Education
Stanford University.
Stanford University.
While on tour Du Pré resided in Louisiana Jolla, California. Juniors
In 1971, he was ranked second in the United States in the boys" 18 singles. Pro tour
He was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 1995 and was the first tennis player ever to be brought in.
Du Pré was a semifinalist at Wimbledon in 1979 and a quarter-finalist at the United States Open.
From 1979 through 1981, he was ranked in the top 20 in the world, reaching as high as World Number. 12 in June 1980.
While at Mountain Brook High School, he was a three-time Alabama state singles champion. In 1972 Du Pré won the national junior singles championship and was top ranked in both singles and doubles nationally. He attended Stanford University and was an All-American for four years, and in 1973 and 1974, Stanford won two National Collegiate Athletics Association national championships. On the professional tour, Du Pré won one Association of Tennis Professionals Tour singles title (the Hong Kong Open in 1982) and four doubles titles.
Of the winning 1973 Stanford tennis team, Du Pré, Roscoe Tanner, and Sandy Mayer were members of the Zeta Psi fraternity.
