Todd Witsken

Todd Witsken

Country (sports)	United States
Born	(1963-11-04)November 4, 1963 Indianapolis, Indiana
Died	May 25, 1998(1998-05-25) (aged 34) Zionsville, Indiana
Turned pro	1985
Retired	1993
Plays	Right-handed (1-handed backhand)
College	University of Southern California
Prize money	$1,420,910
Singles
Career record	115–135
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 43 (November 13, 1989)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	QF (1988)
French Open	2R (1988, 1989)
Wimbledon	2R (1986, 1989)
US Open	4R (1986)
Doubles
Career record	222–148
Career titles	12
Highest ranking	No. 4 (August 29, 1988)

Todd Witsken (November 4, 1963 – May 25, 1998) was an American tennis player. He specialized in playing doubles and began his professional career in 1985. He was a three-time all-American at the University of Southern California. His career-high rankings were World No. 43 in singles and No. 4 in doubles.^[1] Witsken retired just before the 1993 US Open and died from brain cancer on May 25, 1998, at the age of 34.^[1]

Witsken's biggest singles win was at the 1986 US Open, where he beat 5-time US Open champion, Jimmy Connors, 6-2, 6-4, 7-5, in their third round match. It was the first time since 1973 that Connors had failed to reach the US Open semi finals.

In 1989 he lost to Greg Holmes 5-7, 6-4, 7-6(5), 4-6, 14-12 in the second round at Wimbledon, a match that was the longest Men's singles match at Wimbledon, timed at 5 hours 28 minutes, until the epic Isner-Mahut match in 2010.

He was one of eight children born to Marilyn and Henry Witsken. His hometown was Carmel, Indiana, where he left behind four children.

ATP Tour finals

Doubles (12 titles, 9 runner-ups)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	October 4, 1987	San Francisco, USA	Carpet (i)	Glenn Layendecker	Jim Grabb Patrick McEnroe	2–6, 6–0, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	March 6, 1988	Indian Wells, USA	Hard	Jorge Lozano	Boris Becker Guy Forget	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	May 1, 1988	Charleston, USA	Clay	Jorge Lozano	Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser	6–7, 3–6
Winner	1.	May 8, 1988	Forest Hills, USA	Clay	Jorge Lozano	Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser	6–3, 7–6
Winner	2.	May 15, 1988	Rome, Italy	Clay	Jorge Lozano	Anders Järryd Tomáš Šmíd	6–3, 6–3
Winner	3.	July 10, 1988	Boston, USA	Clay	Jorge Lozano	Bruno Orešar Jaime Yzaga	6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	4.	July 24, 1988	Washington, USA	Hard	Jorge Lozano	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	3–6, 7–6, 2–6
Winner	4.	July 31, 1988	Stratton Mountain, USA	Hard	Jorge Lozano	Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser	6–3, 7–6
Runner-up	5.	November 27, 1988	Itaparica, Brazil	Hard	Jorge Lozano	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	6–7, 6–7
Winner	5.	April 16, 1989	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Carpet (i)	Jorge Lozano	Patrick McEnroe Tim Wilkison	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Winner	6.	July 16, 1989	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Cassio Motta	Petr Korda Milan Šrejber	6–4, 6–3
Winner	7.	August 20, 1989	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Kelly Evernden	Charles Beckman Shelby Cannon	6–3, 6–3
Winner	8.	November 12, 1989	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet (i)	Jorge Lozano	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	6–3, 5–7, 6–3
Runner-up	6.	November 26, 1989	Itaparica, Brazil	Hard	Jorge Lozano	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	2–6, 6–7
Runner-up	7.	July 22, 1990	Washington, USA	Hard	Jorge Lozano	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	3–6, 7–6, 2–6
Runner-up	8.	October 21, 1990	Vienna, Austria	Carpet (i)	Jorge Lozano	Udo Riglewski Michael Stich	4–6, 4–6
Winner	9.	April 7, 1991	Hong Kong	Hard	Patrick Galbraith	Glenn Michibata Robert Van't Hof	6–2, 6–4
Winner	10.	May 5, 1991	Munich, Germany	Clay	Patrick Galbraith	Anders Järryd Danie Visser	7–5, 6–4
Winner	11.	July 28, 1991	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Patrick Galbraith	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	6–4, 3–6, 6–1
Winner	12.	March 22, 1992	Key Biscayne, USA	Hard	Ken Flach	Kent Kinnear Sven Salumaa	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	9.	July 19, 1992	Washington, USA	Hard	Ken Flach	Bret Garnett Jared Palmer	2–6, 3–6

Singles finals (1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	February 11, 1990	San Francisco, USA	Carpet (i)	Andre Agassi	1–6, 3–6

References

External links

• Todd Witsken at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Todd Witsken at the International Tennis Federation