Tom Nijssen (born 1 October 1964) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands. He went pro in 1984
and played at the ATP World Tour for 15 years.
Nijssen's highest
ATP singles ranking was No. 87 on 17 April 1989. He reached his best doubles ranking on 11 May 1992 when he became world No. 10.
A doubles specialist, he won two
Grand Slam
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* Grand Slam (tennis), one player or pair winning all four major annual tournaments, or the tournaments themselves
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* Grand slam, winning category te ...
mixed doubles titles with
Manon Bollegraf, the
French Open
The French Open (french: Internationaux de France de tennis), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, beginning in late May each year. The tournament and ven ...
in 1989 and the
US Open in 1991. They were runner-up at the
Wimbledon
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* Wimbledon, London, a district of southwest London
* Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the four Grand Slam championships
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mixed doubles tournament in 1993. In 1992 Nijssen and
Helena Suková
Helena Suková () (born 23 February 1965) is a Czech former professional tennis player. During her career, she won 14 major doubles titles, nine in women's doubles and five in mixed doubles. She is also a two-time Olympic silver medalist in doub ...
were the US Open mixed-doubles finalists.
Career finals
Doubles (11 titles, 14 runner-ups)
Doubles performance timeline
See also
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List of Grand Slam Mixed Doubles champions
List of Mixed Doubles Grand Slam tennis tournament champions:
Although several players have won at least one title in each of the four majors to achieve the Career Grand Slam, only three players have won the Grand Slam, all four titles in a si ...
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1964 births
Dutch male tennis players
French Open champions
Hopman Cup competitors
Living people
Sportspeople from Maastricht
US Open (tennis) champions
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles