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 Flag of Australia Broderick Dyke Flag of the United States Sammy Giammalva Jr.
Flag of the United States Jim Grabb
6–3, 6–2
2. 1988 Metz, France Carpet Flag of the Czech Republic Jaroslav Navratil Flag of the United States Rill Baxter
Flag of Nigeria Nduka Odizor
6–2, 6–7, 7–6
3. 1988 Toulouse, France Hard (i) Flag of Germany Ricki Osterthun Flag of Iran Mansour Bahrami
Flag of France Guy Forget
6–3, 6–4
4. 1988 Brussels, Belgium Carpet Flag of Australia Wally Masur Flag of Australia John Fitzgerald
Flag of the Czech Republic Tomáš Šmíd
7–5, 7–6
5. 1991 Toulouse, France Hard (i) Flag of the Czech Republic Cyril Suk Flag of the United Kingdom Jeremy Bates
Flag of the United States Kevin Curren
4–6, 6–3, 7–6
6. 1991 Lyon, France Carpet Flag of the Czech Republic Cyril Suk Flag of the United States Steve DeVries
Flag of Australia David Macpherson
7–6, 6–3
7. 1992 Stuttgart Indoor, Germany Carpet Flag of the Czech Republic Cyril Suk Flag of Australia John Fitzgerald
Flag of Sweden Anders Järryd
6–3, 6–7, 6–3
8. 1992 Basel, Switzerland Hard (i) Flag of the Czech Republic Cyril Suk Flag of the Czech Republic Karel Nováček
Flag of the Czech Republic David Rikl
6–3, 6–4
9. 1993 Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany Clay Flag of the Czech Republic Cyril Suk Flag of South Africa Gary Muller
Flag of South Africa Piet Norval
7–6, 6–3
10. 1994 Oahu, U.S. Hard Flag of the Czech Republic Cyril Suk Flag of the United States Alex O'Brien
Flag of the United States Jonathan Stark
6–4, 6–4
11. 1994 Milan, Italy Carpet Flag of the Czech Republic Cyril Suk Flag of the Netherlands Hendrik Jan Davids
Flag of South Africa Piet Norval
4–6, 7–6, 7–6

[edit] Runner-ups (14)

No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponent in the final Score
1. 1986 Hilversum, Netherlands Clay Flag of the Netherlands Johan Vekemans Flag of the Czech Republic Miloslav Mečíř
Flag of the Czech Republic Tomáš Šmíd
6–4, 6–2
2. 1987 Athens, Greece Clay Flag of the Czech Republic Jaroslav Navratil Flag of Germany Tore Meinecke
Flag of Germany Ricki Osterthun
6–2, 3–6, 6–2
3. 1987 Hilversum, Netherlands Clay Flag of the Netherlands Johan Vekemans Flag of Poland Wojtek Fibak
Flag of the Czech Republic Miloslav Mečíř
7–6, 5–7, 6–2
4. 1988 Frankfurt, Germany Carpet Flag of the United Kingdom Jeremy Bates Flag of Germany Rudiger Haas
Flag of Yugoslavia Goran Ivanišević
1–6, 7–5, 6–3
5. 1990 Milan, Italy Carpet Flag of Germany Udo Riglewski Flag of Italy Omar Camporese
Flag of Italy Diego Nargiso
6–4, 6–4
6. 1990 Stuttgart Indoor, Germany Carpet Flag of Denmark Michael Mortensen Flag of Switzerland Jakob Hlasek
Flag of France Guy Forget
6–3, 6–2
7. 1991 Milan, Italy Carpet Flag of the Czech Republic Cyril Suk Flag of Italy Omar Camporese
Flag of Croatia Goran Ivanišević
6–4, 7–6
8. 1991 Estoril, Portugal Clay Flag of the Czech Republic Cyril Suk Flag of the Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
Flag of the Netherlands Mark Koevermans
6–3, 6–3
9. 1991 Stockholm, Sweden Carpet Flag of the Czech Republic Cyril Suk Flag of Australia John Fitzgerald
Flag of Sweden Anders Järryd
7–5, 6–2
10. 1992 Bolzano, Italy Carpet Flag of the Czech Republic Cyril Suk Flag of Sweden Anders Järryd
Flag of Norway Bent-Ove Pedersen
6–1, 6–7, 6–3
11. 1993 Milan, Italy Carpet Flag of the Czech Republic Cyril Suk Flag of Australia Mark Kratzmann
Flag of Australia Wally Masur
4–6, 6–3, 6–4
12. 1993 Paris Indoor, France Carpet Flag of the Czech Republic Cyril Suk Flag of the Czech Republic Miloslav Mečíř
Flag of the Czech Republic Tomáš Šmíd
4–6, 7–5, 6–2
13. 1996 Estoril, Portugal Clay Flag of the United States Greg Van Emburgh Flag of Spain Tomás Carbonell
Flag of Spain Francisco Roig
6–3, 6–2
14. 1998 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Flag of the United States Jeff Tarango Flag of the United States Patrick Galbraith
Flag of New Zealand Brett Steven
6–4, 6–2

[edit] See also

List of Grand Slam Mixed Doubles champions

[edit] External links