Sergio Casal Martínez (born 8 September 1962) is a former professional

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player from Spain. During his career, he won three

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doubles titles, as well as the men's doubles silver medal at the

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. Casal turned professional in 1981. He won his first top-level doubles title in 1983 at

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. He captured a total of 47 men's doubles titles during his career. Partnering his fellow Spaniard

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, 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

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in 1987 and won the silver medal for Spain at the 1988 Olympics in

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. Casal also won the US Open mixed doubles title in 1986, partnering

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. Casal's career-high doubles ranking was World No. 3. Casal won one top-level singles title at

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in 1985. He was a singles runner-up at Aix-en-Provence in 1983, and at the

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in 1986. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 31. He beat

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in a 1987

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match.Davis Cup coverage
''Los Angeles Times''. Accessed 2 February 2024. Casal was a member of the Spanish team which won the

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in 1992. He retired from the professional tour in 1995. In 2017, he received from the

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(ITF) its highest accolade, the

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, for his contributions to tennis.

Grand Slam finals

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

Mixed doubles: 1 (1 title)

Career finals

Doubles (47 wins, 26 losses)

Doubles performance timeline

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Casal, Sergio Tennis players from Catalonia French Open champions Olympic medalists in tennis Olympic silver medalists for Spain Olympic tennis players for Spain Spanish male tennis players Tennis players from Barcelona Tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics US Open (tennis) champions 1962 births Living people Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics