Tom Gorman (tennis)

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Tom Gorman was born January 19, 1946 in Seattle, Washington. He attended Seattle Preparatory School and was the Washington State High School champion three years in a row. Tom attended and graduated from Seattle University and was a two time All-American. He played professional in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, and served as Captain of the United States Davis Cup team from 1986 to 1993.

He was ranked as high worldwide as number ten on the ATP rankings (achieving that ranking on May 1, 1974).

Gorman won seven singles titles in his career, the biggest coming in 1975 at Cincinnati. He also won nine doubles titles, including Paris in 1971, the same year he reached the French Open doubles final.

Gorman reached the semifinal rounds in singles at Wimbledon (in 1971), the U.S. Open (in 1972) and the French Open (in 1973), and was a member of the winning U.S. Davis Cup team in 1972. As coach, he led the U.S. Davis Cup team to victory in 1990 & 1992. Tom holds the record for most match wins (18) by a U.S. Davis Cup Captain and is the most current American to have won Davis Cup as a player and a captain. In 2001, Tom and his partner Jaime Fillol,Chile, won the Super Masters Seniors at the U.S Open.

Today, Tom lives in Marietta,GA with his wife Danni and two daughters Hailey and KellyAnn.

Contents 1 Career highlights 1.1 Singles titles (7) 1.2 Singles runner-ups (11) 1.3 Doubles titles (9) 1.4 Doubles runner-ups (10)

[edit] Career highlights

[edit] Singles titles (7)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1971	Columbus, U.S.	Hard	Jimmy Connors	6–7, 7–6, 4–6, 7–6, 6–3
2.	1973	Vancouver WCT, Canada	Other	Jan Kodeš	3–6, 6–2, 7–5
3.	1973	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Björn Borg	6–3, 4–6, 7–6
4.	1975	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Sherwood Stewart	7–5, 2–6, 6–4
5.	1975	Hong Kong	Hard	Sandy Mayer	6–3, 6–1, 6–1
6.	1976	Baltimore, U.S.	Carpet	Ilie Năstase	7–5, 6–3
7.	1976	Sacramento, U.S.	Carpet	Bob Carmichael	6–2, 6–4

[edit] Singles runner-ups (11)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1968	Cincinnati, U.S.	Clay	William Harris	3–6, 6–2, 6–2
2.	1972	Seattle, U.S.	Other	Ilie Năstase	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
3.	1972	London, England	Carpet	Ilie Năstase	6–4, 6–3
4.	1974	Richmond WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Ilie Năstase	6–2, 6–3
5.	1974	Miami WCT, U.S.	Hard	Cliff Drysdale	6–4, 7–5
6.	1974	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Tom Okker	4–6, 7–6, 6–1
7.	1974	Manchester, England	Grass	Vijay Amritraj	6–7, 6–2, 6–4
8.	1977	Hong Kong	Hard	Ken Rosewall	6–3, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4
9.	1978	Baltimore, U.S.	Carpet	Cliff Drysdale	7–5, 6–3
10.	1978	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet	Brian Teacher	6–3, 6–3, 6–3
11.	1979	San José, Costa Rica	Hard	Bernard Mitton	6–4, 6–4, 6–3

[edit] Doubles titles (9)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1971	Paris, France	Clay	Stan Smith	Pierre Barthès François Jauffret	3–6, 7–5, 6–2
2.	1971	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Stan Smith	Arthur Ashe Robert Lutz	6–4, 6–3
3.	1973	Copenhagen WCT, Denmark	Carpet	Erik Van Dillen	Mark Cox Graham Stilwell	6–4, 6–4
4.	1973	Nottingham, England	Grass	Erik Van Dillen	Bob Carmichael Frew McMillan	2–6, 8–6, 6–3
5.	1973	Seattle, U.S.	Other	Tom Okker	Bob Carmichael Frew McMillan	2–6, 6–4, 7–6
6.	1973	Osaka, Japan	Hard	Jeff Borowiak	Jun Kamiwazumi Ken Rosewall	6–4, 7–6
7.	1974	Chicago, U.S.	Carpet	Marty Riessen	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	4–6, 6–3, 7–5
8.	1974	Washington D.C., U.S.	Clay	Marty Riessen	Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol	7–5, 6–1
9.	1976	Sacramento, U.S.	Carpet	Sherwood Stewart	Mike Cahill John Whitlinger	3–6, 6–4, 6–4

[edit] Doubles runner-ups (10)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1970	Berkeley, U.S.	Hard	Roy Barth	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	6–2, 7–5, 4–6, 6–2
2.	1971	French Open, Paris	Clay	Stan Smith	Arthur Ashe Marty Riessen	6–8, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 11-9
3.	1973	Vancouver WCT, Canada	Other	Erik Van Dillen	Pierre Barthès Roger Taylor	5–7, 6–3, 7–6
4.	1973	Charlotte WCT, U.S.	Clay	Erik Van Dillen	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	7–6, 3–6, 6–3
5.	1973	South Orange, U.S.	Hard	Richard Pancho Gonzales	Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase	6–7, 6–3, 6–2
6.	1974	Columbus, U.S.	Hard	Robert Lutz	Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj	DEF
7.	1976	Indianapolis WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Vitas Gerulaitis	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	6–2, 6–4
8.	1977	San Jose, U.S.	Hard	Geoff Masters	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	6–2, 6–3
9.	1977	Taipei, Taiwan	Hard	Steve Docherty	Pat Du Pré Chris Delaney	7–6, 7–6
10.	1978	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Pat Du Pré	Ross Case Geoff Masters	6–3, 6–4