Sashi Menon

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Sashi Menon
Country (sports)Flag of India.svg India
Born (1952-08-09) 9 August 1952 (age 71)
Madras, India
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Turned pro1970
Retired1984
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Career record234–270 (46.4%) [1]
Career titles4 [1]
Highest rankingNo. 71 (21 October 1975)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 2R (1975, 1982)
French Open 2R (1976)
Wimbledon 2R (1976, 1980, 1982)
US Open 2R (1975, 1976, 1977)
Doubles
Career record124–170
Career titles3
Highest rankingNo. 81 (12 December 1976)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open QF (1975)
French Open 2R (1977)
Wimbledon 3R (1976)
US Open 2R (1977)

Sashi Menon (born 9 August 1952) is an Indian former professional tennis player. He was active from 1970 to 1984 and played over 700 hundred matches and won 4 career singles titles, [1] in addition he also won 3 doubles titles.

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Career

He played his first singles tournament in 1970 at the qualifiers for the Pacific Southwest Championships. [1] In 1971 he entered his first major tournament at the US Open where he lost in the first round to Željko Franulović. [1] In 1972 he was a quarter finalist at the Pennsylvania Lawn Tennis Championships where he lost to Mark Cox. [1]

In 1973 he reached his first senior tournament final at the Kona Kai Open in San Diego where he was beaten by John Andrews, [1] the same year he won his first title at the Charles Farrell Invitation played at the Racquet Club of Palm Springs against Larry Nagler, [1] and was a losing finalist at the Blue and Gray Championships in Montgomery, Alabama to Raz Reid, [2] [1]

In 1976 he reached the final of the Bangalore Open but lost to Kim Warwick. [1] In 1978 he reached the finals of the Tinton Falls Open in Trinton Falls, New Jersey and won the title against John Sadri. [1] His final singles title came in 1979 at the South Fulton Tennis Classic at College Park, Georgia that was part of the American Express Satellite Circuit that year. [1] He played his final singles event at the International Championships of Egypt in Cairo in 1984. [1]

Career finals

Singles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runners-up)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss1. [1] 1973Kona Kai OpenHard Flag of the United States.svg John Andrews 1–6, 5–7
Win1. [1] 1973Charles Farrell InvitationClay Flag of the United States.svg Larry Nagler 7–6, 7–5
Loss2. [1] 1973 Blue Gray Championships ? Flag of the United States.svg Raz Reid 3–6, 6–7
Win2. [1] 1974Washington ClassicHard Flag of the United States.svg Terry Moor 6–3, 6–2
Loss3. [1] 1976 Bangalore Open Clay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kim Warwick 1–6, 5–7
Win3. [1] 1978Tinton Falls OpenHard Flag of the United States.svg John Sadri 3–6, 7–5, 6–3
Win4. [1] 1979South Fulton Tennis ClassicHard Flag of the United States.svg Terry Moor 6–3, 6–2

Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runners-up)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1.1978 Mexico City WCT, MexicoHard Flag of the United States.svg Gene Mayer Flag of Mexico.svg Marcello Lara
Flag of Mexico.svg Raúl Ramírez 		6–3, 7–6
Win2.1978 Lagos, NigeriaClay Flag of the United States.svg George Hardie Flag of Rhodesia (1968-1979).svg Colin Dowdeswell
Flag of Germany.svg Jürgen Fassbender 		6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Loss1.1978 Guadalajara, MexicoClay Flag of the United States.svg Gene Mayer Flag of the United States.svg Sandy Mayer
Flag of the United States.svg Sherwood Stewart 		6–4, 6–7, 3–6
Win3.1978 Calcutta, IndiaClay Flag of the United States.svg Sherwood Stewart Flag of France.svg Gilles Moretton
Flag of France.svg Yannick Noah 		7–6, 6–4

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "Players:Menon, Sashi" . The Tennis Base. Madrid: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  2. ↑ "History". www.bluegraytennis.com. Blue Gray National Tennis Classic. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
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