Tom Nijssen
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Tom Nijssen (born 1 October 1964 in Maastricht) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.
A doubles specialist, he won two Grand Slam mixed doubles titles with Manon Bollegraf, the French Open in 1989 and the U.S. Open in 1991. They were runner-up at the Wimbledon mixed doubles tournament in 1993. In 1992 Nijssen and Helena Suková were the U.S. Open mixed doubles finalists.
Nijssen's highest ATP singles ranking was number 87 on 17 April 1989. He reached his best ATP doubles ranking on 11 May 1992 when he became no. 10.
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[edit] Doubles titles (11)
No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partnering | Opponent in the final | Score |
1. | 1987 | Tokyo Indoor, Japan | Carpet | Broderick Dyke | Sammy Giammalva Jr. Jim Grabb |
6–3, 6–2 |
2. | 1988 | Metz, France | Carpet | Jaroslav Navratil | Rill Baxter Nduka Odizor |
6–2, 6–7, 7–6 |
3. | 1988 | Toulouse, France | Hard (i) | Ricki Osterthun | Mansour Bahrami Guy Forget |
6–3, 6–4 |
4. | 1988 | Brussels, Belgium | Carpet | Wally Masur | John Fitzgerald Tomáš Šmíd |
7–5, 7–6 |
5. | 1991 | Toulouse, France | Hard (i) | Cyril Suk | Jeremy Bates Kevin Curren |
4–6, 6–3, 7–6 |
6. | 1991 | Lyon, France | Carpet | Cyril Suk | Steve DeVries David Macpherson |
7–6, 6–3 |
7. | 1992 | Stuttgart Indoor, Germany | Carpet | Cyril Suk | John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd |
6–3, 6–7, 6–3 |
8. | 1992 | Basel, Switzerland | Hard (i) | Cyril Suk | Karel Nováček David Rikl |
6–3, 6–4 |
9. | 1993 | Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany | Clay | Cyril Suk | Gary Muller Piet Norval |
7–6, 6–3 |
10. | 1994 | Oahu, U.S. | Hard | Cyril Suk | Alex O'Brien Jonathan Stark |
6–4, 6–4 |
11. | 1994 | Milan, Italy | Carpet | Cyril Suk | Hendrik Jan Davids Piet Norval |
4–6, 7–6, 7–6 |
[edit] Runner-ups (14)
[edit] See also
List of Grand Slam Mixed Doubles champions