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- Citing conduct unbecoming by a parent of one of its players, the Women's Tennis Council today banned Jim Pierce, father of 14th-ranked Mary Pierce, from Wimbledon and all remaining events on the 1993 Kraft Tour.
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Jun 18, 1993 · Citing conduct unbecoming by a parent of one of its players, the Women's Tennis Council today banned Jim Pierce, father of 14th-ranked Mary Pierce, from Wimbledon and all remaining events...
According to tennis folklore it was Mary who decided to banish her father seven years ago, but Jim Pierce tells a different story.
As a result the WTC enacted a new rule, known as the Jim Pierce Rule, that allows a player's disruptive family members or coaches to be banned from attending tournaments. Jim Pierce was denied entrance to tournaments in which his daughter played.
Aug 23, 1993 · The Florida Tennis Association banned Jim for six months from junior tournaments in 1987 after receiving a series of complaints from players and parents. Once Jim slapped another player's...
Oct 9, 2005 · Jim Pierce, the infamous father of tennis pro Mary Pierce, denied charges from his daughter in a magazine article that he hit her.
Aug 19, 1993 · Jim Pierce was banned by the Women’s Tennis Council, the governing body of women’s tennis, from attending any more tournaments in 1993 because of violent behavior at the French Open last...
Jan 10, 1993 · After Moerner's mother and several other parents and officials filed letters of grievance, the Florida Tennis Association banned Pierce from its junior tournaments for six months in 1987.
