Sergio Casal

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 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. He beat Boris Becker in a 1987 Davis Cup match. Casal was a member of the Spanish team which won the World Team Cup in 1992. He retired from the professional tour in 1995.

In 2017, he received from the International Tennis Federation (ITF) its highest accolade, the Philippe Chatrier award, for his contributions to tennis.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1988	US Open	Hard	Template:Flagicon Emilio Sánchez	Template:Flagicon Rick Leach Template:Flagicon Jim Pugh	walkover
Loss	1987	Wimbledon	Grass	Template:Flagicon Emilio Sánchez	Template:Flagicon Ken Flach Template:Flagicon Robert Seguso	3–6, 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–3), 6–1, 6–4
Winner	1990	French Open	Clay	Template:Flagicon Emilio Sánchez	Template:Flagicon Goran Ivanišević Template:Flagicon Petr Korda	7–5, 6–3

Mixed doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1986	US Open	Hard	Template:Flagicon Raffaella Reggi	Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova Template:Flagicon Peter Fleming	6–4, 6–4

Career finals

Doubles (47 wins, 26 losses)

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)

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

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