General Matt
Mitchell
Male
United States of America
1957-03-16
Berkeley CA, United States of America


About

Mitchell, who was born in Berkeley, California, was the number one player in the last year of his age group from the 10s through the 16s. Mitchell holds four National Junior Titles: National Hardcourt Championships in Burlingame, California, in the 12-and-under Doubles with Jeff Robinson at the Peninsula Tennis Club; National Hardcourt Championships in Burlingame, California, in the 14-and-under Singles where he defeated Southern California's Perry Wright in the finals after upsetting Howard Schoenfield in the semifinals; National Hardcourt Championships in Burlingame, California at the Peninsula Tennis Club in the 16-and-under Singles, where he defeated Southern California's Walter Redondo; and, the National Hardcourt Championships in Kalamazoo, Michigan, in the 16-and-under Doubles with Nial Brash.

In 1974, Mitchell was recruited by Coach Dick Gould of Stanford University, where he signed his letter of intent in 1975. At Stanford University, he became a three-time All-American, where he achieved his first All-American honors when he beat the two-sport All-American John Lucas from the University of Maryland in the round of 32 at the NCAA Championships in Corpus Christi, Texas.

In 1977, Mitchell helped win the NCAA National Team Championships, where each team sent their best six singles players and best three doubles teams to compete in a single-elimination tournament. After Stanford University won the National Team Championships, Mitchell, seeded first in the singles event, beat John Bennett of Brigham Young University, John Austin of UCLA, Ben McKown of Trinity College, Bruce Nichols of UCLA, Chris Lewis of USC, and finally, Tony Graham of UCLA in a best-of-five set to win the NCAA Singles Championship.

In 1979 Mitchell, in his first year as a professional player, was nominated as Rookie of the Year after he was ranked the second highest rookie, behind Vince Van Patten.[citation needed] Mitchell's greatest success in singles came at the Black and Decker Championships, in Melbourne, Australia in 1984, where he beat Eliot Teltscher who was eighth in the world, and Pat Cash who was tenth in the world to win the tournament. That single event catapulted Mitchell's ranking from 164 in the world to 63.

Mitchell's greatest success as a professional came as a doubles player, winning seven tournaments in doubles between 1980 and 1985. These included the 1984 ATP Player's Championships in Cincinnati, Ohio with Francisco Gonzalez, and, while partnering with Kevin Curren former All-American from University of Texas at Austin in 1986, they lost in the semifinals of the US Open Championships to Mats Wilander and Joakim Nyström of Sweden in a five-set match, 7–6 in the fifth. Mitchell's highest doubles ranking as a professional was 30 in the world.

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Archive statistics 1973 - 1986
6
358
186


Tournament wins 1984 - Melbourne Indoor (Grand Prix Circuit)
1979 - AMEX - Lincoln (Open)
1977 - US National Amateur Indoors (Amateur)
1977 - Intercollegiate Championships (Amateur)
1976 - Washington State Championships (Open)
1974 - San Jose All-comers (Open)


Tournaments ABN AMRO Rotterdam - 1986 Berkeley Challenger - 1986 ABN AMRO Rotterdam - Qualifying - 1986 WCT - Forest Hills - Qualifying - 1986 Schenectady Open - Qualifying - 1986 US Pro Indoor - Qualifying - 1986 Australian Open - 1985 Wimbledon - 1985 Roland Garros - 1985 US Open - 1985 Canadian International Championships - 1985 Pacific Coast Championship - 1985 Cincinnati - 1985 Queens Club Tournament - 1985 US International Indoor Championships - 1985 ABN AMRO Rotterdam - 1985 Indian Wells - 1985 Miami Open - 1985 Hall of Fame Championships - 1985 Championships of Stuttgart - 1985 Philadelphia Open - 1985 Milano Indoors - 1985 Australian Indoors - 1985 WCT - Forest Hills - 1985 Brussels Indoor - 1985 Melbourne Indoor - 1985 Stockholm Open - Qualifying - 1985 Helsinki Challenger - 1985 Bergen Indoor Challenger - 1985 Australian Open - 1984 Wimbledon - 1984 Roland Garros - 1984 US Open - 1984 Queens Club Tournament - 1984 US Pro Championships - 1984 Japan Open - 1984 Brisbane International - 1984 Hall of Fame Championships - 1984 Philadelphia Indoors - Qualifying - 1984 Pacific Coast Championship - Qualifying - 1984 Columbus Open - 1984 Maui Classic - 1984 Cleveland Grand Prix - 1984 Melbourne Indoor - 1984 US International Indoor - Qualifying - 1984 Indian Wells - Qualifying - 1984 Boca West - Qualifying - 1984 Montreal Challenger - 1984 WCT - Forest Hills - Qualifying - 1984 Livingston - 1984 Australian Open - 1983 Wimbledon - 1983 Roland Garros - 1983 US Open - 1983 New South Wales Championships - 1983 Pacific Coast Championship - 1983 Cincinnati - 1983 Queens Club Tournament - 1983 Queensland Championships - 1983 Kent Championships - 1983 Brisbane International - 1983 Indian Wells - 1983 Hall of Fame Championships - 1983 Pacific Southwest - Qualifying - 1983 Philadelphia Indoors - Qualifying - 1983 Columbus Open - 1983 Australian Indoors - 1983 WCT - Richmond Qualifying - 1983 Maui Classic - 1983 Las Vegas - Qualifying - 1983 Cleveland Challenger - 1983 Australian Open - 1982 US Open - 1982 New South Wales Championships - 1982 Cincinnati - 1982 Queens Club Tournament - 1982 Kent Championships - 1982 Wimbledon Qualifying - 1982 Auckland - 1982 Hall of Fame Championships - 1982 Pacific Coast Championship - Qualifying - 1982 Australian Indoors - 1982 Maui Classic - 1982 Cleveland Grand Prix - 1982 Melbourne Indoor - 1982 Berkeley Challenger - 1982 Australian Open - 1981 Pacific Coast Championship - 1981 Queensland Championships - 1981 Australian Open Qualifying - 1981 Australian Hard Courts Championship - 1981 Pacific Coast Championship - Qualifying - 1981 Cincinnati - Qualifying - 1981 South Pacific - 1981 Stowe - 1981 Kyoto Classic - 1981 Nagoya - 1981 Tokyo Challenger - 1981 Mexicali - 1981 Stowe - Qualifying - 1981 Wimbledon - 1980 US Open - 1980 Pacific Coast Championship - 1980 Cincinnati - 1980 Kent Championships - 1980 China Open - 1980 Japan Open - 1980 Auckland - 1980 Richmond Indoor Championships - 1980 Baltimore International Indoors - 1980 Dayton Classic - 1980 South Pacific - 1980 Cleveland Grand Prix - 1980 Palm Harbor - 1980 Australian Open - 1979 South Australian Championships - 1979 US Open - 1979 New South Wales Championships - 1979 Pacific Coast Championship - 1979 Cincinnati - 1979 Japan Open - 1979 Indian Wells - 1979 Atlanta Open - 1979 Santa Clara - 1979 Hong Kong Open - 1979 Australian Indoors - 1979 Maui Classic - 1979 South Pacific - 1979 AMEX - Kiamesha Lake - 1979 San Jose International - 1979 Taipei International - 1979 Stowe - 1979 AMEX - Lincoln - 1979 AMEX - Montgomery - 1979 AMEX - Green Bay - 1979 Amex - San Diego - 1979 United States 5 Satellite - Leg 1 - 1979 Lafayette Grand Prix - 1979 Intercollegiate Championships - 1978 Hall of Fame Championships - 1978 Pacific Coast Indoors - 1978 Atlanta Open - 1978 Ocean City CBS Invitational - 1978 AMEX - Wall, New Jersey - 1978 Cape Cod Open - 1978 Lancaster Open - 1978 Crow Canyon Classic - 1978 US Open - 1977 Pacific Coast Championship - 1977 Cincinnati - 1977 US Clay Courts - 1977 Intercollegiate Championships - 1977 Hall of Fame Championships - 1977 Pacific Coast Indoors - 1977 Washington Open - 1977 South Orange Open - 1977 US National Amateur Indoors - 1977 Lionel Tennis Week - 1977 United States 3 Satellite - Leg 3 - 1977 United States 3 Satellite - Leg 4 - 1977 United States 3 Satellite - Leg 5 - 1977 US Open - 1976 British Columbia Championship - 1976 California State Championship - 1976 Washington State Championships - 1976 Pacific Northwest - 1976 Inland Empire Championships - 1976 Intercollegiate Championships - 1976 AMEX - Lake Oswego - 1976 AMEX - Eugene - 1976 California State Championship - 1975 California State Championship - 1974 Bay Counties Championship - 1974 Modesto Swim & R.C. Invitation - 1974 San Jose All-comers - 1974 Modesto Swim and Racket Club - Qualifying - 1974 Mountain View - 1973 California State - Qualifying - 1973 Mountain View - Qualifying - 1973

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