Sammy Giammalva Jr.

Sammy Giammalva Jr.

Born	(1963-03-24) March 24, 1963 Houston
Retired	1990
Plays	Right Handed
Singles
Career record	161–164
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	QF (1982)
French Open	R2 (1986)
Wimbledon	R4 (1985)
US Open	R3 (1980)
Doubles
Career record	156–139
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	R2 (1983, 1984,
French Open	R1 (1986, 1987)
Wimbledon	QF (1983)
US Open	R3 (1983, 1988)

Sammy Giammalva Jr. (born March 24, 1963, in Houston, Texas), is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

During his career he won 2 singles titles and 4 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 28 in 1985 and a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 22 in 1984.

Giammalva's father Sam played top-level amateur tennis and participated on two Davis Cup winning teams for the U.S. His older brother Tony was also a touring pro.

Giammalva left the Grand Prix tour in 1989 and enrolled in Rice University.

Grand Prix, WCT, and Grand Slam singles finals (7)

Titles (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1981	Napa, U.S.	Hard	Scott Davis	6–3, 5–7, 6–1
2.	1983	Monterrey, Mexico	Carpet	Ben Testerman	6–4, 3–6, 6–3

Runner-ups (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1981	Houston, U.S.	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	2–6, 4–6
2.	1983	Hong Kong	Hard	Wally Masur	1–6, 1–6
3.	1984	Houston WCT, U.S.	Clay	Mark Dickson	3–6, 2–6
4.	1984	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	John Fitzgerald	3–6, 3–6
5.	1987	Newport, U.S.	Grass	Dan Goldie	7–6, 4–6, 4–6

Grand Prix, WCT, and Grand Slam doubles finals (17)

Titles (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1981	Bologna, Italy	Carpet	Henri Leconte	Tomáš Šmíd Balázs Taróczy	7–6, 6–4
2.	1982	Zurich WCT, Switzerland	Carpet	Tom Gullikson	Wojtek Fibak John Fitzgerald	6–4, 6–2
3.	1984	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Tony Giammalva	Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart	7–6, 6–4
4.	1985	Newport, U.S.	Grass	Peter Doohan	Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg	6–1, 6–3

Runner-ups (13)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1981	Atlanta, U.S.	Hard	Tony Giammalva	Fritz Buehning Peter Fleming	4–6, 6–4, 3–6
2.	1981	Vienna, Vienna	Hard (i)	Fred McNair	Steve Denton Tim Wilkison	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
3.	1982	Florence, Italy	Clay	Tony Giammalva	Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta	6–7, 1–6
4.	1982	Zell Am See WCT, Austria	Clay	Tony Giammalva	Wojtek Fibak Bruce Manson	7–6, 4–6, 4–6
5.	1983	Hong Kong	Hard	Steve Meister	Drew Gitlin Craig Miller	2–6, 2–6
6.	1984	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Mike De Palmer	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	3–6, 4–6
7.	1985	Fort Myers, U.S.	Hard	David Pate	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–3, 3–6, 3–6
8.	1985	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Hard	Greg Holmes	Scott Davis David Pate	6–7, 7–6, 3–6
9.	1986	Livingston, U.S.	Hard	Greg Holmes	Bob Green Wally Masur	7–5, 4–6, 4–6
10.	1987	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Jim Grabb	Broderick Dyke Tom Nijssen	3–6, 2–6
11.	1988	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Jim Grabb	Martin Davis Tim Pawsat	3–6, 6–3, 4–6
12.	1988	Livingston, U.S.	Hard	Marc Flur	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	6–2, 4–6, 5–7
13.	1989	Livingston, U.S.	Hard	Kelly Evernden	Tim Pawsat Tim Wilkison	5–7, 3–6

External links

• Giammalva Jr., Sammy at the Association of Tennis Professionals