Jeff Tarango

Jeff Tarango
Nation:	United States
Birthday:	20th November 1968
Size:	180 cm
Weight:	73 kg
1st professional season:	1989
Resignation:	2003
Playing hand:	Left, two-handed backhand
Prize money:	$ 3,730,289
singles
Career record:	239: 294
Career title:	2
Highest ranking:	42 (November 2 1992)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	253: 247
Career title:	14th
Highest ranking:	10 (October 18, 1999)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Jeffrey Gail "Jeff" Tarango (born November 20, 1968 in Manhattan Beach , California ) is a retired American tennis player .

Career

Tarango studied at Stanford University , where he won the NCAA title with the team in 1989 . He was selected three times as a single player and twice as a double player in the best selection All-American . In 1989 he became a professional tennis player.

He won two singles and 14 doubles titles in his career. His highest placements in the world rankings were 42nd place in singles and 10th place in doubles. At the French Open in 1999 he reached the final of the doubles competition together with Goran Ivanišević .

Tarango was also known for his bad behavior on the tennis court. In the third round of Wimbledon in 1995, after an alleged wrong decision by the referee Bruno Rebeuh, he left the court under savage insults and thus lost the game against Alexander Mronz . His wife gave the referee two more slaps. Tarango was then banned from two Grand Slam tournaments and also from the 1996 Wimbledon tournament.

In 2003 Jeff Tarango resigned from professional tennis and became a tennis coach. In 2008 he returned again and competed in a Challenger tournament and two Future tournaments in doubles. With his 19 years younger partner, compatriot Edward-Ted Kelly, he won his last title in Elm Grove , Wisconsin .

successes

Legend

Grand Slam

Tennis Masters Cup

ATP Masters Series

ATP International Series Gold (2)

ATP International Series (14)

singles

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	5th January 1992	Wellington	Hard court	Alexander Volkov	6: 1, 6: 0, 6: 3
2.	October 18, 1992	Tel Aviv	Hard court	Stéphane Simian	4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	August 21, 1988	Livingston	Hard court	Andre Agassi	2: 6, 4: 6
2.	April 21, 1991	Seoul	Hard court	Patrick Baur	4: 6, 6: 1, 6: 7 5
3.	September 18, 1994	Bordeaux	Hard court	Wayne Ferreira	0: 6, 5: 7
4th	August 1, 1999	Umag	sand	Magnus Norman	2: 6, 4: 6

Double

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	May 1, 1995	Seoul	Hard court	Sébastien Lareau	Joshua Eagle Andrew Florent	6: 3, 6: 2
2.	July 24, 1995	Washington DC	Hard court	Olivier Delaître	Petr Korda Cyril Suk	4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 2
3.	September 18, 1995	Bucharest (1)	sand	Mark Wedge	Cyril Suk Daniel Vacek	6: 4, 7: 6
4th	July 15, 1996	Båstad (1)	sand	David Ekerot	Joshua Eagle Peter Nyborg	6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 4
5.	September 14, 1996	Bucharest (2)	sand	David Ekerot	David Adams Menno Oosting	7: 6, 7: 6
6th	November 16, 1998	Moscow	Carpet (i)	Jared Palmer	Yevgeny Kafelnikow Daniel Vacek	6: 4, 6: 7, 6: 2
7th	January 18, 1999	Auckland	Hard court	Daniel Vacek	Jiří Novák David Rikl	7: 5, 7: 5
8th.	February 15, 1999	St. Petersburg	Carpet (i)	Daniel Vacek	Menno Oosting Andrei Pavel	3: 6, 6: 3, 7: 5
9.	April 18, 1999	Tokyo	Hard court	Daniel Vacek	Wayne Black Brian MacPhie	6: 7, 6: 3, 7: 6
10.	July 11, 1999	Båstad (2)	sand	David Adams	Nickla's cult Mikael Tillström	7: 6 6 , 6: 4
11.	September 20, 1999	Bournemouth (1)	sand	David Adams	Michael Kohlmann Nicklas Kulti	6: 3, 6: 7 5 , 7: 6 5
12.	October 3, 1999	Toulouse	Hard court	Olivier Delaître	David Adams John-Laffnie de Jager	6: 3, 7: 6 2 , 6: 4
13.	November 26, 2000	Brighton (2)	Hard court (i)	Michael Hill	Paul Goldstein Jim Thomas	6: 3, 7: 5
14th	April 15, 2001	Casablanca	sand	Michael Hill	Pablo Albano David Macpherson	7: 6 2 , 6: 3

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	June 19, 1994	St. Polten	sand	Adam Malik	Vojtěch Flégl Andrew Florent	6: 3, 1: 6, 4: 6
2.	April 13, 1997	Hong Kong	Hard court	Karsten Braasch	Martin Damm Daniel Vacek	3: 6, 4: 6
3.	January 18, 1998	Auckland	Hard court	Tom Nijssen	Patrick Galbraith Brett Steven	4: 6, 2: 6
4th	August 2, 1998	los Angeles	Hard court	Daniel Vacek	Patrick Rafter Sandon Stolle	4: 6, 4: 6
5.	June 5, 1999	French Open	sand	Goran Ivanišević	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	2: 6, 5: 7
6th	January 14, 2000	Auckland	Hard court	Olivier Delaître	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	5: 7, 4: 6
7th	October 15, 2000	Tokyo	Hard court	Michael Hill	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	4: 6, 7: 6 1 , 3: 6
8th.	February 18, 2001	Marseille	Hard court (i)	Michael Hill	Julien Boutter Fabrice Santoro	6: 7 7 , 5: 7
9.	July 15, 2001	Gstaad	sand	Michael Hill	Roger Federer Marat Safin	1-0 task
10.	July 22, 2001	Stuttgart	sand	Michael Hill	Guillermo Cañas Rainer Schüttler	6: 4, 6: 7 1 , 4: 6
11.	October 7, 2001	Moscow	Carpet (i)	Mahesh Bhupathi	Max Mirny Sandon Stolle	3: 6, 0: 6
12.	October 21, 2001	Stuttgart Indoor	Hard court (i)	Ellis Ferreira	Max Mirny Sandon Stolle	6: 7 0 , 6: 7 4

Web links

• ATP profile of Jeff Tarango (English)
• ITF Profile of Jeff Tarango (English)