Robert Arthur Seguso (born May 1, 1963) is a former professional

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player from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won four Grand Slam men's doubles titles (two Wimbledon, one

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and one US Open). He also won the men's doubles gold medal at the 1988

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, partnering

Ken Flach Kenneth Eliot Flach (May 24, 1963 – March 12, 2018) was an American doubles world No. 1 tennis player. He won four Grand Slam men's doubles titles (two Wimbledon and two US Open), and two mixed doubles titles (Wimbledon and the French Ope ...

. Seguso reached the world no. 1 doubles ranking in 1985. He won a total of 29 career doubles titles between 1984 and 1991. Seguso played doubles with Flach on the U.S.

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team from 1985 to 1991, compiling a 10–2 record. He was also a member of the U.S. team which won the

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in 1985. Before turning professional, Seguso played tennis for

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, where he was an

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Division II singles finalist in 1982 and Division I doubles finalist in 1983. Seguso married the Canadian tennis player

Carling Bassett Carling Kathrin Bassett-Seguso (born 9 October 1967) is a former Canadian professional tennis player. Bassett is the daughter of John F. Bassett and Susan Carling, and the granddaughter of media baron John Bassett and politician and brewery exec ...

in 1987. The couple have five children – sons Holden John (born in 1988) and Ridley Jack (1991), and daughters Carling Junior (1992), Lennon Shy and Theodora.

Grand Slam men's doubles finals (6)

Wins (4)

Doubles titles (29)

Doubles performance timeline

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Seguso, Robert American male tennis players American people of Italian descent French Open champions Olympic gold medalists for the United States in tennis Sportspeople from Minneapolis SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's tennis players Tennis people from Minnesota Tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics US Open (tennis) champions Wimbledon champions 1963 births Living people Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles Sportspeople from Boca Raton, Florida Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics ATP number 1 ranked doubles tennis players