Sergio Casal

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Men's Tennis
Olympic medal record
Silver	1988 Seoul	Doubles

Sergio Casal Martínez (born September 8, 1962 in Barcelona, Spain) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. During his career, he won three Grand Slam doubles titles, as well as the men's doubles Silver Medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Casal turned professional in 1981. He won his first top-level doubles title in 1983 at Aix-en-Provence. He captured a total of 47 men's doubles titles during his career. Partnering his fellow Spaniard Emilio Sánchez, he won the men's doubles titles at the US Open in 1988 and the French Open in 1990. The pair were also the men's doubles runners-up at Wimbledon in 1987 and won the Silver Medal for Spain at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul. Casal also won the US Open mixed doubles title in 1986, partnering Raffaella Reggi. Casal's career-high doubles ranking was World No. 3.

Casal also won one top-level singles title at Florence in 1985. He was a singles runner-up at Aix-en-Provence in 1983, and at the Paris Open in 1986. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 31.

Casal was a member of the Spanish team which won the World Team Cup in 1992.

Casal retired from the professional tour in 1995.

[edit] Doubles titles (47)

Legend
Grand Slam (2)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (3)
ATP Tour (42)

Titles by Surface
Hard (7)
Clay (38)
Grass (0)
Carpet (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	12 August 1985	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Paolo Canè Claudio Panatta	6–3, 3–6, 6–2
2.	23 September 1985	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Carlos Kirmayr Cassio Motta	6–4, 4–6, 7–5
3.	30 September 1985	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Jan Gunnarsson Michael Mortensen	6–3, 6–3
4.	12 May 1986	Munich, Germany	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Broderick Dyke Wally Masur	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
5.	12 May 1986	Florence, Italy	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Mike De Palmer Gary Donnelly	6–4, 7–6
6.	14 July 1986	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Stefan Edberg Joakim Nyström	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
7.	28 July 1986	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Craig Campbell Joey Rive	6–4, 6–2
8.	22 September 1986	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Boris Becker Eric Jelen	6–4, 6–1
9.	9 February 1987	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet	Emilio Sánchez	Christo Steyn Danie Visser	3–6, 6–1, 7–6
10.	20 April 1987	Nice, France	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Claudio Mezzadri Gianni Ocleppo	6–3, 6–3
11.	15 June 1987	Bologna, Italy	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Claudio Panatta Blaine Willenborg	6–3, 6–2
12.	20 July 1987	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Darren Cahill Mark Woodforde	6–3, 6–3
13.	10 August 1987	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Miloslav Mečíř Tomáš Šmíd	7–6, 7–6
14.	23 November 1987	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Tomás Carbonell	Jay Berger Horacio de la Peña	W/O
15.	30 November 1987	Itaparica, Brazil	Hard	Emilio Sánchez	Jorge Lozano Diego Perez	6–2, 6–2
16.	18 April 1988	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Jason Stoltenberg Todd Woodbridge	6–7, 7–6, 6–4
17.	25 April 1988	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Henri Leconte Ivan Lendl	6–1, 6–3
18.	18 July 1988	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Anders Järryd Michael Mortensen	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
19.	1 August 1988	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Magnus Gustafsson Guillermo Pérez-Roldán	7–6, 6–3
20.	8 August 1988	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Joakim Nyström Claudio Panatta	6–4, 7–5
21.	12 September 1988	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Emilio Sánchez	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	W/O
22.	19 September 1988	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Claudio Mezzadri Diego Perez	6–4, 6–3
23.	28 November 1988	Itaparica, Brazil	Hard	Emilio Sánchez	Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken	7–6, 7–6
24.	19 June 1989	Bologna, Italy	Clay	Javier Sánchez	Tomas Nydahl Jorgen Windahl	6–2, 6–3
25.	9 April 1990	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Omar Camporese Paolo Canè	7–5, 4–6, 7–5
26.	21 May 1990	Rome, Italy	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Jim Courier Martin Davis	7–6, 7–5
27.	11 June 1990	French Open, Paris	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Goran Ivanišević Petr Korda	7–5, 6–3
28.	16 July 1990	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Omar Camporese Javier Sánchez	6–3, 3–6, 7–5
29.	30 July 1990	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Paul Haarhuis Mark Koevermans	7–5, 7–5
30.	1 October 1990	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Carlos Costa Horacio de la Peña	6–3, 6–4
31.	8 October 1990	Athens, Greece	Clay	Javier Sánchez	Tom Kempers Richard Krajicek	4–6, 7–6, 6–3
32.	14 January 1991	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Emilio Sánchez	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
33.	25 February 1991	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Carpet	Emilio Sánchez	Jeremy Bates Nick Brown	6–3, 7–5
34.	13 May 1991	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Cassio Motta Danie Visser	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
35.	4 November 1991	Buzios, Brazil	Hard	Emilio Sánchez	Javier Frana Leonardo Lavalle	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
36.	13 January 1992	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Hard	Emilio Sánchez	Scott Davis Kelly Jones	3–6, 6–1, 6–4
37.	11 May 1992	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Carl-Uwe Steeb Michael Stich	5–7, 6–4, 6–3
38.	27 July 1992	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Horacio de la Peña Vojtech Flegl	6–1, 6–2
39.	21 September 1992	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Arnaud Boetsch Guy Forget	6–1, 6–4
40.	21 June 1993	Genova, Italy	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Mark Koevermans Greg Van Emburgh	6–3, 7–6
41.	4 October 1993	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Juan Garat Jorge Lozano	6–3, 6–3
42.	18 October 1993	Tel-Aviv, Israel	Hard	Emilio Sánchez	Mike Bauer David Rikl	6–4, 6–4
43.	8 November 1993	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Pablo Albano Javier Frana	4–6, 7–6, 6–4
44.	11 July 1994	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Menno Oosting Daniel Vacek	7–6, 6–4
45.	14 November 1994	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig	6–3, 6–2
46.	8 May 1995	Atlanta, U.S.	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Jared Palmer Richey Reneberg	6–7, 6–3, 7–6
47.	6 November 1995	Montevideo, Uruguay	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Jiří Novák David Rikl	2–6, 7–6, 7–6

[edit] Doubles runner-ups (26)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	16 May 1983	Aix-en-Provence, France	Clay	Ivan Camus	Henri Leconte Gilles Moretton	2–6, 6–1, 6–2
2.	8 April 1985	Munich, Germany	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick	4–6, 7–5, 7–5
3.	22 July 1985	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	6–0, 7–6
4.	16 September 1985	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Colin Dowdeswell Joakim Nyström	6–4, 6–7, 7–6
5.	25 November 1985	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Emilio Sánchez	Mike De Palmer Gary Donnelly	6–4, 6–3
6.	14 April 1986	Bari, Italy	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Gary Donnelly Tomáš Šmíd	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
7.	16 February 1987	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Emilio Sánchez	Anders Järryd Jonas Svensson	6–4, 6–2
8.	6 April 1987	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Emilio Sánchez	Boris Becker Slobodan Živojinović	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
9.	11 May 1987	Munich, Germany	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Jim Pugh Blaine Willenborg	7–6, 4–6, 6–4
10.	6 July 1987	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Emilio Sánchez	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	3–6, 6–7, 7–6, 6–1, 6–4
11.	21 September 1987	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Carlos Di Laura Javier Sánchez	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
12.	16 November 1987	São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Tomás Carbonell	Gilad Bloom Javier Sánchez	6–3, 6–7, 6–4
13.	26 September 1988	Seoul Olympics, South Korea	Hard	Emilio Sánchez	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–3, 6–4, 6–7, 6–7, 9–7
14.	11 December 1988	Masters Doubles, London	Carpet	Emilio Sánchez	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 6–0
15.	26 June 1989	Bari, Italy	Clay	Javier Sánchez	Simone Colombo Claudio Mezzadri	0–6, 6–3, 6–3
16.	25 September 1989	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Tomáš Šmíd	Gustavo Luza Christian Miniussi	6–3, 6–3
17.	8 January 1990	Wellington, New Zealand	Hard	Emilio Sánchez	Kelly Evernden Nicolas Pereira	6–4, 7–6
18.	16 April 1990	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Andrés Gómez Javier Sánchez	7–6, 7–5
19.	25 November 1990	Doubles Championships, Sanctuary Cove	Hard	Emilio Sánchez	Guy Forget Jakob Hlasek	6–4, 7–6, 5–7, 6–4
20.	10 February 1992	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Emilio Sánchez	Neil Broad David Macpherson	5–7, 7–5, 6–4
21.	31 August 1992	Schenectady, U.S.	Hard	Emilio Sánchez	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6–3, 6–4
22.	12 April 1993	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Shelby Cannon Scott Melville	7–6, 6–1
23.	15 November 1993	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Tomás Carbonell Carlos Costa	6–4, 6–4
24.	8 August 1994	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy	6–7, 6–3, 7–5
25.	7 November 1994	Montevideo, Uruguay	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Marcelo Filippini Luiz Mattar	7–6, 6–4
26.	22 May 1995	Coral Springs, U.S.	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–3, 6–1