Blaine Willenborg
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Blaine Willenborg is a former professional tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

 player from the United States.

Willenborg enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 7 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 9 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 13 in 1988. His career high singles ranking was World No. 50, which he reached on Sept. 09, 1984.

Doubles titles (7)

No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponent in the final Score
1. 1983 Geneva
ATP Geneva
The Geneva Open is a defunct Grand Prix and ATP Tour affiliated tennis tournament that was held annually from 1980 to 1991 in Geneva, Switzerland on clay courts.-Singles:- Doubles :-External links:*...

, Switzerland
Switzerland
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Clay   Stanislav Birner
Stanislav Birner
Stanislav Birner , is a former professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia.Birmer enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 2 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 43 in 1987.-Doubles titles :-Runner-ups :-External links:...

  Joakim Nyström
Joakim Nyström
Joakim "Jocke" Nyström is a former top ten ranked tennis player from Sweden who won thirteen singles titles during his professional career. The right-hander reached his highest singles ranking on the ATP Tour on 31 March 1986, when he was ranked World No. 7 and was also ranked as high as World No...

 
  Mats Wilander
Mats Wilander
Mats Wilander is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Sweden. From 1982 through 1988, he won seven Grand Slam singles titles , and one Grand Slam men's doubles title...

6–1, 2–6, 6–3
2. 1984 Palermo, Italy
Italy
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Clay   Tomáš Šmíd
Tomáš Šmíd
Tomáš Šmíd is a former tennis player from Czechoslovakia, who won nine singles titles during his career. In doubles, he won fifty-four titles and was the world's highest-ranking doubles player from December 17, 1984, to August 11, 1985. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP ranking on...

  Adriano Panatta
Adriano Panatta
Adriano Panatta is a former professional tennis player from Italy. He is best remembered for winning the French Open in 1976, and for being the only player to ever defeat Björn Borg at Roland Garros, which he did on two occasions.-Career:...

 
  Henrik Sundström
Henrik Sundström
Henrik Sundström is a former professional male tennis player from Sweden. He is nicknamed Henke. Sundström was at his best on clay and achieved his strongest results on this surface, with his solid and heavy topspin groundstrokes from the baseline.- Tennis career :Sundström turned professional in...

6–7, 6–3, 6–0
3. 1984 Bordeaux
ATP Bordeaux
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, France
France
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Clay   Pavel Složil
Pavel Složil
Pavel Složil is a former professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia....

  Loïc Courteau
Loïc Courteau
Loïc Courteau is a former French tennis player. Courteau has coached the French Fed Cup team in years past, and has been the coach of Amélie Mauresmo, the winner of two Grand Slams, since 2002. He reached a career high ranking of World No. 159 on 22 November 1982...

 
  Guy Forget
Guy Forget
Guy Forget is a former French professional tennis player. During his career, he helped France win the Davis Cup in both 1991 and 1996. Since retiring as a player, he has served as France's Davis Cup team captain.-Career:...

6–1, 6–4
4. 1986 Athens
ATP Athens Open
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, Greece
Greece
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Clay   Libor Pimek
Libor Pimek
Libor Pimek is a former professional male tennis player.Pimek's best Grand Slam singles result came at the 1987 US Open when he reached the 3rd round...

  Carlos Di Laura
Carlos di Laura
Carlos di Laura is a former tennis player from Peru.Di Laura participated in the 1984 Summer Olympics for his native country. The left-hander won three tour doubles titles during his profeesional career....

 
  Claudio Panatta
Claudio Panatta
Claudio Panatta is a former Italian tennis player and younger brother of 1976 French Open champion Adriano Panatta.Panatta won 6 doubles titles and 1 singles title during his professional career...

5–7, 6–4, 6–2
5. 1987 Munich, Germany
Germany
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Clay   Jim Pugh
Jim Pugh
Jim Pugh is a former professional tennis player from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won three Grand Slam men's doubles titles and five Grand Slam mixed doubles titles . Pugh reached the World No...

  Sergio Casal
Sergio Casal
Sergio Casal Martínez is a former professional tennis player from Spain. During his career, he won three Grand Slam doubles titles, as well as the men's doubles Silver Medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics....

 
  Emilio Sánchez
Emilio Sánchez
Emilio Ángel Sánchez Vicario is a former professional tennis player from Spain. He won three Grand Slam doubles titles and the men's doubles silver medal at the 1988 Olympic Games...

7–6, 4–6, 6–4
6. 1987 Indianapolis, U.S. Clay   Laurie Warder
Laurie Warder
Laurie Warder is a former professional male tennis player from Australia.-Doubles titles :-Runner-ups :-External links:...

  Joakim Nyström
Joakim Nyström
Joakim "Jocke" Nyström is a former top ten ranked tennis player from Sweden who won thirteen singles titles during his professional career. The right-hander reached his highest singles ranking on the ATP Tour on 31 March 1986, when he was ranked World No. 7 and was also ranked as high as World No...

 
  Mats Wilander
Mats Wilander
Mats Wilander is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Sweden. From 1982 through 1988, he won seven Grand Slam singles titles , and one Grand Slam men's doubles title...

6–0, 6–3
7. 1989 Florence
ATP Florence
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, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

Clay   Mike De Palmer
Mike De Palmer
Mike De Palmer , is a former professional tennis player from the United States.De Palmer enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 6 tour doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 6 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No...

  Pietro Pennisi 
  Simone Restelli
4–6, 6–4, 6–4

Runner-ups (9)

No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponent in the final Score
1. 1982 South Orange
South Orange Open
The South Orange Open is a defunct Grand Prix affiliated tennis tournament played from 1970 to 1983. It was held in South Orange, New Jersey in the United States and played on outdoor hard courts from 1970 to 1972 and again in 1974, then played on outdoor grass courts in 1973, and then played on...

, U.S.
Clay   Jai Dilouie   Raúl Ramírez
Raúl Ramírez
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  Van Winitsky
Van Winitsky
Van Winitsky , is a former professional tennis player from the United States.Winitsky enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 9 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 11 times. Partnering Fritz Buehning in doubles, Winitsky finished...

6–3, 4–6, 1–6
2. 1982 Indianapolis, U.S. Clay   Robbie Venter   Sherwood Stewart
Sherwood Stewart
Sherwood Stewart played amateur and professional tennis in the 1970s and 1980s. Stewart was ranked as high as No. 60 in the world in singles on the ATP Rankings on December 31, 1978, and No...

 
  Ferdi Taygan
Ferdi Taygan
Ferdi Taygan , is a former professional tennis player from the United States.Taygan enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 19 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 19 times. Partnering Sherwood Stewart, Taygan won the 1982 French Open...

4–6, 5–7
3. 1984 Washington D.C.
Legg Mason Tennis Classic
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, U.S.
Clay   Drew Gitlin
Drew Gitlin
Drew Gitlin , is a former professional tennis player from the United States.Gitlin reached a career high singles ranking of World No. 88 in January, 1983. During his career he won 3 doubles titles and reached a high doubles ranking of World No...

  Pavel Složil
Pavel Složil
Pavel Složil is a former professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia....

 
  Ferdi Taygan
Ferdi Taygan
Ferdi Taygan , is a former professional tennis player from the United States.Taygan enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 19 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 19 times. Partnering Sherwood Stewart, Taygan won the 1982 French Open...

6–7, 1–6
4. 1984 North Conway, U.S. Clay   Cassio Motta
Cassio Motta
Cassio Motta is a former professional tennis player from Brazil.- Runner-ups :- Doubles :- Singles :- Doubles :- External links :*...

  Brian Gottfried
Brian Gottfried
Brian Edward Gottfried is a retired tennis player from the United States who won 25 singles titles and 54 doubles titles during his professional career. The right-hander reached his highest ranking on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour on June 19, 1977, when he became World No....

 
  Tomáš Šmíd
Tomáš Šmíd
Tomáš Šmíd is a former tennis player from Czechoslovakia, who won nine singles titles during his career. In doubles, he won fifty-four titles and was the world's highest-ranking doubles player from December 17, 1984, to August 11, 1985. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP ranking on...

4–6, 2–6
5. 1985 Bordeaux
ATP Bordeaux
This is a defunct men's tennis tournament that was held annually under various names, The Bordeaux Open Grand Prix Passing Shot and was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit tour from it then became an ATP Tour event until 1995...

, France
France
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Clay   Libor Pimek
Libor Pimek
Libor Pimek is a former professional male tennis player.Pimek's best Grand Slam singles result came at the 1987 US Open when he reached the 3rd round...

  David Felgate 
  Steve Shaw
4–6, 7–5, 4–6
6. 1986 Bologna
ATP Bologna Outdoor
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, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

Clay   Claudio Panatta
Claudio Panatta
Claudio Panatta is a former Italian tennis player and younger brother of 1976 French Open champion Adriano Panatta.Panatta won 6 doubles titles and 1 singles title during his professional career...

  Paolo Canè
Paolo Canè
Paolo Canè is a former tennis player from Italy.Canè turned professional in 1983. During his career, he won three top-level singles titles . He also won three tour doubles titles .Canè's career-high rankings were World No...

 
  Simone Colombo
Simone Colombo
Simone Colombo is a former professional tennis player from Italy.During his career Colombo won five doubles titles and one singles title. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 68 in 1989, and a career high singles ranking of World No...

1–6, 2–6
7. 1987 Bologna
ATP Bologna Outdoor
The Bologna Outdoor is a defunct Grand Prix and ATP affiliated tennis tournament played from 1985 to 1998. It was held in Bologna in Italy and held on outdoor clay courts.-Singles:-Doubles:-External links:*...

, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

Clay   Claudio Panatta   Sergio Casal
Sergio Casal
Sergio Casal Martínez is a former professional tennis player from Spain. During his career, he won three Grand Slam doubles titles, as well as the men's doubles Silver Medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics....

 
  Emilio Sánchez
Emilio Sánchez
Emilio Ángel Sánchez Vicario is a former professional tennis player from Spain. He won three Grand Slam doubles titles and the men's doubles silver medal at the 1988 Olympic Games...

3–6, 2–6
8. 1987 Washington D.C.
Legg Mason Tennis Classic
The Legg Mason Tennis Classic is an annual late-summer men's tennis tournament played in Washington, D.C. as part of the ATP Tour. It was first held in 1969. It was later known as the Sovran Bank Classic. . Originally an event of the Grand Prix Tennis Tour and part of the Grand Prix Championship...

, U.S.
Hard   Laurie Warder
Laurie Warder
Laurie Warder is a former professional male tennis player from Australia.-Doubles titles :-Runner-ups :-External links:...

  Gary Donnelly
Gary Donnelly
Gary Donnelly is a former professional tennis player from the United States.Donnelly still lives in Phoenix with his five children and wife, where he is a club pro at the Scottsdale Arizona Inn....

 
  Peter Fleming
2–6, 6–7
9. 1988 Lyon
Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon
The Open Sud de France is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour. It was held annually at the Palais des Sports de Gerland in Lyon, France, in October, from 1987 through to 2009, before being relocated to...

, France
France
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Carpet   Michael Mortensen
Michael Mortensen
Michael Mortensen , is a former professional tennis player from Denmark.Mortensen achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 34 in 1988 and a career-high singles ranking of World No. 301 in 1984...

  Brad Drewett
Brad Drewett
Brad Drewett is a retired tennis player from Australia.Drewett won the Australian Open Junior Boys title in 1975 and 1977. During his professional career, he won two singles and seven doubles titles and reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Open singles in 1976. He also achieved a high...

 
  Broderick Dyke
Broderick Dyke
Broderick Dyke , is a former professional tennis player from Australia.Dyke enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 8 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 14 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No...

6–3, 3–6, 4–6

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