Sergio Casal

Sergio Casal

Full name	Sergio Casal Martinez
Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	Barcelona, Spain
Born	8 September 1962 Barcelona, Spain
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	1981
Retired	1995
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$2,107,745
Singles
Career record	122–146
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 31 (11 November 1985)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open	2R (1983, 1986, 1987)
Wimbledon	2R (1987)
US Open	3R (1986)
Doubles
Career record	500–255
Career titles	47
Highest ranking	No. 3 (25 February 1991)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1990, 1992, 1993, 1994)
French Open	W (1990)
Wimbledon	F (1987)
US Open	W (1988)
Medal record Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Doubles

Sergio Casal Martínez (born 8 September 1962) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. During his career, he won three Grand Slam doubles titles, as well as the men's doubles Silver Medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Casal turned professional in 1981. He won his first top-level doubles title in 1983 at Aix-en-Provence. He captured a total of 47 men's doubles titles during his career. Partnering his fellow Spaniard Emilio Sánchez, he won the men's doubles titles at the US Open in 1988 and the French Open in 1990. The pair were also the men's doubles runners-up at Wimbledon in 1987 and won the Silver Medal for Spain at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul. Casal also won the US Open mixed doubles title in 1986, partnering Raffaella Reggi. Casal's career-high doubles ranking was World No. 3.

Casal also won one top-level singles title at Florence in 1985. He was a singles runner-up at Aix-en-Provence in 1983, and at the Paris Open in 1986. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 31.

Casal was a member of the Spanish team which won the World Team Cup in 1992.

Casal beat Boris Becker in a 1987 Davis Cup match.

Casal retired from the professional tour in 1995.

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Men's doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1988	US Open	Hard	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	walkover
Runner-up	1987	Wimbledon	Grass	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	3–6, 6–7^(6–8), 7–6^(7–3), 6–1, 6–4
Winner	1990	French Open	Clay	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Goran Ivanišević Petr Korda	7–5, 6–3

Mixed doubles: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1986	US Open	Hard	Raffaella Reggi	Martina Navratilova Peter Fleming	6–4, 6–4

Doubles titles (47)

Legend Grand Slam (2) Tennis Masters Cup (0) ATP Masters Series (3) ATP Championship Series (1) ATP Tour (41)

Titles by Surface Hard (7) Clay (38) Grass (0) Carpet (2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	16 May 1983	Aix-en-Provence, France	Clay	Iván Camus	Henri Leconte Gilles Moretton	6–2, 1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	8 April 1985	Munich, Germany	Clay	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick	6–4, 5–7, 5–7
Runner-up	3.	22 July 1985	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	0–6, 6–7
Winner	1.	12 August 1985	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Paolo Canè Claudio Panatta	6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	16 September 1985	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Colin Dowdeswell Joakim Nyström	4–6, 7–6, 6–7
Winner	2.	23 September 1985	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Carlos Kirmayr Cássio Motta	6–4, 4–6, 7–5
Winner	3.	30 September 1985	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Jan Gunnarsson Michael Mortensen	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	5.	25 November 1985	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Mike De Palmer Gary Donnelly	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	6.	14 April 1986	Bari, Italy	Clay	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Gary Donnelly Tomáš Šmíd	6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Winner	4.	12 May 1986	Munich, Germany	Clay	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Broderick Dyke Wally Masur	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Winner	5.	12 May 1986	Florence, Italy	Clay	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Mike De Palmer Gary Donnelly	6–4, 7–6
Winner	6.	14 July 1986	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Stefan Edberg Joakim Nyström	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Winner	7.	28 July 1986	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Craig Campbell Joey Rive	6–4, 6–2
Winner	8.	22 September 1986	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Boris Becker Eric Jelen	6–4, 6–1
Winner	9.	9 February 1987	Philadelphia, United States	Carpet	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Christo Steyn Danie Visser	3–6, 6–1, 7–6
Runner-up	7.	16 February 1987	Memphis, United States	Hard (i)	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Anders Järryd Jonas Svensson	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	8.	6 April 1987	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Boris Becker Slobodan Živojinović	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	10.	20 April 1987	Nice, France	Clay	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Claudio Mezzadri Gianni Ocleppo	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	9.	11 May 1987	Munich, Germany	Clay	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Jim Pugh Blaine Willenborg	6–7, 6–4, 4–6
Winner	11.	15 June 1987	Bologna, Italy	Clay	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Claudio Panatta Blaine Willenborg	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	10.	6 July 1987	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–3, 7–6, 6–7, 1–6, 4–6
Winner	12.	20 July 1987	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Darren Cahill Mark Woodforde	6–3, 6–3
Winner	13.	10 August 1987	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Miloslav Mečíř Tomáš Šmíd	7–6, 7–6
Runner-up	11.	21 September 1987	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Carlos di Laura Javier Sánchez	3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Runner-up	12.	16 November 1987	São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Tomás Carbonell	Gilad Bloom Javier Sánchez	3–6, 7–6, 4–6
Winner	14.	23 November 1987	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Tomás Carbonell	Jay Berger Horacio de la Peña	W/O
Winner	15.	30 November 1987	Itaparica, Brazil	Hard	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Jorge Lozano Diego Pérez	6–2, 6–2
Winner	16.	18 April 1988	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Jason Stoltenberg Todd Woodbridge	6–7, 7–6, 6–4
Winner	17.	25 April 1988	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Henri Leconte Ivan Lendl	6–1, 6–3
Winner	18.	18 July 1988	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Anders Järryd Michael Mortensen	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	19.	1 August 1988	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Magnus Gustafsson Guillermo Pérez-Roldán	7–6, 6–3
Winner	20.	8 August 1988	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Joakim Nyström Claudio Panatta	6–4, 7–5
Winner	21.	12 September 1988	US Open, New York	Hard	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	W/O
Winner	22.	19 September 1988	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Claudio Mezzadri Diego Pérez	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	13.	26 September 1988	Seoul Olympics, South Korea	Hard	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	3–6, 4–6, 7–6, 7–6, 7–9
Winner	23.	28 November 1988	Itaparica, Brazil	Hard	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken	7–6, 7–6
Runner-up	14.	11 December 1988	Masters Doubles, London	Carpet	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	4–6, 3–6, 6–2, 0–6
Winner	24.	19 June 1989	Bologna, Italy	Clay	Javier Sánchez Vicario	Tomas Nydahl Jorgen Windahl	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	15.	26 June 1989	Bari, Italy	Clay	Javier Sánchez Vicario	Simone Colombo Claudio Mezzadri	6–0, 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	16.	25 September 1989	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Tomáš Šmíd	Gustavo Luza Christian Miniussi	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	17.	8 January 1990	Wellington, New Zealand	Hard	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Kelly Evernden Nicolás Pereira	4–6, 6–7
Winner	25.	9 April 1990	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Omar Camporese Paolo Canè	7–5, 4–6, 7–5
Runner-up	18.	16 April 1990	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Andrés Gómez Javier Sánchez	6–7, 5–7
Winner	26.	21 May 1990	Rome, Italy	Clay	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Jim Courier Martin Davis	7–6, 7–5
Winner	27.	11 June 1990	French Open, Paris	Clay	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Goran Ivanišević Petr Korda	7–5, 6–3
Winner	28.	16 July 1990	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Omar Camporese Javier Sánchez	6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Winner	29.	30 July 1990	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Paul Haarhuis Mark Koevermans	7–5, 7–5
Winner	30.	1 October 1990	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Carlos Costa Horacio de la Peña	6–3, 6–4
Winner	31.	8 October 1990	Athens, Greece	Clay	Javier Sánchez Vicario	Tom Kempers Richard Krajicek	4–6, 7–6, 6–3
Runner-up	19.	25 November 1990	Doubles Championships, Sanctuary Cove	Hard	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Guy Forget Jakob Hlasek	4–6, 6–7, 7–5, 4–6
Winner	32.	14 January 1991	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	33.	25 February 1991	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Carpet	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Jeremy Bates Nick Brown	6–3, 7–5
Winner	34.	13 May 1991	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Cássio Motta Danie Visser	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Winner	35.	4 November 1991	Buzios, Brazil	Hard	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Javier Frana Leonardo Lavalle	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	36.	13 January 1992	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Hard	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Scott Davis Kelly Jones	3–6, 6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	20.	10 February 1992	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Neil Broad David Macpherson	7–5, 5–7, 4–6
Winner	37.	11 May 1992	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Carl-Uwe Steeb Michael Stich	5–7, 6–4, 6–3
Winner	38.	27 July 1992	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Horacio de la Peña Vojtěch Flégl	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	21.	31 August 1992	Schenectady, United States	Hard	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	3–6, 4–6
Winner	39.	21 September 1992	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Arnaud Boetsch Guy Forget	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	22.	12 April 1993	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Shelby Cannon Scott Melville	6–7, 1–6
Winner	40.	21 June 1993	Genova, Italy	Clay	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Mark Koevermans Greg Van Emburgh	6–3, 7–6
Winner	41.	4 October 1993	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Juan Garat Jorge Lozano	6–3, 6–3
Winner	42.	18 October 1993	Tel Aviv, Israel	Hard	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Mike Bauer David Rikl	6–4, 6–4
Winner	43.	8 November 1993	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Pablo Albano Javier Frana	4–6, 7–6, 6–4
Runner-up	23.	15 November 1993	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Tomás Carbonell Carlos Costa	4–6, 4–6
Winner	44.	11 July 1994	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Menno Oosting Daniel Vacek	7–6, 6–4
Runner-up	24.	8 August 1994	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy	7–6, 3–6, 5–7
Runner-up	25.	7 November 1994	Montevideo, Uruguay	Clay	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Marcelo Filippini Luiz Mattar	6–7, 4–6
Winner	45.	14 November 1994	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig	6–3, 6–2
Winner	46.	8 May 1995	Atlanta, United States	Clay	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Jared Palmer Richey Reneberg	6–7, 6–3, 7–6
Runner-up	26.	22 May 1995	Coral Springs, United States	Clay	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	3–6, 1–6
Winner	47.	6 November 1995	Montevideo, Uruguay	Clay	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	Jiří Novák David Rikl	2–6, 7–6, 7–6

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	Career SR	Career Win-Loss
Grand Slams
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	NH	A	A	A	2R	1R	2R	2R	2R	A	A	A	0 / 5	4–5
French Open	1R	3R	1R	1R	QF	2R	A	QF	W	3R	1R	QF	QF	2R	A	A	1 / 13	24–12
Wimbledon	A	2R	A	1R	QF	F	2R	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 8	10–8
US Open	A	A	A	A	1R	SF	W	2R	2R	A	QF	1R	2R	SF	A	A	1 / 9	19–8
Grand Slam SR	0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 3	1 / 2	0 / 2	1 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 2	0 / 0	0 / 0	2 / 35	N/A
Annual Win-Loss	0–1	3–2	0–1	0–2	6–3	10–3	6–1	4–2	8–2	2–2	4–4	4–4	5–4	5–2	0–0	0–0	N/A	57–33
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	These Tournaments Were Not Masters Series Events Before 1990								1R	2R	2R	2R	1R	1R	A	A	0 / 6	2–6
Miami									QF	QF	2R	3R	2R	2R	A	A	0 / 6	6–6
Monte Carlo									2R	SF	2R	SF	SF	2R	A	A	0 / 6	9–6
Rome									W	QF	1R	2R	1R	A	A	A	1 / 5	8–4
Hamburg									A	W	W	SF	2R	A	A	A	2 / 4	13–2
Canada									A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Cincinnati									A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Stuttgart (Stockholm)									2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
Paris									2R	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2
Masters Series SR	N/A								1 / 6	1 / 5	1 / 6	0 / 5	0 / 5	0 / 3	0 / 0	0 / 0	3 / 30	N/A
Annual Win-Loss	N/A								8–5	10–4	6–5	9–5	4–5	1–3	0–0	0–0	N/A	38–27
Year End Ranking	159	73	169	25	27	7	10	53	13	20	21	22	34	35	–	742	N/A

A = did not attend tournament
NH = tournament not held

External links

• Sergio Casal at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Sergio Casal at the International Tennis Federation
• Sergio Casal at the Davis Cup
• Sergio Casal at Sports Reference