Country (sports) United States Weight 68 kg Prize money $1,653,997 Name Eliot Teltscher Turned pro 1977 | Career record 399–216 Role Tennis player Retired 1988 Career titles 10 Height 1.78 m | |
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Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand) Education University of California, Los Angeles Residence Irvine, California, United States | ||
Highest ranking No. 6 (May 7, 1982) | ||
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Eliot Teltscher (born March 15, 1959, in Rancho Palos Verdes, California) is a retired professional American tennis player. He resides in Irvine, California.
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- la vol di eliot teltscher
- Eliot Teltschers Four Components Of A Great Shot
- Early years
- Pro career
- Davis Cup
- Coaching
- Hall of Fame
- References
Eliot Teltscher's Four Components Of A Great Shot
Early years
Teltscher began playing tennis when he was nine, and by the time he was seventeen, he was ranked in the top ten in the United States junior rankings. He attended UCLA in 1978 on a tennis scholarship, but dropped out to begin his professional tennis career. In the NCAA tournament that year, he was ranked number two and was expected play John Mcenroe from Stanford in the final. However, he lost in the quarter-finals to John Sadri of North Carolina State. That same year he defeated Onny Parun to win the New Zealand Open.
Pro career
In 1979, Teltscher turned pro. A worldwide top 10 player from 1980–82, he was ranked no lower than #15 from through 1984. He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on May 7, 1982, when he became ranked #6 in the world.
In 1981, he had a famous outburst during the French Open at the end of a match against Ilie Năstase, against whom he lost on a controversial point. Furious at the decision, Teltscher snapped and grabbed the referee by the tie and had to be stopped by a few spectators who entered the court.
He and his partner Terry Moor made it to the finals of the French Open in 1981, and he and Barbara Jordan won the mixed doubles title in 1983. He made it to the quarterfinals at the US Open in 1980, 1981, and 1983, where each time he was defeated by Jimmy Connors. He beat Connors, ranked # 8 in the world, in Chicago 6–3, 6–1. He won 10 singles titles during his professional career, which ended in 1988.
Davis Cup
Teltscher was on the U.S. Davis Cup team in 1982, 1983, and 1985. His team defeated France in the 1982 tournament.
Coaching
He served coach for Justin Gimelstob, Richey Reneberg (1997), Jeff Tarango (1995), Pete Sampras, Jim Grabb (1992), Phillip King and others.
Teltscher served as a head men's tennis coach at Pepperdine University for the 1991–92 school season, and as a tennis coach at the Manhattan Beach Country Club from 1992 to 1997.
He was a coach of the US national team from 1998 to 2001, when he resigned to become personal coach to Taylor Dent.
He was named USTA Director of Tennis Operations in December 2002.
Teltscher was named the 2003 Pan American Games Men's Coach.
Hall of Fame
Teltscher, who is Jewish, was inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1991.