Tom Nijssen

Tom Nijssen (born 1 October 1964 in Maastricht) is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.

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.

Nijssen's highest ATP singles ranking was World No. 87 on 17 April 1989. He reached his best ATP doubles ranking on 11 May 1992 when he became No. 10.

Doubles titles (11)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	1986	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Johan Vekemans	Miloslav Mečíř Tomáš Šmíd	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	1987	Athens, Greece	Clay	Jaroslav Navrátil	Tore Meinecke Ricki Osterthun	2–6, 6–3, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	1987	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Johan Vekemans	Wojtek Fibak Miloslav Mečíř	6–7, 7–5, 2–6
Winner	1.	1987	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Broderick Dyke	Sammy Giammalva, Jr. Jim Grabb	6–3, 6–2
Winner	2.	1988	Metz, France	Carpet	Jaroslav Navrátil	Rill Baxter Nduka Odizor	6–2, 6–7, 7–6
Winner	3.	1988	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Ricki Osterthun	Mansour Bahrami Guy Forget	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	1988	Frankfurt, Germany	Carpet	Jeremy Bates	Rudiger Haas Goran Ivanišević	6–1, 5–7, 3–6
Winner	4.	1988	Brussels, Belgium	Carpet	Wally Masur	John Fitzgerald Tomáš Šmíd	7–5, 7–6
Runner-up	5.	1990	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Udo Riglewski	Omar Camporese Diego Nargiso	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	6.	1990	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Carpet	Michael Mortensen	Jakob Hlasek Guy Forget	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	7.	1991	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Cyril Suk	Omar Camporese Goran Ivanišević	4–6, 6–7
Runner-up	8.	1991	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Cyril Suk	Paul Haarhuis Mark Koevermans	3–6, 3–6
Winner	5.	1991	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Cyril Suk	Jeremy Bates Kevin Curren	4–6, 6–3, 7–6
Winner	6.	1991	Lyon, France	Carpet	Cyril Suk	Steve DeVries David Macpherson	7–6, 6–3
Runner-up	9.	1991	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet	Cyril Suk	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	5–7, 2–6
Winner	7.	1992	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Carpet	Cyril Suk	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–3, 6–7, 6–3
Winner	8.	1992	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Cyril Suk	Karel Nováček David Rikl	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	10.	1992	Bolzano, Italy	Carpet	Cyril Suk	Anders Järryd Bent-Ove Pedersen	1–6, 7–6, 3–6
Runner-up	11.	1993	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Cyril Suk	Mark Kratzmann Wally Masur	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	9.	1993	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Cyril Suk	Gary Muller Piet Norval	7–6, 6–3
Runner-up	12.	1993	Paris Indoor, France	Carpet	Cyril Suk	Byron Black Jonathan Stark	6–4, 5–7, 2–6
Winner	10.	1994	Oahu, U.S.	Hard	Cyril Suk	Alex O'Brien Jonathan Stark	6–4, 6–4
Winner	11.	1994	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Cyril Suk	Hendrik Jan Davids Piet Norval	4–6, 7–6, 7–6
Runner-up	13.	1996	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Greg Van Emburgh	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	14.	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 Slams
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	2R	3R	1R	1R	QF	2R	QF	1R	1R	3R	1R	0 / 11	12–11
French Open	A	A	2R	1R	2R	3R	1R	QF	2R	2R	3R	1R	1R	2R	A	0 / 12	13–12
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	3R	2R	2R	3R	1R	1R	QF	1R	3R	2R	1R	0 / 11	12–11
U.S. Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	3R	3R	QF	2R	2R	1R	A	0 / 8	9–8
Grand Slam SR	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 2	0 / 42	N/A
Annual Win-Loss	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	4–3	5–4	2–3	5–4	6–4	4–4	11–4	1–4	3–4	4–4	0–2	N/A	46–42
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	These Tournaments Were Not Masters Series Events Before 1990						A	A	1R	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 2	0–2
Miami							1R	1R	3R	2R	2R	2R	1R	1R	2R	0 / 9	2–9
Monte Carlo							A	1R	SF	1R	1R	SF	1R	A	A	0 / 6	5–6
Rome							1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	0 / 8	0–8
Hamburg							1R	QF	SF	1R	QF	1R	2R	A	A	0 / 7	5–7
Canada							A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Cincinnati							A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Stuttgart (Stockholm)							1R	F	QF	QF	2R	A	A	A	A	0 / 5	6–5
Paris							A	1R	QF	F	2R	A	A	A	A	0 / 4	6–4
Masters Series SR	N/A						0 / 4	0 / 6	0 / 7	0 / 6	0 / 6	0 / 4	0 / 5	0 / 2	0 / 1	0 / 41	N/A
Annual Win-Loss	N/A						0–4	5–6	8–7	5–6	1–6	4–4	1–5	0–2	0–1	N/A	24–41
Year End Ranking	430	82	97	44	34	84	53	23	18	25	28	74	79	96	313	N/A

A = did not attend tournament

See also

• List of Grand Slam Mixed Doubles champions

External links

• Tom Nijssen at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Tom Nijssen at the Davis Cup