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'{{Short description|British tennis player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Jeremy Dier | image = | fullname = | country_represented = {{flagcountry|GBR}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|05|30|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Brighton]], England | death_date = | death_place = | height = | plays = Right-handed | careerprizemoney = | singlesrecord = | singlestitles = | highestsinglesranking = No. 344 (4 Jan 1982) | Wimbledonresult = Q3 ([[1979 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying|1979]], [[1981 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying|1981]], [[1983 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying|1983]]) | doublesrecord = 3–18 | doublestitles = | highestdoublesranking = No. 220 (25 Jun 1984) | WimbledonDoublesresult = 2R ([[1982 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles|1982]], [[1983 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles|1983]]) | WimbledonMixedresult = 2R ([[1980 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles|1980]], [[1981 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles|1981]], [[1983 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles|1983]]) }} '''Jeremy Dier''' (born 30 May 1960) is a British former professional [[tennis]] player. He is the father of footballer [[Eric Dier]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Everything you need to know about Eric Dier |url=https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/sport/football/eric-dier-england-tunisia-game-1572608 |work=[[Gloucestershire Echo|GloucestershireLive]] |date=7 July 2018 |language=en}}</ref> Born in [[Brighton]], Dier competed on the professional tour from the late 1970s to early 1980s, reaching a best singles world ranking of 344. Most active in doubles, he featured in the [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] main draw seven times in men's doubles and four times in mixed doubles. He and [[Jeremy Bates (tennis)|Jeremy Bates]] partnered together to beat the 16th-seeded pairing of [[Jan Gunnarsson]] and [[Mike Leach (tennis)|Mike Leach]] in the first round of the [[1983 Wimbledon Championships]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Wimbledon 1983 Tennis Tournament |url=https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/wimbledon/gbr/1983/m-sl-gbr-01a-1983/draws-and-results/ |website=itftennis.com}}</ref> ==ATP Challenger finals== ===Doubles: 1 (0–1)=== {|class="sortable wikitable" !No. !Result !{{ns}}Date{{ns}} !Tournament !Surface !Partner !Opponents !class="unsortable"|Score |-style="background:moccasin;" |bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss |1. |{{dts|Nov 1981}} |[[Benin City]], Nigeria |Hard |{{flagicon|ZIM}} [[Haroon Ismail]] |{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Andrew Jarrett]]<br />{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Richard Lewis (tennis and rugby league)|Richard Lewis]] |3–6, 4–6, 5–7 |} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{ATP|d057}} * {{ITF profile|jeremy-dier/800176449/gbr}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dier, Jeremy}} [[Category:1960 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:British male tennis players]] [[Category:English male tennis players]] [[Category:Tennis players from East Sussex]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Brighton]] [[Category:20th-century British people]] [[Category:21st-century British people]]'