{{short description|American tennis player (born 1961)}} {{Distinguish|Dave Ziegler}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2016}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Dave Siegler | image = | fullname = David Jonathan Siegler | country_represented = {{USA}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|5|31}} | birth_place = Burbank, California | death_date = | death_place = | plays = Right-handed | careerprizemoney = | singlesrecord = 15–25 | singlestitles = 0 | highestsinglesranking = No. 137 (December 26, 1979) | currentsinglesranking = | AustralianOpenresult = 2R (1979, 1981, 1982) | FrenchOpenresult = | Wimbledonresult = | USOpenresult = 1R (1979) | doublesrecord = 14–26 | doublestitles = 0 | highestdoublesranking = No. 173 (January 3, 1983) | currentdoublesranking = | AustralianOpenDoublesresult = 2R (1980, 1982) | FrenchOpenDoublesresult = | WimbledonDoublesresult = | USOpenDoublesresult = }} '''David Jonathan Siegler''' (born May 31, 1961) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

==Biography== Siegler, who grew up in California, made the boys' juniors final at the 1979 Wimbledon Championships, which he lost to India's Ramesh Krishnan.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sportskeeda.com/tennis/forgotten-indian-heroes-ramesh-krishnan|title=Forgotten Indian tennis legend – Ramesh Krishnan|last=Narayan|first=Shankar|date=November 27, 2014|publisher=Sportskeeda|access-date=December 3, 2015}}</ref> He managed to qualify for the main draw of the 1979 US Open, but was unable to get past Keith Richardson in a first round match that went to five sets.

A valedictorian at Agoura High School, Siegler took up a full athletic scholarship to Stanford University in 1979 and the following year was a member of the Stanford team that won the NCAA Division One title.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1454&dat=19790505&id=Nk5OAAAAIBAJ&pg=3506,920469&hl=en|title=Valedictorian graduates to big time|last=Stoda|first=Greg|date=May 5, 1979|work=Star-News|page=1C|access-date=December 3, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=348&dat=19800523&id=NuwtAAAAIBAJ&pg=4274,3612137&hl=en|title=Stanford wins tennis crown|date=May 23, 1980|work=Rome News-Tribune|access-date=December 3, 2015}}</ref>

During the early 1980s, Siegler competed on the Grand Prix tennis circuit, with his best performance coming in Cleveland in 1981 when finished runner-up, after beating Stan Smith en route to the final.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19810817&id=DGJNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1839,910815&hl=en|title=Piatek captures first crown|date=August 17, 1981|work=Lakeland Ledger|page=4D|access-date=December 3, 2015}}</ref> He won two Challenger doubles titles, both with Robbie Venter.

In addition to his US Open appearance, Siegler made the main draw of three Australian Opens, in 1979, 1981 and 1982.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110975423 |title=Sporting details. |newspaper=The Canberra Times |location=ACT |date=December 26, 1979 |access-date=December 3, 2015 |page=28 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Sport|date=December 27, 1981|work=The Salina Journal|page=13|location=Salina, Kansas}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/12/02/Tennis-Results-450000-Australian-Mens-Open-Championships/8592407653200/|title=Tennis Results, $450,000 Australian Men's Open Championships|date=December 2, 1982|work=United Press International|access-date=December 3, 2015}}</ref>

He now works as a child neurologist in Tulsa, Oklahoma.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kidnoggin.com/about.html|title=About|publisher=Child Neurology of Tulsa|access-date=December 3, 2015}}</ref>

==Grand Prix career finals==

===Singles: 1 (0–1)=== {|class="sortable wikitable" !Result !style="width:35px" class="unsortable"|W/L !style="width:30px"|Year !style="width:120px"|Tournament !style="width:50px"|Surface !style="width:120px"|Opponent !style="width:80px" class="unsortable"|Score |- |style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss |0–1 |1981 |Cleveland, US |Hard |{{flagicon|USA}} Gene Mayer |1–6, 4–6 |}

===Doubles: 1 (0–1)=== {|class="sortable wikitable" !Result !style="width:35px" class="unsortable"|W/L !style="width:30px"|Year !style="width:120px"|Tournament !style="width:50px"|Surface !style="width:120px"|Partner !style="width:120px"|Opponents !style="width:80px" class="unsortable"|Score |- |style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss |0–1 |1982 |Metz, France |Hard |{{flagicon|IRL}} Matt Doyle |{{flagicon|AUS}} David Carter<br />{{flagicon|AUS}} Paul Kronk |3–6, 6–7 |}

==Challenger titles== ===Doubles: (2)=== {|class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:97% !No. !style="width:30px"|Year !style="width:120px"|Tournament !style="width:50px"|Surface !style="width:150px"|Partner !style="width:150px"|Opponents !style="width:100px" class="unsortable"|Score |- |1. |1980 |Royan, France |Clay |{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Robbie Venter |{{flagicon|SWE}} Jan Gunnarsson<br />{{flagicon|SWE}} Stefan Svensson |6–4, 6–4 |- |2. |1980 |Le Touquet, France |Clay |{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Robbie Venter |{{flagicon|SWE}} Hans Simonsson<br />{{flagicon|SWE}} Tenny Svensson |7–6, 4–6, 6–3 |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{ATP}} * {{ITF}}

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