Sergio Casal

 ( French Open Champions ) 

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 Masters in 1986. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 31. He beat Boris Becker in a 1987 Davis Cup match. Davis Cup coverage, Los Angeles Times. Accessed 2 February 2024. 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.

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Grand Slam finals

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

Win	1988	US Open	Hard	Emilio Sánchez	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	walkover
3–6, 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–3), 6–1, 6–4
Winner	1990	"French Open	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Goran Ivanišević Petr Korda	7–5, 6–3

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Mixed doubles: 1 (1 title)

Win	1986	US Open	Hard	Raffaella Reggi	Martina Navratilova Peter Fleming	6–4, 6–4

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Career finals

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Doubles (47 wins, 26 losses)

{ class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" ! Legend

Grand Slam (2)

Tennis Masters Cup (0)

ATP Masters Series (3)

ATP Championship Series (1)

ATP Tour (41)

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Hard (7)

Clay (38)

Grass (0)

Carpet (2)

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Loss	1.	16 May 1983	Aix-en-Provence, France	Clay	Iván Camus	Henri Leconte Gilles Moretton	6–2, 1–6, 2–6
Loss	2.	8 April 1985	BMW Open, West Germany	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick	6–4, 5–7, 5–7
Loss	3.	22 July 1985	Swedish Open, Sweden	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	0–6, 6–7
Win	1.	12 August 1985	Generali Open, Austria	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Paolo Canè Claudio Panatta	6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Loss	4.	16 September 1985	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Colin Dowdeswell Joakim Nyström	4–6, 7–6, 6–7
Win	2.	23 September 1985	ATP Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Carlos Kirmayr Cássio Motta	6–4, 4–6, 7–5
Win	3.	30 September 1985	Open Seat, Spain	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Jan Gunnarsson Michael Mortensen	6–3, 6–3
Loss	5.	25 November 1985	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Emilio Sánchez	Mike De Palmer Gary Donnelly	4–6, 3–6
Loss	6.	14 April 1986	Bari, Italy	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Gary Donnelly Tomáš Šmíd	6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Win	4.	12 May 1986	BMW Open, West Germany	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Broderick Dyke Wally Masur	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Win	5.	12 May 1986	ATP Florence, Italy	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Mike De Palmer Gary Donnelly	6–4, 7–6
Win	6.	14 July 1986	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Stefan Edberg Joakim Nyström	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Win	7.	28 July 1986	Swedish Open, Sweden	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Craig Campbell Joey Rive	6–4, 6–2
Win	8.	22 September 1986	Hamburg Masters, West Germany	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Boris Becker Eric Jelen	6–4, 6–1
Win	9.	9 February 1987	Philadelphia, United States	Carpet	Emilio Sánchez	Christo Steyn Danie Visser	3–6, 6–1, 7–6
Loss	7.	16 February 1987	ATP Memphis, United States	Hard (i)	Emilio Sánchez	Anders Järryd Jonas Svensson	4–6, 2–6
Loss	8.	6 April 1987	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Emilio Sánchez	Boris Becker Slobodan Živojinović	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Win	10.	20 April 1987	ATP Nice, France	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Claudio Mezzadri Gianni Ocleppo	6–3, 6–3
Loss	9.	11 May 1987	BMW Open, West Germany	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Jim Pugh Blaine Willenborg	6–7, 6–4, 4–6
Win	11.	15 June 1987	Bologna, Italy	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Claudio Panatta Blaine Willenborg	6–3, 6–2
Loss	10.	6 July 1987	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Emilio Sánchez	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–3, 7–6, 6–7, 1–6, 4–6
Win	12.	20 July 1987	ATP Bordeaux, France	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Darren Cahill Mark Woodforde	6–3, 6–3
Win	13.	10 August 1987	Generali Open, Austria	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Miloslav Mečíř Tomáš Šmíd	7–6, 7–6
Loss	11.	21 September 1987	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Carlos di Laura Javier Sánchez	3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss	12.	16 November 1987	São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Tomás Carbonell	Gilad Bloom Javier Sánchez	3–6, 7–6, 4–6
Win	14.	23 November 1987	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Tomás Carbonell	Jay Berger Horacio de la Peña	W/O
Win	15.	30 November 1987	ATP Itaparica, Brazil	Hard	Emilio Sánchez	Jorge Lozano Diego Pérez	6–2, 6–2
Win	16.	18 April 1988	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Jason Stoltenberg Todd Woodbridge	6–7, 7–6, 6–4
Win	17.	25 April 1988	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Henri Leconte Ivan Lendl	6–1, 6–3
Win	18.	18 July 1988	Mercedes Cup, West Germany	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Anders Järryd Michael Mortensen	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	19.	1 August 1988	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Magnus Gustafsson Guillermo Pérez Roldán	7–6, 6–3
Win	20.	8 August 1988	Generali Open, Austria	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Joakim Nyström Claudio Panatta	6–4, 7–5
Win	21.	12 September 1988	US Open, New York	Hard	Emilio Sánchez	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	W/O
Win	22.	19 September 1988	Open Seat, Spain	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Claudio Mezzadri Diego Pérez	6–4, 6–3
Loss	13.	26 September 1988	Seoul Olympics, South Korea	Hard	Emilio Sánchez	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	3–6, 4–6, 7–6, 7–6, 7–9
Win	23.	28 November 1988	ATP Itaparica, Brazil	Hard	Emilio Sánchez	Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken	7–6, 7–6
Loss	14.	11 December 1988	Masters Doubles, London	Carpet	Emilio Sánchez	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	4–6, 3–6, 6–2, 0–6
Win	24.	19 June 1989	Bologna, Italy	Clay	Javier Sánchez Vicario	Tomas Nydahl Jorgen Windahl	6–2, 6–3
Loss	15.	26 June 1989	Bari, Italy	Clay	Javier Sánchez Vicario	Simone Colombo Claudio Mezzadri	6–0, 3–6, 3–6
Loss	16.	25 September 1989	Open Seat, Spain	Clay	Tomáš Šmíd	Gustavo Luza Christian Miniussi	3–6, 3–6
Loss	17.	8 January 1990	Wellington, New Zealand	Hard	Emilio Sánchez	Kelly Evernden Nicolás Pereira	4–6, 6–7
Win	25.	9 April 1990	Portugal Open, Portugal	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Omar Camporese Paolo Canè	7–5, 4–6, 7–5
Loss	18.	16 April 1990	Open Seat, Spain	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Andrés Gómez Javier Sánchez	6–7, 5–7
Win	26.	21 May 1990	Rome Masters, Italy	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Jim Courier Martin Davis	7–6, 7–5
Win	27.	11 June 1990	French Open, Paris	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Goran Ivanišević Petr Korda	7–5, 6–3
Win	28.	16 July 1990	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Omar Camporese Javier Sánchez	6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Win	29.	30 July 1990	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Paul Haarhuis Mark Koevermans	7–5, 7–5
Win	30.	1 October 1990	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Carlos Costa Horacio de la Peña	6–3, 6–4
Win	31.	8 October 1990	Athens, Greece	Clay	Javier Sánchez Vicario	Tom Kempers Richard Krajicek	4–6, 7–6, 6–3
Loss	19.	25 November 1990	Tennis Masters Cup, Australia	Hard	Emilio Sánchez	Guy Forget Jakob Hlasek	4–6, 6–7, 7–5, 4–6
Win	32.	14 January 1991	ATP Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Emilio Sánchez	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	33.	25 February 1991	Eurocard Open, Germany	Carpet	Emilio Sánchez	Jeremy Bates Nick Brown	6–3, 7–5
Win	34.	13 May 1991	Hamburg Masters, Germany	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Cássio Motta Danie Visser	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win	35.	4 November 1991	ATP Buzios, Brazil	Hard	Emilio Sánchez	Javier Frana Leonardo Lavalle	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	36.	13 January 1992	ATP Sydney, Australia	Hard	Emilio Sánchez	Scott Davis Kelly Jones	3–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss	20.	10 February 1992	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Emilio Sánchez	Neil Broad David Macpherson	7–5, 5–7, 4–6
Win	37.	11 May 1992	Hamburg Masters, Germany	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Carl-Uwe Steeb Michael Stich	5–7, 6–4, 6–3
Win	38.	27 July 1992	Generali Open, Austria	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Horacio de la Peña Vojtěch Flégl	6–1, 6–2
Loss	21.	31 August 1992	ATP Schenectady, United States	Hard	Emilio Sánchez	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	3–6, 4–6
Win	39.	21 September 1992	ATP Bordeaux, France	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Arnaud Boetsch Guy Forget	6–1, 6–4
Loss	22.	12 April 1993	Open Seat, Spain	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Shelby Cannon Scott Melville	6–7, 1–6
Win	40.	21 June 1993	Genova, Italy	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Mark Koevermans Greg Van Emburgh	6–3, 7–6
Win	41.	4 October 1993	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Juan Garat Jorge Lozano	6–3, 6–3
Win	42.	18 October 1993	Tel Aviv, Israel	Hard	Emilio Sánchez	Mike Bauer David Rikl	6–4, 6–4
Win	43.	8 November 1993	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Pablo Albano Javier Frana	4–6, 7–6, 6–4
Loss	23.	15 November 1993	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Tomás Carbonell Carlos Costa	4–6, 4–6
Win	44.	11 July 1994	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Menno Oosting Daniel Vacek	7–6, 6–4
Loss	24.	8 August 1994	Generali Open, Austria	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy	7–6, 3–6, 5–7
Loss	25.	7 November 1994	ATP Montevideo, Uruguay	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Marcelo Filippini Luiz Mattar	6–7, 4–6
Win	45.	14 November 1994	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig	6–3, 6–2
Win	46.	8 May 1995	Atlanta, United States	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Jared Palmer Richey Reneberg	6–7, 6–3, 7–6
Loss	26.	22 May 1995	Coral Springs, United States	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	3–6, 1–6
Win	47.	6 November 1995	ATP Montevideo, Uruguay	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Jiří Novák David Rikl	2–6, 7–6, 7–6

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Doubles performance timeline

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 Masters

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 Masters

W

QF

1R

2R

1R

A

A

A

1 / 5

8–4

Hamburg Masters

A

W

W

SF

2R

A

A

A

2 / 4

13–2

Canada Masters

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

Eurocard Open

2R

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

0 / 1

0–1

Paris Masters

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

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742

N/A

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