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Jim Pugh (born February 5, 1964 in Burbank, California) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won three Grand Slam men's doubles titles (two Australian Open, one Wimbledon) and five Grand Slam mixed doubles titles (three Australian Open, one Wimbledon, one US Open). Pugh reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1989.

Career

Pugh was a member of the U.S. team that won the Davis Cup in 1990. Partnering Rick Leach, he won the doubles rubbers in all four of the rounds which the U.S. played in that year and clinched the team's victory in the final with a win over Pat Cash and John Fitzgerald of Australia. Pugh has a 6–0 career record in the Davis Cup.

Pugh won 27 doubles titles (22 men's doubles and 5 mixed doubles). He also won one top-level singles title at Newport, Rhode Island in 1989. (His career-high singles ranking was World No. 37 in 1987.) Pugh won his last career doubles title at Los Angeles in 1992.

Pugh was one of only a very few professional male players to use a two-handed forehand.{[fact}}

Titles (22)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	May 11, 1987	Munich, Germany	Clay	Blaine Willenborg	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	7–6, 4–6, 6–4
2.	October 12, 1987	Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.	Hard	Rick Leach	Dan Goldie Mel Purcell	6–3, 6–2
3.	November 2, 1987	Hong Kong	Hard	Mark Kratzmann	Marty Davis Brad Drewett	6–7, 6–4, 6–2
4.	January 25, 1988	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Rick Leach	Jeremy Bates Peter Lundgren	6–3, 6–2, 6–3
5.	May 9, 1988	Munich, Germany	Clay	Rick Leach	Alberto Mancini Christian Miniussi	7–6, 6–1
6.	July 25, 1988	Washington, D.C.	Hard	Rick Leach	Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken	6–3, 6–7, 6–2
7.	August 8, 1988	Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.	Hard	Rick Leach	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–4, 6–3
8.	August 22, 1988	Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.	Hard	Rick Leach	Jim Grabb Patrick McEnroe	6–2, 6–4
9.	November 21, 1988	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.	Carpet	Rick Leach	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–4, 6–1
10.	December 11, 1988	Masters Doubles, London	Carpet	Rick Leach	Emilio Sánchez Sergio Casal	6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 6–0
11.	January 30, 1989	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Rick Leach	Darren Cahill Mark Kratzmann	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
12.	March 13, 1989	Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.	Hard	Rick Leach	Paul Annacone Christo Van Rensburg	6–7, 6–3, 6–2, 2–6, 6–4
13.	May 1, 1989	Singapore	Hard	Rick Leach	Paul Chamberlin Paul Wekesa	6–3, 6–4
14.	May 8, 1989	Forest Hills, New York, U.S.	Clay	Rick Leach	Jim Courier Pete Sampras	6–4, 6–2
15.	November 27, 1989	Itaparica, Brazil	Hard	Rick Leach	Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken	6–2, 7–6
16.	February 26, 1990	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.	Carpet	Rick Leach	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
17.	March 26, 1990	Key Biscayne, Florida, U.S.	Hard	Rick Leach	Boris Becker Cassio Motta	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
18.	July 9, 1990	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Rick Leach	Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser	7–6, 7–6, 7–6
19.	February 18, 1991	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.	Carpet	Rick Leach	Udo Riglewski Michael Stich	6–4, 6–4
20.	May 13, 1991	Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.	Clay	Rick Leach	Bret Garnett Greg Van Emburgh	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
21.	August 5, 1991	Los Angeles	Hard	Javier Frana	Glenn Michibata Brad Pearce	7–5, 2–6, 6–4
22.	August 10, 1992	Los Angeles	Hard	Patrick Galbraith	Francisco Montana David Wheaton	7–6, 7–6

Runner-ups (15)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	May 4, 1987	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Claudio Mezzadri	Miloslav Mečíř Tomáš Šmíd	4–6, 7–6, 6–2
2.	July 27, 1987	Schenectady, New York, U.S.	Hard	Brad Pearce	Gary Donnelly Gary Muller	7–6, 6–2
3.	November 9, 1987	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Jim Grabb	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	6–3, 6–4
4.	May 2, 1988	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Rick Leach	Darren Cahill Laurie Warder	6–4, 6–4
5.	September 12, 1988	US Open, New York City	Hard	Rick Leach	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	W/O
6.	October 10, 1988	Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.	Hard	Rick Leach	Scott Davis Tim Wilkison	6–4, 7–6
7.	February 27, 1989	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.	Carpet	Rick Leach	Paul Annacone Christo Van Rensburg	6–3, 7–5
8.	July 10, 1989	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Rick Leach	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	3–6, 7–6, 6–4, 7–6
9.	November 13, 1989	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet	Rick Leach	Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken	6–3, 5–7, 6–3
10.	May 28, 1990	Bologna, Italy	Clay	Jerome Potier	Gustavo Luza Udo Riglewski	7–6, 4–6, 6–1
11.	November 12, 1990	Wembley, United Kingdom	Carpet	Rick Leach	Jim Grabb Patrick McEnroe	7–6, 4–6, 6–3
12.	June 10, 1991	French Open, Paris	Clay	Rick Leach	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–0, 7–6
13.	July 12, 1993	Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.	Grass	Byron Black	Javier Frana Christo Van Rensburg	4–6, 6–1, 7–6
14.	January 17, 1994	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Jorge Lozano	Jonas Björkman Neil Borwick	6–4, 6–1
15.	May 2, 1994	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.	Clay	Francisco Montana	Jared Palmer Richey Reneberg	4–6, 7–6, 6–4

External links

• Jim Pugh at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Davis Cup record

• American tennis players
• Australian Open champions
• Wimbledon champions
• US Open champions
• People from the San Fernando Valley
• 1964 births
• Living people