Ferdi Taygan

Ferdi Taygan
Nation:	United States
Birthday:	5th December 1956
Size:	173 cm
Weight:	68 kg
1st professional season:	1977
Playing hand:	Right
Prize money:	$ 668,104
singles
Career record:	74: 120
Highest ranking:	59 (November 3 1980)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	298: 180
Career title:	19th
Highest ranking:	8 (May 16 1983)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Ferdi Taygan (born December 5, 1956 in Worcester , Massachusetts ) is a retired American tennis player and doubles specialist.

Career

Taygan is of Turkish - Belarusian descent. In the course of his career he won 19 double titles on the ATP Tour and reached an additional 19 finals. His double balance of the games won was 297: 180, the individual balance 74: 120. Taygan celebrated his greatest success in 1982 when he and his compatriot Sherwood Stewart won the double competition at the French Open . They defeated Hans Gildemeister and Belus Prajoux in three sets. He also reached the semi-finals of the doubles competitions in all other Grand Slam tournaments : in 1982 at the Australian Open , 1982 and 1984 at the Wimbledon Championships and in 1981 at the US Open . He was also at the US Open in 1982 and 1983 at the side of Barbara Potter in the final of the mixed competition, which Taygan and Potter lost both times. In the double world rankings he reached rank 8 on May 16, 1983, in the single world rankings he came to rank 59 on November 3, 1980.

Ferdi Taygan is married and has two daughters.

Tournament victories

No.	year	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	1980	Washington, DC	carpet	Brian Teacher	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	4: 6, 6: 3, 7: 6
2.	1980	Melbourne	carpet	Fritz Buehning	John Sadri Tim Wilkison	6: 1, 6: 2
3.	1980	Hong Kong	Hard court	Peter Fleming	Bruce Manson Brian Teacher	7: 5, 6: 2
4th	1980	Bangkok	carpet	Brian Teacher	Tom Okker Dick Stockton	7: 6, 7: 6
5.	1981	Auckland	Hard court	Tim Wilkison	Tony Graham Bill Scanlon	7: 5, 6: 1
6th	1981	Rotterdam	Hard court (i)	Fritz Buehning	Gene Mayer Sandy Mayer	7: 6, 1: 6, 6: 4
7th	1981	Montreal	Hard court	Raúl Ramírez	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	2: 6, 7: 6, 6: 4
8th.	1981	Cincinnati	Hard court	John McEnroe	Bob Lutz Stan Smith	7: 6, 6: 3
9.	1981	Wembley	Carpet (i)	Sherwood Stewart	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	7: 5, 6: 7, 6: 4
10.	1982	Mexico City WCT	Carpet (i)	Sherwood Stewart	Tomáš Šmíd Balázs Taróczy	6: 4, 7: 5
11.	1982	los Angeles	Hard court	Sherwood Stewart	Bruce Manson Brian Teacher	6: 1, 6: 7, 6: 3
12.	1982	Las Vegas	Hard court	Sherwood Stewart	Carlos Kirmayr Van Winitsky	7: 6, 6: 4
13.	1982	French Open	sand	Sherwood Stewart	Hans Gildemeister Belus Prajoux	7: 5, 6: 3, 1: 1 exercise
14th	1982	Gstaad	sand	Sandy Mayer	Heinz Günthardt Markus Günthardt	6: 2, 6: 3
15th	1982	North Conway	sand	Sherwood Stewart	Pablo Arraya Eric Fromm	6: 2, 7: 6
16.	1982	Indianapolis	sand	Sherwood Stewart	Robbie Venter Blaine Willenborg	6: 4, 7: 5
17th	1982	Tokyo	sand	Sherwood Stewart	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	6: 1, 3: 6, 7: 6
18th	1983	Montreal	Hard court	Sandy Mayer	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	6: 3, 6: 4
19th	1984	Washington, DC	sand	Pavel Složil	Drew Gitlin Blaine Willenborg	7: 6, 6: 1

Web links

• ATP profile Ferdi Taygan (English)
• ITF profile Ferdi Taygan (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Andrea Kingsmill: Game, set, match for Woodlands tennis star. In: chron.com. Houston Chronicle , June 16, 2005, accessed August 30, 2020 .