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Jeremy Bates two Grand Slam mixed doubles titles during his career. After retiring from the professional circuit, he has served as the captain of Britain's Davis Cup team. He won the mixed doubles titles at Wimbledon in 1987, the first British doubles team to win the title for 51 years and the Australian Open in 1991, the first time a British doubles team has ever won the title. He was also a men's doubles runner-up at the Australian Open in 1988.
As a singles player, he reached the fourth round at Wimbledon twice – in 1992 and 1994. Bates won one top-level singles title during his career – at Seoul in 1994 when he was aged 31 (he was the oldest champion on the tour that season). He also won three men's doubles titles at Tel Aviv (1989), Queen's Club (1990), and Rotterdam (1994). His career-high rankings were World No. 54 in singles (in 1995) and No. 25 in doubles (in 1991).
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