Tom Gullikson

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Tom Gullikson
Country  United States
Born September 8, 1951 (1951-09-08) (age 60)
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight 170 lb (77 kg)
Retired 1987
Plays Left Handed
Career prize money $889,492
Singles
Career record 218-225
Career titles 1
Highest ranking 34 (1984)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open R3 (1983, 1984)
French Open R3 (1977)
Wimbledon R3 (1978, 1979)
US Open QF (1982)
Doubles
Career record 293-224
Career titles 15
Highest ranking 4 (1983)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open SF (1983)
French Open R3 (1977, 1978, 1979, 1980)
Wimbledon F (1983)
US Open SF (1982)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
US Open W (1984)

Tom Gullikson (born September 8, 1951, in La Crosse, Wisconsin) is a tennis coach and former professional tennis player from the United States.

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[edit] Career

During his career as a player, Tom won 16 top-level doubles titles – ten of them partnering with his now-deceased identical twin brother, Tim Gullikson. The brothers were runners-up in the men's doubles competition at Wimbledon in 1983. Tom also won the mixed doubles title at the US Open in 1984, with his teammate Manuela Maleeva.

Tom won one top-level singles title (at Newport in 1985). His career-high rankings were World No. 34 in singles and World No. 9 in doubles (both in 1984). He retired from the professional tour in 1987.

After retiring as a player, Tom became one of the original members of the United States Tennis Association Player Development Program, coaching players such as Todd Martin, Jennifer Capriati and Andy Roddick. He served as Director of Coaching for the program from 1997 to 2001.

Tom was the United States Davis Cup Captain from 1994 to 1999. He captained the teams that won the Davis Cup in 1995 and were runners-up in 1997.

In 1996, Tom was coach of the US men's Olympic tennis team, and guided Andre Agassi to winning the Olympic Gold Medal in Atlanta.

Gullikson resides or has resided in Palm Coast, Florida, according to his ATP.com profile page.

[edit] Grand Slam mixed doubles titles (1)

Year Championship Partner Opponents in final Score in final
1984 US Open Bulgaria Manuela Maleeva Australia Elizabeth Sayers
Australia John Fitzgerald[1]
2–6, 7–5, 6–4

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