Robert_Seguso

Robert Seguso
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Boca Raton, Florida
Born	May 1, 1963 (age 60); Minneapolis, Minnesota
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Turned pro	1983
Retired	1999
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 1,888,353
Singles
Career record	88–92
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 22 (March 9, 1987)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4R (1987)
French Open	3R (1986)
Wimbledon	4R (1985)
US Open	2R (1983, 1986, 1988)
Doubles
Career record	361–151
Career titles	29
Highest ranking	No. 1 (September 9, 1985)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	SF (1987)
French Open	W (1987)
Wimbledon	W (1987, 1988)
US Open	W (1985)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	F (1987, 1991)
Medal record
Men's tennis
Representing the United States
Olympic Games

Robert Seguso

American tennis player

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.

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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.

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

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

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

Robert_Seguso

Robert Seguso

Grand Slams finals

Doubles (4 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Career finals

Doubles (29 titles, 20 runner-ups)

Doubles performance timeline

References

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