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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)

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.

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.

ATP career finals

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

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 United States Scott Davis 6–3, 5–7, 6–1
Loss 1–1 Apr 1981 Houston, United States Grand Prix Clay Argentina Guillermo Vilas 2–6, 4–6
Win 2–1 Mar 1983 Monterrey, Mexico Grand Prix Carpet United States Ben Testerman 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Loss 2–2 Oct 1983 Hong Kong, Hong Kong Grand Prix Hard Australia Wally Masur 1–6, 1–6
Loss 2–3 Apr 1984 Houston, United States Grand Prix Clay United States Mark Dickson 3–6, 2–6
Loss 2–4 Dec 1984 Sydney, Australia Grand Prix Grass Australia John Fitzgerald 3–6, 3–6
Loss 2–5 Jul 1987 Newport, United States Grand Prix Grass United States Dan Goldie 7–6, 4–6, 4–6

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

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 United States Tony Giammalva United States Fritz Buehning
United States Peter Fleming 		4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Oct 1981 Vienna, Austria Grand Prix Hard United States Fred McNair United States Steve Denton
United States Tim Wilkison 		6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win 1–2 Nov 1981 Bologna, Italy Grand Prix Carpet France Henri Leconte Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
Hungary Balázs Taróczy 		7–6, 6–4
Win 2–2 Mar 1982 Zurich, Switzerland Grand Prix Carpet United States Tom Gullikson Poland Wojciech Fibak
Australia John Fitzgerald 		6–4, 6–2
Loss 2–3 May 1982 Florence, Italy Grand Prix Clay United States Tony Giammalva Italy Paolo Bertolucci
Italy Adriano Panatta 		6–7, 1–6
Loss 2–4 Aug 1982 Zell Am See, Austria Grand Prix Clay United States Tony Giammalva Poland Wojciech Fibak
United States Bruce Manson 		7–6, 4–6, 4–6
Loss 2–5 Nov 1983 Hong Kong, Hong Kong Grand Prix Hard United States Steve Meister United States Drew Gitlin
Australia Craig Miller 		2–6, 2–6
Loss 2–6 Sep 1984 San Francisco, United States Grand Prix Carpet United States Mike De Palmer United States Peter Fleming
United States John McEnroe 		3–6, 4–6
Win 3–6 Oct 1984 Tokyo, Ja[an Grand Prix Carpet United States Tony Giammalva Australia Mark Edmondson
United States Sherwood Stewart 		7–6, 6–4
Loss 3–7 Apr 1985 Fort Myers, United States Grand Prix Hard United States David Pate United States Ken Flach
United States Robert Seguso 		6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Win 4–7 Jul 1985 Newport, United States Grand Prix Grass Australia Peter Doohan United States Paul Annacone
South Africa Christo van Rensburg 		6–1, 6–3
Loss 4–8 Oct 1985 Tokyo, Japan Grand Prix Hard United States Greg Holmes Australia Scott Davis
United States David Pate 		6–7, 7–6, 3–6
Loss 4–9 Jul 1986 Livingston, United States Grand Prix Hard United States Greg Holmes United States Bob Green
Australia Wally Masur 		7–5, 4–6, 4–6
Loss 4–10 Oct 1987 Tokyo, Japan Grand Prix Carpet United States Jim Grabb Australia Broderick Dyke
Netherlands Tom Nijssen 		3–6, 2–6
Loss 4–11 Jan 1988 Auckland, New Zealand Grand Prix Hard United States Jim Grabb United States Martin Davis
United States Tim Pawsat 		3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss 4–12 Aug 1988 Livingston, United States Grand Prix Hard United States Marc Flur Canada Grant Connell
Canada Glenn Michibata 		6–2, 4–6, 5–7
Loss 4–13 Aug 1989 Livingston, United States Grand Prix Hard New Zealand Kelly Evernden United States Tim Pawsat
United States Tim Wilkison 		5–7, 3–6

Performance timeline

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

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

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

  1. "Players | ATP Tour | Tennis".

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