Víctor Pecci

Paraguayan tennis player

Víctor Pecci Sr. (born October 15, 1955) is a Paraguayan former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 9 in singles in 1980 and world No. 31 in doubles in 1984. Pecci is famous for reaching the 1979 French Open final. He beat Guillermo Vilas in the quarterfinals and Jimmy Connors in the semifinals, but lost to three time champion Björn Borg in the final. He also reached the semifinals in 1981 and was runner up in Rome. Pecci won the French Open boys' singles in 1973.

ResultW–L YearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 1976 Madrid, Spain Clay Éric Deblicker 7–5, 7–6, 3–6, 2–6, 6–4Win 2–0 1976 Berlin, West Germany Hard Hans Jürgen Pohmann 6–1, 6–2, 5–7, 6–3Loss 2–1 1977 Munich, West Germany Clay Željko Franulović 1–6, 1–6, 7–6, 5–7Win 3–1 1978 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Rolf Gehring 6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3Loss 3–2 1978 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay José Luis Clerc 4–6, 4–6Loss 3–3 1978 Santiago, Chile Clay José Luis Clerc 6–3, 3–6, 1–6Win 4–3 1979 Nice, France Clay John Alexander 6–3, 6–2, 7–5Loss 4–4 1979 French Open, Paris Clay Björn Borg 3–6, 1–6, 7–6(8–6), 4–6Loss 4–5 1979 London Queen's Club, UK Grass John McEnroe 7–6(7–2), 1–6, 1–6Loss 4–6 1979 Washington, D. C., U. S. Clay Guillermo Vilas 6–7(4–7), 6–7(3–7)Win 5–6 1979 Quito, Ecuador Clay José Higueras 2–6, 6–4, 6–2Win 6–6 1979 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Jairo Velasco Sr. 6–3, 6–4Loss 6–7 1979 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard Andrew Pattison 6–2, 3–6, 2–6, 3–6Loss 6–8 1980 Quito, Ecuador Clay José Luis Clerc 4–6, 6–1, 8–10Win 7–8 1980 Santiago, Chile Clay Christophe Freyss 4–6, 6–4, 6–3Win 8–8 1981 Viña del Mar, Chile Clay José Higueras 6–4, 6–0Loss 8–9 1981 Mar del Plata, Argentina Clay Guillermo Vilas 6–2, 3–6, 1–2 ret. Win 9–9 1981 Bournemouth, England Clay Balázs Taróczy 6–3, 6–4Loss 9–10 1981 Rome, Italy Clay José Luis Clerc 3–6, 4–6, 0–6Win 10–10 1983 Viña del Mar, Chile Clay Jaime Fillol 2–6, 7–5, 6–4Loss 10–11 1984 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay José Higueras 5–7, 6–3, 1–6Loss 10–12 1985 Nice, France Clay Henri Leconte 4–6, 4–6

ResultW–L YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 1976 North Conway, U. S. Clay Ricardo Cano Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez 3–6, 0–6Win 1–1 1976 São Paulo, Brazil Carpet (i) Lito Álvarez Ricardo Cano Belus Prajoux 6–4, 3–6, 6–3Win 2–1 1978 Milan, Italy Carpet (i) José Higueras Wojciech Fibak Raúl Ramírez 5–7, 7–6, 7–6Loss 2–2 1978 Hamburg, West Germany Clay Antonio Muñoz Wojciech Fibak Tom Okker 2–6, 4–6Win 3–2 1978 Rome Masters, Italy Clay Belus Prajoux Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd 6–7, 7–6, 6–1Win 4–2 1978 Louisville, United States Clay Wojciech Fibak Victor Amaya John James 6–4, 6–7, 6–4Win 5–2 1978 Boston, United States Clay Balázs Taróczy Heinz Günthardt Van Winitsky 6–3, 3–6, 6–1Win 6–2 1978 Vienna, Austria Hard (i) Balázs Taróczy Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan 6–3, 6–7, 6–4Loss 6–3 1978 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Hans Gildemeister Álvaro Fillol Jaime Fillol 4–6, 3–6Win 7–3 1978 Santiago, Chile Clay Hans Gildemeister Álvaro Fillol Jaime Fillol 6–4, 6–3Loss 7–4 1979 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay Balázs Taróczy Ilie Năstase Raúl Ramírez 3–6, 4–6Loss 7–5 1980 Palermo, Italy Clay Balázs Taróczy Gianni Ocleppo Ricardo Ycaza 2–6, 2–6Win 8–5 1981 Bournemouth, England Clay Ricardo Cano Buster Mottram Tomáš Šmíd 6–4, 3–6, 6–3Win 9–5 1983 Florence, Italy Clay Francisco González Dominique Bedel Bernard Fritz 4–6, 6–4, 7–6Win 10–5 1983 Rome Masters, Italy Clay Francisco González Jan Gunnarsson Mike Leach 6–2, 6–7, 6–4Win 11–5 1983 Venice, Italy Clay Francisco González Steve Krulevitz Zoltán Kuhárszky 6–1, 6–2Loss 11–6 1984 Barcelona, Spain Clay Martín Jaite Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd 2–6, 0–6Win 12–6 1985 Washington, D. C., U. S. Clay Hans Gildemeister David Graham Balázs Taróczy 6–3, 1–6, 6–4