Tony Giammalva

Tony Giammalva
Country (sports)	United States
Born	April 21, 1958; Houston
Retired	1985
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$307,994
Singles
Career record	55–78
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 70 (2 February 1981)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (1983)
French Open	3R (1981)
Wimbledon	3R (1981)
US Open	3R (1980)
Doubles
Career record	86–75
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 32 (22 April 1985)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (1982)
French Open	QF (1985)
Wimbledon	2R (1985)
US Open	3R (1983)

Tony Giammalva (born April 21, 1958 in Houston, Texas) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

During his career he won 4 doubles titles and achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 32 in 1985. His best singles ranking was reached in February 1981, at World No. 70.

Giammalva's father Sam played top-level tennis as well, participating on two Davis Cup winning teams for the U.S. Tony's younger brother Sammy Jr. was also a touring pro.

Grand Prix, WCT, and Grand Slam doubles finals (9)

Wins (4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	1980	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Buster Mottram	Tom Okker Balázs Taróczy	5–7, 3–6, 6–7
Runner-up	2.	1981	Atlanta, U.S.	Hard	Sammy Giammalva Jr.	Fritz Buehning Peter Fleming	4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	198	Frankfurt, Germany	Carpet	Tim Mayotte	Steve Denton Mark Edmondson	7–6, 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	1982	Florence, Italy	Clay	Sammy Giammalva Jr.	Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta	6–7, 1–6
Runner-up	5.	1982	Zell Am See WCT, Austria	Clay	Sammy Giammalva Jr.	Wojtek Fibak Bruce Manson	7–6, 4–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	1982	Baltimore WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Anand Amritraj	Vijay Amritraj Fred Stolle	7–5, 6–2
Winner	2.	1983	Tampa, U.S.	Carpet	Steve Meister	Eric Fromm Drew Gitlin	3–6, 6–1, 7–5
Winner	3.	1983	Maui, U.S.	Hard	Steve Meister	Mike Bauer Scott Davis	6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Winner	4.	1984	Tokyo Indoor, U.S.	Carpet	Sammy Giammalva Jr.	Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart	7–6, 6–4

External links

Tony Giammalva at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Tony Giammalva at the International Tennis Federation

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