Sergio Casal

Sergio Casal

Nation:

Spain

Birthday:

September 8, 1962

Size:

185 cm

1st professional season:

1981

Resignation:

1995

Playing hand:

Right

Prize money:

$ 2,107,745

singles

Career record:

122: 146

Career title:

1

Highest ranking:

31 (November 11 1985)

Grand Slam record

Grand Slam title: 00000 0

Australian Open	-
French Open	2R (1983, 1986, 1987)
Wimbledon	2R (1983)
US Open	3R (1986)

Double

Career record:

503: 256

Career title:

47

Highest ranking:

3 (February 25 1991)

Grand Slam record

Grand Slam title: 00000 2

Australian Open	2R (1990, 1992-1994)
French Open	S (1990)
Wimbledon	F (1987)
US Open	S (1988)

Mixed

Grand Slam record

Grand Slam title: 00000 1

Australian Open	1R (1993, 1994)
French Open	HF (1986)
Wimbledon	VF (1987)
US Open	S (1986)

Olympic games

Olympic medals:


silver	1988 Seoul	Double

Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Sergio Casal Martínez (born September 8, 1962 in Barcelona ) is a former Spanish tennis player . He was mainly successful in doubles .

Career

Casal became a professional tennis player in 1981 and won his first ATP double title in 1983. In total he won 47 double tournaments, mostly with his compatriot Emilio Sánchez . In the individual, however, he could only win one tournament.

In his career he won three Grand Slam tournaments , the US Open in 1988 and the French Open in doubles in 1990 and the US Open in mixed with Raffaella Reggi in 1986 . He reached his highest positions in the ATP world rankings in 1985 with 31st in singles and in 1991 with 3rd in doubles.

Between 1985 and 1987 he was in the Davis Cup against Killy Sánchez Germany each Boris Becker defeat in singles. So he only beat Boris Becker, who was still almost unknown in March 1985, and the reigning (and already two-time) Wimbledon winner in March 1987. From 1981 to 1995 Casal played 48 games for the Spanish Davis Cup team with a record of 31:17 wins (doubles 19: 9).

Together with Emilio Sánchez, he won the silver medal in doubles at the 1988 Olympic Games . In 1992 he won the World Team Cup in Düsseldorf with the Spanish team .

In 1995 Sergio Casal ended his tennis career.

Grand Slam successes

Double

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	1988	United States US Open	Hard court	Spain Emilio Sánchez	United States Rick Leach Jim Pugh United States	Where
2.	1990	France French Open	sand	Spain Emilio Sánchez	Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic Goran Ivanišević Petr Korda Czechoslovakia	7: 5, 6: 3

Mixed

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	1986	United States US Open	Hard court	Italy Raffaella Reggi	United States Martina Navrátilová Peter Fleming United States	6: 4, 6: 4

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personal data
SURNAME	Casal, Sergio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Casal Martínez, Sergio (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	spanish tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH	September 8, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH	Barcelona , Spain