Tony Giammalva | |
Birth Date: | 21 April 1958 |
Birth Place: | Houston, Texas, United States |
Retired: | 1985 |
Plays: | Right-handed |
Careerprizemoney: | $307,994 |
Singlesrecord: | 55–78 |
Singlestitles: | 0 |
Highestsinglesranking: | No. 70 (2 February 1981) |
Australianopenresult: | 2R (1983) |
Frenchopenresult: | 3R (1981) |
Wimbledonresult: | 3R (1981) |
Usopenresult: | 3R (1980) |
Doublesrecord: | 86–75 |
Doublestitles: | 4 |
Highestdoublesranking: | No. 32 (22 April 1985) |
Australianopendoublesresult: | QF (1982) |
Frenchopendoublesresult: | QF (1985) |
Wimbledondoublesresult: | 2R (1985) |
Usopendoublesresult: | 3R (1983) |
Tony Giammalva (born April 21, 1958) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.
During his career he won 4 doubles titles and achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 32 in 1985. His best singles ranking was reached in February 1981, at World No. 70.
Giammalva's father Sam played top-level tennis as well, participating on two Davis Cup winning teams for the United States. Tony's younger brother Sammy Jr. was also a touring pro.
Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
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Loss | 0–1 | 1980 | Hilversum, Netherlands | Clay | Buster Mottram | Tom Okker Balázs Taróczy | 5–7, 3–6, 6–7 | |
Loss | 0–2 | 1981 | Atlanta, U.S. | Hard | Sammy Giammalva Jr. | Fritz Buehning Peter Fleming | 4–6, 6–4, 3–6 | |
Loss | 0–3 | 198 | Frankfurt, West Germany | Carpet | Tim Mayotte | Steve Denton Mark Edmondson | 7–6, 3–6, 3–6 | |
Loss | 0–4 | 1982 | Florence, Italy | Clay | Sammy Giammalva Jr. | Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta | 6–7, 1–6 | |
Loss | 0–5 | 1982 | Zell Am See WCT, Austria | Clay | Sammy Giammalva Jr. | Wojciech Fibak Bruce Manson | 7–6, 4–6, 4–6 | |
Win | 1–5 | 1982 | Baltimore WCT, U.S. | Carpet | Anand Amritraj | Vijay Amritraj Fred Stolle | 7–5, 6–2 | |
Win | 2–5 | 1983 | Tampa, U.S. | Carpet | Steve Meister | Eric Fromm Drew Gitlin | 3–6, 6–1, 7–5 | |
Win | 3–5 | 1983 | Maui, U.S. | Hard | Steve Meister | Mike Bauer Scott Davis | 6–3, 5–7, 6–4 | |
Win | 4–5 | 1984 | Tokyo Indoor, U.S. | Carpet | Sammy Giammalva Jr. | Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart | 7–6, 6–4 |
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