Tom Nijssen

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Tom Nijssen (born 1 October 1964 in Maastricht) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.

A doubles specialist, he won two Grand Slam mixed doubles titles with Manon Bollegraf, the French Open in 1989 and the U.S. Open in 1991. They were runner-up at the Wimbledon mixed doubles tournament in 1993. In 1992 Nijssen and Helena Suková were the U.S. Open mixed doubles finalists.

Nijssen's highest ATP singles ranking was number 87 on 17 April 1989. He reached his best ATP doubles ranking on 11 May 1992 when he became no. 10.

1 Doubles titles (11)
2 Runner-ups (14)
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Doubles titles (11)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1987	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Broderick Dyke	Sammy Giammalva Jr. Jim Grabb	6–3, 6–2
2.	1988	Metz, France	Carpet	Jaroslav Navratil	Rill Baxter Nduka Odizor	6–2, 6–7, 7–6
3.	1988	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Ricki Osterthun	Mansour Bahrami Guy Forget	6–3, 6–4
4.	1988	Brussels, Belgium	Carpet	Wally Masur	John Fitzgerald Tomáš Šmíd	7–5, 7–6
5.	1991	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Cyril Suk	Jeremy Bates Kevin Curren	4–6, 6–3, 7–6
6.	1991	Lyon, France	Carpet	Cyril Suk	Steve DeVries David Macpherson	7–6, 6–3
7.	1992	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Carpet	Cyril Suk	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–3, 6–7, 6–3
8.	1992	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Cyril Suk	Karel Nováček David Rikl	6–3, 6–4
9.	1993	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Cyril Suk	Gary Muller Piet Norval	7–6, 6–3
10.	1994	Oahu, U.S.	Hard	Cyril Suk	Alex O'Brien Jonathan Stark	6–4, 6–4
11.	1994	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Cyril Suk	Hendrik Jan Davids Piet Norval	4–6, 7–6, 7–6

[edit] Runner-ups (14)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1986	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Johan Vekemans	Miloslav Mečíř Tomáš Šmíd	6–4, 6–2
2.	1987	Athens, Greece	Clay	Jaroslav Navratil	Tore Meinecke Ricki Osterthun	6–2, 3–6, 6–2
3.	1987	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Johan Vekemans	Wojtek Fibak Miloslav Mečíř	7–6, 5–7, 6–2
4.	1988	Frankfurt, Germany	Carpet	Jeremy Bates	Rudiger Haas Goran Ivanišević	1–6, 7–5, 6–3
5.	1990	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Udo Riglewski	Omar Camporese Diego Nargiso	6–4, 6–4
6.	1990	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Carpet	Michael Mortensen	Jakob Hlasek Guy Forget	6–3, 6–2
7.	1991	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Cyril Suk	Omar Camporese Goran Ivanišević	6–4, 7–6
8.	1991	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Cyril Suk	Paul Haarhuis Mark Koevermans	6–3, 6–3
9.	1991	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet	Cyril Suk	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	7–5, 6–2
10.	1992	Bolzano, Italy	Carpet	Cyril Suk	Anders Järryd Bent-Ove Pedersen	6–1, 6–7, 6–3
11.	1993	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Cyril Suk	Mark Kratzmann Wally Masur	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
12.	1993	Paris Indoor, France	Carpet	Cyril Suk	Miloslav Mečíř Tomáš Šmíd	4–6, 7–5, 6–2
13.	1996	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Greg Van Emburgh	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig	6–3, 6–2
14.	1998	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Jeff Tarango	Patrick Galbraith Brett Steven	6–4, 6–2