Sven Salumaa

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Sven Salumaa Tennis player
Nation: United StatesUnited States United States
Birthday: October 21, 1966
Size: 196 cm
Weight: 91 kg
1st professional season: 1989
Playing hand: Right
Prize money: $ 236,003
singles
Career record: 0: 2
Career title: 0
Highest ranking: 516 (April 16, 1990)
Double
Career record: 71:82
Career title: 1
Highest ranking: 25 (April 13 1992)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open AF (1991,1993)
French Open 2R (1992)
Wimbledon AF (1992)
US Open HF (1990)
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open AF (1992)
French Open AF (1992)
Wimbledon AF (1991)
US Open 2R (1991)
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Sven Salumaa (born October 21, 1966 , in Huntington , New York ) is a retired American tennis player .

Life

The son of Estonian immigrants studied at Indiana University between 1984 and 1988 . In 1989 he became a professional tennis player, specializing in doubles. The following year he won his first and only title on the ATP World Tour in Rio de Janeiro . He was also in a double-final five more times, including the 1991 ATP Championship Series tournament in Indianapolis and 1992 the Masters tournaments in Miami and Indian Wells . He reached his highest ranking in the tennis world rankings in 1990 with position 516 in singles and in 1992 with position 25 in doubles.

In the individual, he could never qualify for a Grand Slam tournament. In the doubles competition he reached the semifinals of the US Open in 1990 . At the side of Brian Garrow he was defeated in five sets to the later tournament winners Pieter Aldrich and Danie Visser . In mixed he reached the round of 16 of the Australian Open , the French Open and Wimbledon .

Tournament victories

Legend
Grand Slam
Tennis Masters Cup
ATP Masters Series
ATP International Series Gold
ATP International Series (1)

Double

No. date competition Topping partner Final opponent Bottom line
1. 1990 BrazilBrazil Rio de Janeiro carpet United StatesUnited States Brian Garrow BrazilBrazil Nelson Aerts Fernando Roese
BrazilBrazil  		7: 5, 6: 3

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Salumaa, Sven
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH October 21, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Huntington , New York