Victor Amaya is a former American male professional tour tennis

Tennis

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 player.

The left-handed Amaya's career high ranking was World No. 15, which he attained in June, 1980.

Amaya nearly beat tennis legend Björn Borg

Björn Borg

Björn Rune Borg is a former world no. 1 tennis player from Sweden. Between 1974 and 1981 he won 11 Grand Slam singles titles. He won five consecutive Wimbledon singles titles and six French Open singles titles...

 in the first round of the 1978 Wimbledon Championships

The Championships, Wimbledon

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. With his 135 mph lefty serve he had Borg down 2 sets to 1 before losing 9–8, 1–6, 6–1, 3–6, 3–6.

Amaya also won the 1980 French Open doubles title with partner Hank Pfister

Hank Pfister

Hank Pfister is a former tennis player from the United States, who won two singles titles during his professional career...

.

Amaya played college tennis at the University of Michigan

University of Michigan

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Grand Prix and WCT singles titles (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1977	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Brian Teacher Brian Teacher Brian David Teacher is a 6' 3" right handed American former professional male tennis player. He reached a career-high ranking World No. 7 in 1981....	6–1, 6–4
2.	1979	Surbiton Surrey Grass Court Championships The Surrey Grass Court Championships is a defunct men's tennis tournament played in Surbiton, England. The event was played as part of the Grand Prix Tour in 1974 and from 1979 to 1980. It was played on outdoor grass courts. It was first played in 1904 under the name of the Surrey Championships... , England	Grass	Mark Edmondson Mark Edmondson Mark Edmondson is a former professional Australian male tennis player....	6–4, 7–5
3.	1980	Washington-2 ATP Washington Indoor The Washington Indoor was a men's tennis tournament played in Washington D.C.. The event was played as part of the WCT Tour from 1972–1976 and the Grand Prix circuit from 1977-1980. It was played on indoor carpet.-Singles:-Doubles:-References:... , U.S.	Carpet	Ivan Lendl Ivan Lendl Ivan Lendl is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player. Originally from Czechoslovakia, Lendl became a United States citizen. He was one of the game's most dominant players in the 1980s and remained a top competitor into the early 1990s. He is considered to be one of the greatest tennis...	6–7, 6–4, 7–5

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