| Sashi Menon | |
| Birth Date: | 9 August 1952 |
| Birth Place: | Madras, India |
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in |
| Plays: | Right-handed |
| Turnedpro: | 1970 |
| Retired: | 1984 |
| Singlesrecord: | [1] |
| Singlestitles: | 4 |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 71 (21 October 1975) |
| Australianopenresult: | 2R (1975, 1982) |
| Frenchopenresult: | 2R (1976) |
| Wimbledonresult: | 2R (1976, 1980, 1982) |
| Usopenresult: | 2R (1975, 1976, 1977) |
| Doublesrecord: | 124–170 |
| Doublestitles: | 3 |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 81 (12 December 1976) |
| Australianopendoublesresult: | QF (1975) |
| Frenchopendoublesresult: | 2R (1977) |
| Wimbledondoublesresult: | 3R (1976) |
| Usopendoublesresult: | 2R (1977) |
Sashi Menon (born 9 August 1952) is an Indian former professional tennis player. He was active from 1970 to 1984 and played over 700 hundred matches and won 4 career singles titles,[1] in addition he also won 3 doubles titles.
He played his first singles tournament in 1970 at the qualifiers for the Pacific Southwest Championships.[1] In 1971 he entered his first major tournament at the US Open where he lost in the first round to Željko Franulović.[1] In 1972 he was a quarter finalist at the Pennsylvania Lawn Tennis Championships where he lost to Mark Cox.[1]
In 1973 he reached his first senior tournament final at the Kona Kai Open in San Diego where he was beaten by John Andrews,[1] the same year he won his first title at the Charles Farrell Invitation played at the Racquet Club of Palm Springs against Larry Nagler,[1] and was a losing finalist at the Blue and Gray Championships in Montgomery, Alabama to Raz Reid,[2] [1]
In 1976 he reached the final of the Bangalore Open but lost to Kim Warwick.[1] In 1978 he reached the finals of the Tinton Falls Open in Trinton Falls, New Jersey and won the title against John Sadri.[1] His final singles title came in 1979 at the South Fulton Tennis Classic at College Park, Georgia that was part of the American Express Satellite Circuit that year.[1] He played his final singles event at the International Championships of Egypt in Cairo in 1984.[1]
| Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 1. | 1973 | Kona Kai Open | Hard |  John Andrews | 1–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 1. | 1973 | Charles Farrell Invitation | Clay | Larry Nagler | 7–6, 7–5 |
| Loss | 2. | 1973 | ? | Raz Reid | 3–6, 6–7 | |
| Win | 2. | 1974 | Washington Classic | Hard | Terry Moor | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 3. | 1976 | Clay |  Kim Warwick | 1–6, 5–7 | |
| Win | 3. | 1978 | Tinton Falls Open | Hard | John Sadri | 3–6, 7–5, 6–3 |
| Win | 4. | 1979 | South Fulton Tennis Classic | Hard | Terry Moor | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1. | 1978 | Mexico City WCT, Mexico | Hard | Gene Mayer |  Marcello Lara Raúl Ramírez | 6–3, 7–6 | |
| Win | 2. | 1978 | Lagos, Nigeria | Clay | George Hardie | Colin Dowdeswell Jürgen Fassbender | 6–3, 3–6, 7–5 | |
| Loss | 1. | 1978 | Guadalajara, Mexico | Clay | Gene Mayer | Sandy Mayer Sherwood Stewart | 6–4, 6–7, 3–6 | |
| Win | 3. | 1978 | Calcutta, India | Clay | Sherwood Stewart |  Gilles Moretton Yannick Noah | 7–6, 6–4 |