Tom Gorman (tennis)

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Tom Gorman was born December 19, 1946 in Seattle, Washington. He attended Seattle Preparatory School on Capitol Hill. played professional and amateur tennis in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, and served successfully as Captain of the United States Davis Cup team.

He was ranked as high as No. 10 in the world on the ATP rankings (achieving that ranking on May 1, 1974).

Gorman won seven singles titles in his career, the biggest coming in 1975 at Cincinnati. He also won nine doubles titles, including Paris in 1971, the same year he reached the French Open doubles final.

Gorman reached the semifinal rounds in singles at Wimbledon (in 1971), the U.S. Open (in 1972) and the French Open (in 1973), and was a member of the winning U.S. Davis Cup team in 1972. As coach, he led the U.S. Davis Cup team to victory in 1990.

[edit] Career highlights

Career Singles Titles (7):

  • 1971--Columbus;
  • 1973--Stockholm, Vancouver WCT;
  • 1975--Cincinnati, Hong Kong;
  • 1976--Baltimore, Sacramento

Career Singles Finals (11):

  • 1968--Cincinnati;
  • 1972--London, Seattle;
  • 1974--Manchester, Miami WCT, Richmond-WCT, Rotterdam;
  • 1977--Hong Kong;
  • 1978--Baltimore, Taipei;
  • 1979--San Jose

Career Doubles Titles (9):

  • 1976--Sacramento;
  • 1974--Chicago, Washington;
  • 1973--Osaka, Seattle, Copenhagen WCT, Nottingham;
  • 1971--Paris, Stockholm Open

Career Doubles Finals (10):

  • 1978--Tokyo Indoor;
  • 1977--Taipei, San Jose;
  • 1976--Indianapolis WCT;
  • 1974--Columbus;
  • 1973--South Orange, Charlotte WCT, Vancouver WCT;
  • 1971--French Open;
  • 1970--Berkeley
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