Víctor Pecci

Víctor Pecci
Country (sports) Paraguay
ResidenceAsunción, Paraguay
Born (1955-10-15) 15 October 1955
Asunción, Paraguay
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro1976
Retired1990
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$994,408
Singles
Career record358–243 (59.6%)
Career titles10
Highest rankingNo. 9 (24 March 1980)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (1980)
French OpenF (1979)
Wimbledon3R (1979, 1980)
US Open3R (1979)
Doubles
Career record194–170 (53.3%)
Career titles12
Highest rankingNo. 8 (3 January 1979)
Team competitions
Davis Cup28–17

Víctor Pecci Sr. (born October 15, 1955) is a Paraguayan former professional tennis player.

He was ranked as high as world No. 9 in singles in 1980 and world No. 31 in doubles in 1984. Pecci is famous for reaching the 1979 French Open final. He beat Guillermo Vilas in the quarterfinals[1] and Jimmy Connors in the semifinals,[1] but lost to three-time champion Björn Borg in the final in four sets.[1] He also reached the semifinals in 1981 and was runner-up in Rome. Pecci won the French Open boys' singles in 1973.

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1979 French Open Clay Björn Borg 3–6, 1–6, 7–6(8–6), 4–6

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Tournament 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Career W-L
Australian Open A A A A A A A 2R A 1R A A A NH 1–2
French Open 1R Q3 A 1R 4R F 2R SF 2R 2R 1R 1R 1R 17–11
Wimbledon Q3 2R 2R A 1R 3R 3R 1R A A A 1R A 6–7
US Open A 1R 2R 1R 2R 3R 2R A A A A 1R A 5–7
Win–loss 0–1 1–2 2–2 0–2 4–3 10–3 5–4 5–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–3 0–1 29–27

Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.

Career finals

Singles: 22 (10 titles, 12 runner-ups)

Result W–L Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 1976 Madrid, Spain Clay Éric Deblicker 7–5, 7–6, 3–6, 2–6, 6–4
Win 2–0 1976 Berlin, West Germany Hard Hans-Jürgen Pohmann 6–1, 6–2, 5–7, 6–3
Loss 2–1 1977 Munich, West Germany Clay Željko Franulović 1–6, 1–6, 7–6, 5–7
Win 3–1 1978 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Rolf Gehring 6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss 3–2 1978 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay José Luis Clerc 4–6, 4–6
Loss 3–3 1978 Santiago, Chile Clay José Luis Clerc 6–3, 3–6, 1–6
Win 4–3 1979 Nice, France Clay John Alexander 6–3, 6–2, 7–5
Loss 4–4 1979 French Open, Paris Clay Björn Borg 3–6, 1–6, 7–6(8–6), 4–6
Loss 4–5 1979 London Queen's Club, UK Grass John McEnroe 7–6(7–2), 1–6, 1–6
Loss 4–6 1979 Washington, D.C., U.S. Clay Guillermo Vilas 6–7(4–7), 6–7(3–7)
Win 5–6 1979 Quito, Ecuador Clay José Higueras 2–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win 6–6 1979 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Jairo Velasco Sr. 6–3, 6–4
Loss 6–7 1979 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard Andrew Pattison 6–2, 3–6, 2–6, 3–6
Loss 6–8 1980 Quito, Ecuador Clay José Luis Clerc 4–6, 6–1, 8–10
Win 7–8 1980 Santiago, Chile Clay Christophe Freyss 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win 8–8 1981 Viña del Mar, Chile Clay José Higueras 6–4, 6–0
Loss 8–9 1981 Mar del Plata, Argentina Clay Guillermo Vilas 6–2, 3–6, 1–2 ret.
Win 9–9 1981 Bournemouth, UK Clay Balázs Taróczy 6–3, 6–4
Loss 9–10 1981 Rome, Italy Clay José Luis Clerc 3–6, 4–6, 0–6
Win 10–10 1983 Viña del Mar, Chile Clay Jaime Fillol 2–6, 7–5, 6–4
Loss 10–11 1984 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay José Higueras 5–7, 6–3, 1–6
Loss 10–12 1985 Nice, France Clay Henri Leconte 4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 18 (12 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Result W–L Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 1976 North Conway, U.S. Clay Ricardo Cano Brian Gottfried
Raúl Ramírez 		3–6, 0–6
Win 1–1 1976 São Paulo, Brazil Carpet (i) Lito Álvarez Ricardo Cano
Belus Prajoux 		6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win 2–1 1978 Milan, Italy Carpet (i) José Higueras Wojciech Fibak
Raúl Ramírez 		5–7, 7–6, 7–6
Loss 2–2 1978 Hamburg, West Germany Clay Antonio Muñoz Wojciech Fibak
Tom Okker 		2–6, 4–6
Win 3–2 1978 Rome Masters, Italy Clay Belus Prajoux Jan Kodeš
Tomáš Šmíd 		6–7, 7–6, 6–1
Win 4–2 1978 Louisville, United States Clay Wojciech Fibak Victor Amaya
John James 		6–4, 6–7, 6–4
Win 5–2 1978 Boston, United States Clay Balázs Taróczy Heinz Günthardt
Van Winitsky 		6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Win 6–2 1978 Vienna, Austria Hard (i) Balázs Taróczy Bob Hewitt
Frew McMillan 		6–3, 6–7, 6–4
Loss 6–3 1978 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Hans Gildemeister Álvaro Fillol
Jaime Fillol 		4–6, 3–6
Win 7–3 1978 Santiago, Chile Clay Hans Gildemeister Álvaro Fillol
Jaime Fillol 		6–4, 6–3
Loss 7–4 1979 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay Balázs Taróczy Ilie Năstase
Raúl Ramírez 		3–6, 4–6
Loss 7–5 1980 Palermo, Italy Clay Balázs Taróczy Gianni Ocleppo
Ricardo Ycaza 		2–6, 2–6
Win 8–5 1981 Bournemouth, England Clay Ricardo Cano Buster Mottram
Tomáš Šmíd 		6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win 9–5 1983 Florence, Italy Clay Francisco González Dominique Bedel
Bernard Fritz 		4–6, 6–4, 7–6
Win 10–5 1983 Rome Masters, Italy Clay Francisco González Jan Gunnarsson
Mike Leach 		6–2, 6–7, 6–4
Win 11–5 1983 Venice, Italy Clay Francisco González Steve Krulevitz
Zoltán Kuhárszky 		6–1, 6–2
Loss 11–6 1984 Barcelona, Spain Clay Martín Jaite Pavel Složil
Tomáš Šmíd 		2–6, 0–6
Win 12–6 1985 Washington, D.C., U.S. Clay Hans Gildemeister David Graham
Balázs Taróczy 		6–3, 1–6, 6–4

References

  1. ^ a b c "Borg retains French Open title". Bangor Daily News. 11 June 1979. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
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