Sergio Casal

Sergio Casal Martínez (born 8 September 1962) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. During his career, he won three Grand Slam doubles titles, as well as the men's doubles Silver Medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Sergio Casal
Full nameSergio Casal Martinez
Country (sports) Spain
ResidenceBarcelona, Spain
Born (1962-09-08) 8 September 1962
Barcelona, Spain
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro1981
Retired1995
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$2,100,495
Singles
Career record122–146
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 31 (11 November 1985)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open2R (1983, 1986, 1987)
Wimbledon2R (1987)
US Open3R (1986)
Doubles
Career record500–255
Career titles47
Highest rankingNo. 3 (25 February 1991)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open2R (1990, 1992, 1993, 1994)
French OpenW (1990)
WimbledonF (1987)
US OpenW (1988)

Casal turned professional in 1981. He won his first top-level doubles title in 1983 at Aix-en-Provence. He captured a total of 47 men's doubles titles during his career. Partnering his fellow Spaniard Emilio Sánchez, he won the men's doubles titles at the US Open in 1988 and the French Open in 1990. The pair were also the men's doubles runners-up at Wimbledon in 1987 and won the Silver Medal for Spain at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul. Casal also won the US Open mixed doubles title in 1986, partnering Raffaella Reggi. Casal's career-high doubles ranking was World No. 3.

Casal also won one top-level singles title at Florence in 1985. He was a singles runner-up at Aix-en-Provence in 1983, and at the Paris Open in 1986. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 31.

Casal was a member of the Spanish team which won the World Team Cup in 1992.

He beat Boris Becker in a 1987 Davis Cup match.

Casal retired from the professional tour in 1995.

In 2017, he received from the International Tennis Federation (ITF) its highest accolade, the Philippe Chatrier award, for his contributions to tennis.[1]

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1988 US Open Hard Emilio Sánchez Rick Leach
Jim Pugh
walkover
Loss1987WimbledonGrass Emilio Sánchez Ken Flach
Robert Seguso
3–6, 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–3), 6–1, 6–4
Winner 1990 French Open Clay Emilio Sánchez Goran Ivanišević
Petr Korda
7–5, 6–3

Mixed doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1986 US Open Hard Raffaella Reggi Martina Navratilova
Peter Fleming
6–4, 6–4

Career finals

Doubles (47 wins, 26 losses)

Legend
Grand Slam (2)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (3)
ATP Championship Series (1)
ATP Tour (41)
Titles by Surface
Hard (7)
Clay (38)
Grass (0)
Carpet (2)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 16 May 1983 Aix-en-Provence, France Clay Iván Camus Henri Leconte
Gilles Moretton
6–2, 1–6, 2–6
Loss 2. 8 April 1985 Munich, Germany Clay Emilio Sánchez Mark Edmondson
Kim Warwick
6–4, 5–7, 5–7
Loss 3. 22 July 1985 Båstad, Sweden Clay Emilio Sánchez Stefan Edberg
Anders Järryd
0–6, 6–7
Win 1. 12 August 1985 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Emilio Sánchez Paolo Canè
Claudio Panatta
6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Loss 4. 16 September 1985 Palermo, Italy Clay Emilio Sánchez Colin Dowdeswell
Joakim Nyström
4–6, 7–6, 6–7
Win 2. 23 September 1985 Geneva, Switzerland Clay Emilio Sánchez Carlos Kirmayr
Cássio Motta
6–4, 4–6, 7–5
Win 3. 30 September 1985 Barcelona, Spain Clay Emilio Sánchez Jan Gunnarsson
Michael Mortensen
6–3, 6–3
Loss 5. 25 November 1985 Vienna, Austria Hard (i) Emilio Sánchez Mike De Palmer
Gary Donnelly
4–6, 3–6
Loss 6. 14 April 1986 Bari, Italy Clay Emilio Sánchez Gary Donnelly
Tomáš Šmíd
6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Win 4. 12 May 1986 Munich, Germany Clay Emilio Sánchez Broderick Dyke
Wally Masur
6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Win 5. 12 May 1986 Florence, Italy Clay Emilio Sánchez Mike De Palmer
Gary Donnelly
6–4, 7–6
Win 6. 14 July 1986 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Emilio Sánchez Stefan Edberg
Joakim Nyström
6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Win 7. 28 July 1986 Båstad, Sweden Clay Emilio Sánchez Craig Campbell
Joey Rive
6–4, 6–2
Win 8. 22 September 1986 Hamburg, Germany Clay Emilio Sánchez Boris Becker
Eric Jelen
6–4, 6–1
Win 9. 9 February 1987 Philadelphia, United States Carpet Emilio Sánchez Christo Steyn
Danie Visser
3–6, 6–1, 7–6
Loss 7. 16 February 1987 Memphis, United States Hard (i) Emilio Sánchez Anders Järryd
Jonas Svensson
4–6, 2–6
Loss 8. 6 April 1987 Milan, Italy Carpet Emilio Sánchez Boris Becker
Slobodan Živojinović
6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Win 10. 20 April 1987 Nice, France Clay Emilio Sánchez Claudio Mezzadri
Gianni Ocleppo
6–3, 6–3
Loss 9. 11 May 1987 Munich, Germany Clay Emilio Sánchez Jim Pugh
Blaine Willenborg
6–7, 6–4, 4–6
Win 11. 15 June 1987 Bologna, Italy Clay Emilio Sánchez Claudio Panatta
Blaine Willenborg
6–3, 6–2
Loss 10. 6 July 1987 Wimbledon, London Grass Emilio Sánchez Ken Flach
Robert Seguso
6–3, 7–6, 6–7, 1–6, 4–6
Win 12. 20 July 1987 Bordeaux, France Clay Emilio Sánchez Darren Cahill
Mark Woodforde
6–3, 6–3
Win 13. 10 August 1987 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Emilio Sánchez Miloslav Mečíř
Tomáš Šmíd
7–6, 7–6
Loss 11. 21 September 1987 Madrid, Spain Clay Emilio Sánchez Carlos di Laura
Javier Sánchez
3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss 12. 16 November 1987 São Paulo, Brazil Hard Tomás Carbonell Gilad Bloom
Javier Sánchez
3–6, 7–6, 4–6
Win 14. 23 November 1987 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Tomás Carbonell Jay Berger
Horacio de la Peña
W/O
Win 15. 30 November 1987 Itaparica, Brazil Hard Emilio Sánchez Jorge Lozano
Diego Pérez
6–2, 6–2
Win 16. 18 April 1988 Madrid, Spain Clay Emilio Sánchez Jason Stoltenberg
Todd Woodbridge
6–7, 7–6, 6–4
Win 17. 25 April 1988 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay Emilio Sánchez Henri Leconte
Ivan Lendl
6–1, 6–3
Win 18. 18 July 1988 Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany Clay Emilio Sánchez Anders Järryd
Michael Mortensen
4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 19. 1 August 1988 Hilversum, Netherlands Clay Emilio Sánchez Magnus Gustafsson
Guillermo Pérez Roldán
7–6, 6–3
Win 20. 8 August 1988 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Emilio Sánchez Joakim Nyström
Claudio Panatta
6–4, 7–5
Win 21. 12 September 1988 US Open, New York Hard Emilio Sánchez Rick Leach
Jim Pugh
W/O
Win 22. 19 September 1988 Barcelona, Spain Clay Emilio Sánchez Claudio Mezzadri
Diego Pérez
6–4, 6–3
Loss 13. 26 September 1988 Seoul Olympics, South Korea Hard Emilio Sánchez Ken Flach
Robert Seguso
3–6, 4–6, 7–6, 7–6, 7–9
Win 23. 28 November 1988 Itaparica, Brazil Hard Emilio Sánchez Jorge Lozano
Todd Witsken
7–6, 7–6
Loss 14. 11 December 1988 Masters Doubles, London Carpet Emilio Sánchez Rick Leach
Jim Pugh
4–6, 3–6, 6–2, 0–6
Win 24. 19 June 1989 Bologna, Italy Clay Javier Sánchez Vicario Tomas Nydahl
Jorgen Windahl
6–2, 6–3
Loss 15. 26 June 1989 Bari, Italy Clay Javier Sánchez Vicario Simone Colombo
Claudio Mezzadri
6–0, 3–6, 3–6
Loss 16. 25 September 1989 Barcelona, Spain Clay Tomáš Šmíd Gustavo Luza
Christian Miniussi
3–6, 3–6
Loss 17. 8 January 1990 Wellington, New Zealand Hard Emilio Sánchez Kelly Evernden
Nicolás Pereira
4–6, 6–7
Win 25. 9 April 1990 Estoril, Portugal Clay Emilio Sánchez Omar Camporese
Paolo Canè
7–5, 4–6, 7–5
Loss 18. 16 April 1990 Barcelona, Spain Clay Emilio Sánchez Andrés Gómez
Javier Sánchez
6–7, 5–7
Win 26. 21 May 1990 Rome, Italy Clay Emilio Sánchez Jim Courier
Martin Davis
7–6, 7–5
Win 27. 11 June 1990 French Open, Paris Clay Emilio Sánchez Goran Ivanišević
Petr Korda
7–5, 6–3
Win 28. 16 July 1990 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Emilio Sánchez Omar Camporese
Javier Sánchez
6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Win 29. 30 July 1990 Hilversum, Netherlands Clay Emilio Sánchez Paul Haarhuis
Mark Koevermans
7–5, 7–5
Win 30. 1 October 1990 Palermo, Italy Clay Emilio Sánchez Carlos Costa
Horacio de la Peña
6–3, 6–4
Win 31. 8 October 1990 Athens, Greece Clay Javier Sánchez Vicario Tom Kempers
Richard Krajicek
4–6, 7–6, 6–3
Loss 19. 25 November 1990 Tennis Masters Cup, Australia Hard Emilio Sánchez Guy Forget
Jakob Hlasek
4–6, 6–7, 7–5, 4–6
Win 32. 14 January 1991 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Emilio Sánchez Grant Connell
Glenn Michibata
4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 33. 25 February 1991 Stuttgart Indoor, Germany Carpet Emilio Sánchez Jeremy Bates
Nick Brown
6–3, 7–5
Win 34. 13 May 1991 Hamburg, Germany Clay Emilio Sánchez Cássio Motta
Danie Visser
4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win 35. 4 November 1991 Buzios, Brazil Hard Emilio Sánchez Javier Frana
Leonardo Lavalle
4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 36. 13 January 1992 Sydney Outdoor, Australia Hard Emilio Sánchez Scott Davis
Kelly Jones
3–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss 20. 10 February 1992 Milan, Italy Carpet Emilio Sánchez Neil Broad
David Macpherson
7–5, 5–7, 4–6
Win 37. 11 May 1992 Hamburg, Germany Clay Emilio Sánchez Carl-Uwe Steeb
Michael Stich
5–7, 6–4, 6–3
Win 38. 27 July 1992 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Emilio Sánchez Horacio de la Peña
Vojtěch Flégl
6–1, 6–2
Loss 21. 31 August 1992 Schenectady, United States Hard Emilio Sánchez Jacco Eltingh
Paul Haarhuis
3–6, 4–6
Win 39. 21 September 1992 Bordeaux, France Clay Emilio Sánchez Arnaud Boetsch
Guy Forget
6–1, 6–4
Loss 22. 12 April 1993 Barcelona, Spain Clay Emilio Sánchez Shelby Cannon
Scott Melville
6–7, 1–6
Win 40. 21 June 1993 Genova, Italy Clay Emilio Sánchez Mark Koevermans
Greg Van Emburgh
6–3, 7–6
Win 41. 4 October 1993 Palermo, Italy Clay Emilio Sánchez Juan Garat
Jorge Lozano
6–3, 6–3
Win 42. 18 October 1993 Tel Aviv, Israel Hard Emilio Sánchez Mike Bauer
David Rikl
6–4, 6–4
Win 43. 8 November 1993 São Paulo, Brazil Clay Emilio Sánchez Pablo Albano
Javier Frana
4–6, 7–6, 6–4
Loss 23. 15 November 1993 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Emilio Sánchez Tomás Carbonell
Carlos Costa
4–6, 4–6
Win 44. 11 July 1994 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Emilio Sánchez Menno Oosting
Daniel Vacek
7–6, 6–4
Loss 24. 8 August 1994 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Emilio Sánchez David Adams
Andrei Olhovskiy
7–6, 3–6, 5–7
Loss 25. 7 November 1994 Montevideo, Uruguay Clay Emilio Sánchez Marcelo Filippini
Luiz Mattar
6–7, 4–6
Win 45. 14 November 1994 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Emilio Sánchez Tomás Carbonell
Francisco Roig
6–3, 6–2
Win 46. 8 May 1995 Atlanta, United States Clay Emilio Sánchez Jared Palmer
Richey Reneberg
6–7, 6–3, 7–6
Loss 26. 22 May 1995 Coral Springs, United States Clay Emilio Sánchez Todd Woodbridge
Mark Woodforde
3–6, 1–6
Win 47. 6 November 1995 Montevideo, Uruguay Clay Emilio Sánchez Jiří Novák
David Rikl
2–6, 7–6, 7–6

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament1982198319841985198619871988198919901991199219931994199519961997Career SRCareer Win-Loss
Grand Slams
Australian Open A A A A NH A A A 2R 1R 2R 2R 2R A A A 0 / 5 4–5
French Open 1R 3R 1R 1R QF 2R A QF W 3R 1R QF QF 2R A A 1 / 13 24–12
Wimbledon A 2R A 1R QF F 2R A A A 1R 1R 1R A A A 0 / 8 10–8
US Open A A A A 1R SF W 2R 2R A QF 1R 2R SF A A 1 / 9 19–8
Grand Slam SR 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 3 1 / 2 0 / 2 1 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 2 / 35 N/A
Annual Win-Loss 0–1 3–2 0–1 0–2 6–3 10–3 6–1 4–2 8–2 2–2 4–4 4–4 5–4 5–2 0–0 0–0 N/A 57–33
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells These Tournaments Were Not

Masters Series Events

Before 1990
1R 2R 2R 2R 1R 1R A A 0 / 6 2–6
Miami QF QF 2R 3R 2R 2R A A 0 / 6 6–6
Monte Carlo 2R SF 2R SF SF 2R A A 0 / 6 9–6
Rome W QF 1R 2R 1R A A A 1 / 5 8–4
Hamburg A W W SF 2R A A A 2 / 4 13–2
Canada A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Cincinnati A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Stuttgart (Stockholm) 2R A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1
Paris 2R A 2R A A A A A 0 / 2 0–2
Masters Series SR N/A 1 / 6 1 / 5 1 / 6 0 / 5 0 / 5 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 3 / 30 N/A
Annual Win-Loss N/A 8–5 10–4 6–5 9–5 4–5 1–3 0–0 0–0 N/A 38–27
Year End Ranking 159 73 169 25 27 7 10 53 13 20 21 22 34 35 742 N/A

A = did not attend tournament
NH = tournament not held

References

  1. "Spanish duo given Philippe Chatrier Award at ITF World Champions Dinner". Inside the Games website. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
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