Sammy Giammalva Jr.

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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.

Sammy Giammalva Jr.
Country (sports) United States
Born (1963-03-24) March 24, 1963 (age 61)
Houston, Texas, United States
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro1981
Retired1990
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeUniversity of Texas
Rice University
Prize money$754,113
Singles
Career record161–164
Career titles2
0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 28 (21 October 1985)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQF (1982)
French Open2R (1986)
Wimbledon4R (1985)
US Open3R (1980)
Other tournaments
WCT FinalsQF (1981)
Doubles
Career record155–138
Career titles4
0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 22 (29 October 1984)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (1983, 1984)
French Open1R (1986, 1987)
WimbledonQF (1983)
US Open3R (1983, 1988)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open2R (1980)
US Open2R (1988)

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.[1]

ATP career finals

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

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Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
Grand Prix Masters (0–0)
Grand Prix (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(7–5), 4–6, 4–6

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

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Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
Grand Prix Masters (0–0)
Grand Prix (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

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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

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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

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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%

References

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  1. ^ "Players | ATP Tour | Tennis".
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