Raymond Moore (tennis)

Raymond Moore

Raymond More (1985)
Country (sports)	South Africa
Residence	Palm Desert, California
Born	(1946-08-24) 24 August 1946 Johannesburg, South Africa
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	1968 (amateur from 1963)
Retired	1983
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record	282–318 (Open era)
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 34 (24 August 1976)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (1969, 1976)
French Open	3R (1972, 1975, 1979)
Wimbledon	QF (1968)
US Open	QF (1977)
Doubles
Career record	260–298 (Open era)
Career titles	8 (Open era)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	W (1974)

Raymond J. "Ray" Moore (born 24 August 1946) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. During his career he won eight doubles titles, finishing runner-up an additional 12 times in doubles. Moore participated in 12 Davis Cup ties for South Africa from 1967 to 1977, including the 1974 South African victory, posting a 12–10 record in singles and posting an 0–1 mark in doubles.

In 1981, Moore teamed with Charlie Pasarell to begin the tournament that eventually became the Indian Wells Masters at the Indian Wells Gardens. They started at La Quinta Resort and Club, moved to Grand Champions Hotel, and then in 2000 opened the new Indian Wells Gardens, which holds the ATP Masters BNP Paribus Open. Moore and Pasarell sold the tournament to Larry Ellison in 2009 and Moore became the tournament director/CEO for the new owner.

Remarks on female tennis and resignation

On March 22, 2016, Moore resigned as CEO of the Indian Wells Masters tennis tournament, after drawing outrage over his remarks about the roles of women in tennis:

"They don't make any decisions, and they are lucky. They are very, very lucky…If I was a lady player, I'd go down every night on my knees and thank God that Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal were born, because they have carried this sport. They really have."

Career finals

Doubles (8 titles, 13 runner-ups)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	1969	Toronto, Canada	Clay	Butch Buchholz	Ron Holmberg John Newcombe	3–6, 6–4
Loss	0–2	1971	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Brian Fairlie	Bob Carmichael Ray Ruffels	3–6, 7–6, 4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss	0–3	1973	London/Queen's Club, UK	Grass	Ray Keldie	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	4–6, 5–7
Loss	0–4	1973	Aptos, US	Hard	Onny Parun	Jeff Austin Fred McNair	2–6, 1–6
Loss	0–5	Mar 1974	Palm Desert, US	Hard	Onny Parun	Jan Kodeš Vladimír Zedník	4–6, 4–6
Win	1–5	1974	Tokyo WCT, Japan		Onny Parun	Juan Gisbert Sr. Roger Taylor	4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win	2–5	1974	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Andrew Pattison	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	6–4, 5–7, 6–4
Loss	2–6	1975	Tucson, US	Hard	Dennis Ralston	William Brown Raúl Ramírez	6–2, 6–7, 4–6
Win	3–6	1975	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Cliff Drysdale	Jan Kodeš Ilie Năstase	6–4, 5–7, 7–6
Loss	3–7	1976	Palm Springs, US	Hard	Erik van Dillen	Colin Dibley Sandy Mayer	4–6, 7–6, 6–7
Loss	3–8	1976	Düsseldorf, Germany	Clay	Bob Carmichael	Wojtek Fibak Karl Meiler	4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win	4–8	1976	Maui, US	Hard	Allan Stone	Dick Stockton Roscoe Tanner	6–7, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	4–9	1977	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Peter Fleming	Bob Lutz Stan Smith	3–6, 5–7, 7–6, 6–7
Win	5–9	1978	Palm Springs, US	Hard	Roscoe Tanner	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	6–4, 6–4
Win	6–9	1978	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Peter Fleming	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	6–3, 7–6
Loss	6–10	1979	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Ilie Năstase	Colin Dowdeswell Heinz Günthardt	3–6, 6–7
Win	7–10	1979	Atlanta, US	Hard	Ilie Năstase	Steve Docherty Eliot Teltscher	6–4, 6–2
Loss	7–11	1980	New Orleans, US	Carpet	Robert Trogolo	Terry Moor Eliot Teltscher	6–7, 1–6
Loss	7–12	1980	Paris Indoor, France	Hard (i)	Brian Gottfried	Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta	4–6, 4–6
Win	8–12	1981	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Bernard Mitton	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	7–5, 3–6, 6–1
Loss	8–13	1981	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Andrew Pattison	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	0–6, 2–6

External links

• Raymond Moore at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Raymond Moore at the International Tennis Federation
• Raymond Moore at the Davis Cup