Víctor Pecci

Víctor Pecci
Country (sports)	Paraguay
Residence	Asunción, Paraguay
Born	15 October 1955; Asunción, Paraguay
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	1976
Retired	1990
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$994,408
Singles
Career record	358–243 (59.6%)
Career titles	10
Highest ranking	No. 9 (24 March 1980)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (1980)
French Open	F (1979)
Wimbledon	3R (1979, 1980)
US Open	3R (1979)
Doubles
Career record	194–170 (53.3%)
Career titles	12
Highest ranking	No. 8 (3 January 1979)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	28–17

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^[1] and Jimmy Connors in the semifinals,^[1] but lost to three-time champion Björn Borg in the final in four sets.^[1] 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)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1979	French Open	Clay	Björn Borg	3–6, 1–6, 7–6^(8–6), 4–6

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

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	A	2R	A	1R	A	A	A	NH	1–2
French Open	1R	Q3	A	1R		4R	F	2R	SF	2R	2R	1R	1R	1R	17–11
Wimbledon	Q3	2R	2R	A		1R	3R	3R	1R	A	A	A	1R	A	6–7
US Open	A	1R	2R	1R		2R	3R	2R	A	A	A	A	1R	A	5–7
Win–loss	0–1	1–2	2–2	0–2		4–3	10–3	5–4	5–2	1–2	1–1	0–1	0–3	0–1	29–27

Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.

Career finals

Singles: 22 (10 titles, 12 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 1976	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Éric Deblicker	7–5, 7–6, 3–6, 2–6, 6–4
Win	2–0	Jun 1976	Berlin, West Germany	Hard	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	6–1, 6–2, 5–7, 6–3
Loss	2–1	May 1977	Munich, West Germany	Clay	Željko Franulović	1–6, 1–6, 7–6, 5–7
Win	3–1	Nov 1978	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Rolf Gehring	6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	3–2	Nov 1978	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	José Luis Clerc	4–6, 4–6
Loss	3–3	Dec 1978	Santiago, Chile	Clay	José Luis Clerc	6–3, 3–6, 1–6
Win	4–3	Apr 1979	Nice, France	Clay	John Alexander	6–3, 6–2, 7–5
Loss	4–4	Jun 1979	French Open, Paris	Clay	Björn Borg	3–6, 1–6, 7–6^(8–6), 4–6
Loss	4–5	Jun 1979	London Queen's Club, UK	Grass	John McEnroe	7–6^(7–2), 1–6, 1–6
Loss	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, 6–2
Win	6–6	Nov 1979	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Jairo Velasco Sr.	6–3, 6–4
Loss	6–7	Dec 1979	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Andrew Pattison	6–2, 3–6, 2–6, 3–6
Loss	6–8	Nov 1980	Quito, Ecuador	Clay	José Luis Clerc	4–6, 6–1, 8–10
Win	7–8	Nov 1980	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Christophe Freyss	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win	8–8	Feb 1981	Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	José Higueras	6–4, 6–0
Loss	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, 6–4
Loss	9–10	May 1981	Rome, Italy	Clay	José Luis Clerc	3–6, 4–6, 0–6
Win	10–10	Feb 1983	Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	Jaime Fillol	2–6, 7–5, 6–4
Loss	10–11	Jul 1984	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	José Higueras	5–7, 6–3, 1–6
Loss	10–12	Apr 1985	Nice, France	Clay	Henri Leconte	4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 18 (12 titles, 6 runner-ups)

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