Robert Arthur Seguso (born May 1, 1963) is a former professional
tennis
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player from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won four
Grand Slam men's doubles titles (two
Wimbledon, one
French Open
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and one
US Open). He also won the men's doubles gold medal at the 1988
Olympic Games
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in
Seoul
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, partnering
Ken Flach. Seguso reached the
world no. 1 doubles ranking in 1985. He won a total of 29 career doubles titles between 1984 and 1991.
Seguso played doubles with Flach on the U.S.
Davis Cup team from 1985 to 1991, compiling a 10–2 record. He was also a member of the U.S. team which won the
World Team Cup in 1985.
Before turning professional, Seguso played tennis for
Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, where he was an
NCAA Division II singles finalist in 1982 and Division I doubles finalist in 1983.
Seguso married the Canadian tennis player
Carling Bassett
Carling Kathrin Bassett-Seguso (born 9 October 1967) is a former Canadian professional tennis player. Bassett is the daughter of John F. Bassett and Susan Carling, and the granddaughter of media baron John Bassett and politician and brewery e ...
in 1987. The couple have five children – sons Holden John (born in 1988) and Ridley Jack (1991), and daughters Carling Junior (1992), Lennon Shy and Theodora.
Grand Slam men's doubles finals (6)
Wins (4)
Doubles titles (29)
Doubles performance timeline
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American male tennis players
American people of Italian descent
French Open champions
Olympic gold medalists for the United States in tennis
Sportspeople from Minneapolis
SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's tennis players
Tennis people from Minnesota
Tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
US Open (tennis) champions
Wimbledon champions
1963 births
Living people
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles
Sportspeople from Boca Raton, Florida
Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
ATP number 1 ranked doubles tennis players