Raymond Moore (tennis)

Raymond Moore

File:Ray Moore.jpg Raymond Moore (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	571-528
Career titles	9
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. In June 1966 he won the East Gloucestershire Championships at Cheltenham on grass, defeating Tom Okker and Dick Crealy in the final two rounds. In May 1969, Moore won the West Berlin Open Championships, defeating Arthur Ashe and Cliff Drysdale in close five-set matches. During his career he won eight doubles titles in the Open Era alone, finishing runner-up an additional 12 times in Open Era 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 22 March 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	Aug 1969	Toronto, Canada	Clay	Butch Buchholz	Ron Holmberg John Newcombe	3–6, 6–4
Loss	0–2	Jan 1971	Auckland, New Zealand	Grass	Brian Fairlie	Bob Carmichael Ray Ruffels	3–6, 7–6, 4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss	0–3	Jun 1973	London/Queen's Club, UK	Grass	Ray Keldie	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	4–6, 5–7
Loss	0–4	Sep 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	Apr 1974	Tokyo WCT, Japan	Hard	Onny Parun	Juan Gisbert Sr. Roger Taylor	4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win	2–5	Nov 1974	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Andrew Pattison	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	6–4, 5–7, 6–4
Loss	2–6	Apr 1975	Tucson, US	Hard	Dennis Ralston	William Brown Raúl Ramírez	6–2, 6–7, 4–6
Win	3–6	Aug 1975	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Cliff Drysdale	Jan Kodeš Ilie Năstase	6–4, 5–7, 7–6
Loss	3–7	Mar 1976	Palm Springs, US	Hard	Erik van Dillen	Colin Dibley Sandy Mayer	4–6, 7–6, 6–7
Loss	3–8	May 1976	Düsseldorf, Germany	Clay	Bob Carmichael	Wojciech Fibak Karl Meiler	4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win	4–8	Oct 1976	Maui, US	Hard	Allan Stone	Dick Stockton Roscoe Tanner	6–7, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	4–9	Dec 1977	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Peter Fleming	Bob Lutz Stan Smith	3–6, 5–7, 7–6, 6–7
Win	5–9	Feb 1978	Palm Springs, US	Hard	Roscoe Tanner	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	6–4, 6–4
Win	6–9	Dec 1978	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Peter Fleming	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	6–3, 7–6
Loss	6–10	Apr 1979	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Ilie Năstase	Colin Dowdeswell Heinz Günthardt	3–6, 6–7
Win	7–10	Sep 1979	Atlanta, US	Hard	Ilie Năstase	Steve Docherty Eliot Teltscher	6–4, 6–2
Loss	7–11	Apr 1980	New Orleans, US	Carpet	Robert Trogolo	Terry Moor Eliot Teltscher	6–7, 1–6
Loss	7–12	Nov 1980	Paris Indoor, France	Hard (i)	Brian Gottfried	Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta	4–6, 4–6
Win	8–12	Apr 1981	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Bernard Mitton	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	7–5, 3–6, 6–1
Loss	8–13	Jul 1981	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Andrew Pattison	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	0–6, 2–6