Todd Witsken

Todd Witsken (November 4, 1963 – May 25, 1998) was an American tennis player.

Biography He was one of eight children born to Marilyn and Henry Witsken in Carmel, Indiana.

He specialized in playing doubles and began his professional career in 1985. He was a three-time all-American at the University of Southern California. His career-high rankings were world No. 43 in singles and No. 4 in doubles.

His biggest singles win was at the 1986 US Open, where he beat five-time US Open champion, Jimmy Connors, 6–2, 6–4, 7–5, in their third-round match. It was the first time since 1973 that Connors had failed to reach the US Open semifinals.

In 1989, Witsken lost to Greg Holmes 7–5, 4–6, 6–7(5), 6–4, 12–14, in the second round at Wimbledon, a match that was the longest men's singles match at Wimbledon, timed at 5 hours 28 minutes, until the record-breaking Isner-Mahut match in 2010.

He was known for using the MAD RAQ - an innovative, three-directionally-strung racket based on the weave of a snowshoe.

Witsken retired just before the 1993 US Open and died from brain cancer on May 25, 1998, at the age of 34.

ATP career finals Legend Grand Slam (0) ATP Masters Series (2) ATP International Series Gold (0) ATP Tour (10)

Doubles: 21 (12 wins, 9 losses) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1. Oct 1987 San Francisco, US Carpet (i) Glenn Layendecker Jim Grabb Patrick McEnroe 2–6, 6–0, 4–6Loss 2. Mar 1988 Indian Wells, US Hard Jorge Lozano Boris Becker Guy Forget 4–6, 4–6Loss 3. May 1988 Charleston, US Clay Jorge Lozano Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser 6–7(3–7), 3–6Win 1. May 1988 Forest Hills, US Clay Jorge Lozano Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser 6–3, 7–6Win 2. May 1988 Rome, Italy Clay Jorge Lozano Anders Järryd Tomáš Šmíd 6–3, 6–3Win 3. Jul 1988 Boston, US Clay Jorge Lozano Bruno Orešar Jaime Yzaga 6–2, 7–5Loss 4. Jul 1988 Washington, US Hard Jorge Lozano Rick Leach Jim Pugh 3–6, 7–6, 2–6Win 4. Jul 1988 Stratton Mountain, US Hard Jorge Lozano Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser 6–3, 7–6Loss 5. Nov 1988 Itaparica, Brazil Hard Jorge Lozano Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez 6–7(4–7), 6–7(4–7)Win 5. Apr 1989 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Carpet (i) Jorge Lozano Patrick McEnroe Tim Wilkison 2–6, 6–4, 6–4Win 6. Jul 1989 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Cássio Motta Petr Korda Milan Šrejber 6–4, 6–3Win 7. Aug 1989 Montreal, Canada Hard Kelly Evernden Charles Beckman Shelby Cannon 6–3, 6–3Win 8. Nov 1989 Stockholm, Sweden Carpet (i) Jorge Lozano Rick Leach Jim Pugh 6–3, 5–7, 6–3Loss 6. Nov 1989 Itaparica, Brazil Hard Jorge Lozano Rick Leach Jim Pugh 2–6, 6–7Loss 7. Jul 1990 Washington, USA Hard Jorge Lozano Grant Connell Glenn Michibata 3–6, 7–6, 2–6Loss 8. Oct 1990 Vienna, Austria Carpet (i) Jorge Lozano Udo Riglewski Michael Stich 4–6, 4–6Win 9. Apr 1991 Hong Kong, UK Hard Patrick Galbraith Glenn Michibata Robert Van't Hof 6–2, 6–4Win 10. May 1991 Munich, Germany Clay Patrick Galbraith Anders Järryd Danie Visser 7–5, 6–4Win 11. Jul 1991 Montreal, Canada Hard Patrick Galbraith Grant Connell Glenn Michibata 6–4, 3–6, 6–1Win 12. Mar 1992 Key Biscayne, US Hard Ken Flach Kent Kinnear Sven Salumaa 6–4, 6–3Loss 9. Jul 1992 Washington, USA Hard Ken Flach Bret Garnett Jared Palmer 2–6, 3–6

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. Feb 1990 San Francisco, US Hard (i) Andre Agassi 1–6, 3–6