Sammy Giammalva Jr. (born March 24, 1963) is a former professional
tennis
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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
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was also a touring pro.
Giammalva left the Grand Prix tour in 1989 and enrolled in
Rice University
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.
ATP career finals
Singles: 7 (2 titles, 5 runner-ups)
Doubles: 17 (4 titles, 13 runner-ups)
Performance timeline
Singles
Doubles
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American male tennis players
American people of Italian descent
Tennis players from Houston
Rice University alumni
1963 births
Living people