Cliff Letcher

Cliff Letcher

Country (sports)
Born	Pyramid Hill, Australia
Died
Plays	Right-handed
Coach	Don Tregonning
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	F (1978, 1979)
French Open	2R (1977)
Wimbledon	QF (1979)
US Open	F (1976)

Cliff Letcher (9 February 1952 – 31 December 2004) was a professional tennis player from Australia. He played Davis Cup for Austria.

Letcher enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won two doubles titles and finished runner-up in doubles at three Grand Slam events.

Letcher died on 31 December 2004.

His children Clint, Chris and Sophie Letcher were also professional tennis players.

Career finals

Doubles (2 wins, 9 losses)

Result	W/L	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	1976	U.S. Open, New York City	Clay	Template:Flagicon Paul Kronk	Template:Flagicon Marty Riessen Template:Flagicon Tom Okker	4–6, 4–6
Win	1–1	1977	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Template:Flagicon Dick Stockton	Template:Flagicon Syd Ball Template:Flagicon Kim Warwick	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Loss	1–2	1977	Miami, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Paul Kronk	Template:Flagicon Brian Gottfried Template:Flagicon Raúl Ramírez	5–7, 4–6
Loss	1–3	1977	Hampton, U.S.	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Paul Kronk	Template:Flagicon Sandy Mayer Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	4–6, 3–6
Loss	1–4	1977	Düsseldorf, Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Paul Kronk	Template:Flagicon Jürgen Fassbender Template:Flagicon Karl Meiler	3–6, 3–6
Loss	1–5	1977	Louisville, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Chris Kachel	Template:Flagicon John Alexander Template:Flagicon Phil Dent	1–6, 4–6
Loss	1–6	1977	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Dick Crealy	Template:Flagicon Patricio Cornejo Template:Flagicon Jaime Fillol	7–6, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	1–7	1978	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Template:Flagicon Paul Kronk	Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak Template:Flagicon Kim Warwick	6–7, 5–7
Loss	1–8	1979	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Template:Flagicon Paul Kronk	Template:Flagicon Peter McNamara Template:Flagicon Paul McNamee	6–7, 2–6
Win	2–8	1980	Perth, Australia	Grass	Template:Flagicon Syd Ball	Template:Flagicon Dale Collings Template:Flagicon Dick Crealy	6–3, 6–4
Loss	2–9	1982	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	Template:Flagicon Craig Miller	Template:Flagicon John Alexander Template:Flagicon John Fitzgerald	4–6, 6–7

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