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Robert Seguso

Tennis is an outdoor sport which can be played between two players or four players. Players utilize a stringed racquet to hit a rubber ball, hollow inside covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. In some places tennis is referred to as lawn tennis. This game started in England and was the most popular amongst the upper class of society. Presently tennis is an Olympic sport, as well as, it is played in various tournaments including the four Grand Slams in many countries, by people of all ages and classes.

There are three different court surfaces it is played on namely, clay court, grass court and hardcourt. Depending on the surface, each one provides a different movement of speed and bounce for the ball, which in turn affects the level of play of individual players. One such renowned player of the epoch in tennis is Robert Seguso. He is one of the finest tennis players with an international repute and recognition as the all time great professional.

Robert was born on May 1, 1963 at the Minneapolis suburb in Minnesota. A 6 feet 3 inches tall contender with a weight of 180 pounds acquired a right-handed playing style. He started playing tennis through the interest and enthusiasm in the sport when he watched the players battling for victories on the court at championship matches.

Robert’s career highlights reveal his great performances including the 1989 quarterfinals at Philadelphia, Stratton. He earned the doubles runner-up title at US Open and advanced to the doubles Semifinals at Wimbledon with Flach, doubles quarterfinals at Philadelphia. He was also the 1988 semifinalist at Memphis, quarterfinalist at Stockholm, doubles runner-up at Key Biscayne-Lipton, Indianapolis, doubles semifinalist at the US Open, and doubles semifinalist four times.

Robert also won the gold medal with Flach at the 1988 Olympics and was nominated as an All-America in singles and doubles at Southern Illinois-Edwardsville in 1983. They won seven titles in their first full year on the tour in 1984 and followed up with seven more in 1985. They were named ATP, Association of Tennis Professionals doubles Team of the year 1985. In fact, 27 of Robert’s 28 career titles have come with Flach. Most of the successful events for Robert came in the doubles owing to his dominating play.

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