Armenian tennis player
Sargis Sargsian (Armenian :Սարգիս Սարգսյան , born 3 June 1973) is a former professionaltennis player fromArmenia . He reached career-high rankings of World No. 38 in singles and World No. 33 in doubles, winning one singles and two doubles titles on theATP Tour . Sargsian finished 8 seasons in the top 100 ATP year-end rankings.
Sargsian played college tennis withArizona State University , where he won the1995 NCAA Men's Singles Championship . Sargsian turned pro in 1995, continuing to be coached with his collegiate coach Steve Bickham.[ 1]
Sargsian represented Armenia at the1996 ,2000 (where he reached the second round), and the2004 Summer Olympics . Sargsian retired in 2006. After his career he settled inFlorida but moved toPrague, Czech Republic several years ago where he started a tennis program for high-performance players.
Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)[ edit ] Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0) ATP Championship Series (0–0) ATP World Series (1–2)
Finals by surface Hard (0–2) Clay (0–0) Grass (1–0) Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting Outdoors (1–0) Indoors (0–2)
Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)[ edit ] Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters Series (0–0) ATP Championship Series (0–1) ATP World Series (2–2)
Finals by surface Hard (1–1) Clay (1–1) Grass (0–1) Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting Outdoors (2–3) Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score Loss 0–1 Jul 1999 Newport , United StatesWorld Series Grass Chris Woodruff Wayne Arthurs Leander Paes 7–6(8–6) , 6–7(7–9) , 3–6 Loss 0–2 Aug 2000 Washington , United StatesChampionship Series Hard Andre Agassi Alex O'Brien Jared Palmer 5–7, 1–6 Loss 0–3 May 2003 St. Pölten , AustriaInternational Series Clay Nenad Zimonjić Simon Aspelin Massimo Bertolini 4–6, 7–6(8–6) , 3–6 Win 1–3 Jul 2003 Washington , United StatesInternational Series Hard Yevgeny Kafelnikov Chris Haggard Paul Hanley 7–5, 4–6, 6–2 Win 2–3 Sep 2003 Bucharest , RomaniaInternational Series Clay Karsten Braasch Simon Aspelin Jeff Coetzee 7–6(9–7) , 6–2
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals [ edit ] Legend ATP Challenger (4–7) ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface Hard (2–4) Clay (1–2) Grass (1–0) Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score Loss 0–1 Jul 1995 Granby , CanadaChallenger Hard Robbie Weiss 2–6, 2–6 Loss 0–2 Apr 1996 West Bloomfield , United StatesChallenger Hard Grant Stafford 4–6, 2–6 Win 1–2 Jun 1996 Zagreb , CroatiaChallenger Clay Marcos Górriz 6–4, 6–4 Loss 1–3 Aug 1996 Binghamton , United StatesChallenger Hard Vincenzo Santopadre 3–6, 6–3, 3–6 Win 2–3 Nov 1996 Austin , United StatesChallenger Hard Sebastien Lareau 6–4, 6–4 Win 3–3 Dec 1996 Amarillo , United StatesChallenger Hard Mark Knowles 7–6, 6–3 Loss 3–4 Apr 1997 Paget , BermudaChallenger Clay Johan Van Herck 1–6, 6–4, 0–6 Loss 3–5 Dec 1997 Burbank , United StatesChallenger Hard Andre Agassi 2–6, 1–6 Win 4–5 Jun 1999 Surbiton , United KingdomChallenger Grass Martin Damm 7–6(11–9) , 7–5 Loss 4–6 Oct 1999 Barcelona , SpainChallenger Clay Fernando Vicente 2–6, 6–1, 2–6 Loss 4–7 Nov 2001 Bratislava , SlovakiaChallenger Carpet Karol Kucera 1–6, 5–7
Legend ATP Challenger (2–0) ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface Hard (2–0) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)
Performance timelines [ edit ] (W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.