Sergio Casal

Sergio Casal
Full name	Sergio Casal Martínez
Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	Barcelona, Spain
Born	8 September 1962 (age 62); Barcelona, Spain
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	1981
Retired	1995
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$2,100,495
Singles
Career record	124–148
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 31 (11 November 1985)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	2R (1983, 1986, 1987)
Wimbledon	2R (1987)
US Open	3R (1986)
Doubles
Career record	500–255
Career titles	47
Highest ranking	No. 3 (25 February 1991)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1990, 1992, 1993, 1994)
French Open	W (1990)
Wimbledon	F (1987)
US Open	W (1988)
Medal record
Olympic Games

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.

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.^{[citation needed]}

Casal 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. He beat Boris Becker in a 1987 Davis Cup match.^[1] Casal was a member of the Spanish team which won the World Team Cup in 1992. He retired from the professional tour in 1995.^{[citation needed]}

In 2017, he received from the International Tennis Federation (ITF) its highest accolade, the Philippe Chatrier award, for his contributions to tennis.^[2]

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
Loss	1987	Wimbledon	Grass	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, West 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, West 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, West 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, West 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, West 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

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Tournament	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	Career SR	Career win–loss
Grand Slam tournaments
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