Tom Nijssen

Tom Nijssen

Country (sports)	Netherlands
Residence	Amersfoort, Netherlands
Born	(1964-10-01) 1 October 1964 (age 60) Maastricht, Netherlands
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	1984
Retired	1995
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$1,474,432
Singles
Career record	45–84
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 87 (17 April 1989)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (1989)
French Open	1R (1986, 1987, 1989)
Wimbledon	2R (1989)
US Open	1R (1989)
Doubles
Career record	261–268
Career titles	11
Highest ranking	No. 10 (11 May 1992)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (1992, 1994)
French Open	QF (1991)
Wimbledon	QF (1994)
US Open	QF (1994)
Mixed doubles
Career titles	4
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	W (1989)
US Open	W (1991)

Tom Nijssen (born 1 October 1964) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands. He went pro in 1984 ^[1] and played at the ATP World Tour for 15 years. ^[2] Nijssen's highest ATP singles ranking was No. 87 on 17 April 1989. He reached his best doubles ranking on 11 May 1992 when he became world No. 10. ^[1] A doubles specialist, he won two Grand Slam mixed doubles titles with Manon Bollegraf, the French Open in 1989 and the US Open in 1991. They were runner-up at the Wimbledon mixed doubles tournament in 1993. In 1992 Nijssen and Helena Suková were the US Open mixed-doubles finalists.

Grand Slam finals

Mixed doubles: 3 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1989	French Open	Clay	Manon Bollegraf	Horacio de la Peña Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–3, 6–7(3–7), 6–2
Win	1991	US Open	Hard	Manon Bollegraf	Emilio Sánchez Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–2, 7–6(7–2)
Loss	1992	US Open	Hard	Helena Suková	Nicole Provis Mark Woodforde	6–4, 3–6, 3–6
Loss	1993	Wimbledon	Grass	Manon Bollegraf	Mark Woodforde Martina Navratilova	3–6, 4–6

Career finals

Doubles (11 titles, 14 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	1986	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Johan Vekemans	Miloslav Mečíř Tomáš Šmíd	4–6, 2–6
Loss	2.	1987	Athens, Greece	Clay	Jaroslav Navrátil	Tore Meinecke Ricki Osterthun	2–6, 6–3, 2–6
Loss	3.	1987	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Johan Vekemans	Wojtek Fibak Miloslav Mečíř	6–7, 7–5, 2–6
Win	1.	1987	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet (i)	Broderick Dyke	Sammy Giammalva, Jr. Jim Grabb	6–3, 6–2
Win	2.	1988	Metz, France	Carpet (i)	Jaroslav Navrátil	Rill Baxter Nduka Odizor	6–2, 6–7, 7–6
Win	3.	1988	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Ricki Osterthun	Mansour Bahrami Guy Forget	6–3, 6–4
Loss	4.	1988	Frankfurt, West Germany	Carpet (i)	Jeremy Bates	Rüdiger Haas Goran Ivanišević	6–1, 5–7, 3–6
Win	4.	1988	Brussels, Belgium	Carpet (i)	Wally Masur	John Fitzgerald Tomáš Šmíd	7–5, 7–6
Loss	5.	1990	Milan, Italy	Carpet (i)	Udo Riglewski	Omar Camporese Diego Nargiso	4–6, 4–6
Loss	6.	1990	Stuttgart Indoor, West Germany	Carpet (i)	Michael Mortensen	Jakob Hlasek Guy Forget	3–6, 2–6
Loss	7.	1991	Milan, Italy	Carpet (i)	Cyril Suk	Omar Camporese Goran Ivanišević	4–6, 6–7
Loss	8.	1991	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Cyril Suk	Paul Haarhuis Mark Koevermans	3–6, 3–6
Win	5.	1991	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Cyril Suk	Jeremy Bates Kevin Curren	4–6, 6–3, 7–6
Win	6.	1991	Lyon, France	Carpet (i)	Cyril Suk	Steve DeVries David Macpherson	7–6, 6–3
Loss	9.	1991	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet (i)	Cyril Suk	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	5–7, 2–6
Win	7.	1992	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Carpet (i)	Cyril Suk	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–3, 6–7, 6–3
Win	8.	1992	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Cyril Suk	Karel Nováček David Rikl	6–3, 6–4
Loss	10.	1992	Bolzano, Italy	Carpet (i)	Cyril Suk	Anders Järryd Bent-Ove Pedersen	1–6, 7–6, 3–6
Loss	11.	1993	Milan, Italy	Carpet (i)	Cyril Suk	Mark Kratzmann Wally Masur	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win	9.	1993	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Cyril Suk	Gary Muller Piet Norval	7–6, 6–3
Loss	12.	1993	Paris Indoor, France	Carpet (i)	Cyril Suk	Byron Black Jonathan Stark	6–4, 5–7, 2–6
Win	10.	1994	Oahu, U.S.	Hard	Cyril Suk	Alex O'Brien Jonathan Stark	6–4, 6–4
Win	11.	1994	Milan, Italy	Carpet (i)	Cyril Suk	Hendrik Jan Davids Piet Norval	4–6, 7–6, 7–6
Loss	13.	1996	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Greg Van Emburgh	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig	3–6, 2–6
Loss	14.	1998	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Jeff Tarango	Patrick Galbraith Brett Steven	4–6, 2–6

Doubles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Tournament	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	Career SR	Career win–loss
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	2R	3R	1R	1R	QF	2R	QF	1R	1R	3R	1R	0 / 11	12–11
French Open	A	A	2R	1R	2R	3R	1R	QF	2R	2R	3R	1R	1R	2R	A	0 / 12	13–12
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	3R	2R	2R	3R	1R	1R	QF	1R	3R	2R	1R	0 / 11	12–11
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	3R	3R	QF	2R	2R	1R	A	0 / 8	9–8
Grand Slam SR	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 2	0 / 42	N/A
Annual win–loss	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	4–3	5–4	2–3	5–4	6–4	4–4	11–4	1–4	3–4	4–4	0–2	N/A	46–42
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	These tournaments were not Masters Series events before 1990						A	A	1R	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 2	0–2
Miami							1R	1R	3R	2R	2R	2R	1R	1R	2R	0 / 9	2–9
Monte Carlo							A	1R	SF	1R	1R	SF	1R	A	A	0 / 6	5–6
Rome							1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	0 / 8	0–8
Hamburg							1R	QF	SF	1R	QF	1R	2R	A	A	0 / 7	5–7
Canada							A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Cincinnati							A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Stuttgart (Stockholm)							1R	F	QF	QF	2R	A	A	A	A	0 / 5	6–5
Paris							A	1R	QF	F	2R	A	A	A	A	0 / 4	6–4
Masters Series SR	N/A						0 / 4	0 / 6	0 / 7	0 / 6	0 / 6	0 / 4	0 / 5	0 / 2	0 / 1	0 / 41	N/A
Annual win–loss	N/A						0–4	5–6	8–7	5–6	1–6	4–4	1–5	0–2	0–1	N/A	24–41
Year-end ranking	430	82	97	44	34	84	53	23	18	25	28	74	79	96	313	N/A

See also

• List of Grand Slam Mixed Doubles champions

References

1. "Tom Nijssen" . Retrieved 15 October 2020.
2. "ATP Tour - Tom Nijssen" . Retrieved 15 October 2020.

External links

• Tom Nijssen at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Tom Nijssen at the International Tennis Federation
• Tom Nijssen at the Davis Cup