{{short description|American tennis player}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox tennis biography |name = Tony Giammalva |image = <!-- formatted like this: 250px; change 250 to change image size --> |caption = <!-- brief text caption for the image --> |fullname = |country = {{USA}} |residence = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|04|21}} |birth_place = Houston, Texas, United States |death_date = |death_place = |height = <!-- {{convert|HEIGHT IN METRES|m|abbr=on}} or {{convert|6|ft|3|in|abbr=on}} --> |college = |turnedpro = |retired = 1985 |plays = Right-handed |careerprizemoney = $307,994 |tennishofyear = <!-- year inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame --> |tennishofid = <!-- ID from the Tennis HoF website, taken from http://www.tennisfame.com/hall-of-famers/First Name-Last Name i.e. martina-navratilova, which it is all undercase letters--> |website = <!-- official web site address like this: [http://www.site.com www.site.com] --> |singlesrecord = 55–78 |singlestitles = 0 |highestsinglesranking = No. 70 (2 February 1981) |AustralianOpenresult = 2R (1983) |AustralianOpenjuniorresult = |AustralianOpenseniorresult = |FrenchOpenresult = 3R (1981) |FrenchOpenjuniorresult = |FrenchOpenseniorresult = |Wimbledonresult = 3R (1981) |Wimbledonjuniorresult = |Wimbledonseniorresult = |USOpenresult = 3R (1980) |USOpenjuniorresult = |USOpenseniorresult = |Othertournaments = <!-- adds a "Other tournaments" title --> |MastersCupresult = |WTAChampionshipsresult = |Olympicsresult = |doublesrecord = 86–75 |doublestitles = 4 |highestdoublesranking = No. 32 (22 April 1985) |currentdoublesranking = |grandslamsdoublesresults = |AustralianOpenDoublesresult = QF (1982) |AustralianOpenDoublesjuniorresult = |AustralianOpenDoublesseniorresult = |FrenchOpenDoublesresult = QF (1985) |FrenchOpenDoublesjuniorresult = |FrenchOpenDoublesseniorresult = |WimbledonDoublesresult = 2R (1985) |WimbledonDoublesjuniorresult = |WimbledonDoublesseniorresult = |USOpenDoublesresult = 3R (1983) |USOpenDoublesjuniorresult = |USOpenDoublesseniorresult = |OthertournamentsDoubles = <!-- adds a "Other doubles tournaments" title --> |MastersCupDoublesresult = |WTAChampionshipsDoublesresult = |OlympicsDoublesresult = |Mixed = <!-- adds mixed information--> |mixedrecord = |mixedtitles = |AustralianOpenMixedresult = |FrenchOpenMixedresult = |WimbledonMixedresult = |USOpenMixedresult = |updated = <!-- adds date this template was last updated at an individual article --> }} '''Tony Giammalva''' (born April 21, 1958) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.
During his career he won 4 doubles titles and achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 32 in 1985. His best singles ranking was reached in February 1981, at World No. 70.
Giammalva's father Sam played top-level tennis as well, participating on two Davis Cup winning teams for the United States. Tony's younger brother Sammy Jr. was also a touring pro.
==Career finals== ===Doubles (4 titles, 5 runner-ups)=== {|class="sortable wikitable" !style="width:40px"|Result !style="width:30px" class="unsortable"|W/L !style="width:50px"|Date !style="width:145px"|Tournament !style="width:50px"|Surface !style="width:160px"|Partner !style="width:160px"|Opponents !style="width:95px" class="unsortable"|Score |- |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 0–1 | 1980 | Hilversum, Netherlands | Clay | {{flagicon|GBR}} Buster Mottram | {{flagicon|NED}} Tom Okker <br> {{flagicon|HUN}} Balázs Taróczy | 5–7, 3–6, 6–7 |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 0–2 | 1981 | Atlanta, U.S. | Hard | {{flagicon|USA}} Sammy Giammalva Jr. | {{flagicon|USA}} Fritz Buehning <br> {{flagicon|USA}} Peter Fleming | 4–6, 6–4, 3–6 |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 0–3 | 198 | Frankfurt, West Germany | Carpet | {{flagicon|USA}} Tim Mayotte | {{flagicon|USA}} Steve Denton <br> {{flagicon|AUS}} Mark Edmondson | 7–6, 3–6, 3–6 |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 0–4 | 1982 | Florence, Italy | Clay | {{flagicon|USA}} Sammy Giammalva Jr. | {{flagicon|ITA}} Paolo Bertolucci <br> {{flagicon|ITA}} Adriano Panatta | 6–7, 1–6 |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 0–5 | 1982 | Zell Am See WCT, Austria | Clay | {{flagicon|USA}} Sammy Giammalva Jr. | {{flagicon|POL}} Wojciech Fibak <br> {{flagicon|USA}} Bruce Manson | 7–6, 4–6, 4–6 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 1–5 | 1982 | Baltimore WCT, U.S. | Carpet | {{flagicon|IND}} Anand Amritraj | {{flagicon|IND}} Vijay Amritraj <br> {{flagicon|AUS}} Fred Stolle | 7–5, 6–2 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 2–5 | 1983 | Tampa, U.S. | Carpet | {{flagicon|USA}} Steve Meister | {{flagicon|USA}} Eric Fromm <br> {{flagicon|USA}} Drew Gitlin | 3–6, 6–1, 7–5 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 3–5 | 1983 | Maui, U.S. | Hard | {{flagicon|USA}} Steve Meister | {{flagicon|USA}} Mike Bauer <br> {{flagicon|USA}} Scott Davis | 6–3, 5–7, 6–4 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 4–5 | 1984 | Tokyo Indoor, U.S. | Carpet | {{flagicon|USA}} Sammy Giammalva Jr. | {{flagicon|AUS}} Mark Edmondson <br> {{flagicon|USA}} Sherwood Stewart | 7–6, 6–4 |}
==External links== * {{ATP}} * {{ITF}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Giammalva, Tony}} Category:American male tennis players Category:American people of Italian descent Category:Tennis players from Houston Category:Trinity Tigers men's tennis players Category:1958 births Category:Living people Category:20th-century American sportsmen