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Robert Seguso

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Robert Seguso
Country (sports) United States
ResidenceBoca Raton, Florida
Born (1963-05-01) May 1, 1963 (age 61)
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Height6 ft 3 in (191 cm)[1]
Turned pro1983
Retired1999
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 1,888,353
Singles
Career record88–92
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 22 (March 9, 1987)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open4R (1987)
French Open3R (1986)
Wimbledon4R (1985)
US Open2R (1983, 1986, 1988)
Doubles
Career record361–151
Career titles29
Highest rankingNo. 1 (September 9, 1985)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenSF (1987)
French OpenW (1987)
WimbledonW (1987, 1988)
US OpenW (1985)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsF (1987, 1991)
Medal record
Men's tennis
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul Men's doubles

Robert Arthur Seguso (born May 1, 1963) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won four Grand Slam men's doubles titles (two Wimbledon, one French Open and one US Open). He also won the men's doubles gold medal at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, partnering Ken Flach. Seguso reached the world no. 1 doubles ranking in 1985. He won a total of 29 career doubles titles between 1984 and 1991.

Seguso played doubles with Flach on the U.S. Davis Cup team from 1985 to 1991, compiling a 10–2 record. He was also a member of the U.S. team that won the World Team Cup in 1985.

Before turning professional, Seguso played tennis for Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, where he was an NCAA Division II singles finalist in 1982 and Division I doubles finalist in 1983.

Seguso married the Canadian tennis player Carling Bassett in 1987. The couple have five children – sons Holden John (born in 1988) and Ridley Jack (1991), and daughters Carling Junior (1992), Lennon Shy and Theodora.

Grand Slams finals

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Doubles (4 titles, 2 runner-ups)

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Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1985 U.S. Open Hard United States Ken Flach France Henri Leconte
France Yannick Noah
6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–1), 7–6(8–6), 6–0
Win 1987 French Open Clay Sweden Anders Järryd France Guy Forget
France Yannick Noah
6–7(5–7), 6–7(2–7), 6–3, 6–4, 6–2
Win 1987 Wimbledon Grass United States Ken Flach Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sánchez
3–6, 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–3), 6–1, 6–4
Loss 1987 U.S. Open Hard United States Ken Flach Sweden Stefan Edberg
Sweden Anders Järryd
6–7(1–7), 2–6, 6–4, 7–5, 6–7(2–7)
Win 1988 Wimbledon (2) Grass United States Ken Flach Australia John Fitzgerald
Sweden Anders Järryd
6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Loss 1989 U.S. Open (2) Hard United States Ken Flach United States John McEnroe
Australia Mark Woodforde
4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 3–6

Career finals

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Doubles (29 titles, 20 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam (4–2)
Olympic Gold (1–0)
Tennis Masters Cup (1–2)
ATP Masters Series (1–1)
ATP Championship Series (1–1)
ATP Tour (21–14)
Titles by surface
Hard (12–13)
Clay (7–1)
Grass (4–1)
Carpet (6–5)
Result No Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. Dec 1983 Taipei, Taiwan Carpet United States Ken Flach Australia Wally Masur
Australia Kim Warwick
6–7, 4–6
Win 1. Jun 1984 Rome, Italy Clay United States Ken Flach Australia John Alexander
United States Mike Leach
3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 2. Jul 1984 Newport, United States Grass United States Ken Flach Australia David Graham
Australia Laurie Warder
4–6, 6–7
Win 2. Jul 1984 Boston, United States Clay United States Ken Flach United States Gary Donnelly
Puerto Rico Ernie Fernandez
6–4, 6–4
Win 3. Aug 1984 Indianapolis, United States Clay United States Ken Flach Switzerland Heinz Günthardt
Hungary Balázs Taróczy
7–6, 7–5
Win 4. Sep 1984 Los Angeles, United States Hard United States Ken Flach Poland Wojtek Fibak
United States Sandy Mayer
4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win 5. Oct 1984 Hong Kong Hard United States Ken Flach Australia Mark Edmondson
Australia Paul McNamee
6–7, 6–3, 7–5
Win 6. Nov 1984 Taipei, Taiwan Carpet United States Ken Flach United States Drew Gitlin
United States Hank Pfister
6–1, 6–7, 6–2
Win 7. Jan 1985 Masters Doubles WCT, London Carpet United States Ken Flach Switzerland Heinz Günthardt
Hungary Balázs Taróczy
6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–0
Loss 3. Feb 1985 La Quinta, United States Hard United States Ken Flach Switzerland Heinz Günthardt
Hungary Balázs Taróczy
6–3, 6–7, 3–6
Win 8. Apr 1985 Fort Myers, United States Hard United States Ken Flach United States Sammy Giammalva Jr.
United States David Pate
3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss 4. Apr 1985 Chicago, United States Carpet United States Ken Flach United States Johan Kriek
France Yannick Noah
6–3, 6–4, 5–7, 1–6, 4–6
Win 9. May 1985 Forest Hills, United States Clay United States Ken Flach Brazil Givaldo Barbosa
Brazil Ivan Kley
7–5, 6–2
Loss 5. May 1985 Rome, Italy Clay United States Ken Flach Sweden Anders Järryd
Sweden Mats Wilander
6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Win 10. Jun 1985 London/Queen's Club, UK Grass United States Ken Flach Australia Pat Cash
Australia John Fitzgerald
3–6, 6–3, 16–14
Win 11. Jul 1985 Indianapolis, United States Clay United States Ken Flach Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil
Australia Kim Warwick
6–4, 6–4
Loss 6. Aug 1985 Stratton Mountain, United States Hard United States Ken Flach United States Scott Davis
United States David Pate
6–3, 6–7, 6–7
Win 12. Aug 1985 Montreal, Canada Hard United States Ken Flach Sweden Stefan Edberg
Sweden Anders Järryd
5–7, 7–6, 6–3
Win 13. Sep 1985 U.S. Open, New York Hard United States Ken Flach France Henri Leconte
France Yannick Noah
6–7, 7–6, 7–6, 6–0
Win 14. Oct 1985 Tokyo Indoor, Japan Carpet United States Ken Flach United States Scott Davis
United States David Pate
4–6, 6–3, 7–6
Win 15. Feb 1986 Memphis, United States Carpet United States Ken Flach France Guy Forget
Sweden Anders Järryd
6–4, 4–6, 7–6
Win 16. Mar 1986 Chicago, United States Carpet United States Ken Flach South Africa Eddie Edwards
Paraguay Francisco González
6–0, 7–5
Loss 7. Mar 1987 Miami, United States Hard United States Ken Flach United States Paul Annacone
South Africa Christo van Rensburg
2–6, 4–6, 4–6
Win 17. Jun 1987 French Open, Paris Clay Sweden Anders Järryd France Guy Forget
France Yannick Noah
6–7, 6–7, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2
Win 18. Jul 1987 Wimbledon, London Grass United States Ken Flach Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sánchez
3–6, 6–7, 7–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss 8. Jul 1987 Livingston, United States Hard United States Ken Flach United States Gary Donnelly
United States Greg Holmes
6–7, 3–6
Win 19. Aug 1987 Cincinnati, United States Hard United States Ken Flach United States Steve Denton
Australia John Fitzgerald
7–5, 6–3
Loss 9. Sep 1987 U.S. Open, New York Hard United States Ken Flach Sweden Stefan Edberg
Sweden Anders Järryd
6–7, 2–6, 6–4, 7–5, 6–7
Loss 10. Oct 1987 Sydney Indoor, Australia Hard (i) West Germany Boris Becker Australia Darren Cahill
Australia Mark Kratzmann
3–6, 2–6
Loss 11. Nov 1987 Wembley, UK Carpet United States Ken Flach Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
5–7, 4–6
Loss 12. Dec 1987 Masters Doubles, London Carpet United States Ken Flach Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
4–6, 5–7, 7–6, 3–6
Loss 13. Mar 1988 Miami, United States Hard United States Ken Flach Australia John Fitzgerald
Sweden Anders Järryd
6–7, 1–6, 5–7
Win 20. Jun 1988 London/Queen's Club, UK Grass United States Ken Flach South Africa Pieter Aldrich
South Africa Danie Visser
6–2, 7–6
Win 21. Jul 1988 Wimbledon, London Grass United States Ken Flach Australia John Fitzgerald
Sweden Anders Järryd
6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 7–6
Loss 14. Aug 1988 Indianapolis, United States Hard United States Ken Flach United States Rick Leach
United States Jim Pugh
4–6, 3–6
Win 22. Aug 1988 Toronto, Canada Hard United States Ken Flach United Kingdom Andrew Castle
United States Tim Wilkison
7–6, 6–3
Win 23. Sep 1988 Seoul, South Korea Hard United States Ken Flach Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sánchez
6–3, 6–4, 6–7, 6–7, 9–7
Win 24. Nov 1988 Wembley, UK Carpet United States Ken Flach United States Martin Davis
Australia Brad Drewett
7–5, 6–2
Loss 15. Nov 1988 Detroit, United States Carpet United States Ken Flach United States Rick Leach
United States Jim Pugh
4–6, 1–6
Win 25. Apr 1989 Tokyo Outdoor, Japan Hard United States Ken Flach United States Kevin Curren
United States David Pate
7–6, 7–6
Win 26. Aug 1989 Cincinnati, United States Hard United States Ken Flach South Africa Pieter Aldrich
South Africa Danie Visser
6–4, 6–4
Loss 16. Sep 1989 U.S. Open, New York Hard United States Ken Flach United States John McEnroe
Australia Mark Woodforde
4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 3–6
Loss 17. Oct 1989 Orlando, United States Hard United States Ken Flach United States Scott Davis
United States Tim Pawsat
5–7, 7–5, 4–6
Loss 18. Mar 1991 Miami, United States Hard United States Ken Flach South Africa Wayne Ferreira
South Africa Piet Norval
7–5, 6–7, 2–6
Win 27. Ma 1991 Tampa, United States Clay United States Ken Flach United States David Pate
United States Richey Reneberg
6–7, 6–4, 6–1
Loss 19. Jul 1991 Washington, D.C., United States Hard United States Ken Flach United States Scott Davis
United States David Pate
4–6, 2–6
Win 28. Aug 1991 Cincinnati, United States Hard United States Ken Flach Canada Grant Connell
Canada Glenn Michibata
6–7, 6–4, 7–5
Win 29. Aug 1991 Indianapolis, United States Hard United States Ken Flach United States Kent Kinnear
United States Sven Salumaa
7–6, 6–4
Loss 20. Nov 1991 Doubles Championships, Johannesburg Hard (i) United States Ken Flach Australia John Fitzgerald
Sweden Anders Järryd
4–6, 4–6, 6–2, 4–6

Doubles performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Tournament 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Career SR Career win–loss
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 3R 2R A NH SF A A A A A A A A A 0 / 3 8–3
French Open A 1R QF QF W QF A 2R 2R A A A 1R A 1 / 8 17–7
Wimbledon A 3R 1R QF W W SF QF 3R 1R A A 1R A 2 / 10 26–8
U.S. Open 3R 2R W A F SF F 3R SF A A A A A 1 / 8 29–6
Grand Slam SR 0 / 2 0 / 4 1 / 3 0 / 2 2 / 4 1 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 4 4 / 29 N/A
Annual win–loss 4–2 3–4 9–2 6–2 20–2 13–2 9–2 6–2 7–3 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 N/A 80–24
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells These Tournaments Were Not

Masters Series Events

Before 1990
A 2R 2R A A A A 0 / 2 1–2
Miami A F 2R A 1R A A 0 / 3 5–3
Monte Carlo A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Rome A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Hamburg A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Canada 1R SF 1R A A A A 0 / 3 3–3
Cincinnati 2R W A A A A A 1 / 2 6–1
Stuttgart (Stockholm) A 2R A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1
Paris A SF A A A A A 0 / 1 2–1
Masters Series SR N/A 0 / 3 1 / 6 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 12 N/A
Annual win–loss N/A 1–2 16–5 0–3 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 N/A 17–11
Year-end ranking 71 16 1 16 1 2 8 95 6 905 445 1170 507 1259 N/A

References

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