Ferdi Taygan

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Template other Ferdi Taygan (born December 5, 1956) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. He is of Turkish descent.

Taygan enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won 19 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 20 times. Partnering with Sherwood Stewart, Taygan won the 1982 French Open doubles title. He achieved a career-high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 4. Taygan was also ranked the No. 1 team in the world with Sherwood Stewart and was the No. 2 doubles player in the Volvo Grand Prix final rankings in 1982.

Career finals

Doubles (19 wins, 20 losses)

Result	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	1979	Bologna, Italy	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Fritz Buehning	Template:Flagicon Peter Fleming Template:Flagicon John McEnroe	1–6, 1–6
Win	1.	1980	Washington, D.C.-2, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Brian Teacher	Template:Flagicon Kevin Curren Template:Flagicon Steve Denton	4–6, 6–3, 7–6
Loss	2.	1980	Stowe, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase	Template:Flagicon Robert Lutz Template:Flagicon Bernard Mitton	4–6, 3–6
Win	2.	1980	Melbourne Indoor, Australia	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Fritz Buehning	Template:Flagicon John Sadri Template:Flagicon Tim Wilkison	6–1, 6–2
Win	3.	1980	Hong Kong	Hard	Template:Flagicon Peter Fleming	Template:Flagicon Bruce Manson Template:Flagicon Brian Teacher	7–5, 6–2
Loss	3.	1980	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon John Austin	Template:Flagicon Bruce Manson Template:Flagicon Brian Teacher	4–6, 0–6
Win	4.	1980	Bangkok, Thailand	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Brian Teacher	Template:Flagicon Tom Okker Template:Flagicon Dick Stockton	7–6, 7–6
Win	5.	1981	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Template:Flagicon Tim Wilkison	Template:Flagicon Tony Graham Template:Flagicon Bill Scanlon	7–5, 6–1
Win	6.	1981	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Fritz Buehning	Template:Flagicon Gene Mayer Template:Flagicon Sandy Mayer	7–6, 1–6, 6–4
Loss	4.	1981	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon John McEnroe	Template:Flagicon Tom Gullikson Template:Flagicon Butch Walts	4–6, 4–6
Loss	5.	1981	Washington, D.C., U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Pavel Složil	Template:Flagicon Raúl Ramírez Template:Flagicon Van Winitsky	7–5, 6–7, 6–7
Loss	6.	1981	North Conway, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Pavel Složil	Template:Flagicon Heinz Günthardt Template:Flagicon Peter McNamara	7–6, 5–7, 4–6
Win	7.	1981	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Template:Flagicon Raúl Ramírez	Template:Flagicon Peter Fleming Template:Flagicon John McEnroe	2–6, 7–6, 6–4
Win	8.	1981	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon John McEnroe	Template:Flagicon Robert Lutz Template:Flagicon Stan Smith	7–6, 6–3
Loss	7.	1981	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Sherwood Stewart	Template:Flagicon Peter Fleming Template:Flagicon John McEnroe	7–6, 6–7, 1–6
Loss	8.	1981	Melbourne Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Sherwood Stewart	Template:Flagicon Paul Kronk Template:Flagicon Peter McNamara	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	9.	1981	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Sherwood Stewart	Template:Flagicon Kevin Curren Template:Flagicon Steve Denton	7–6, 4–6, 0–6
Win	9.	1981	Wembley, UK	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Sherwood Stewart	Template:Flagicon Peter Fleming Template:Flagicon John McEnroe	7–5, 6–7, 6–4
Win	10.	1982	Mexico City WCT, Mexico	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Sherwood Stewart	Template:Flagicon Tomáš Šmíd Template:Flagicon Balázs Taróczy	6–4, 7–5
Loss	10.	1982	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Sherwood Stewart	Template:Flagicon Peter Fleming Template:Flagicon John McEnroe	6–7, 4–6
Win	11.	1982	Los Angeles, United States	Hard	Template:Flagicon Sherwood Stewart	Template:Flagicon Bruce Manson Template:Flagicon Brian Teacher	6–1, 6–7, 6–3
Win	12.	1982	Las Vegas, United States	Hard	Template:Flagicon Sherwood Stewart	Template:Flagicon Carlos Kirmayr Template:Flagicon Van Winitsky	7–6, 6–4
Win	13.	1982	French Open, Paris	Clay	Template:Flagicon Sherwood Stewart	Template:Flagicon Hans Gildemeister Template:Flagicon Belus Prajoux	7–5, 6–3, 1–1, RET.
Win	14.	1982	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Template:Flagicon Sandy Mayer	Template:Flagicon Heinz Günthardt Template:Flagicon Markus Günthardt	6–2, 6–3
Win	15.	1982	North Conway, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Sherwood Stewart	Template:Flagicon Pablo Arraya Template:Flagicon Eric Fromm	6–2, 7–6
Win	16.	1982	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Sherwood Stewart	Template:Flagicon Robbie Venter Template:Flagicon Blaine Willenborg	6–4, 7–5
Win	17.	1982	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Clay	Template:Flagicon Sherwood Stewart	Template:Flagicon Tim Gullikson Template:Flagicon Tom Gullikson	6–1, 3–6, 7–6
Loss	11.	1982	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Sherwood Stewart	Template:Flagicon Mark Dickson Template:Flagicon Jan Gunnarsson	6–7, 7–6, 4–6
Loss	12.	1982	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Template:Flagicon Peter McNamara	Template:Flagicon Carlos Kirmayr Template:Flagicon Cássio Motta	3–6, 1–6
Loss	13.	1982	Masters, New York City	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Sherwood Stewart	Template:Flagicon Peter Fleming Template:Flagicon John McEnroe	5–7, 3–6
Loss	14.	1983	Lisbon, Portugal	Clay	Template:Flagicon Pavel Složil	Template:Flagicon Carlos Kirmayr Template:Flagicon Cássio Motta	5–7, 4–6
Loss	15.	1983	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Sandy Mayer	Template:Flagicon Peter Fleming Template:Flagicon John McEnroe	1–6, 2–6
Loss	16.	1983	Washington, D.C., U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Paul McNamee	Template:Flagicon Mark Dickson Template:Flagicon Cássio Motta	2–6, 6–1, 4–6
Win	18.	1983	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Template:Flagicon Sandy Mayer	Template:Flagicon Tim Gullikson Template:Flagicon Tom Gullikson	6–3, 6–4
Loss	17.	1984	La Quinta, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Scott Davis	Template:Flagicon Bernard Mitton Template:Flagicon Butch Walts	7–5, 3–6, 2–6
Loss	18.	1984	Madrid, Spain	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Fritz Buehning	Template:Flagicon Peter Fleming Template:Flagicon John McEnroe	3–6, 3–6
Loss	19.	1984	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Fritz Buehning	Template:Flagicon Kevin Curren Template:Flagicon Wojtek Fibak	4–6, 4–6
Loss	20.	1984	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Fritz Buehning	Template:Flagicon Sandy Mayer Template:Flagicon Andreas Maurer	6–7, 4–6
Win	19.	1984	Washington, D.C., U.S.	Clay	Template:Flagicon Pavel Složil	Template:Flagicon Drew Gitlin Template:Flagicon Blaine Willenborg	7–6, 6–1

Personal life

Ferdi Taygan was born in Worcester, Massachusetts to a Turkish father and a mother of Belarusian descent. His father Beyazıt immigrated to the United States to study civil engineering.

Taygan married Kay Conaway of Birmingham, Alabama in 1983. They have two daughters: Nuray, born November 18, 1984, and Shenal, born August 6, 1988.

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