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 mixed doubles titles with Manon Bollegraf, the French Open in 1989 and the US Open in 1991. They were runner-up at the Wimbledon mixed doubles tournament in 1993. In 1992 Nijssen and Helena Suková were the US Open mixed-doubles finalists.
Grand Slam finals
Mixed doubles: 3 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups) ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1989 French Open Clay Manon Bollegraf Horacio de la Peña Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–3, 6–7(3–7), 6–2Win 1991 US Open Hard Manon Bollegraf Emilio Sánchez Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–2, 7–6(7–2)Loss 1992 US Open Hard Helena Suková Nicole Provis Mark Woodforde 6–4, 3–6, 3–6Loss 1993 Wimbledon Grass Manon Bollegraf Mark Woodforde Martina Navratilova 3–6, 4–6
Career finals Doubles: 25 (11 titles / 14 runner-ups)
Legend Grand Slam (0–0) Tennis Masters Cup (0–0) ATP Masters Series (0–2) ATP International Series Gold (3–2) ATP World Series (8–10) Finals by surface Hard (4–1) Clay (1–5) Grass (0–0) Carpet (6–8)
ResultW-LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Aug 1986 Hilversum, Netherlands Clay Johan Vekemans Miloslav Mečíř Tomáš Šmíd 4–6, 2–6Loss 0–2 Jun 1987 Athens, Greece Clay Jaroslav Navrátil Tore Meinecke Ricki Osterthun 2–6, 6–3, 2–6Loss 0–3 Aug 1987 Hilversum, Netherlands Clay Johan Vekemans Wojtek Fibak Miloslav Mečíř 6–7, 7–5, 2–6Win 1–3 Oct 1987 Tokyo Indoor, Japan Carpet (i) Broderick Dyke Sammy Giammalva, Jr. Jim Grabb 6–3, 6–2Win 2–3 Feb 1988 Metz, France Carpet (i) Jaroslav Navrátil Rill Baxter Nduka Odizor 6–2, 6–7, 7–6Win 3–3 Oct 1988 Toulouse, France Hard (i) Ricki Osterthun Mansour Bahrami Guy Forget 6–3, 6–4Loss 3–4 Oct 1988 Frankfurt, Germany Carpet (i) Jeremy Bates Rüdiger Haas Goran Ivanišević 6–1, 5–7, 3–6Win 4–4 Nov 1988 Brussels, Belgium Carpet (i) Wally Masur John Fitzgerald Tomáš Šmíd 7–5, 7–6Loss 4–5 Feb 1990 Milan, Italy Carpet (i) Udo Riglewski Omar Camporese Diego Nargiso 4–6, 4–6Loss 4–6 Feb 1990Stuttgart Indoor, Germany Carpet (i) Michael Mortensen Jakob Hlasek Guy Forget 3–6, 2–6Loss 4–7 Feb 1991 Milan, Italy Carpet (i) Cyril Suk Omar Camporese Goran Ivanišević 4–6, 6–7Loss 4–8 Apr 1991 Estoril, Portugal Clay Cyril Suk Paul Haarhuis Mark Koevermans 3–6, 3–6Win 5–8 Oct 1991 Toulouse, France Hard (i) Cyril Suk Jeremy Bates Kevin Curren 4–6, 6–3, 7–6Win 6–8 Oct 1991 Lyon, France Carpet (i) Cyril Suk Steve DeVries David Macpherson 7–6, 6–3Loss 6–9 Oct 1991Stockholm, Sweden Carpet (i) Cyril Suk John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd 5–7, 2–6Win 7–9 Feb 1992Stuttgart Indoor, Germany Carpet (i) Cyril Suk John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd 6–3, 6–7, 6–3Win 8–8 Oct 1992 Basel, Switzerland Hard (i) Cyril Suk Karel Nováček David Rikl 6–3, 6–4Loss 8–10 Oct 1992 Bolzano, Italy Carpet (i) Cyril Suk Anders Järryd Bent-Ove Pedersen 1–6, 7–6, 3–6Loss 8–11 Feb 1993Milan, Italy Carpet (i) Cyril Suk Mark Kratzmann Wally Masur 6–4, 3–6, 4–6Win 9–11 Jul 1993Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany Clay Cyril Suk Gary Muller Piet Norval 7–6, 6–3Loss 9–12 Nov 1993Paris Indoor, France Carpet (i) Cyril Suk Byron Black Jonathan Stark 6–4, 5–7, 2–6Win 10–12 Jan 1994 Oahu, U.S. Hard Cyril Suk Alex O'Brien Jonathan Stark 6–4, 6–4Win 11–12 Feb 1994Milan, Italy Carpet (i) Cyril Suk Hendrik Jan Davids Piet Norval 4–6, 7–6, 7–6Loss 11–13 Apr 1996 Estoril, Portugal Clay Greg Van Emburgh Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig 3–6, 2–6Loss 11–14 Jan 1998 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Jeff Tarango Patrick Galbraith Brett Steven 4–6, 2–6
Doubles performance timeline
Tournament 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Career SR Career win–loss Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAA2R3R1R1RQF2RQF1R1R3R1R0 / 1112–11 French OpenAA2R1R2R3R1RQF2R2R3R1R1R2RA0 / 1213–12 WimbledonAAAA3R2R2R3R1R1RQF1R3R2R1R0 / 1112–11 US OpenAAAAA1RA1R3R3RQF2R2R1RA0 / 89–8Grand Slam SR0 / 00 / 00 / 10 / 10 / 30 / 40 / 30 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 20 / 42N/AAnnual win–loss0–00–01–10–14–35–42–35–46–44–411–41–43–44–40–2N/A46–42 ATP Masters SeriesIndian WellsThese tournaments were notMasters Series eventsbefore 1990AA1RAAA1RAA0 / 20–2Miami1R1R3R2R2R2R1R1R2R0 / 92–9Monte CarloA1RSF1R1RSF1RAA0 / 65–6Rome1R1R1R1R1R1R1R1RA0 / 80–8Hamburg1RQFSF1RQF1R2RAA0 / 75–7CanadaAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0CincinnatiAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Stuttgart (Stockholm)1RFQFQF2RAAAA0 / 56–5ParisA1RQFF2RAAAA0 / 46–4Masters Series SRN/A0 / 40 / 60 / 70 / 60 / 60 / 40 / 50 / 20 / 10 / 41N/AAnnual win–lossN/A0–45–68–75–61–64–41–50–20–1N/A24–41 Year-end ranking43082974434845323182528747996313N/A
See also List of Grand Slam Mixed Doubles champions
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