Mike Estep
Result No Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1 1973 Omaha , U.S Hard ( i ) William Brown Jimmy Connors Juan Gisbert Sr DEF
Win 2 1973 Salt Lake City , U.S Hard ( i ) Raúl Ramírez Jiří Hřebec Jan Kukal 6-4 , 7-6
Win 3 1973 Calgary , Canada Indoor Ilie Năstase Szabolcz Baranyi Péter Szőke 6-7 , 7-5 , 6-3
Win 4 1973 Valencia , Spain Clay Ion Ţiriac Patrick Hombergen Bernard Mignot 6-4 , 1-6 , 10-8
Loss 1 1973 Barcelona , Spain Clay Ion Ţiriac Juan Gisbert Sr. Manuel Orantes 4-6 , 6-7
Win 5 1973 Djakarta , Indonesia Hard Ian Fletcher John Newcombe Allan Stone 7-5 , 6-4
Win 6 1974 Philadelphia WCT , U.S Carpet Pat Cramer Jean-Baptiste Chanfreau Georges Goven 6-1 , 6-1
Loss 2 1974 Hampton , U.S Carpet Pat Cramer Željko Franulović Nikola Pilić 6-4 , 5-7 , 1-6
Loss 3 1974 Adelaide , Australia Grass Paul Kronk Grover Raz Reid Allan Stone 6-7 , 4-6
Loss 4 1974 Manila , Philippines Hard Marcello Lara Syd Ball Ross Case 3-6 , 6-7 , 7-9
Win 7 1975 Washington Indoor WCT , U.S Carpet Jeff Simpson Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj 7-6 , 6-3
Loss 5 1975 Houston , U.S Clay Jeff Simpson Robert Lutz Stan Smith 5-7 , 6-7
Loss 6 1975 Boston , U.S Clay John Andrews Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez 6-4 , 3-6 , 6-7
Loss 7 1976 Cologne , Germany Carpet Colin Dowdeswell Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan 1-6 , 6-3 , 6-7
Loss 8 1981 Stuttgart Outdoor , Germany Clay Mark Edmondson Peter McNamara Paul McNamee 6-2 , 4-6 , 6-7
Loss 9 1981 Brisbane , Australia Grass Mark Edmondson Rod Frawley Chris Lewis 5-7 , 6-4 , 6-7
Grand Prix and WCT finals -- Doubles : 16 ( 7 titles , 9 runner-ups )
Mike Estep (born July 19, 1949) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. During his career Estep won 2 singles titles and 7 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 59 in August 1973. In 1983 until 1986 he coached Martina Navratilova. Later he worked with Carling Bassett, Hana Mandlíková, Jana Novotná and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario. He was a board member of the Association of Tennis Professionals from 1982 to 1989, holding the position of chairman of the ATP Ranking Committee at the same time. He also worked with the U.S. Tennis Association, creating a method for ranking juniors in 1999 that is now used nationwide, and serving on the junior development council for Texas from 1993 to 1995. Estep resides in Hurst, Texas.