Robert Seguso

Robert Arthur Seguso (born May 1, 1963) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won four Grand Slam men's doubles titles (two Wimbledon, one French Open and one 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.

Robert Seguso

Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Boca Raton, Florida
Born	(1963-05-01) May 1, 1963 Minneapolis, Minnesota
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)[1]
Turned pro	1983
Retired	1999
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 1,888,353
Singles
Career record	88–92
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 22 (March 9, 1987)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	4R (1987)
French Open	3R (1986)
Wimbledon	4R (1985)
US Open	2R (1983, 1986, 1988)
Doubles
Career record	361–151
Career titles	29
Highest ranking	No. 1 (September 9, 1985)
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	F (1987, 1991)
Medal record Men's tennis Representing the  United States Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Men's doubles

Seguso played doubles with Flach on the U.S. Davis Cup team from 1985 to 1991, compiling a 10–2 record. He was also a member of the U.S. team which won the World Team Cup in 1985.

Before 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 five children – sons Holden John (born in 1988) and Ridley Jack (1991), and daughters Carling Junior (1992), Lennon Shy and Theodora.

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^(5–7), 7–6^(7–1), 7–6^(8–6), 6–0
Winner	1987	French Open	Anders Järryd	Guy Forget Yannick Noah	6–7^(5–7), 6–7^(2–7), 6–3, 6–4, 6–2
Winner	1987	Wimbledon	Ken Flach	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	3–6, 6–7^(6–8), 7–6^(7–3), 6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	1987	U.S. Open	Ken Flach	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	6–7^(1–7), 2–6, 6–4, 7–5, 6–7^(2–7)
Winner	1988	Wimbledon (2)	Ken Flach	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 7–6^(7–3)
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.	December 12, 1983	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet	Ken Flach	Wally Masur Kim Warwick	6–7, 4–6
Winner	1.	June 11, 1984	Rome, Italy	Clay	Ken Flach	John Alexander Mike Leach	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	July 16, 1984	Newport, United States	Grass	Ken Flach	David Graham Laurie Warder	4–6, 6–7
Winner	2.	July 23, 1984	Boston, United States	Clay	Ken Flach	Gary Donnelly Ernie Fernandez	6–4, 6–4
Winner	3.	August 13, 1984	Indianapolis, United States	Clay	Ken Flach	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	7–6, 7–5
Winner	4.	September 17, 1984	Los Angeles, United States	Hard	Ken Flach	Wojtek Fibak Sandy Mayer	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Winner	5.	October 29, 1984	Hong Kong	Hard	Ken Flach	Mark Edmondson Paul McNamee	6–7, 6–3, 7–5
Winner	6.	November 6, 1984	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet	Ken Flach	Drew Gitlin Hank Pfister	6–1, 6–7, 6–2
Winner	7.	January 6, 1985	Masters Doubles WCT, London	Carpet	Ken Flach	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–0
Runner-up	3.	February 25, 1985	La Quinta, United States	Hard	Ken Flach	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	6–3, 6–7, 3–6
Winner	8.	April 1, 1985	Fort Myers, United States	Hard	Ken Flach	Sammy Giammalva Jr. David Pate	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	April 8, 1985	Chicago, United States	Carpet	Ken Flach	Johan Kriek Yannick Noah	6–3, 6–4, 5–7, 1–6, 4–6
Winner	9.	May 13, 1985	Forest Hills, United States	Clay	Ken Flach	Givaldo Barbosa Ivan Kley	7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	5.	May 20, 1985	Rome, Italy	Clay	Ken Flach	Anders Järryd Mats Wilander	6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Winner	10.	June 17, 1985	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Ken Flach	Pat Cash John Fitzgerald	3–6, 6–3, 16–14
Winner	11.	July 29, 1985	Indianapolis, United States	Clay	Ken Flach	Pavel Složil Kim Warwick	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	6.	August 12, 1985	Stratton Mountain, United States	Hard	Ken Flach	Scott Davis David Pate	6–3, 6–7, 6–7
Winner	12.	August 19, 1985	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Ken Flach	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	5–7, 7–6, 6–3
Winner	13.	September 9, 1985	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Ken Flach	Henri Leconte Yannick Noah	6–7, 7–6, 7–6, 6–0
Winner	14.	October 28, 1985	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Ken Flach	Scott Davis David Pate	4–6, 6–3, 7–6
Winner	15.	February 10, 1986	Memphis, United States	Carpet	Ken Flach	Guy Forget Anders Järryd	6–4, 4–6, 7–6
Winner	16.	March 31, 1986	Chicago, United States	Carpet	Ken Flach	Eddie Edwards Francisco González	6–0, 7–5
Runner-up	7.	March 9, 1987	Miami, United States	Hard	Ken Flach	Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg	2–6, 4–6, 4–6
Winner	17.	June 8, 1987	French Open, Paris	Clay	Anders Järryd	Guy Forget Yannick Noah	6–7, 6–7, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2
Winner	18.	July 6, 1987	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Ken Flach	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	3–6, 6–7, 7–6, 6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	8.	July 20, 1987	Livingston, New Jersey, United States	Hard	Ken Flach	Gary Donnelly Greg Holmes	6–7, 3–6
Winner	19.	August 24, 1987	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Ken Flach	Steve Denton John Fitzgerald	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	9.	September 14, 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.	October 19, 1987	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Boris Becker	Darren Cahill Mark Kratzmann	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	11.	November 16, 1987	Wembley, England	Carpet	Ken Flach	Miloslav Mečíř Tomáš Šmíd	5–7, 4–6
Runner-up	12.	December 13, 1987	Masters Doubles, London	Carpet	Ken Flach	Miloslav Mečíř Tomáš Šmíd	4–6, 5–7, 7–6, 3–6
Runner-up	13.	March 28, 1988	Miami, United States	Hard	Ken Flach	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–7, 1–6, 5–7
Winner	20.	June 13, 1988	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Ken Flach	Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser	6–2, 7–6
Winner	21.	July 4, 1988	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Ken Flach	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 7–6
Runner-up	14.	August 2, 1988	Indianapolis, United States	Hard	Ken Flach	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	4–6, 3–6
Winner	22.	August 15, 1988	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Ken Flach	Andrew Castle Tim Wilkison	7–6, 6–3
Winner	23.	September 26, 1988	Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Ken Flach	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	6–3, 6–4, 6–7, 6–7, 9–7
Winner	24.	November 14, 1988	Wembley, England	Carpet	Ken Flach	Martin Davis Brad Drewett	7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	15.	November 21, 1988	Detroit, United States	Carpet	Ken Flach	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	4–6, 1–6
Winner	25.	April 24, 1989	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Hard	Ken Flach	Kevin Curren David Pate	7–6, 7–6
Winner	26.	August 21, 1989	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Ken Flach	Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	16.	September 11, 1989	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Ken Flach	John McEnroe Mark Woodforde	4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	17.	October 9, 1989	Orlando, United States	Hard	Ken Flach	Scott Davis Tim Pawsat	5–7, 7–5, 4–6
Runner-up	18.	March 25, 1991	Miami, United States	Hard	Ken Flach	Wayne Ferreira Piet Norval	7–5, 6–7, 2–6
Winner	27.	May 6, 1991	Tampa, United States	Clay	Ken Flach	David Pate Richey Reneberg	6–7, 6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	19.	July 22, 1991	Washington, D.C., United States	Hard	Ken Flach	Scott Davis David Pate	4–6, 2–6
Winner	28.	August 12, 1991	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Ken Flach	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	6–7, 6–4, 7–5
Winner	29.	August 19, 1991	Indianapolis, United States	Hard	Ken Flach	Kent Kinnear Sven Salumaa	7–6, 6–4
Runner-up	20.	November 24, 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

References

1. ATP - Players - Profile

External links

• Robert Seguso at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Robert Seguso at the International Tennis Federation
• Robert Seguso at the Davis Cup