Tim Wilkison

Tim Wilkison

Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Charlotte, North Carolina
Born	(1959-11-23) November 23, 1959 Shelby, North Carolina
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Turned pro	1979
Retired	1993
Plays	Left-handed
Prize money	$1,289,085
Singles
Career record	291–296
Career titles	6
Highest ranking	No. 23 (September 29, 1986)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4R (1985, 1987)
French Open	2R (1990)
Wimbledon	3R (1979, 1981)
US Open	QF (1986)
Doubles
Career record	263–257
Career titles	10
Highest ranking	No. 21 (July 31, 1989)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	SF (1979)
French Open	3R (1985)
Wimbledon	SF (1979)
US Open	QF (1979)

Tim Wilkison (born November 23, 1959) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

Tennis career

Wilkison was the No. 1 ranked junior in the United States and played on the tour for over 25 years. He prepped at McCallie School in Chattanooga, Tennessee before turning pro immediately after high school. The left-hander won six singles titles, ten doubles championships, and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 23 in September 1986. Wilkison is perhaps best known for his diving volleys at Wimbledon that earned him the nickname "Dr. Dirt".

In his playing career, Wilkison had victories over Arthur Ashe, Stan Smith, Roscoe Tanner, Guillermo Vilas, Yannick Noah, Boris Becker, Jim Courier, John McEnroe, Andre Agassi, and Pete Sampras.

His best Grand Slam singles result came at the 1986 US Open, where he reached the quarterfinals by defeating Horst Skoff, Paul McNamee, Yannick Noah and Andrei Chesnokov, before losing to Stefan Edberg in straight sets. Wilkison has stated that his preferred surface is clay.

His eldest son, MacLane, played college tennis at UNC.

Career finals

Singles: 15 (6 titles, 9 runner-ups)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	1977	Auckland, New Zealand	Grass	Vijay Amritraj	6–7, 7–5, 1–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	1978	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	Kim Warwick	6–3, 6–3, 6–7, 3–6, 6–2
Win	2–1	1979	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Peter Feigl	6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 2–6, 6–2
Loss	2–2	1980	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	John Sadri	4–6, 6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	2–3	1980	Maui, U.S.	Hard	Eliot Teltscher	6–7, 3–6
Loss	2–4	1981	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Bill Scanlon	7–6, 3–6, 6–3, 6–7, 0–6
Win	3–4	1981	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	Chris Lewis	6–4, 7–6, 6–3
Win	4–4	1982	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Russell Simpson	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	4–5	1984	North Conway, U.S.	Clay	Joakim Nyström	2–6, 5–7
Loss	4–6	1984	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Joakim Nyström	3–6, 6–3, 4–6, 2–6
Win	5–6	1984	Vienna, Austria	Carpet (i)	Pavel Složil	6–1, 6–1, 6–2
Win	6–6	1985	Nancy, France	Carpet (i)	Slobodan Živojinović	4–6, 7–6, 9–7
Loss	6–7	1986	Atlanta, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Kevin Curren	6–7, 6–7
Loss	6–8	1986	Newport, U.S.	Grass	Bill Scanlon	5–7, 4–6
Loss	6–9	1987	Bristol, England	Grass	Kelly Evernden	4–6, 6–7

Doubles: 24 (10 titles, 14 runner-ups)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	1979	North Conway, U.S.	Clay	John Sadri	Ion Țiriac Guillermo Vilas	4–6, 6–7
Loss	0–2	1980	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	John Sadri	Peter Feigl Rod Frawley	2–6, 5–7
Win	1–2	1980	Manchester, England	Grass	John Sadri	Dennis Ralston Roscoe Tanner	6–7, 7–5, 6–2
Loss	1–3	1980	Melbourne Indoor, Australia	Carpet (i)	John Sadri	Fritz Buehning Ferdi Taygan	1–6, 2–6
Win	2–3	1981	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Ferdi Taygan	Tony Graham Bill Scanlon	7–5, 6–1
Win	3–3	1981	Vienna, Austria	Carpet (i)	Steve Denton	Sammy Giammalva Jr. Fred McNair	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	3–4	1982	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet (i)	Fred McNair	Larry Stefanki Robert Van't Hof	3–6, 6–7
Loss	3–5	1984	Bari, Italy	Clay	Marcel Freeman	Stanislav Birner Libor Pimek	6–2, 6–7, 4–6
Loss	3–6	1984	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Stefan Edberg	Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd	6–7, 2–6
Win	4–6	1984	Treviso, Italy	Clay	Pavel Složil	Jan Gunnarsson Sherwood Stewart	7–5, 6–3
Loss	4–7	1984	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Pavel Složil	Jan Gunnarsson Michael Mortensen	4–6, 2–6
Loss	4–8	1985	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Mark Dickson	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Win	5–8	1986	Newport, U.S.	Grass	Vijay Amritraj	Eddie Edwards Francisco González	4–6, 7–5, 7–6
Loss	5–9	1987	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Brad Gilbert	Kevin Curren David Pate	3–6, 4–6
Win	6–9	1987	Vienna, Austria	Carpet (i)	Mel Purcell	Emilio Sánchez Javier Sánchez	6–3, 7–5
Loss	6–10	1988	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Andrew Castle	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–7, 3–6
Win	7–10	1988	Rye Brook, U.S.	Hard	Andrew Castle	Jeremy Bates Michael Mortensen	4–6, 7–5, 7–6
Loss	7–11	1988	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Scott Davis	John McEnroe Mark Woodforde	4–6, 6–7
Win	8–11	1988	Scottsdale, U.S.	Hard	Scott Davis	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	6–4, 7–6
Loss	8–12	1988	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard (i)	Gary Muller	Kevin Curren David Pate	6–7, 4–6
Loss	8–13	1989	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Scott Davis	Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg	6–7, 7–6, 1–6
Loss	8–14	1989	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Carpet	Patrick McEnroe	Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken	6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Win	9–14	1989	Bristol, England	Grass	Paul Chamberlain	Mike De Palmer Gary Donnelly	7–6, 6–4
Win	10–14	1989	Livingston, U.S.	Hard	Tim Pawsat	Kelly Evernden Sammy Giammalva Jr.	7–5, 6–3

External links

• Tim Wilkison at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Tim Wilkison at the International Tennis Federation