Todd Witsken
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Born | Indianapolis, Indiana | November 4, 1963
Died | May 25, 1998 Zionsville, Indiana | (aged 34)
Turned pro | 1985 |
Retired | 1993 |
Plays | Right-handed (1-handed backhand) |
College | University of Southern California |
Prize money | $1,420,910 |
Singles | |
Career record | 115–135 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 43 (November 13, 1989) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | QF (1988) |
French Open | 2R (1988, 1989) |
Wimbledon | 2R (1986, 1989) |
US Open | 4R (1986) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 222–148 |
Career titles | 12 |
Highest ranking | No. 4 (August 29, 1988) |
Todd Witsken (November 4, 1963 – May 25, 1998) was an American tennis player. He specialized in playing doubles and began his professional career in 1985. He was a three-time all-American at the University of Southern California. His career-high rankings were World No. 43 in singles and No. 4 in doubles.[1] Witsken retired just before the 1993 US Open and died from brain cancer on May 25, 1998, at the age of 34.[1]
Witsken's biggest singles win was at the 1986 US Open, where he beat 5-time US Open champion, Jimmy Connors, 6–2, 6–4, 7–5, in their third round match. It was the first time since 1973 that Connors had failed to reach the US Open semi finals.
In 1989 he lost to Greg Holmes 5–7, 6–4, 7–6(5), 4–6, 14–12 in the second round at Wimbledon, a match that was the longest Men's singles match at Wimbledon, timed at 5 hours 28 minutes, until the epic Isner-Mahut match in 2010.
He was one of eight children born to Marilyn and Henry Witsken. His hometown was Carmel, Indiana, where he left behind four children.
ATP Tour finals
Legend |
Grand Slam (0) |
Tennis Masters Cup (0) |
ATP Masters Series (2) |
ATP International Series Gold (0) |
ATP Tour (10) |
Doubles (12 titles, 9 runner-ups)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | October 4, 1987 | San Francisco, USA | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
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2–6, 6–0, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | March 6, 1988 | Indian Wells, USA | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | May 1, 1988 | Charleston, USA | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7, 3–6 |
Winner | 1. | May 8, 1988 | Forest Hills, USA | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 7–6 |
Winner | 2. | May 15, 1988 | Rome, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–3 |
Winner | 3. | July 10, 1988 | Boston, USA | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 4. | July 24, 1988 | Washington, USA | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 7–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 4. | July 31, 1988 | Stratton Mountain, USA | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 7–6 |
Runner-up | 5. | November 27, 1988 | Itaparica, Brazil | Hard | ![]() |
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6–7, 6–7 |
Winner | 5. | April 16, 1989 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
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2–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
Winner | 6. | July 16, 1989 | Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–3 |
Winner | 7. | August 20, 1989 | Montreal, Canada | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–3 |
Winner | 8. | November 12, 1989 | Stockholm, Sweden | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
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6–3, 5–7, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 6. | November 26, 1989 | Itaparica, Brazil | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 6–7 |
Runner-up | 7. | July 22, 1990 | Washington, USA | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 7–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 8. | October 21, 1990 | Vienna, Austria | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
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4–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 9. | April 7, 1991 | Hong Kong | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–4 |
Winner | 10. | May 5, 1991 | Munich, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–4 |
Winner | 11. | July 28, 1991 | Montreal, Canada | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 3–6, 6–1 |
Winner | 12. | March 22, 1992 | Key Biscayne, USA | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 9. | July 19, 1992 | Washington, USA | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 3–6 |
Singles finals (1)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | February 11, 1990 | San Francisco, USA | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
1–6, 3–6 |
References
- ^ a b "Todd Witsken, 34, Champion in Tennis Doubles". New York Times. May 27, 1998. Retrieved March 21, 2008.
External links
- Todd Witsken at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- {{ITF profile}} template using deprecated numeric ID.