Byron Talbot

Byron Talbot (born 15 September 1964) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won seven doubles titles and finished as a runner-up six times. He achieved a career-high doubles world ranking of number 20 in 1996.

Byron played collegiate tennis at the University of Tennessee. He is currently working as a financial advisor for Merrill Lynch in Dallas, Texas.

Career finals

Doubles (7 wins, 6 losses)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Championship Series (2)
ATP Tour (5)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 1989	Schenectady, U.S.	Hard	Template:Flagicon Brad Pearce	Template:Flagicon Scott Davis Template:Flagicon Broderick Dyke	6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Apr 1992	Hong Kong	Hard	Template:Flagicon Byron Black	Template:Flagicon Brad Gilbert Template:Flagicon Jim Grabb	2–6, 1–6
Win	1–2	Jul 1992	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Glenn Layendecker	Template:Flagicon Javier Sánchez Template:Flagicon Marc Rosset	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	2–2	Oct 1992	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Brad Pearce	Template:Flagicon Guy Forget Template:Flagicon Henri Leconte	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	2–3	Jan 1994	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Template:Flagicon Shelby Cannon	Template:Flagicon Olivier Delaître Template:Flagicon Stephane Simian	3–6, 3–6
Loss	2–4	Jun 1995	St. Poelten, Austria	Clay	Template:Flagicon Libor Pimek	Template:Flagicon Bill Behrens Template:Flagicon Matt Lucena	5–7, 4–6
Win	3–4	Jul 1995	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Template:Flagicon Libor Pimek	Template:Flagicon Jiří Novák Template:Flagicon David Rikl	7–5, 1–6, 7–6
Win	4–4	Mar 1996	Copenhagen, Denmark	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Libor Pimek	Template:Flagicon Wayne Arthurs Template:Flagicon Andrew Kratzmann	7–6, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	4–5	May 1996	Rome, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Libor Pimek	Template:Flagicon Byron Black Template:Flagicon Grant Connell	2–6, 3–6
Win	5–5	Jul 1996	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Libor Pimek	Template:Flagicon Tomás Carbonell Template:Flagicon Francisco Roig	6–2, 5–7, 6–4
Win	6–5	Jul 1996	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Template:Flagicon Libor Pimek	Template:Flagicon David Adams Template:Flagicon Menno Oosting	7–6, 6–3
Loss	6–6	Mar 1997	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Libor Pimek	Template:Flagicon Jacco Eltingh Template:Flagicon Paul Haarhuis	6–7, 4–6
Win	7–6	Jun 1998	Nottingham, U.K.	Grass	Template:Flagicon Justin Gimelstob	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Lareau Template:Flagicon Daniel Nestor	7–5, 6–7, 6–4

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