
Du Pré grew up in Mountain Brook and graduated from Mountain Brook High School, where he was a three-time All-State singles champion. He ranked 2nd in the United States in Boys' 18 Singles in 1971 and won the National Junior Singles Championship the following year. He went on to play for Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. With his help, the Cardinal tennis team won NCAA championships in 1973 and 1974. He was named an All-American in 1976.
As a professional player based in La Jolla, California, Du Pré finished in the semi-finals of the 1979 Wimbledon championships and in the quarter-finals of that year's U. S. Open. He won the ATP Tour singles title (the Hong Kong Open) in 1982 and was ranked as high as no. 12 in the world at the height of his career.
Du Pré was the first tennis player inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 1995 and was added to the Alabama Tennis Hall of Fame in 1996.
References
- "Pat Du Pré" (November 12, 2011) Wikipedia - accessed December 19, 2011