Sammy Giammalva Jr. Explained

Sammy Giammalva Jr.
Birth Date:24 March 1963
Birth Place:Houston, Texas, United States
Height:1.78m (05.84feet)
College:University of Texas
Rice University
Turnedpro:1981
Retired:1990
Plays:Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:$754,113
Singlesrecord:161–164
Singlestitles:2
0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highestsinglesranking:No. 28 (21 October 1985)
Australianopenresult:QF (1982)
Frenchopenresult:2R (1986)
Wimbledonresult:4R (1985)
Usopenresult:3R (1980)
Othertournaments:yes
Wctfinalsresult:QF (1981)
Doublesrecord:155–138
Doublestitles:4
0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highestdoublesranking:No. 22 (29 October 1984)
Australianopendoublesresult:2R (1983, 1984)
Frenchopendoublesresult:1R (1986, 1987)
Wimbledondoublesresult:QF (1983)
Usopendoublesresult:3R (1983, 1988)
Frenchopenmixedresult:2R (1980)
Usopenmixedresult:2R (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.[1]

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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Napa, United StatesGrand PrixHard Scott Davis6–3, 5–7, 6–1
Loss1–1Houston, United StatesGrand PrixClay Guillermo Vilas2–6, 4–6
Win2–1Monterrey, MexicoGrand PrixCarpet Ben Testerman6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Loss2–2Hong Kong, Hong KongGrand PrixHard Wally Masur1–6, 1–6
Loss2–3Houston, United StatesGrand PrixClay Mark Dickson3–6, 2–6
Loss2–4Sydney, AustraliaGrand PrixGrass John Fitzgerald3–6, 3–6
Loss2–5Newport, United StatesGrand PrixGrass Dan Goldie7–6(7–5), 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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnetOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Atlanta, United StatesGrand PrixHard Tony Giammalva Fritz Buehning
Peter Fleming		4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss0–2Vienna, AustriaGrand PrixHard Fred McNair Steve Denton
Tim Wilkison		6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win1–2Bologna, ItalyGrand PrixCarpet Henri Leconte Tomáš Šmíd
Balázs Taróczy		7–6, 6–4
Win2–2Zurich, SwitzerlandGrand PrixCarpet Tom Gullikson Wojciech Fibak
John Fitzgerald		6–4, 6–2
Loss2–3Florence, ItalyGrand PrixClay Tony Giammalva Paolo Bertolucci
Adriano Panatta		6–7, 1–6
Loss2–4Zell Am See, AustriaGrand PrixClay Tony Giammalva Wojciech Fibak
Bruce Manson		7–6, 4–6, 4–6
Loss2–5Hong Kong, Hong KongGrand PrixHard Steve Meister Drew Gitlin
Craig Miller		2–6, 2–6
Loss2–6San Francisco, United StatesGrand PrixCarpet Mike De Palmer Peter Fleming
John McEnroe		3–6, 4–6
Win3–6Tokyo, Ja[an |Grand Prix |Carpet |{{flagicon|USA}} [[Tony Giammalva]]| Mark Edmondson
Sherwood Stewart|7–6, 6–4|-|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss|3–7||Fort Myers, United States|Grand Prix|Hard| David Pate| Ken Flach
Robert Seguso|6–3, 3–6, 3–6|-|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win|4–7||Newport, United States|Grand Prix|Grass| Peter Doohan| Paul Annacone
Christo van Rensburg|6–1, 6–3|-|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss|4–8||Tokyo, Japan|Grand Prix|Hard| Greg Holmes| Scott Davis
David Pate|6–7, 7–6, 3–6|-|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss|4–9||Livingston, United States|Grand Prix|Hard| Greg Holmes| Bob Green
Wally Masur|7–5, 4–6, 4–6|-|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss|4–10||Tokyo, Japan|Grand Prix|Carpet| Jim Grabb| Broderick Dyke
Tom Nijssen|3–6, 2–6|-|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss|4–11||Auckland, New Zealand|Grand Prix|Hard| Jim Grabb| Martin Davis
Tim Pawsat|3–6, 6–3, 4–6|-|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss|4–12||Livingston, United States|Grand Prix|Hard| Marc Flur| Grant Connell
Glenn Michibata|6–2, 4–6, 5–7|-|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss|4–13||Livingston, United States|Grand Prix|Hard| Kelly Evernden| Tim Pawsat
Tim Wilkison|5–7, 3–6|}

Performance timeline

Singles

Tournament1980198119821983198419851986198719881989SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAAQF2R1R2RAA2RA0 / 55–5
French Open1RAAA1RA2R1RAA0 / 41–4
WimbledonA1RA1RA4R3R2R3R1R0 / 78–7
US Open3R2RA3R1RA1R1R2RA0 / 75–7
style=text-align:leftWin–loss2–21–23–12–30–33–23–31–34–30–10 / 2319–23
ATP Masters Series
MiamiAAAAAAA1R1R2R0 / 31–3
Monte CarloA2RAAAAAAAA0 / 11–1
HamburgA2RAA1RAA2RAA0 / 32–3
RomeA1RAA1RAAAAA0 / 20–2
CanadaA1RA2RA2R2R1R2R2R0 / 75–7
CincinnatiAAA2R1RAAAAA0 / 21–2
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–02–40–02–20–31–11–11–31–22–20 / 1810–18

Doubles

Tournament198119821983198419851986198719881989SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAA2R2R1RAA1RA0 / 40–4
French OpenAAAAA1R1RAA0 / 20–2
WimbledonAAQFA2R2RA1R3R0 / 57–5
US Open2RA3R1RA1R1R3RA0 / 65–6
style=text-align:leftWin–loss1–10–05–30–21–21–30–22–32–10 / 1712–17
ATP Masters Series
Indian WellsAAAAAAAA1R0 / 10–1
MiamiAAAAAA2RQFbgcolor=yellowSF0 / 38–3
Hamburg1RAAAAAAAA0 / 10–1
Rome2RAAbgcolor=yellowSFAAAAA0 / 24–2
Canada2RA1RA2R1R2R1RQF0 / 74–7
CincinnatiAA2R1RAAAAA0 / 21–2
style=text-align:leftWin–loss2–30–01–23–21–10–12–23–25–30 / 1617–16

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Players | ATP Tour | Tennis.

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