Dave Siegler

Dave Siegler
Full name David Jonathan Siegler
Country (sports)  United States
Born (1961-05-31) May 31, 1961
Burbank, California
Plays Right-handed
Singles
Career record 15–25
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 137 (December 26, 1979)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 2R (1979, 1981, 1982)
US Open 1R (1979)
Doubles
Career record 14–26
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 173 (January 3, 1983)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 2R (1980, 1982)

David Jonathan "Dave" Siegler (born May 31, 1961) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

Biography

Siegler, who grew up in California, made the boy's juniors final at the 1979 Wimbledon Championships, which he lost to India's Ramesh Krishnan.[1] He managed to qualify for the main draw of the 1979 US Open, but was unable to get past Keith Richardson in a first round match that went to five sets.

A valedictorian at Agoura High School, Siegler took up a full athletic scholarship to Stanford University in 1979 and the following year was a member of the Stanford team that won the NCAA Division One title.[2][3]

During the early 1980s, Siegler competed on the Grand Prix tennis circuit, with his best performance coming in Cleveland in 1981 when finished runner-up, after beating Stan Smith en route to the final.[4] He won two Challenger doubles titles, both with Robbie Venter.

In addition to his US Open appearance, Siegler made the main draw of three Australian Opens, in 1979, 1981 and 1982.[5][6][7]

He now works as a child neurologist in Tulsa, Oklahoma.[8]

Grand Prix career finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome No. Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 1981 Cleveland, U.S. Hard United States Gene Mayer 1-6, 4-6

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 1982 Metz, France Hard Australia Matt Doyle Australia David Carter
Australia Paul Kronk 		3-6, 6-7

Challenger titles

Doubles: (2)

No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
1. 1980 Royan, France Clay South Africa Robbie Venter Sweden Jan Gunnarsson
Sweden Stefan Svensson		 6-4, 6-4
2. 1980 Le Touquet, France Clay South Africa Robbie Venter Sweden Hans Simonsson
Sweden Tenny Svensson		 7-6, 4-6, 6-3

References

  1. ↑ Narayan, Shankar (November 27, 2014). "Forgotten Indian tennis legend - Ramesh Krishnan". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  2. ↑ Stoda, Greg (May 5, 1979). "Valedictorian graduates to big time". Star-News. p. 1C. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "Stanford wins tennis crown". Rome News-Tribune. May 23, 1980. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "Piatek captures first crown". Lakeland Ledger. August 17, 1981. p. 4D. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "Sporting details.". The Canberra Times (ACT: National Library of Australia). 26 December 1979. p. 28. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  6. ↑ "Sport". The Salina Journal (Salina, Kansas). December 27, 1981. p. 13.
  7. ↑ "Tennis Results, $450,000 Australian Men's Open Championships". United Press International. December 2, 1982. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  8. ↑ "About". Child Neurology of Tulsa. Retrieved 3 December 2015.

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