Tom Gorman (born January 19, 1946) is a retired ATP tour American tennis player and coach. He won 7 singles and 9 doubles titles and reached semi-finals in the 3 of the 4 ATP tour grand slam events. His ATP ranking peaked at 8 in 1973.

Career

Gorman was ranked as high as world No. 8 (consensus) for the year 1973 and No. 10 on the ATP rankings (achieving that ranking on May 1 and June 3, 1974).ATP Player Profile: Tom Gorman - Rankings History, atpworldtour.com; accessed April 25, 2018.

Gorman won seven singles titles in his career, the biggest coming in 1975 at Cincinnati. He also won nine doubles titles, including Paris in 1971, the same year he reached the French Open doubles final with Stan Smith. Gorman defeated Björn Borg to win the Stockholm Indoor event in 1973.

He reached the semifinal rounds in singles at Wimbledon (in 1971), the US Open (in 1972), and the French Open (in 1973); defeating Rod Laver, Jimmy Connors, and Jan Kodeš respectively. Gorman was a member of the winning U.S. Davis Cup team in 1972. As captain–coach, he led the U.S. Davis Cup team to victory in 1990 and 1992. Gorman holds the record for most match wins (18) by a U.S. Davis Cup captain and is the most current American to have won the Davis Cup as a player and a captain.

He was named coach of the Men's U.S Olympic Tennis teams in Seoul, South Korea and Barcelona, Spain. He guided the American doubles team of Ken Flach and Robert Seguso to a gold medal in the doubles competition in Seoul in 1988. In 2001, Gorman and his partner Jaime Fillol of Chile won the Super Masters Seniors at the US Open.

Gorman received praise for his sportsmanship during his 1972 Masters semifinal against Stan Smith in Barcelona. He had injured his back during the course of match, but opened up a 7–6, 6–7, 7–5, 5–4 40–30 lead and held a match point. Knowing that if he were to win the match he would be in no condition to play in the final against Ilie Năstase, he told the umpire that he could not continue and retired. This allowed Smith to instead play in the final, where he was beaten by Năstase in five sets.

He attended Seattle Preparatory School and was the Washington State high school tennis champion three years in a row. Gorman attended and graduated from Seattle University and was a two time All-American. He played in professional tour events in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. For eight years, Gorman served as captain of the United States Davis Cup team, coaching some of America's greatest players and winning world championships in 1990 and '92. He oversaw American dream teams made up of tennis champions Andre Agassi, Michael Chang, Jim Courier, John McEnroe, and Pete Sampras, faced with the unenviable task of dealing with entourages and egos.SPORTS PEOPLE: TENNIS; Chang and Agassi On Davis Cup Team, New York Times, Friday, October 12, 1990Ex-pro waves the flag for Davis Cup, Portland Tribune, November 20, 2007.

In November 2008, Gorman was named Director of Tennis at La Quinta Resort & Club and PGA WEST(TM) which he, along with other top American players including Arthur Ashe, Stan Smith, and Charlie Pasarell, help found in La Quinta, California., reuters.com, November 10, 2008. He retired from La Quinta in September 2015.

Gorman was appointed to the prestigious seven person International Tennis Federation Davis Cup Committee for a two-year term in 2012–14.

Family Gorman and his wife Danni have two grown daughters, Hailey and KellyAnn, and they make their home at Reynolds Lake Oconee in Greensboro, GA.

Career finals Singles (7 titles, 11 runner-ups) ResultW-L DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Jul 1968 Cincinnati, U.S. Clay William Harris 6–3, 2–6, 2–6Win 1–1 Aug 1971 Columbus, U.S. Clay Jimmy Connors 6–7, 7–6, 4–6, 7–6, 6–3Loss 1–2 Sep 1972 Seattle, U.S. Other Ilie Năstase 4–6, 6–3, 3–6Loss 1–3 Nov 1972 London, England Carpet (i) Ilie Năstase 4–6, 3–6Win 2–3 Apr 1973 Vancouver WCT, Canada Other Jan Kodeš 3–6, 6–2, 7–5Win 3–3 Nov 1973 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Björn Borg 6–3, 4–6, 7–6(7–5)Loss 3–4 Feb 1974 Richmond WCT, U.S. Carpet (i) Ilie Năstase 2–6, 3–6Loss 3–5 Mar 1974 Miami WCT, U.S. Hard Cliff Drysdale 4–6, 5–7Loss 3–6 Mar 1974 Rotterdam, Netherlands Carpet (i) Tom Okker 6–4, 6–7, 1–6Loss 3–7 Jun 1974 Beckenham, England Grass Vijay Amritraj 7–6, 2–6, 4–6Win 4–7 Aug 1975 Cincinnati, U.S. Clay Sherwood Stewart 7–5, 2–6, 6–4Win 5–7 Nov 1975 Hong Kong Hard Sandy Mayer 6–3, 6–1, 6–1Win 6–7 Jan 1976 Baltimore, U.S. Carpet (i) Ilie Năstase 7–5, 6–3Win 7–7 Apr 1976 Sacramento, U.S. Carpet (i) Bob Carmichael 6–2, 6–4Loss 7–8 Nov 1977 Hong Kong Hard Ken Rosewall 3–6, 7–5, 4–6, 4–6Loss 7–9 Jan 1978 Baltimore, U.S. Carpet (i) Cliff Drysdale 5–7, 3–6Loss 7–10 Nov 1978 Taipei, Taiwan Carpet (i) Brian Teacher 3–6, 3–6, 3–6Loss 7–11 Mar 1979 San José, Costa Rica Hard Bernard Mitton 4–6, 4–6, 3–6

Doubles (9 titles, 10 runner-ups) ResultW-L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Oct 1970 Berkeley, U.S. Hard Roy Barth Bob Lutz Stan Smith 2–6, 5–7, 6–4, 2–6Win 1–1 May 1971 Paris, France Clay Stan Smith Pierre Barthès François Jauffret 3–6, 7–5, 6–2Loss 1–2 Jun 1971French Open, Paris Clay Stan Smith Arthur Ashe Marty Riessen 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 9–11Win 2–2 Nov 1971 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Stan Smith Arthur Ashe Bob Lutz 6–3, 6–4Win 3–2 Feb 1973 Copenhagen WCT, Denmark Carpet (i) Erik van Dillen Mark Cox Graham Stilwell 6–4, 6–4Loss 3–3 Apr 1973 Vancouver WCT, Canada Other Erik van Dillen Pierre Barthès Roger Taylor 7–5, 3–6, 6–7Loss 3–4 Apr 1973 Charlotte WCT, U.S. Clay Erik van Dillen Tom Okker Marty Riessen 6–7, 6–3, 3–6Win 4–4 Jul 1973 Nottingham, England Grass Erik van Dillen Bob Carmichael Frew McMillan 6–4, 6–1Loss 4–5 Aug 1973 South Orange, U.S. Hard Pancho Gonzales Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase 7–6, 3–6, 2–6Win 5–5 Sep 1973 Seattle, U.S. Other Tom Okker Bob Carmichael Frew McMillan 2–6, 6–4, 7–6Win 6–5 Oct 1973 Osaka, Japan Hard Jeff Borowiak Jun Kamiwazumi Ken Rosewall 6–4, 7–6Win 7–5 Jul 1974 Chicago, U.S. Carpet (i) Marty Riessen Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez 4–6, 6–3, 7–5Win 8–5 Jul 1974 Washington, D.C., U.S. Clay Marty Riessen Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol 7–5, 6–1Loss 8–6 Aug 1974 Columbus, U.S. Hard Bob Lutz Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj DEFLoss 8–7 Jan 1976 Indianapolis WCT, U.S. Carpet (i) Vitas Gerulaitis Bob Lutz Stan Smith 2–6, 4–6Win 9–7 Apr 1976 Sacramento, U.S. Carpet (i) Sherwood Stewart Mike Cahill John Whitlinger 3–6, 6–4, 6–4Loss 9–8 Feb 1977 San Jose, U.S. Hard Geoff Masters Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan 2–6, 3–6Loss 9–9 Nov 1977 Taipei, Taiwan Hard Steve Docherty Pat DuPré Chris Delaney 6–7, 6–7Loss 9–10 Nov 1978 Tokyo Indoor, Japan Carpet (i) Pat DuPré Ross Case Geoff Masters 3–6, 4–6

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