Tom Gorman (tennis)

Tom Gorman (born January 19, 1946) is a retired American tennis player.

Tom Gorman

Country (sports)	United States
Born	(1946-01-19) January 19, 1946 Seattle, United States
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Turned pro	1968 (amateur tour from 1966)
Retired	1981
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record	343–245
Career titles	7
Highest ranking	No. 8 (1973, World's Top 10)[1]
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (1970, 1977^Jan)
French Open	SF (1973)
Wimbledon	SF (1971)
US Open	SF (1972)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals	SF (1972)
Doubles
Career record	205–168
Career titles	9

Career

Gorman was ranked as high as world No. 8 (consensus) for the year 1973 and No. 10 on the ATP rankings (achieving that ranking on May 1 and June 3, 1974).[1][2]

Gorman won seven singles titles in his career, the biggest coming in 1975 at Cincinnati. He also won nine doubles titles, including Paris in 1971, the same year he reached the French Open doubles final with Stan Smith. Tom defeated Björn Borg to win the Stockholm Indoor event in 1973.

Tom reached the semifinal rounds in singles at Wimbledon (in 1971), the US Open (in 1972), and the French Open (in 1973); defeating Rod Laver, Jimmy Connors, and Jan Kodeš respectively. Gorman was a member of the winning U.S. Davis Cup team in 1972. As captain–coach, he led the U.S. Davis Cup team to victory in 1990 and 1992. Gorman holds the record for most match wins (18) by a U.S. Davis Cup captain and is the most current American to have won the Davis Cup as a player and a captain.

He was named coach of the Men's U.S Olympic Tennis teams in Seoul, South Korea and Barcelona, Spain. He guided the American doubles team of Ken Flach and Robert Seguso to a Gold Medal in the doubles competition in Seoul in 1988. In 2001, Tom and his partner Jaime Fillol of Chile won the Super Masters Seniors at the US Open.

Gorman received praise for his sportsmanship during his 1972 Masters semifinal against Stan Smith in Barcelona. He had injured his back during the course of match, but opened up a 7–6, 6–7, 7–5, 5–4 40–30 lead and held a match point. Knowing that if he were to win the match he would be in no condition to play in the final against Ilie Năstase, he told the umpire that he could not continue and retired. This allowed Smith to instead play in the final, where he was beaten by Năstase in five sets.

He attended Seattle Preparatory School and was the Washington State high school tennis champion three years in a row. Gorman attended and graduated from Seattle University and was a two time All-American. He played in professional tour events in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. For eight years, Gorman served as captain of the United States Davis Cup team, coaching some of America's greatest players and winning world championships in 1990 and '92. He oversaw American dream teams made up of tennis champions Andre Agassi, Michael Chang, Jim Courier, John McEnroe, and Pete Sampras, faced with the unenviable task of dealing with entourages and egos.[3][4]

In November 2008, Gorman was named Director of Tennis at La Quinta Resort & Club and PGA WEST(TM) which he, along with other top American players including Arthur Ashe, Stan Smith, and Charlie Pasarell, help found in La Quinta, California.[5] He retired from La Quinta in September 2015.

Gorman was appointed to the prestigious seven person International Tennis Federation Davis Cup Committee for a two-year term in 2012–14.

Family

Tom and his wife Danni have two grown daughters, Hailey and KellyAnn, and they make their home in Sun Valley, Idaho.

Career finals

Singles (7 titles, 11 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	1968	Cincinnati, U.S.	Clay	William Harris	6–3, 2–6, 2–6
Win	1.	1971	Columbus, U.S.	Clay	Jimmy Connors	6–7, 7–6, 4–6, 7–6, 6–3
Loss	2.	1972	Seattle, U.S.	Other	Ilie Năstase	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	3.	1972	London, England	Carpet (i)	Ilie Năstase	4–6, 3–6
Win	2.	1973	Vancouver WCT, Canada	Other	Jan Kodeš	3–6, 6–2, 7–5
Win	3.	1973	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Björn Borg	6–3, 4–6, 7–6^(7–5)
Loss	4.	1974	Richmond WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Ilie Năstase	2–6, 3–6
Loss	5.	1974	Miami WCT, U.S.	Hard	Cliff Drysdale	4–6, 5–7
Loss	6.	1974	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Tom Okker	6–4, 6–7, 1–6
Loss	7.	1974	Manchester, England	Grass	Vijay Amritraj	7–6, 2–6, 4–6
Win	4.	1975	Cincinnati, U.S.	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	7–5, 2–6, 6–4
Win	5.	1975	Hong Kong	Hard	Sandy Mayer	6–3, 6–1, 6–1
Win	6.	1976	Baltimore, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Ilie Năstase	7–5, 6–3
Win	7.	1976	Sacramento, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Bob Carmichael	6–2, 6–4
Loss	8.	1977	Hong Kong	Hard	Ken Rosewall	3–6, 7–5, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	9.	1978	Baltimore, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Cliff Drysdale	5–7, 3–6
Loss	10.	1978	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet (i)	Brian Teacher	3–6, 3–6, 3–6
Loss	11.	1979	San José, Costa Rica	Hard	Bernard Mitton	4–6, 4–6, 3–6

Doubles (9 titles, 10 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	1970	Berkeley, U.S.	Hard	Roy Barth	Bob Lutz Stan Smith	2–6, 5–7, 6–4, 2–6
Win	1.	1971	Paris, France	Clay	Stan Smith	Pierre Barthès François Jauffret	3–6, 7–5, 6–2
Loss	2.	1971	French Open, Paris	Clay	Stan Smith	Arthur Ashe Marty Riessen	6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 9–11
Win	2.	1971	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Stan Smith	Arthur Ashe Bob Lutz	6–3, 6–4
Win	3.	1973	Copenhagen WCT, Denmark	Carpet (i)	Erik van Dillen	Mark Cox Graham Stilwell	6–4, 6–4
Loss	3.	1973	Vancouver WCT, Canada	Other	Erik van Dillen	Pierre Barthès Roger Taylor	7–5, 3–6, 6–7
Loss	4.	1973	Charlotte WCT, U.S.	Clay	Erik van Dillen	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	6–7, 6–3, 3–6
Win	4.	1973	Nottingham, England	Grass	Erik van Dillen	Bob Carmichael Frew McMillan	6–4, 6–1
Loss	5.	1973	South Orange, U.S.	Hard	Pancho Gonzales	Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase	7–6, 3–6, 2–6
Win	5.	1973	Seattle, U.S.	Other	Tom Okker	Bob Carmichael Frew McMillan	2–6, 6–4, 7–6
Win	6.	1973	Osaka, Japan	Hard	Jeff Borowiak	Jun Kamiwazumi Ken Rosewall	6–4, 7–6
Win	7.	1974	Chicago, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Marty Riessen	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	4–6, 6–3, 7–5
Win	8.	1974	Washington, D.C., U.S.	Clay	Marty Riessen	Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol	7–5, 6–1
Loss	6.	1974	Columbus, U.S.	Hard	Bob Lutz	Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj	DEF
Loss	7.	1976	Indianapolis WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Vitas Gerulaitis	Bob Lutz Stan Smith	2–6, 4–6
Win	9.	1976	Sacramento, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Sherwood Stewart	Mike Cahill John Whitlinger	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	8.	1977	San Jose, U.S.	Hard	Geoff Masters	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	2–6, 3–6
Loss	9.	1977	Taipei, Taiwan	Hard	Steve Docherty	Pat DuPré Chris Delaney	6–7, 6–7
Loss	10.	1978	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet (i)	Pat DuPré	Ross Case Geoff Masters	3–6, 4–6

References

1. Eskenazi, David (2011)."Wayback Machine: Tom Gorman and the Cascades", SportspressNW, July 19, 2011.
2. ATP Player Profile: Tom Gorman - Rankings History, atpworldtour.com; accessed April 25, 2018.
3. SPORTS PEOPLE: TENNIS; Chang and Agassi On Davis Cup Team, New York Times, Friday, October 12, 1990
4. Ex-pro waves the flag for Davis Cup, Portland Tribune, November 20, 2007.
5. Tennis Champion Tom Gorman Returns to La Quinta Resort & Club and PGA WEST (TM) as Director of Tennis, reuters.com, November 10, 2008.

External links

• Tom Gorman at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Tom Gorman at the International Tennis Federation
• Tom Gorman at the Davis Cup