Joel Bailey (tennis)

Joel Bailey
Full name	Joel Bailey
Country (sports)	United States
Born	April 25, 1951; West Palm Beach, Florida
Plays	Right-handed
Singles
Career record	7–34
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 197 (December 31, 1978)
Grand Slam Singles results
Wimbledon	1R (1978, 1981)
US Open	2R (1979)
Doubles
Career record	28–55
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 90 (September 24, 1979)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1981)
French Open	1R (1978)
Wimbledon	2R (1978)
US Open	1R (1977, 1979, 1981)

Joel Bailey (born April 25, 1951) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

Biography

Bailey was born in Florida but based in Memphis, Tennessee. An All-American varsity tennis player at Samford University, Bailey began competing internationally in the late 1970s.

He won a Grand Prix doubles title in Lagos, Nigeria with Bruce Kleege in 1979.[1]

In singles, he had his first big match win at Sarasota in 1980 when he saved triple match points to upset Steve Krulevitz, from a set and 2–5 down.[2] He had only entered the tournament as a wild card, which was awarded as he was the son of Mack Bailey, who owned the company that sponsored the tournament.[3] At the Tulsa that year he made the quarter-finals, his best performance in a Grand Prix tournament. He competed in the main draw of the 1981 Wimbledon Championships and had a two set lead over Kevin Curren in their first round encounter, but lost in five.[4]

From the 1980s he lived in Japan and appeared in many tournaments in that country, as well as earning a living teaching tennis.[5] He twice won the doubles title at the ATP Challenger event in Nagoya.

Grand Prix career finals

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	1979	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Bruce Kleege	Ismail El Shafei Peter Feigl	6–4, 6–7, 6–3

Challenger titles

Doubles: (3)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	1979	Nagoya, Japan	Hard	Rod Frawley	Chris Kachel Marcello Lara	7–6, 7–5
2.	1979	Lincoln, U. S.	Hard	Bruce Kleege	Steve Denton Peter Rennert	0–6, 6–4, 6–4
3.	1983	Nagoya, Japan	Hard	Jeff Turpin	Charles Strode Morris Strode	6–4, 3–6, 7–6

References

"ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Lagos - 26 February - 04 March 1979". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
Gibson, Steve (February 13, 1980). "Bailey makes it right". Sarasota Journal. p. 1B. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
Huber, Mic (February 10, 1980). "McCurry Meets Carter Monday". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. p. 6C. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
Barclay, Simon (2015). Wimbledon Singles Championships - Complete Open Era Results. ISBN 9781326385958.
Shapiro, Michael (September 17, 1986). "Tennis Booms In Japan, But Like Nowhere Else". New York Times. Retrieved 16 January 2016.

External links

Joel Bailey at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Joel Bailey at the International Tennis Federation

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[1] "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Lagos - 26 February - 04 March 1979". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 16 January 2016.

[2] Gibson, Steve (February 13, 1980). "Bailey makes it right". Sarasota Journal. p. 1B. Retrieved 16 January 2016.

[3] Huber, Mic (February 10, 1980). "McCurry Meets Carter Monday". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. p. 6C. Retrieved 16 January 2016.

[4] Barclay, Simon (2015). Wimbledon Singles Championships - Complete Open Era Results. ISBN 9781326385958.

[5] Shapiro, Michael (September 17, 1986). "Tennis Booms In Japan, But Like Nowhere Else". New York Times. Retrieved 16 January 2016.