# Jeremy Bates (tennis)

Michael Jeremy Bates (born 19 June 1962) is a British former professional tennis player. He was ranked UK number 1 in 1987 and from 1989 to 1994. He reached a career-high ATP world ranking of 54 from 17 April 1995 to 23 April 1995.
During his career Bates won two Grand Slam mixed doubles titles, at Wimbledon in 1987 and the Australian Open in 1991, partnering his fellow British player Jo Durie. He also won one top-level singles title and three men's doubles titles on the professional circuit. After retiring as a player, Bates served as the captain of Britain's Davis Cup team from 2004 to 2006.

## Career

Bates turned professional in 1982. Partnering his fellow British player Jo Durie, he won the mixed doubles titles at Wimbledon in 1987, the first British doubles team to win the title for 51 years and the Australian Open in 1991, the first time a British doubles team has ever won the title. He was also a Men's Doubles runner-up at the Australian Open in 1988 (partnering Sweden's Peter Lundgren).
As a singles player, Bates reached the fourth round at Wimbledon twice – in 1992 and 1994 – losing on both occasions to France's Guy Forget. In the 1992 encounter, Bates held a match point against Forget in the fourth set, but failed to convert it and ended up losing in five sets 7–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–7, 3–6, narrowly missing out on a place in the quarter-finals against John McEnroe. Bates was also the first ever opponent of Andre Agassi in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament, in the first round of the 1986 US Open, with Bates winning in four sets against the 16-year-old wildcard Agassi.
Bates won one top-level singles title during his career – at Seoul in 1994 when he was aged 31, becoming the first British male to win an ATP tour title since Mark Cox in 1977 (he was the oldest champion on the tour that season). He also won three men's doubles titles at Tel Aviv (1989), Queen's Club (1990), and Rotterdam (1994). He was the British national champion six times, and played in 20 Davis Cup ties for Britain, scoring 27 wins and 24 losses. His career-high rankings were World No. 54 in singles (in 1995) and World No. 25 in doubles (in 1991).

## Grand Slam finals
### Doubles: 1 (1 loss)

| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 1988 | Australian Open | Hard | Peter Lundgren | Rick Leach Jim Pugh | 3–6, 2–6, 3–6 |

### Mixed doubles: 2 (2 wins)

| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1987 | Wimbledon | Grass | Jo Durie | Nicole Bradtke Darren Cahill | 7–6$^{(12–10)}$, 6–3 |
| Win | 1991 | Australian Open | Hard | Jo Durie | Robin White Scott Davis | 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 |

## ATP Career Finals
### Singles: 1 (1 title)

* Legend
* Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP Masters Series (0–0)
* ATP Championship Series (0–0)
* ATP World Series (1–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (1–0)
* Clay (0–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoors (1–0)
* Indoors (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Apr 1994 | Seoul, South Korea | World Series | Hard | Jörn Renzenbrink | 6–4, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 6–3 |

### Doubles: 11 (3 titles, 8 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Grand Slam Tournaments (0–1)
* ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP Masters Series (0–0)
* ATP Championship Series (0–1)
* ATP World Series (3–6)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (1–3)
* Clay (0–0)
* Grass (1–1)
* Carpet (1–4)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoors (2–3)
* Indoors (1–5)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Jan 1988 | Melbourne, Australia | Grand Slam | Hard | Peter Lundgren | Rick Leach Jim Pugh | 3–6, 2–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Aug 1988 | Rye Brook, United States | Grand Prix | Hard | Michael Mortensen | Andrew Castle Tim Wilkison | 6–4, 5–7, 6–7 |
| Loss | 0–3 | Oct 1988 | Basel, Switzerland | Grand Prix | Hard | Peter Lundgren | Jakob Hlasek Tomáš Šmíd | 3–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 0–4 | Oct 1988 | Frankfurt, West Germany | Grand Prix | Carpet | Tom Nijssen | Rudiger Haas Goran Ivanisevic | 6–1, 5–7, 3–6 |
| Win | 1–4 | Oct 1989 | Tel-Aviv, Israel | Grand Prix | Hard | Patrick Baur | Rikard Bergh Per Henricsson | 6–1, 4–6, 6–1 |
| Loss | 1–5 | Nov 1989 | Wembley, United Kingdom | Grand Prix | Carpet | Kevin Curren | Jakob Hlasek John McEnroe | 1–6, 6–7 |
| Win | 2–5 | Jun 1990 | Queen's, United Kingdom | World Series | Grass | Kevin Curren | Henri Leconte Ivan Lendl | 6–2, 7–6 |
| Loss | 2–6 | Feb 1991 | Stuttgard, Germany | Championship Series | Carpet | Nick Brown | Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez | 3–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 2–7 | Oct 1991 | Toulouse, France | World Series | Carpet | Kevin Curren | Tom Nijssen Cyril Suk | 6–3, 3–6, 6–7 |
| Loss | 2–8 | Jun 1992 | Manchester, United Kingdom | World Series | Grass | Laurie Warder | Patrick Galbraith David Macpherson | 6–4, 3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 3–8 | Feb 1994 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | World Series | Carpet | Jonas Björkman | Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis | 6–4, 6–1 |

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
### Singles: 10 (5–5)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (5–5)
* ITF Futures (0–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (4–3)
* Clay (0–0)
* Grass (1–0)
* Carpet (0–2)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Mar 1989 | Madeira, Portugal | Challenger | Hard | Nuno Marques | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Apr 1990 | Cape Town, South Africa | Challenger | Carpet | Gary Muller | 7–5, 2–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 1–2 | Apr 1990 | Durban, South Africa | Challenger | Hard | Grant Stafford | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Win | 2–2 | Oct 1991 | Cherbourg, France | Challenger | Hard | Byron Black | 7–5, 1–6, 7–6 |
| Loss | 2–3 | May 1992 | Taipei, Taiwan | Challenger | Hard | Sandon Stolle | 3–6, 7–5, 5–7 |
| Loss | 2–4 | May 1992 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Challenger | Hard | Sandon Stolle | 6–7, 4–6 |
| Loss | 2–5 | Oct 1993 | Dublin, Ireland | Challenger | Carpet | Paolo Cane | 3–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 3–5 | Oct 1993 | Gothenburg, Sweden | Challenger | Hard | Alex Radulescu | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 4–5 | Oct 1994 | Brest, France | Challenger | Hard | Lionel Barthez | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Win | 5–5 | Jul 1995 | Bristol, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | Andrew Foster | 6–7, 6–4, 6–3 |

### Doubles: 7 (5–2)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (5–2)
* ITF Futures (0–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (3–2)
* Clay (0–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (2–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Feb 1987 | Enugu, Nigeria | Challenger | Hard | Stanislav Birner | Jorge Lozano Tim Pawsat | 1–6, 6–1, 2–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Feb 1989 | Telford, United Kingdom | Challenger | Carpet | Nick Brown | Ronnie Baathman Rikard Bergh | 6–4, 7–6 |
| Win | 2–1 | Apr 1990 | Cape Town, South Africa | Challenger | Carpet | Marius Barnard | Wayne Ferreira Pieter Norval | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Win | 3–1 | Apr 1992 | Nagoya, Japan | Challenger | Hard | Mark Petchey | Bertrand Madsen Leander Paes | 7–5, 3–6, 7–6 |
| Loss | 3–2 | Aug 1992 | New Haven, United States | Challenger | Hard | Byron Black | Todd Nelson Leander Paes | 5–7, 6–2, 6–7 |
| Abandoned | 3–2 | Jul 1993 | Bristol, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | Mark Petchey | Paul Hand Chris Wilkinson | 7–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 4–2 | Sep 1993 | Singapore, Singapore | Challenger | Hard | Christo Van Rensburg | Sander Groen Grant Stafford | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 5–2 | Oct 1993 | Gothenburg, Sweden | Challenger | Hard | Chris Wilkinson | Andrew Foster Ross Matheson | 7–6, 6–3 |

## Performance timelines

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |

### Singles

| Tournament | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | Q2 | Q2 | Q1 | 1R | A | 2R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | A | 0 / 9 | 4–9 | 31% |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 3R | 3R | 1R | A | A | 1R | Q2 | 1R | A | 0 / 6 | 4–6 | 40% |
| Wimbledon | Q2 | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 4R | 1R | 4R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 15 | 12–15 | 44% |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | A | 1R | A | 1R | A | A | Q2 | 1R | 1R | A | 0 / 6 | 1–6 | 14% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 4–4 | 5–3 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0 / 36 | 21–36 | 37% |
| National Representation ||||||||||||||||||||
| Summer Olympics | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | A | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | 2R | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | A | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| ATP Masters Series ||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Rome | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Canada | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | 0 / 5 | 2–5 | 29% |
| Cincinnati | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0 / 10 | 2–10 | 17% |

### Doubles

| Tournament | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | 2R | A | 3R | A | 2R | F | 2R | 1R | SF | 1R | 2R | A | A | A | 0 / 9 | 15–9 | 63% |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 8 | 4–8 | 33% |
| Wimbledon | Q1 | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | QF | 1R | 2R | QF | 2R | 1R | 2R | 0 / 15 | 13–15 | 46% |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 5 | 2–5 | 29% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 4–3 | 6–4 | 1–4 | 4–4 | 5–4 | 2–3 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0 / 37 | 34–37 | 48% |
| National Representation ||||||||||||||||||||
| Summer Olympics | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | A | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | 1R | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | A | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| ATP Masters Series ||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 3R | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 4 | 3–4 | 43% |
| Monte Carlo | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | QF | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | 60% |
| Rome | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Canada | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | SF | A | A | 1R | 2R | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | 50% |
| Cincinnati | A | A | A | A | A | QF | A | 1R | A | 1R | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 40% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 14 | 12–14 | 46% |

### Mixed Doubles

| Tournament | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | QF | W | QF | A | A | A | A | 1 / 3 | 9–2 | 82% |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Wimbledon | 3R | 2R | A | A | 1R | QF | W | 2R | A | QF | 3R | 3R | QF | 2R | 2R | 3R | 1 / 13 | 24–12 | 67% |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Win–loss | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 7–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2 / 16 | 35–14 | 71% |

## Post-retirement activity

Bates retired from the professional tour in 1996. Since leaving the tour, he has served as captain of Britain's Davis Cup team as well as playing in seniors' events. He quit as Head of Performance for the Lawn Tennis Association in January 2007. In September 2007, Bates was appointed Director of Tennis at the Sutton Tennis Academy (London, UK). He quit Sutton Tennis Academy in May 2010, and worked as a broadcaster and commentator for the BBC, Eurosport and Sky. He became the individual coach of former British Number 1 Anne Keothavong and continues to coach, including British player, Katie Boulter. He is also a motivational speaker on team building.