Cliff Letcher

Cliff Letcher (9 February 1952 – 31 December 2004) was a professional tennis player from Australia. He played Davis Cup for Austria.

Cliff Letcher

Country (sports)	Australia Austria
Born	(1952-02-09)9 February 1952 Pyramid Hill, Australia
Died	31 December 2004(2004-12-31) (aged 52)
Plays	Right-handed
Coach	Don Tregonning
Career record	54–112
Doubles
Career record	147–153
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	F (1978, 1979)
French Open	2R (1977)
Wimbledon	QF (1979)
US Open	F (1976)

Letcher enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won two doubles titles and finished runner-up in doubles at three Grand Slam events.

Letcher died on 31 December 2004.

His children Clint, Chris and Sophie Letcher were also professional tennis players.

Career finals

Doubles (2 wins, 9 losses)

Result	W/L	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	1976	U.S. Open, New York City	Clay	Paul Kronk	Marty Riessen Tom Okker	4–6, 4–6
Win	1–1	1977	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Dick Stockton	Syd Ball Kim Warwick	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Loss	1–2	1977	Miami, U.S.	Clay	Paul Kronk	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	5–7, 4–6
Loss	1–3	1977	Hampton, U.S.	Carpet	Paul Kronk	Sandy Mayer Stan Smith	4–6, 3–6
Loss	1–4	1977	Düsseldorf, Germany	Clay	Paul Kronk	Jürgen Fassbender Karl Meiler	3–6, 3–6
Loss	1–5	1977	Louisville, U.S.	Clay	Chris Kachel	John Alexander Phil Dent	1–6, 4–6
Loss	1–6	1977	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Dick Crealy	Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol	7–6, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	1–7	1978	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Paul Kronk	Wojciech Fibak Kim Warwick	6–7, 5–7
Loss	1–8	1979	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Paul Kronk	Peter McNamara Paul McNamee	6–7, 2–6
Win	2–8	1980	Perth, Australia	Grass	Syd Ball	Dale Collings Dick Crealy	6–3, 6–4
Loss	2–9	1982	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	Craig Miller	John Alexander John Fitzgerald	4–6, 6–7

External links

• Cliff Letcher at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Cliff Letcher at the International Tennis Federation
• Cliff Letcher at Tennis Australia