Steve Docherty

Steve Docherty (born 6 May 1950 in Newcastle, Australia), is a right-handed former professional tennis player from Australia.

Docherty enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he finished runner-up in 4 doubles events.

His most notable career achievement was when he surprised the world to defeat former world number one Arthur Ashe at Wimbledon in 1978.

After completing his tennis career, Docherty became a successful businessman, owning and operating three McDonald's franchises along the East coast of NSW before retiring to his home town of Newcastle.

Doubles runners-up (4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	1977	Taipei, Taiwan	Hard	Tom Gorman	Chris Delaney Pat Du Pré	6–7, 6–7
Runner-up	2.	1979	Atlanta, U.S.	Hard	Eliot Teltscher	Raymond Moore Ilie Năstase	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	1979	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	Christopher Lewis	Peter McNamara Paul McNamee	6–7, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	1980	Palm Harbor, U.S.	Hard	John James	Paul Kronk Paul McNamee	4–6, 5–7

External links

• Docherty, Steve at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Docherty, Steve at the International Tennis Federation