Charles Strode
Appearance
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Country (sports) | San Diego, California |
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Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Plays | Right-handed |
Prize money | $108,448 |
Singles | |
Career record | 8–23 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 158 (December 22, 1980) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (1982, 1983) |
French Open | 1R (1982) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 54–84 |
Career titles | 1 |
Highest ranking | No. 50 (January 3, 1983) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | QF (1982) |
French Open | 3R (1984) |
Wimbledon | QF (1985) |
US Open | QF (1982) |
Mixed doubles | |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
French Open | F (1983) |
Wimbledon | SF (1982, 1983) |
US Open | 2R (1982) |
Charles Darlington "Buzz" Strode Jr. (born September 5, 1957) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.
Career
Strode was most successful at doubles, often playing beside his brother
Morris "Skip" Strode.[1] It was with his brother that he made the men's doubles quarter-finals at the US Open and Australian Open in 1982.[1] His other Grand Slam quarter-final appearance in the men's doubles, at the 1985 Wimbledon Championships, was with South African Eddie Edwards.[1] Strode and his brother won the 1982 Hong Kong and were also runners-up in Bangkok that year.[1]
He made one Grand Slam mixed doubles final, which was with Leslie Allen at the 1983 French Open.[2] They lost the final to fellow Americans Barbara Jordan and Eliot Teltscher.[3]
Strode competed in the singles draw at three Grand Slam tournaments, but lost in the opening round each time, to
Tokyo Outdoor tournament, where he had a win over Tim Gullikson, en route to the quarter-finals.[1]
Personal life
Charles has a daughter Courtney Strode who is a professional soccer player.[4]
Grand Slam finals
Mixed doubles: 1 (0–1)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1983 | French Open | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 3–6 |
Grand Prix career finals
Doubles: 2 (1–1)
Result | W/L | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | 1982 | Hong Kong | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 3–6, 6–2 |
Loss | 1–1 | 1982 | Bangkok, Thailand | Carpet | ![]() |
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5–7, 6–3, 3–6 |
Challenger titles
Doubles: (7)
No. | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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1. | 1982 | Chigasaki, Japan
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Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4 |
2. | 1982 | Nagareyama, Japan | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
3. | 1982 | Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–4 |
4. | 1983 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4 |
5. | 1984 | Agadir, Morocco | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4 |
6. | 1985 | Ogun, Nigeria | Hard | ![]() |
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7–5, 2–6, 6–3 |
7. | 1986 | Enugu, Nigeria | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 7–6 |
References
- ^ a b c d e f ATP World Tour Profile
- ^ ITF Pro Circuit Profile
- ^ The Modesto Bee, "Leslie Allen's Week That Was", June 8, 1983, p. 24
- ^ https://www.blick.ch/sport/fussball/frauen-fussball/womens-super-league/ami-stuermerin-ist-beste-torjaegerin-der-super-league-courtney-strode-landete-wegen-der-liebe-bei-yb-id19226635.html