Robert Seguso

Robert Seguso
Nation:	United States
Birthday:	May 1, 1963
Size:	190 cm
Weight:	82 kg
1st professional season:	1983
Resignation:	1995
Playing hand:	Right
Prize money:	$ 1,888,353
singles
Career record:	88:92
Highest ranking:	22 (March 9 1987)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	361: 151
Career title:	29
Highest ranking:	1 (September 9 1985)
Weeks as No. 1:	62
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Olympic games
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Robert Seguso (born May 1, 1963 in Minneapolis ) is a retired American tennis player .

Career

Robert Seguso was with his long-time doubles partner Ken Flach one of the best doubles players of the second half of the 1980s and achieved his greatest successes in this discipline with victories at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul and four Grand Slam victories . He won the French Open in 1987 with Anders Järryd . He won the other three Grand Slam titles and 24 victories in other ATP tournaments with Ken Flach. Between 1985 and 1988 he led the world rankings in doubles several times and for a total of 62 weeks .

Seguso joined Ken Flach in twelve doubles games for the US Davis Cup team and only lost the last two of these games. In the 1991 final, he and Flach lost to Henri Leconte and Guy Forget ; France won the game 3-1 and thus the Davis Cup.

Seguso couldn't reach an ATP final in singles. His best place in the world rankings was 22nd place. His greatest successes were reaching the round of 16 at the Wimbledon Championships in 1985 and at the Australian Open in 1987 .

Personal

On September 26, 1987, he married the former tennis player Carling Bassett .

Tournament victories

Legend (victories in brackets) Grand Slam (3) Olympic Games (1) Tennis Masters Cup (1) ATP Masters Series (1) ATP Championship Series ATP International Series Gold (1) ATP World Series ATP International Series (21)

Title after covering Hard Court (12) Sand (6) Grass (4) Carpet (6)

Double

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Bottom line
1.	June 11, 1984	Rome	sand	Ken Flat	John Alexander Mike Leach	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
2.	July 23, 1984	Boston	sand	Ken Flat	Gary Donnelly Ernie Fernández	6: 4, 6: 4
3.	August 13, 1984	Indianapolis	sand	Ken Flat	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	7: 6, 7: 5
4th	17th September 1984	los Angeles	Hard court	Ken Flat	Wojciech Fibak Sandy Mayer	4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3
5.	October 29, 1984	Hong Kong	Hard court	Ken Flat	Mark Edmondson Paul McNamee	6: 7, 6: 3, 7: 5
6th	November 6, 1984	Taipei	carpet	Ken Flat	Drew Gitlin Hank Pfister	6: 1, 6: 7, 6: 2
7th	January 6, 1985	London	carpet	Ken Flat	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 0
8th.	April 1, 1985	Fort Myers	Hard court	Ken Flat	Sammy Giammalva David Godfather	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3
9.	May 13, 1985	Forest Hills	sand	Ken Flat	Givaldo Barbosa Ivan Kley	7: 5, 6: 2
10.	June 17, 1985	Queen's Club	race	Ken Flat	Pat Cash John Fitzgerald	3: 6, 6: 3, 16:14
11.	July 29, 1985	Indianapolis	sand	Ken Flat	Pavel Složil Kim Warwick	6: 4, 6: 4
12.	August 19, 1985	Montreal	Hard court	Ken Flat	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	5: 7, 7: 6, 6: 3
13.	September 9, 1985	US Open	Hard court	Ken Flat	Henri Leconte Yannick Noah	6: 7, 7: 6, 7: 6, 6: 0
14th	October 29, 1985	Tokyo	carpet	Ken Flat	Scott Davis David Godfather	4: 6, 6: 3, 7: 6
15th	February 10, 1986	Memphis	carpet	Ken Flat	Guy Forget Anders Järryd	6: 4, 4: 6, 7: 6
16.	March 31, 1986	Chicago	carpet	Ken Flat	Eddie Edwards Francisco González	6-0, 7-5
17th	June 8, 1987	French Open	sand	Järryd is different	Guy Forget Yannick Noah	6: 7, 6: 7, 6: 3, 6: 4, 6: 2
18th	July 6, 1987	Wimbledon	race	Ken Flat	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez Vicario	3: 6, 6: 7, 7: 6, 6: 1, 6: 4
19th	August 24, 1987	Cincinnati	Hard court	Ken Flat	Steve Denton John Fitzgerald	7: 5, 6: 3
20th	June 13, 1988	Queen's Club	race	Ken Flat	Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser	6: 2, 7: 6
21st	4th July 1988	Wimbledon	race	Ken Flat	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6: 4, 2: 6, 6: 4, 7: 6
22nd	August 15, 1988	Toronto	Hard court	Ken Flat	Andrew Castle Tim Wilkison	7: 6, 6: 3
23.	September 26, 1988	Seoul	Hard court	Ken Flat	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez Vicario	6: 3, 6: 4, 6: 7, 6: 7, 9: 7
24.	November 14, 1988	Wembley	carpet	Ken Flat	Marty Davis Brad Drewett	7: 5, 6: 2
25th	April 24, 1989	Tokyo	Hard court	Ken Flat	Kevin Curren David Godfather	7: 6, 7: 6
26th	August 21, 1989	Cincinnati	Hard court	Ken Flat	Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser	6: 4, 6: 4
27.	May 6, 1991	Tampa	sand	Ken Flat	David Godfather Richey Reneberg	6: 7, 6: 4, 6: 1
28.	August 12, 1991	Cincinnati	Hard court	Ken Flat	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	6: 7, 6: 4, 7: 5
29	August 19, 1991	Indianapolis	Hard court	Ken Flat	Kent Kinnear Sven Salumaa	7: 6, 6: 4

Web links

• ATP profile of Robert Seguso (English)
• ITF Profile of Robert Seguso (English)
• Davis Cup stats by Robert Seguso (English)