Andy Andrews (tennis)
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Andy Andrews is a former professional tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

 player from the United States. He was born in Raleigh, North Carolina
Raleigh, North Carolina
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.

Andrews enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 3 doubles titles and finished runner-up at the 1982 Australian Open
1982 Australian Open
The 1982 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Kooyong Stadium in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 71st edition of the Australian Open and was held from 29 November through 13 December 1982.-Men's Singles:...

 partnering John Sadri
John Sadri
John Sadri is a former tennis player from the United States.Sadri won two singles and three doubles titles during his professional career. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on September 29, 1980, when he became the World No...

. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 37 in 1983.

Andrews career high singles ranking was World No. 103, which he reached in January, 1983. He was a two-time All-American at North Carolina State University
North Carolina State University
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 and was a two-time Atlantic Coast Conference
Atlantic Coast Conference
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 doubles champion, partnering McDonald.

Titles (3)

No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponent in the final Score
1. 1982 Newport, U.S. Grass   John Sadri
John Sadri
John Sadri is a former tennis player from the United States.Sadri won two singles and three doubles titles during his professional career. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on September 29, 1980, when he became the World No...

  Syd Ball
Syd Ball
Syd Ball , is a former professional tennis player from Australia.Ball enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 7 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 14 times. Partnering Bob Giltinan, Ball finished runner-up at the 1974 Australian Open...

 
  Rod Frawley
Rod Frawley
Rod Frawley is a former tennis player from Australia, who won one singles title and five doubles titles during his professional career...

3–6, 7–6, 7–5
2. 1982 Cap d'Agde WCT
Cap d'Agde
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, France
France
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Clay   Drew Gitlin
Drew Gitlin
Drew Gitlin , is a former professional tennis player from the United States.Gitlin reached a career high singles ranking of World No. 88 in January, 1983. During his career he won 3 doubles titles and reached a high doubles ranking of World No...

  Pavel Složil
Pavel Složil
Pavel Složil is a former professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia....

 
  Tomáš Šmíd, Jr.
6–2, 6–4
3. 1982 Stowe
ATP Stowe
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, U.S.
Hard   John Sadri   Mike Fishbach 
  Eric Fromm
Eric Fromm
Eric Fromm is a former tennis player from the United States. Perhaps Fromm's best result was reaching the fourth round of the French Open in 1983 in singles, where he lost comprehensively to Jimmy Connors....

6–3, 6–4

Runner-ups (3)

No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponent in the final Score
1. 1982 Los Angeles-2 WCT
Los Ángeles
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, U.S.
Carpet   Drew Gitlin
Drew Gitlin
Drew Gitlin , is a former professional tennis player from the United States.Gitlin reached a career high singles ranking of World No. 88 in January, 1983. During his career he won 3 doubles titles and reached a high doubles ranking of World No...

  Kevin Curren
Kevin Curren
----Kevin Melvyn Curren is a former professional tennis player. He played in two Grand Slam singles finals and won four Grand Slam doubles titles.-Career:...

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

6–4, 2–6, 5–7
2. 1982 Australian Open
Australian Open
The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court...

, Melbourne
Melbourne
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Grass   John Sadri
John Sadri
John Sadri is a former tennis player from the United States.Sadri won two singles and three doubles titles during his professional career. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on September 29, 1980, when he became the World No...

  John Alexander 
  John Fitzgerald
4–6, 6–7
3. 1983 Monterrey, Mexico
Mexico
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Carpet   John Sadri   David Dowlen
David Dowlen
David Dowlen , is a former professional tennis player from the United States.Dowlen enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 4 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 30 in 1984.-Titles :-Runner-ups :-External links:...

 
  Nduka Odizor
Nduka Odizor
Nduka Odizor is a former tennis player from Nigeria, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where he was defeated in the first round by American lucky loser Robert Seguso. The right-hander won one career title in singles and seven doubles titles...

6–3, 3–6, 4–6

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