Tim Mayotte
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| Olympic medal record | |||
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| Men's Tennis at the Summer Olympics | |||
| Silver | 1988 Seoul | Singles | |
Timothy ("Tim") Mayotte (b. August 3, 1960, in Springfield, MA, USA) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.
The tall serve-and-volleyer learned his game playing on the public courts of Forest Park, in Springfield, Massachusetts. Mayotte played tennis for Stanford University in the early-1980s and won the NCAA singles title in 1981.
Mayotte won his first top-level professional singles title in 1985 at the inaugural Lipton International Players Championships in Delray Beach, Florida. Other career highlights included winning the Queen's Club championship in London in 1986, capturing the Paris Open title in 1987, and winning the men's singles Silver Medal at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul.
His best performances in Grand Slam tournaments came in reaching the semi-finals at Wimbledon in 1982 and the Australian Open in 1983.
During his career, Mayotte won 12 singles titles and 1 doubles title. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 7. His career prize-money earnings totalled US$2,663,672. His final career singles title was won in 1989 at Washington DC. Mayotte retired from the professional tour in 1992.
Mayotte's older brother Chris played on the tour a few seasons. Their older brother John is a former club pro and tennis businessman.
