Robert Seguso

Robert Seguso

Country	United States
Residence	Boca Raton, Florida, United States
Born	May 1, 1963 (1963-05-01) Minneapolis, Minnesota
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.90 m)
Weight	180 lb (81 kg)
Turned pro	-
Retired	-
Plays	Right-handed
Career prize money	US$1,888,353
Singles
Career record	88–92
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	22
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	-
French Open	-
Wimbledon	-
US Open	-
Doubles
Career record	361–151
Career titles	29
Highest ranking	1
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	W (1985)
Olympic Games	Gold medal (1988)
Last updated on: 02:04, 21 January 2007 (GMT-05:00).

Olympic medal record
Men's Tennis
Gold	1988 Seoul	Doubles

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 three children – sons Holden John (born in 1988) and Ridley Jack (1991), and daughter Carling Junior (1992).

Seguso and his wife currently operate a tennis academy with Chris Evert.

Grand Slam men's doubles finals (6)

Wins (4)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
Winner	1985	U.S. Open	Ken Flach	Henri Leconte Yannick Noah	6–7, 7–6, 7–6, 6–0
Winner	1987	French Open	Anders Järryd	Guy Forget Yannick Noah	6–7, 6–7, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2
Winner	1987	Wimbledon	Ken Flach	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	3–6, 6–7, 7–6, 6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	1987	U.S. Open	Ken Flach	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	6–7, 2–6, 6–4, 7–5, 6–7
Winner	1988	Wimbledon (2)	Ken Flach	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 7–6
Runner-up	1989	U.S. Open (2)	Ken Flach	John McEnroe Mark Woodforde	4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 3–6

Doubles titles (29)

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)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	12 December 1983	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet	Ken Flach	Wally Masur Kim Warwick	6–7, 4–6
Winner	1.	11 June 1984	Rome, Italy	Clay	Ken Flach	John Alexander Mike Leach	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	16 July 1984	Newport, United States	Grass	Ken Flach	David Graham Laurie Warder	4–6, 6–7
Winner	2.	23 July 1984	Boston, United States	Clay	Ken Flach	Gary Donnelly Ernie Fernandez	6–4, 6–4
Winner	3.	13 August 1984	Indianapolis, United States	Clay	Ken Flach	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	7–6, 7–5
Winner	4.	17 September 1984	Los Angeles, United States	Hard	Ken Flach	Wojtek Fibak Sandy Mayer	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Winner	5.	29 October 1984	Hong Kong	Hard	Ken Flach	Mark Edmondson Paul McNamee	6–7, 6–3, 7–5
Winner	6.	6 November 1984	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet	Ken Flach	Drew Gitlin Hank Pfister	6–1, 6–7, 6–2
Winner	7.	6 January 1985	Masters Doubles WCT, London	Carpet	Ken Flach	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–0
Runner-up	3.	25 February 1985	La Quinta, United States	Hard	Ken Flach	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	6–3, 6–7, 3–6
Winner	8.	1 April 1985	Fort Myers, United States	Hard	Ken Flach	Sammy Giammalva Jr. David Pate	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	8 April 1985	Chicago, United States	Carpet	Ken Flach	Johan Kriek Yannick Noah	6–3, 6–4, 5–7, 1–6, 4–6
Winner	9.	13 May 1985	Forest Hills, United States	Clay	Ken Flach	Givaldo Barbosa Ivan Kley	7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	5.	20 May 1985	Rome, Italy	Clay	Ken Flach	Anders Järryd Mats Wilander	6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Winner	10.	17 June 1985	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Ken Flach	Pat Cash John Fitzgerald	3–6, 6–3, 16–14
Winner	11.	29 July 1985	Indianapolis, United States	Clay	Ken Flach	Pavel Složil Kim Warwick	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	6.	12 August 1985	Stratton Mountain, United States	Hard	Ken Flach	Scott Davis David Pate	6–3, 6–7, 6–7
Winner	12.	19 August 1985	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Ken Flach	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	5–7, 7–6, 6–3
Winner	13.	9 September 1985	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Ken Flach	Henri Leconte Yannick Noah	6–7, 7–6, 7–6, 6–0
Winner	14.	28 October 1985	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Ken Flach	Scott Davis David Pate	4–6, 6–3, 7–6
Winner	15.	10 February 1986	Memphis, United States	Carpet	Ken Flach	Guy Forget Anders Järryd	6–4, 4–6, 7–6
Winner	16.	31 March 1986	Chicago, United States	Carpet	Ken Flach	Eddie Edwards Francisco González	6–0, 7–5
Runner-up	7.	9 March 1987	Miami, United States	Hard	Ken Flach	Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg	2–6, 4–6, 4–6
Winner	17.	8 June 1987	French Open, Paris	Clay	Anders Järryd	Guy Forget Yannick Noah	6–7, 6–7, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2
Winner	18.	6 July 1987	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Ken Flach	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	3–6, 6–7, 7–6, 6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	8.	20 July 1987	Livingston, New Jersey, United States	Hard	Ken Flach	Gary Donnelly Greg Holmes	6–7, 3–6
Winner	19.	24 August 1987	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Ken Flach	Steve Denton John Fitzgerald	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	9.	14 September 1987	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Ken Flach	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	6–7, 2–6, 6–4, 7–5, 6–7
Runner-up	10.	19 October 1987	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Boris Becker	Darren Cahill Mark Kratzmann	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	11.	16 November 1987	Wembley, England	Carpet	Ken Flach	Miloslav Mečíř Tomáš Šmíd	5–7, 4–6
Runner-up	12.	13 December 1987	Masters Doubles, London	Carpet	Ken Flach	Miloslav Mečíř Tomáš Šmíd	4–6, 5–7, 7–6, 3–6
Runner-up	13.	28 March 1988	Miami, United States	Hard	Ken Flach	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–7, 1–6, 5–7
Winner	20.	13 June 1988	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Ken Flach	Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser	6–2, 7–6
Winner	21.	4 July 1988	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Ken Flach	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 7–6
Runner-up	14.	2 August 1988	Indianapolis, United States	Hard	Ken Flach	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	4–6, 3–6
Winner	22.	15 August 1988	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Ken Flach	Andrew Castle Tim Wilkison	7–6, 6–3
Winner	23.	26 September 1988	Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Ken Flach	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	6–3, 6–4, 6–7, 6–7, 9–7
Winner	24.	14 November 1988	Wembley, England	Carpet	Ken Flach	Martin Davis Brad Drewett	7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	15.	21 November 1988	Detroit, United States	Carpet	Ken Flach	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	4–6, 1–6
Winner	25.	24 April 1989	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Hard	Ken Flach	Kevin Curren David Pate	7–6, 7–6
Winner	26.	21 August 1989	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Ken Flach	Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	16.	11 September 1989	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Ken Flach	John McEnroe Mark Woodforde	4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	17.	9 October 1989	Orlando, United States	Hard	Ken Flach	Scott Davis Tim Pawsat	5–7, 7–5, 4–6
Runner-up	18.	25 March 1991	Miami, United States	Hard	Ken Flach	Wayne Ferreira Piet Norval	7–5, 6–7, 2–6
Winner	27.	6 May 1991	Tampa, United States	Clay	Ken Flach	David Pate Richey Reneberg	6–7, 6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	19.	22 July 1991	Washington, D.C., United States	Hard	Ken Flach	Scott Davis David Pate	4–6, 2–6
Winner	28.	12 August 1991	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Ken Flach	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	6–7, 6–4, 7–5
Winner	29.	19 August 1991	Indianapolis, United States	Hard	Ken Flach	Kent Kinnear Sven Salumaa	7–6, 6–4
Runner-up	20.	24 November 1991	Doubles Championships, Johannesburg	Hard (i)	Ken Flach	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	4–6, 4–6, 6–2, 4–6

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	Career SR	Career Win-Loss
Grand Slams
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

A = did not attend tournament
NH = tournament not held

External links

• Robert Seguso at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Davis Cup record