Bruce Manson

Bruce Manson

Country (sports)	United States
Residence	New York City, New York
Born	(1956-03-20) 20 March 1956 Los Angeles, California
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Turned pro	1977
Retired	1985
Plays	Left-handed
Prize money	$492,338
Singles
Career record	126–171
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 39 (16 August 1982)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open	3R (1979, 1980)
Wimbledon	3R (1979, 1980)
US Open	QF (1981)
Doubles
Career record	212–160
Career titles	9
Highest ranking	No. 17 (23 March 1981)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open	SF (1980)
Wimbledon	3R (1985)
US Open	QF (1979)

Bruce Manson (born March 20, 1956), is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

Manson enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 9 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 8 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 17 in 1981. His career high singles ranking was World No. 39.

Doubles titles (9)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	1976	Boca Raton, US	Hard	Butch Walts	Vitas Gerulaitis Clark Graebner	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	1978	Cleveland, US	Hard	Rick Fisher	Dick Stockton Erik Van Dillen	1–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	1978	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Andrew Pattison	Wojtek Fibak John McEnroe	6–7, 5–7
Winner	1.	1978	Paris Indoor, France	Hard (i)	Andrew Pattison	Ion Ţiriac Guillermo Vilas	7–6, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	1979	Rancho Mirage, US	Hard	Cliff Drysdale	Gene Mayer Sandy Mayer	4–6, 6–7
Winner	2.	1979	Dayton, US	Carpet	Cliff Drysdale	Ross Case Phil Dent	3–6, 6–3, 7–6
Winner	3.	1980	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Brian Teacher	Heinz Günthardt Sandy Mayer	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Winner	4.	1980	Cincinnati, US	Hard	Brian Teacher	Wojtek Fibak Ivan Lendl	6–7, 7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	1980	Hong Kong	Hard	Brian Teacher	Peter Fleming Ferdi Taygan	5–7, 2–6
Winner	5.	1980	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet	Brian Teacher	John Austin Ferdi Taygan	6–4, 6–0
Winner	6.	1981	La Quinta, US	Hard	Brian Teacher	Terry Moor Eliot Teltscher	7–6, 6–2
Runner-up	6.	1981	Rome, Italy	Clay	Tomáš Šmíd	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	5–7, 2–6
Winner	7.	1981	Columbus, US	Hard	Brian Teacher	Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj	6–1, 6–1
Runner-up	7.	1982	Los Angeles, US	Hard	Brian Teacher	Sherwood Stewart Ferdi Taygan	1–6, 7–6, 3–6
Winner	8.	1982	Zell Am See WCT, Austria	Clay	Wojtek Fibak	Sammy Giammalva Jr. Tony Giammalva	6–7, 6–4, 6–4
Winner	9.	1982	Paris Indoor, France	Hard (i)	Brian Gottfried	Jay Lapidus Richard Meyer	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	8.	1982	Chicago-2 WCT, US	Carpet	Mike Cahill	Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj	6–3, 2–6, 3–6

External links

• Bruce Manson at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Bruce Manson at the International Tennis Federation