Cliff Letcher

{{short description|Australian tennis player}}

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| birth_place = Pyramid Hill, Australia

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| coach= Don Tregonning

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| AustralianOpenDoublesresult = F (1978, 1979)

| FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 2R (1977)

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| USOpenDoublesresult = F (1976)

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Cliff Letcher (9 February 1952 – 31 December 2004) was a professional tennis player from Australia. He played Davis Cup for Austria.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110788522 |title=Letcher accepts Davis Cup offer |newspaper=The Canberra Times |date=18 November 1974 |access-date=12 March 2020 |page=14 |via=Trove }}

Letcher enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won two doubles titles and finished runner-up in doubles at three Grand Slam events.

Letcher died on 31 December 2004.{{cite web|url=https://www.tennis.com.au/player-profiles/cliff-letcher |title=Cliff Letcher | Player Profiles | Players and Rankings | News and Events | Tennis Australia |publisher=Tennis.com.au |date= |accessdate=2022-05-07}}

His children Clint, Chris and Sophie Letcher were also professional tennis players.

Career finals

=Doubles (2 wins, 9 losses)=

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!style="width:30px" class="unsortable"|W/L

!style="width:30px"|Year

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!style="width:110px" class="unsortable"|Score

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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 0–1

| 1976

| U.S. Open, New York City

| Clay

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Paul Kronk

| {{flagicon|USA}} Marty Riessen
{{flagicon|NED}} Tom Okker

| 4–6, 4–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 1–1

| 1977

| Adelaide, Australia

| Grass

| {{flagicon|USA}} Dick Stockton

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Syd Ball
{{flagicon|AUS}} Kim Warwick

| 6–3, 4–6, 6–4

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 1–2

| 1977

| Miami, U.S.

| Clay

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Paul Kronk

| {{flagicon|USA}} Brian Gottfried
{{flagicon|MEX}} Raúl Ramírez

| 5–7, 4–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 1–3

| 1977

| Hampton, U.S.

| Carpet

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Paul Kronk

| {{flagicon|USA}} Sandy Mayer
{{flagicon|USA}} Stan Smith

| 4–6, 3–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 1–4

| 1977

| Düsseldorf, Germany

| Clay

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Paul Kronk

| {{flagicon|FRG}} Jürgen Fassbender
{{flagicon|FRG}} Karl Meiler

| 3–6, 3–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 1–5

| 1977

| Louisville, U.S.

| Clay

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Chris Kachel

| {{flagicon|AUS}} John Alexander
{{flagicon|AUS}} Phil Dent

| 1–6, 4–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 1–6

| 1977

| Indianapolis, U.S.

| Clay

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Dick Crealy

| {{flagicon|CHI}} Patricio Cornejo
{{flagicon|CHI}} Jaime Fillol

| 7–6, 4–6, 3–6

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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 1–7

| 1978

| Australian Open, Melbourne

| Grass

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Paul Kronk

| {{flagicon|POL}} Wojciech Fibak
{{flagicon|AUS}} Kim Warwick

| 6–7, 5–7

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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 1–8

| 1979

| Australian Open, Melbourne

| Grass

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Paul Kronk

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Peter McNamara
{{flagicon|AUS}} Paul McNamee

| 6–7, 2–6

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| 2–8

| 1980

| Perth, Australia

| Grass

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Syd Ball

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Dale Collings
{{flagicon|AUS}} Dick Crealy

| 6–3, 6–4

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 2–9

| 1982

| Sydney Outdoor, Australia

| Grass

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Craig Miller

| {{flagicon|AUS}} John Alexander
{{flagicon|AUS}} John Fitzgerald

| 4–6, 6–7

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