Tom Nijssen

Tom Nijssen (born 1 October 1964) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands. He went pro in 1984 and played at the ATP World Tour for 15 years. Nijssen's highest ATP singles ranking was No. 87 on 17 April 1989. He reached his best doubles ranking on 11 May 1992 when he became world No. 10. A doubles specialist, he won two Grand Slam mixed doubles titles with Manon Bollegraf, the French Open in 1989 and the US Open in 1991. They were runner-up at the Wimbledon mixed doubles tournament in 1993. In 1992 Nijssen and Helena Suková were the US Open mixed-doubles finalists.

Grand Slam finals

Mixed doubles: 3 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Career finals Doubles (11 titles, 14 runner-ups) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1. 1986 Hilversum, Netherlands Clay Johan Vekemans Miloslav Mečíř Tomáš Šmíd 4–6, 2–6Loss 2. 1987 Athens, Greece Clay Jaroslav Navrátil Tore Meinecke Ricki Osterthun 2–6, 6–3, 2–6Loss 3. 1987 Hilversum, Netherlands Clay Johan Vekemans Wojtek Fibak Miloslav Mečíř 6–7, 7–5, 2–6Win 1. 1987 Tokyo Indoor, Japan Carpet (i) Broderick Dyke Sammy Giammalva, Jr. Jim Grabb 6–3, 6–2Win 2. 1988 Metz, France Carpet (i) Jaroslav Navrátil Rill Baxter Nduka Odizor 6–2, 6–7, 7–6Win 3. 1988 Toulouse, France Hard (i) Ricki Osterthun Mansour Bahrami Guy Forget 6–3, 6–4Loss 4. 1988 Frankfurt, West Germany Carpet (i) Jeremy Bates Rüdiger Haas Goran Ivanišević 6–1, 5–7, 3–6Win 4. 1988 Brussels, Belgium Carpet (i) Wally Masur John Fitzgerald Tomáš Šmíd 7–5, 7–6Loss 5. 1990 Milan, Italy Carpet (i) Udo Riglewski Omar Camporese Diego Nargiso 4–6, 4–6Loss 6. 1990 Stuttgart Indoor, West Germany Carpet (i) Michael Mortensen Jakob Hlasek Guy Forget 3–6, 2–6Loss 7. 1991 Milan, Italy Carpet (i) Cyril Suk Omar Camporese Goran Ivanišević 4–6, 6–7Loss 8. 1991 Estoril, Portugal Clay Cyril Suk Paul Haarhuis Mark Koevermans 3–6, 3–6Win 5. 1991 Toulouse, France Hard (i) Cyril Suk Jeremy Bates Kevin Curren 4–6, 6–3, 7–6Win 6. 1991 Lyon, France Carpet (i) Cyril Suk Steve DeVries David Macpherson 7–6, 6–3Loss 9. 1991 Stockholm, Sweden Carpet (i) Cyril Suk John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd 5–7, 2–6Win 7. 1992 Stuttgart Indoor, Germany Carpet (i) Cyril Suk John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd 6–3, 6–7, 6–3Win 8. 1992 Basel, Switzerland Hard (i) Cyril Suk Karel Nováček David Rikl 6–3, 6–4Loss 10. 1992 Bolzano, Italy Carpet (i) Cyril Suk Anders Järryd Bent-Ove Pedersen 1–6, 7–6, 3–6Loss 11. 1993 Milan, Italy Carpet (i) Cyril Suk Mark Kratzmann Wally Masur 6–4, 3–6, 4–6Win 9. 1993 Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany Clay Cyril Suk Gary Muller Piet Norval 7–6, 6–3Loss 12. 1993 Paris Indoor, France Carpet (i) Cyril Suk Byron Black Jonathan Stark 6–4, 5–7, 2–6Win 10. 1994 Oahu, U.S. Hard Cyril Suk Alex O'Brien Jonathan Stark 6–4, 6–4Win 11. 1994 Milan, Italy Carpet (i) Cyril Suk Hendrik Jan Davids Piet Norval 4–6, 7–6, 7–6Loss 13. 1996 Estoril, Portugal Clay Greg Van Emburgh Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig 3–6, 2–6Loss 14. 1998 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Jeff Tarango Patrick Galbraith Brett Steven 4–6, 2–6

Doubles performance timeline