Robert Seguso

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Robert Seguso

Country	United States
Residence	Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.
Date of birth	May 1, 1963 (1963-05-01) (age 45)
Place of birth	Minneapolis, Minnesota
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.90 m)[1]
Weight	180 lb (81 kg)[2]
Turned pro	-
Retired	-
Plays	Right-handed
Career prize money	US$1,888,353
Singles
Career record:	88 - 92
Career titles:	0
Highest ranking:	22
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	-
French Open	-
Wimbledon	-
US Open	-
Doubles
Career record:	361 - 151
Career titles:	29
Highest ranking:	1
Infobox last updated on: 02:04, 21 January 2007 (GMT-05:00).

Olympic medal record
Men's Tennis
Gold	1988 Seoul	Doubles

Robert Arthur Seguso (born May 1, 1963 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won 4 Grand Slam men's doubles titles (2 Wimbledon, 1 French Open and 1 US Open). He also won the men's doubles Gold Medal at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, partnering Ken Flach. Seguso reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1985. He won a total of 29 career doubles titles between 1984 and 1991 .

Seguso played doubles with Flach on the US Davis Cup team from 1985–91, compiling an 10–2 record. He was also a member of the US team which won the World Team Cup in 1985.

Prior to turning professional, Seguso played tennis for Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, where he was an NCAA Division II singles finalist in 1982 and Division I doubles finalist in 1983.

Seguso married the Canadian tennis player Carling Bassett in 1987. The couple have three children – sons Holden John (born in 1988) and Ridley Jack (1991), and daughter Carling Junior (1992).

Seguso and his wife currently operate a tennis academy with Chris Evert.^[3]

Contents 1 Grand Slam men's doubles finals (6) 1.1 Wins (4) 1.2 Runner-ups (2) 2 Doubles titles (29) 2.1 Runner-ups (20) 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Grand Slam men's doubles finals (6)

[edit] Wins (4)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1985	U.S. Open	Ken Flach	Henri Leconte Yannick Noah	6–7, 7–6, 7–6, 6–0
1987	French Open	Anders Järryd	Guy Forget Yannick Noah	6–7, 6–7, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2
1987	Wimbledon	Ken Flach	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	3–6, 6–7, 7–6, 6–1, 6–4
1988	Wimbledon (2)	Ken Flach	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 7–6

[edit] Runner-ups (2)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1987	U.S. Open	Ken Flach	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	7–6, 6–2, 4–6, 5–7, 7–6
1989	U.S. Open (2)	Ken Flach	John McEnroe Mark Woodforde	6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3

[edit] Doubles titles (29)

Legend Grand Slam (4) Tennis Masters Cup (1) ATP Masters Series (1) Olympic Gold Medal (1) ATP Tour (22)

Titles by Surface Hard (12) Clay (7) Grass (4) Carpet (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	11 June 1984	Rome, Italy	Clay	Ken Flach	John Alexander Mike Leach	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
2.	23 July 1984	Boston, U.S.	Clay	Ken Flach	Gary Donnelly Ernie Fernandez	6–4, 6–4
3.	13 August 1984	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Ken Flach	Heinz Günthardt Balazs Taroczy	7–6, 7–5
4.	17 September 1984	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Ken Flach	Wojtek Fibak Sandy Mayer	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
5.	29 October 1984	Hong Kong	Hard	Ken Flach	Mark Edmondson Paul McNamee	6–7, 6–3, 7–5
6.	6 November 1984	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet	Ken Flach	Drew Gitlin Hank Pfister	6–1, 6–7, 6–2
7.	6 January 1985	Masters Doubles WCT, London	Carpet	Ken Flach	Heinz Günthardt Balazs Taroczy	6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–0
8.	1 April 1985	Fort Myers, U.S.	Hard	Ken Flach	Sammy Giammalva Jr. David Pate	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
9.	13 May 1985	Forest Hills, U.S.	Clay	Ken Flach	Givaldo Barbosa Ivan Kley	7–5, 6–2
10.	17 June 1985	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Ken Flach	Pat Cash John Fitzgerald	3–6, 6–3, 16–14
11.	29 July 1985	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Ken Flach	Pavel Složil Kim Warwick	6–4, 6–4
12.	19 August 1985	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Ken Flach	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	5–7, 7–6, 6–3
13.	9 September 1985	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Ken Flach	Henri Leconte Yannick Noah	6–7, 7–6, 7–6, 6–0
14.	28 October 1985	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Ken Flach	Scott Davis David Pate	4–6, 6–3, 7–6
15.	10 February 1986	Memphis, U.S.	Carpet	Ken Flach	Guy Forget Anders Järryd	6–4, 4–6, 7–6
16.	31 March 1986	Chicago, U.S.	Carpet	Ken Flach	Eddie Edwards Francisco González	6–0, 7–5
17.	8 June 1987	French Open, Paris	Clay	Anders Järryd	Guy Forget Yannick Noah	6–7, 6–7, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2
18.	6 July 1987	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Ken Flach	Sergio Casal Emilio Sanchez	3–6, 6–7, 7–6, 6–1, 6–4
19.	24 August 1987	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Ken Flach	Steve Denton John Fitzgerald	7–5, 6–3
20.	13 June 1988	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Ken Flach	Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser	6–2, 7–6
21.	4 July 1988	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Ken Flach	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 7–6
22.	15 August 1988	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Ken Flach	Andrew Castle Tim Wilkison	7–6, 6–3
23.	26 September 1988	Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Ken Flach	Sergio Casal Emilio Sanchez	6–3, 6–4, 6–7, 6–7, 9–7
24.	14 November 1988	Wembley, England	Carpet	Ken Flach	Martin Davis Brad Drewett	7–5, 6–2
25.	24 April 1989	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Hard	Ken Flach	Kevin Curren David Pate	7–6, 7–6
26.	21 August 1989	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Ken Flach	Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser	6–4, 6–4
27.	6 May 1991	Tampa, U.S.	Clay	Ken Flach	David Pate Richey Reneberg	6–7, 6–4, 6–1
28.	12 August 1991	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Ken Flach	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	6–7, 6–4, 7–5
29.	19 August 1991	Indianapolis, U.S.	Hard	Ken Flach	Kent Kinnear Sven Salumaa	7–6, 6–4

[edit] Runner-ups (20)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	12 December 1983	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet	Ken Flach	Wally Masur Kim Warwick	7–6, 6–4
2.	16 July 1984	Newport, U.S.	Grass	Ken Flach	David Graham Laurie Warder	6–4, 7–6
3.	25 February 1985	La Quinta, U.S.	Hard	Ken Flach	Heinz Günthardt Balazs Taroczy	3–6, 7–6, 6–3
4.	8 April 1985	Chicago, U.S.	Carpet	Ken Flach	Johan Kriek Yannick Noah	3–6, 4–6, 7–5, 6–1, 6–4
5.	20 May 1985	Rome, Italy	Clay	Ken Flach	Anders Järryd Mats Wilander	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
6.	12 August 1985	Stratton Mountain, U.S.	Hard	Ken Flach	Scott Davis David Pate	3–6, 7–6, 7–6
7.	9 March 1987	Miami, U.S.	Hard	Ken Flach	Paul Annacone Christo Van Rensburg	6–2, 6–4, 6–4
8.	20 July 1987	Livingston, New Jersey, U.S.	Hard	Ken Flach	Gary Donnelly Greg Holmes	7–6, 6–3
9.	14 September 1987	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Ken Flach	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	7–6, 6–2, 4–6, 5–7, 7–6
10.	19 October 1987	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Boris Becker	Darren Cahill Mark Kratzmann	6–3, 6–2
11.	16 November 1987	Wembley, England	Carpet	Ken Flach	Miloslav Mečíř Tomáš Šmíd	7–5, 6–4
12.	13 December 1987	Masters Doubles, London	Carpet	Ken Flach	Miloslav Mečíř Tomáš Šmíd	6–4, 7–5, 6–7, 6–3
13.	28 March 1988	Miami, U.S.	Hard	Ken Flach	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	7–6, 6–1, 7–5
14.	2 August 1988	Indianapolis, U.S.	Hard	Ken Flach	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	6–4, 6–3
15.	21 November 1988	Detroit, U.S.	Carpet	Ken Flach	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	6–4, 6–1
16.	11 September 1989	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Ken Flach	John McEnroe Mark Woodforde	6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3
17.	9 October 1989	Orlando, U.S.	Hard	Ken Flach	Scott Davis Tim Pawsat	7–5, 5–7, 6–4
18.	25 March 1991	Miami, U.S.	Hard	Ken Flach	Wayne Ferreira Piet Norval	5–7, 7–6, 6–2
19.	22 July 1991	Washington D.C., U.S.	Hard	Ken Flach	Scott Davis David Pate	6–4, 6–2
20.	24 November 1991	Doubles Championships, Johannesburg	Hard (i)	Ken Flach	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–4, 6–4, 2–6, 6–4

[edit] References

1. ^ ATPtennis.com - Players - Profiles - Profile
2. ^ ROBERT SEGUSO (USA)
3. ^ Vanderbilt News:Tennis tournament/party with British theme to benefit Susan Gray School

[edit] External links

• ATP Tour profile for Robert Seguso
• Davis Cup record