Peter Palandjian

Peter Palandjian
Full name Peter Palandjian
Country (sports)  United States
Born (1964-02-12) February 12, 1964
Boston, Massachusetts
Turned pro 1987
Retired 1989
Prize money $30,728
Singles
Career record 1–4
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 280 (August 15, 1988)
Doubles
Career record 1–11
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 175 (July 10, 1989)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open 1R (1988, 1989)
Wimbledon 1R (1988)
US Open 1R (1988)

Peter Palandjian (born February 12, 1964) is a former professional tennis player from the United States and currently a business man at the helm of Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation.

Biography

Born in Boston, Palandjian attended the local Phillips Academy Andover, then went to Harvard University where he had a noted varsity career, and later to Harvard Business School.[1] He twice captained the Harvard team and played in the NCAA championships, both in singles and doubles, as the team's number one player.[2] Palandjian, who graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and American literature, defeated Pat McEnroe at the NCAA Championships in 1986.[3]

Palandjian competed professionally after leaving college and won six ATP tour Challenger titles, all in doubles.[4][5][6] He also made main draw appearances in singles and doubles at various Grand Prix tournaments.[6] Other notable victories included wins over Jay Lapidus (Stratton Mountain, 1987), Ricardo Acuna and Mark Dickson (Raleigh, 1987) Tony Mmoh (Boston, 1998), Martin Laurendeau (Miami, 1998), Andrew Sznajder (Seattle, 1998). One of his doubles partners, at the 1988 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships in Boston, was future world number one Jim Courier.[7] In 1988 he featured in the men's doubles at three Grand Slam events, the French Open, Wimbledon Championships and US Open. He also played men's doubles at the 1989 French Open and mixed doubles at the 1989 Wimbledon Championships. His brother, Paul, was also a collegiate tennis player.[8] The pair played a Grand Prix tournament together at Boston in 1989.[9] During Palandjian's highest career world ranking in doubles he reached No. 175 on July 10, 1989.

Retiring from tennis in 1989, Palandjian worked for two years with Bain & Company, as an Associate.[10] He was then an Assistant to the CEO of Staples, during which time he studied for his MBA at Harvard Business School.[10]

Since 1993 he has been CEO of Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation, a company founded in Boston in 1959 by his father Petros A. Palandjian, an Armenian immigrant, originally as a construction firm.[11]

Mr. Palandjian holds memberships with the Pension Real Estate Association (PREA) and the National Association of Real Estate Investment Managers (NAREIM). Mr. Palandjian has also been active on a number of corporate and not-for-profit boards. He has served as a board member of several institutions including: co-Chair of the Board of Overseers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra; Board of Overseers for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston; Dana Farber Cancer Institute; the International Tennis Hall of Fame; American Friends of the Yitzhak Rabin Center; the New England Chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP); O’Neill and Associates; Leader Bank; Town of Belmont (MA) Board of Retirement; and the Taubman Center at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.

Mr. Palandjian works on behalf of Harvard University as a volunteer undergraduate admissions interviewer. Mr. Palandjian was a two-time Harvard Captain and world ranked tennis player on the ATP tour. Mr. Palandjian earned his BA from Harvard University and his MBA from the Harvard Business School.

He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has four children, Manon Palandjian, Petros Palandjian, Margot Palandjian and Madelon Palandjian.[12]

Challenger titles

Doubles: (6)

No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
1. 1986 Irish Open Carpet Larry Scott (sports administrator) Matt Doyle (tennis)

Bob Carmichael

 7-5, 7-5
2. 1987 Bossonnens, Switzerland Hard United States Bud Schultz West Germany Heiner Moraing
West Germany Alexander Mronz		 6–4, 6–3
3. 1987 Helsinki, Finland Carpet United States Bud Schultz Sweden Nicklas Utgren
Finland Pasi Virtanen		 7–6, 6–4
4. 1988 Aptos, U. S. Hard United States Jeff Klaparda United States Ed Nagel
United States Jeff Tarango		 6–3, 6–4
5. 1988 New Haven, U. S. Hard United States Jeff Klaparda India Zeeshan Ali
United Kingdom Chris Bailey		 6–2, 7–5
6. 1988 Helsinki, Finland Carpet United States Luke Jensen West Germany Jörg Müller
United Kingdom James Turner		 7–6, 3–6, 6–3

References

  1. ↑ "Andover Magazine: Spring 2014". Jun 3, 2014. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Men's Tennis". The Harvard Crimson. April 14, 1987. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  3. ↑ Li, Steve (May 19, 1986). "Netmen Drop NCAA Opener, 5-2". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Sports shorts". Sun Journal. November 16, 1987. p. 20. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  5. ↑ "USTA Pro Circuit Record Book" (PDF). United States Tennis Association. 2012. p. 55. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  6. 1 2 Buderi, Robert (September 10, 2007). "VC Varsity: The Best Athletes on Boston's Private-Equity Circuit---the Roster". Xconomy. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  7. ↑ "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Boston - 04 July - 10 July 1988". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  8. ↑ Kass, Sarah (April 14, 1986). "Netmen lose to Harvard; color NCAA slot Crimson". Columbia Daily Spectator. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  9. ↑ "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Boston - 10 July - 16 July 1989". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  10. 1 2 "Peter Palandjian to Discuss Real Estate at Men's Club Meeting". Armenian Mirror-Spectator. October 22, 2015. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  11. ↑ "The Fifty Families (Part Two)". Boston Magazine. May 2006. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  12. ↑ Fitzgerald, Jay (June 24, 2011). "Peter Palandjian: Holding court in real estate investment management". Boston Business Journal. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
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