Sammy Giammalva Jr.

Sammy Giammalva Jr.

Country (sports)	United States
Born	(1963-03-24) March 24, 1963 Houston, Texas, United States
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	1981
Retired	1990
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
College	University of Texas Rice University
Prize money	$754,113
Singles
Career record	161–164
Career titles	2 0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 28 (21 October 1985)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	QF (1982)
French Open	2R (1986)
Wimbledon	4R (1985)
US Open	3R (1980)
Other tournaments
WCT Finals	QF (1981)
Doubles
Career record	155–138
Career titles	4 0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 22 (29 October 1984)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1983, 1984)
French Open	1R (1986, 1987)
Wimbledon	QF (1983)
US Open	3R (1983, 1988)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	2R (1980)
US Open	2R (1988)
Last updated on: 27 August 2022.

Sammy Giammalva Jr. (born March 24, 1963) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. During his career he won 2 singles titles and 4 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 28 in 1985 and a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 22 in 1984.

Giammalva's father Sam played top-level amateur tennis and participated on two Davis Cup winning teams for the U.S. His older brother Tony was also a touring pro.

Giammalva left the Grand Prix tour in 1989 and enrolled in Rice University.

ATP career finals

Singles: 7 (2 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0) ATP 500 Series (0–0) ATP 250 Series (2–5)

Finals by surface Hard (1–1) Clay (0–2) Grass (0–2) Carpet (1–0)

Finals by setting Outdoors (1–5) Indoors (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Mar 1981	Napa, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Scott Davis	6–3, 5–7, 6–1
Loss	1–1	Apr 1981	Houston, United States	Grand Prix	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	2–6, 4–6
Win	2–1	Mar 1983	Monterrey, Mexico	Grand Prix	Carpet	Ben Testerman	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	2–2	Oct 1983	Hong Kong, Hong Kong	Grand Prix	Hard	Wally Masur	1–6, 1–6
Loss	2–3	Apr 1984	Houston, United States	Grand Prix	Clay	Mark Dickson	3–6, 2–6
Loss	2–4	Dec 1984	Sydney, Australia	Grand Prix	Grass	John Fitzgerald	3–6, 3–6
Loss	2–5	Jul 1987	Newport, United States	Grand Prix	Grass	Dan Goldie	7–6, 4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 17 (4 titles, 13 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0) ATP 500 Series (0–0) ATP 250 Series (4–13)

Finals by surface Hard (0–9) Clay (0–2) Grass (1–0) Carpet (3–2)

Finals by setting Outdoors (1–10) Indoors (3–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partnet	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 1981	Atlanta, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Tony Giammalva	Fritz Buehning Peter Fleming	4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Oct 1981	Vienna, Austria	Grand Prix	Hard	Fred McNair	Steve Denton Tim Wilkison	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win	1–2	Nov 1981	Bologna, Italy	Grand Prix	Carpet	Henri Leconte	Tomáš Šmíd Balázs Taróczy	7–6, 6–4
Win	2–2	Mar 1982	Zurich, Switzerland	Grand Prix	Carpet	Tom Gullikson	Wojciech Fibak John Fitzgerald	6–4, 6–2
Loss	2–3	May 1982	Florence, Italy	Grand Prix	Clay	Tony Giammalva	Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta	6–7, 1–6
Loss	2–4	Aug 1982	Zell Am See, Austria	Grand Prix	Clay	Tony Giammalva	Wojciech Fibak Bruce Manson	7–6, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	2–5	Nov 1983	Hong Kong, Hong Kong	Grand Prix	Hard	Steve Meister	Drew Gitlin Craig Miller	2–6, 2–6
Loss	2–6	Sep 1984	San Francisco, United States	Grand Prix	Carpet	Mike De Palmer	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	3–6, 4–6
Win	3–6	Oct 1984	Tokyo, Ja[an	Grand Prix	Carpet	Tony Giammalva	Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart	7–6, 6–4
Loss	3–7	Apr 1985	Fort Myers, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	David Pate	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Win	4–7	Jul 1985	Newport, United States	Grand Prix	Grass	Peter Doohan	Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg	6–1, 6–3
Loss	4–8	Oct 1985	Tokyo, Japan	Grand Prix	Hard	Greg Holmes	Scott Davis David Pate	6–7, 7–6, 3–6
Loss	4–9	Jul 1986	Livingston, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Greg Holmes	Bob Green Wally Masur	7–5, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	4–10	Oct 1987	Tokyo, Japan	Grand Prix	Carpet	Jim Grabb	Broderick Dyke Tom Nijssen	3–6, 2–6
Loss	4–11	Jan 1988	Auckland, New Zealand	Grand Prix	Hard	Jim Grabb	Martin Davis Tim Pawsat	3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss	4–12	Aug 1988	Livingston, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Marc Flur	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	6–2, 4–6, 5–7
Loss	4–13	Aug 1989	Livingston, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Kelly Evernden	Tim Pawsat Tim Wilkison	5–7, 3–6

Performance timeline

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.

Singles

Tournament	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	QF	2R	1R	2R	A	A	2R	A	0 / 5	5–5	50%
French Open	1R	A	A	A	1R	A	2R	1R	A	A	0 / 4	1–4	20%
Wimbledon	A	1R	A	1R	A	4R	3R	2R	3R	1R	0 / 7	8–7	53%
US Open	3R	2R	A	3R	1R	A	1R	1R	2R	A	0 / 7	5–7	42%
Win–loss	2–2	1–2	3–1	2–3	0–3	3–2	3–3	1–3	4–3	0–1	0 / 23	19–23	45%
ATP Masters Series
Miami	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R	0 / 3	1–3	25%
Monte Carlo	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Hamburg	A	2R	A	A	1R	A	A	2R	A	A	0 / 3	2–3	40%
Rome	A	1R	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Canada	A	1R	A	2R	A	2R	2R	1R	2R	2R	0 / 7	5–7	42%
Cincinnati	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Win–loss	0–0	2–4	0–0	2–2	0–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–2	2–2	0 / 18	10–18	36%

Doubles

Tournament	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	2R	2R	1R	A	A	1R	A	0 / 4	0–4	0%
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Wimbledon	A	A	QF	A	2R	2R	A	1R	3R	0 / 5	7–5	58%
US Open	2R	A	3R	1R	A	1R	1R	3R	A	0 / 6	5–6	45%
Win–loss	1–1	0–0	5–3	0–2	1–2	1–3	0–2	2–3	2–1	0 / 17	12–17	41%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Miami	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	QF	SF	0 / 3	8–3	73%
Hamburg	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Rome	2R	A	A	SF	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	4–2	67%
Canada	2R	A	1R	A	2R	1R	2R	1R	QF	0 / 7	4–7	36%
Cincinnati	A	A	2R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Win–loss	2–3	0–0	1–2	3–2	1–1	0–1	2–2	3–2	5–3	0 / 16	17–16	52%

External links

• Sammy Giammalva Jr. at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Sammy Giammalva Jr. at the International Tennis Federation