Matt Lucena (born August 4, 1969) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. He won the mixed doubles title at the 1995 US Open.
College years
Lucena played tennis for UC Berkeley from 1988 to 1992. He and Doug Eisenman were NCAA doubles champions in 1990 and with a new partner, Bent-Ove Pedersen in 1991, Lucena went back to back. A three-time All-American, he didn't drop a set in either year.
Professional career
The highlight of Lucena's professional career was winning the 1995 US Open mixed doubles title, partnering Meredith McGrath. Unseeded, the pair had never played together previously. He twice made the quarter-finals of the men's doubles at the US Open, in 1991 with his UC Berkeley teammate Pedersen and in 1993 with Brian MacPhie. He won one ATP Tour doubles title, at St. Poelten in 1995, as well as four ATP Challenger titles.
Grand Slam finals
Mixed doubles: 1 (1–0)
| Result | Year | Championship | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1995 | U.S. Open | Meredith McGrath | Cyril Suk Gigi Fernández |
6–4, 6–4 |
ATP career finals
Doubles: 2 (1 win, 1 runner-up)
| Legend |
|---|
| Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) |
| ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) |
| ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0) |
| ATP Championship Series (0–0) |
| ATP World Series (1–1) |
| Finals by surface |
|---|
| Hard (0–0) |
| Clay (1–1) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
| Finals by setting |
|---|
| Outdoors (1–1) |
| Indoors (0–0) |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Jun 1995 | St. Polten, Austria | World Series | Clay | Bill Behrens | Libor Pimek Byron Talbot |
7–5, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–1 | May 1996 | Atlanta, United States | World Series | Clay | Bill Behrens | Christo Van Rensburg David Wheaton |
6–7, 2–6 |
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Doubles: 8 (4–4)
| Legend |
|---|
| ATP Challenger (4–4) |
| ITF Futures (0–0) |
| Finals by surface |
|---|
| Hard (2–1) |
| Clay (2–3) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Sep 1991 | Bloomfield Hills, United States | Challenger | Hard | Steve Devries | Doug Eisenman Ted Scherman |
6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Sep 1993 | Fairfield, United States | Challenger | Hard | Brian Macphie | Alex O'Brien Jared Palmer |
3–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Oct 1994 | Guayaquil, Ecuador | Challenger | Clay | Richard Schmidt | Joao Cunha-Silva Nuno Marques |
6–7, 4–6 |
| Win | 2–2 | Feb 1995 | Cherbourg, France | Challenger | Hard | Bill Behrens | Marius Barnard Stefan Kruger |
7–6, 6–1 |
| Win | 3–2 | May 1995 | Dresden, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Nuno Marques | Mike Bauer Jon Ireland |
6–1, 6–4 |
| Loss | 3–3 | May 1995 | Budapest, Hungary | Challenger | Clay | Rikard Bergh | Pablo Albano Hendrik-Jan Davids |
4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 4–3 | Jul 1995 | Poznan, Poland | Challenger | Clay | Bill Behrens | Jeff Belloli Jack Waite |
7–5, 6–1 |
| Loss | 4–4 | Apr 1996 | Birmingham, United States | Challenger | Clay | Dave Randall | Javier Frana Karel Novacek |
3–6, 1–6 |
Performance timelines
Doubles
| Tournament | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | SR | W–L | Win % | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |||||||||||
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | – | |||||||||||
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | Q2 | A | Q1 | 2R | 1R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% | |||||||||||
| US Open | A | 1R | QF | 1R | QF | 3R | 1R | 3R | 0 / 7 | 10–7 | 59% | |||||||||||
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 0 / 12 | 11–12 | 48% | |||||||||||
| ATP Masters Series | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |||||||||||
| Miami | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |||||||||||
| Stuttgart | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | |||||||||||
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% | |||||||||||
Mixed Doubles
| Tournament | 1995 | 1996 | SR | W–L | Win % | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | QF | 0 / 1 | 3–1 | 75% | |||||||||||||||||
| French Open | A | 3R | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% | |||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | 1R | 2R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% | |||||||||||||||||
| US Open | W | 1R | 1 / 2 | 5–1 | 83% | |||||||||||||||||
| Win–loss | 5–1 | 6–4 | 1 / 6 | 11–5 | 69% | |||||||||||||||||
