Robert Seguso

Robert Arthur Seguso (born May 1, 1963) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won four Grand Slam men's doubles titles (two Wimbledon, one French Open and one US Open). He also won the men's doubles gold medal at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, partnering Ken Flach. Seguso reached the world no. 1 doubles ranking in 1985. He won a total of 29 career doubles titles between 1984 and 1991.

Seguso played doubles with Flach on the U.S. Davis Cup team from 1985 to 1991, compiling a 10–2 record. He was also a member of the U.S. team that won the World Team Cup in 1985.

Before turning professional, Seguso played tennis for Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, where he was an NCAA Division II singles finalist in 1982 and Division I doubles finalist in 1983.

Seguso married the Canadian tennis player Carling Bassett in 1987. The couple have five children – sons Holden John (born in 1988) and Ridley Jack (1991), and daughters Carling Junior (1992), Lennon Shy and Theodora.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (4 titles, 2 runner-ups) ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1985 U.S. Open Hard Ken Flach Henri Leconte Yannick Noah 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–1), 7–6(8–6), 6–0Win 1987 French Open Clay Anders Järryd Guy Forget Yannick Noah 6–7(5–7), 6–7(2–7), 6–3, 6–4, 6–2Win 1987 Wimbledon Grass Ken Flach Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez 3–6, 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–3), 6–1, 6–4Loss 1987 U.S. Open Hard Ken Flach Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd 6–7(1–7), 2–6, 6–4, 7–5, 6–7(2–7)Win 1988 Wimbledon (2) Grass Ken Flach John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd 6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–3)Loss 1989 U.S. Open (2) Hard Ken Flach John McEnroe Mark Woodforde 4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 3–6

Career finals Doubles (29 titles, 20 runner-ups) Legend Grand Slam (4–2) Olympic Gold (1–0) Tennis Masters Cup (1–2) ATP Masters Series (1–1) ATP Championship Series (1–1) ATP Tour (21–14) Titles by surface Hard (12–13) Clay (7–1) Grass (4–1) Carpet (6–5)

Doubles performance timeline