Todd Witsken

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Todd Witsken (November 4, 1963[1]June 1, 1998) was an American tennis player. He specialized in playing doubles and began his professional career in 1986. He was a three-time all-American at the University of Southern California. His career high was #4 in doubles and #43 in singles.[2] Witsken retired after the 1993 US Open and died from brain cancer on May 25, 1998, at the age of 34.[2]

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[edit] ATP Tour finals (22)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (2)
ATP Tour (10)

[edit] Doubles champion (12)

No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score
1. 8 May 1988 Forest Hills, USA clay Flag of Mexico Jorge Lozano Flag of South Africa Pieter Aldrich
Flag of South Africa Danie Visser
6-3 7-6
2. 15 May 1988 Rome, Italy clay Flag of Mexico Jorge Lozano Flag of Sweden Anders Järryd
Flag of the Czech Republic Tomáš Šmíd
6-3 6-3
3. 10 July 1988 Boston, USA clay Flag of Mexico Jorge Lozano Flag of Yugoslavia Bruno Orešar
Flag of Peru Jaime Yzaga
6-2 7-5
4. 31 July 1988 Stratton Mountain, USA hard Flag of Mexico Jorge Lozano Flag of South Africa Pieter Aldrich
Flag of South Africa Danie Visser
6-3 7-6
5. 16 April 1989 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil carpet (i) Flag of Mexico Jorge Lozano Flag of the United States Patrick McEnroe
Flag of the United States Tim Wilkison
2-6 6-4 6-4
6. 16 July 1989 Gstaad, Switzerland clay Flag of Brazil Cassio Motta Flag of the Czech Republic Petr Korda
Flag of the Czech Republic Milan Šrejber
6-4 6-3
7. 20 August 1989 Montreal, Canada hard Flag of New Zealand Kelly Evernden Flag of the United States Charles Beckman
Flag of the United States Shelby Cannon
6-3 6-3
8. 12 November 1989 Stockholm, Sweden carpet (i) Flag of Mexico Jorge Lozano Flag of the United States Rick Leach
Flag of the United States Jim Pugh
6-3 5-7 6-3
9. 7 April 1991 Hong Kong hard Flag of the United States Patrick Galbraith Flag of Canada Glenn Michibata
Flag of the United States Robert Van't Hof
6-2 6-4
10. 5 May 1991 Munich, Germany clay Flag of the United States Patrick Galbraith Flag of Sweden Anders Järryd
Flag of South Africa Danie Visser
7-5 6-4
11. 28 July 1991 Montreal, Canada hard Flag of the United States Patrick Galbraith Flag of Canada Grant Connell
Flag of Canada Glenn Michibata
6-4 3-6 6-1
12. 22 March 1992 Key Biscayne, USA hard Flag of the United States Ken Flach Flag of the United States Kent Kinnear
Flag of the United States Sven Salumaa
6-4 6-3

[edit] Doubles finalist (9)

No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score
1. 4 October 1987 San Francisco, USA carpet (i) Flag of the United States Glenn Layendecker Flag of the United States Jim Grabb
Flag of the United States Patrick McEnroe
2-6 6-0 4-6
2. 6 March 1988 Indian Wells, USA hard Flag of Mexico Jorge Lozano Flag of Germany Boris Becker
Flag of France Guy Forget
4-6 4-6
3. 1 May 1988 Charleston, USA clay Flag of Mexico Jorge Lozano Flag of South Africa Pieter Aldrich
Flag of South Africa Danie Visser
6-7 3-6
4. 24 July 1988 Washington, USA hard Flag of Mexico Jorge Lozano Flag of the United States Rick Leach
Flag of the United States Jim Pugh
3-6 7-6 2-6
5. 27 November 1988 Itaparica, Brazil hard Flag of Mexico Jorge Lozano Flag of Spain Sergio Casal
Flag of Spain Emilio Sánchez
6-7 6-7
6. 26 November 1989 Itaparica, Brazil hard Flag of Mexico Jorge Lozano Flag of the United States Rick Leach
Flag of the United States Jim Pugh
2-6 6-7
7. 22 July 1990 Washington, USA hard Flag of Mexico Jorge Lozano Flag of Canada Grant Connell
Flag of Canada Glenn Michibata
3-6 7-6 2-6
8. 21 October 1990 Vienna, Austria carpet (i) Flag of Mexico Jorge Lozano Flag of Germany Udo Riglewski
Flag of Germany Michael Stich
4-6 4-6
9. 19 July 1992 Washington, USA hard Flag of the United States Ken Flach Flag of the United States Bret Garnett
Flag of the United States Jared Palmer
2-6 3-6

[edit] Singles finalist (1)

No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. 11 February 1990 San Francisco, USA carpet (i) Flag of the United States Andre Agassi 1-6 3-6

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