ROBERT SEGUSO

'Robert Arthur Seguso' (born May 1, 1963 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won 4 Grand Slam men's doubles titles (2 Wimbledon, 1 French Open and 1 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 US Davis Cup team from 1985-91, compiling an 10-2 record. He was also a member of the US team which won the World Team Cup in 1985.
Prior to 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 a son named Holden John Seguso, who was born in 1988. They also have a son, Ridley Jack (1991) and daughter Carling Jr. (1992). He is operating a tennis academy with his wife Carling Bassett-Seguso, and Chris Evert.^[3]

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Doubles titles (29)

Runner-ups (20)

References

External links

Doubles titles (29)

'Legend' Grand Slam (4) Tennis Masters Cup (1) ATP Masters Series (1) Olympic Gold Medal (1) ATP Tour (22)

'Titles by Surface' Hard (12) Clay (7) Grass (4) Carpet (6)

'No.	'Date	'Tournament	'Surface	'Partnering	'Opponent in the final'	'Score
1.	11 June, 1984	Rome, Italy	Clay	Ken Flach	John Alexander Mike Leach	3-6, 6-3, 6-4
2.	23 July, 1984	Boston, USA	Clay	Ken Flach	Gary Donnelly Ernie Fernandez	4-6, 6-1, 6-3
3.	13 August, 1984	Indianapolis, USA	Clay	Ken Flach	Heinz Gunthardt Balazs Taroczy	6-2, 5-7, 7-5
4.	17 September, 1984	Los Angeles, USA	Hard	Ken Flach	Wojtek Fibak Sandy Mayer	7-5, 6-4
5.	29 October, 1984	Hong Kong	Hard	Ken Flach	Mark Edmondson Paul McNamee	6-7, 6-3, 7-5
6.	6 November, 1984	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet	Ken Flach	Drew Gitlin Hank Pfister	6-1, 6-7, 6-2
7.	6 January, 1985	Masters Doubles WCT, London	Carpet	Ken Flach	Heinz Gunthardt Balazs Taroczy	6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-0
8.	1 April, 1985	Fort Myers, USA	Hard	Ken Flach	Sammy Giammalva Jr. David Pate	3-6, 6-3, 6-3
9.	13 May, 1985	Forest Hills, USA	Clay	Ken Flach	Givaldo Barbosa Ivan Kley	7-5, 6-2
10.	17 June, 1985	London, England	Grass	Ken Flach	Pat Cash John Fitzgerald	3-6, 6-3, 16-14
11.	29 July, 1985	Indianapolis, USA	Clay	Ken Flach	Pavel Slozil Kim Warwick	6-3, 1-6, 6-3
12.	19 August, 1985	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Ken Flach	Stefan Edberg Anders Jarryd	6-4, 6-3
13.	9 September, 1985	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Ken Flach	Henri Leconte Yannick Noah	6-7, 7-6, 7-6, 6-0
14.	28 October, 1985	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Ken Flach	Scott Davis David Pate	4-6, 6-3, 7-6
15.	10 February, 1986	Memphis, USA	Carpet	Ken Flach	Guy Forget Anders Jarryd	2-6, 7-6, 7-6
16.	31 March, 1986	Chicago, USA	Carpet	Ken Flach	22x20px Eddie Edwards Francisco Gonzalez	6-0, 7-5
17.	8 June, 1987	French Open, Paris	Clay	Anders Jarryd	Guy Forget Yannick Noah	6-7, 6-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
18.	6 July, 1987	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Ken Flach	Sergio Casal Emilio Sanchez	3-6, 6-7, 7-6, 6-1, 6-4
19.	24 August, 1987	Cincinnati, USA	Hard	Ken Flach	Steve Denton John Fitzgerald	7-5, 6-3
20.	13 June, 1988	London, England	Grass	Ken Flach	22x20px Pieter Aldrich 22x20px Danie Visser	6-2, 7-6
21.	4 July, 1988	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Ken Flach	John Fitzgerald Anders Jarryd	6-4, 2-6, 6-4, 7-6
22.	15 August, 1988	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Ken Flach	Andrew Castle Tim Wilkison	7-5, 6-3
23.	26 September, 1988	Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Ken Flach	Sergio Casal Emilio Sanchez	6-3, 6-4, 6-7, 6-7, 9-7
24.	14 November, 1988	Wembley, England	Carpet	Ken Flach	Martin Davis Brad Drewett	7-5, 6-2
25.	24 April, 1989	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Hard	Ken Flach	Kevin Curren David Pate	6-4, 6-4
26.	21 August, 1989	Cincinnati, USA	Hard	Ken Flach	22x20px Pieter Aldrich 22x20px Danie Visser	6-4, 6-4
27.	6 May, 1991	Tampa, USA	Clay	Ken Flach	David Pate Richey Reneberg	6-7, 6-4, 6-1
28.	12 August, 1991	Cincinnati, USA	Hard	Ken Flach	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	6-3, 6-4
29.	19 August, 1991	Indianapolis, USA	Hard	Ken Flach	Kent Kinnear Sven Salumaa	6-4, 6-3

Runner-ups (20)

'No.	'Date	'Tournament	'Surface	'Partnering	'Opponent in the final'	'Score
1.	12 December, 1983	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet	Ken Flach	Wally Masur Kim Warwick	7-6, 6-4
2.	16 July, 1984	Newport, USA	Grass	Ken Flach	David Graham Laurie Warder	6-4, 7-6
3.	25 February, 1985	La Quinta, USA	Hard	Ken Flach	Heinz Gunthardt Balazs Taroczy	7-6, 7-5
4.	8 April, 1985	Chicago, USA	Carpet	Ken Flach	Johan Kriek Yannick Noah	3-6, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1, 6-4
5.	20 May, 1985	Rome, Italy	Clay	Ken Flach	Anders Jarryd Mats Wilander	4-6, 6-3, 6-2
6.	12 August, 1985	Stratton Mountain, USA	Hard	Ken Flach	Scott Davis David Pate	3-6, 7-6, 7-6
7.	9 March, 1987	Miami, USA	Hard	Ken Flach	Paul Annacone 22x20px Christo Van Rensburg	6-2, 6-4, 6-4
8.	20 July, 1987	Livingston, New Jersey, USA	Hard	Ken Flach	Gary Donnelly Greg Holmes	7-6, 6-3
9.	14 September, 1987	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Ken Flach	Stefan Edberg Anders Jarryd	7-6, 6-2, 4-6, 5-7, 7-6
10.	19 October, 1987	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Boris Becker	Darren Cahill Mark Kratzmann	6-3, 6-2
11.	16 November, 1987	Wembley, England	Carpet	Ken Flach	Miloslav Mecir Tomas Smid	7-5, 6-4
12.	13 December, 1987	Masters Doubles, London	Carpet	Ken Flach	Miloslav Mecir Tomas Smid	6-4, 7-5, 6-7, 6-3
13.	28 March, 1988	Miami, USA	Hard	Ken Flach	John Fitzgerald Anders Jarryd	7-6, 6-1, 7-5
14.	2 August, 1988	Indianapolis, USA	Hard	Ken Flach	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	4-6, 6-3, 6-4
15.	21 November, 1988	Detroit, USA	Carpet	Ken Flach	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	6-4, 6-1
16.	11 September, 1989	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Ken Flach	John McEnroe Mark Woodforde	6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
17.	9 October, 1989	Orlando, USA	Hard	Ken Flach	Scott Davis Tim Pawsat	7-5, 5-7, 6-4
18.	25 March, 1991	Miami, USA	Hard	Ken Flach	22x20px Wayne Ferreira 22x20px Piet Norval	6-0, 7-6
19.	22 July, 1991	Washington D.C., USA	Hard	Ken Flach	Scott Davis David Pate	7-6, 7-6
20.	24 November, 1991	Doubles Championships, Johannesburg	Hard (i)	Ken Flach	John Fitzgerald Anders Jarryd	6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4

References

1. [1]
2. ROBERT SEGUSO (USA)
3. http://www.vanderbilt.edu/News/news/may97/nr18.html

External links

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★ Davis Cup record