Sargis Sargsian

Sargis Sargsian
Country (sports) Armenia
ResidencePrague, Czech Republic
Born (1973-06-03) 3 June 1973 (age 51)
Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro1995
Retired2006
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$2,603,732
Singles
Career record155–209
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 38 (12 January 2004)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open4R (2003)
French Open3R (1998, 1999, 2000)
Wimbledon3R (2001, 2003)
US Open4R (2004)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games2R (1996)
Doubles
Career record68–79
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 33 (9 August 2004)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2004, 2005)
French OpenQF (2004)
Wimbledon1R (1998, 2003, 2004)
US Open2R (1997)
Medal record
Representing  Armenia
Tennis
Summer Universiade
Silver medal – second place 1993 Buffalo Mixed Doubles
Last updated on: 15 December 2021.

Sargis Sargsian (Armenian: Սարգիս Սարգսյան, born 3 June 1973) is a former professional tennis player from Armenia.

Sargsian turned pro in 1995, and finished 8 seasons in the top 100 ATP year-end rankings. During his career he won one singles and two doubles titles on the ATP Tour. He played for Armenia at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics, in Atlanta he reached second round, but in Sydney he lost in first round.

Sargsian also played at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He reached career-high rankings of World No. 38 in singles and World No. 33 in doubles during 2004. Sargsian retired in 2006. After his career he settled in Florida but moved to Prague, Czech Republic several years ago where he started a tennis program for high-performance players.

ATP career finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

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)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 1997 Newport, United States World Series Grass New Zealand Brett Steven 7–6(7–0), 4–6, 7–5
Loss 1–1 Oct 2003 Moscow, Russia International Series Hard United States Taylor Dent 6–7(5–7), 4–6
Loss 1–2 Oct 2003 St. Petersburg, Russia International Series Hard Brazil Gustavo Kuerten 3–6, 4–6


Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

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 States World Series Grass United States Chris Woodruff Australia Wayne Arthurs
India Leander Paes 		7–6(8–6), 6–7(7–9), 3–6
Loss 0–2 Aug 2000 Washington, United States Championship Series Hard United States Andre Agassi United States Alex O'Brien
United States Jared Palmer 		5–7, 1–6
Loss 0–3 May 2003 St. Pölten, Austria International Series Clay Serbia and Montenegro Nenad Zimonjić Sweden Simon Aspelin
Italy Massimo Bertolini 		4–6, 7–6(8–6), 3–6
Win 1–3 Jul 2003 Washington, United States International Series Hard Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov South Africa Chris Haggard
Australia Paul Hanley 		7–5, 4–6, 6–2
Win 2–3 Sep 2003 Bucharest, Romania International Series Clay Germany Karsten Braasch Sweden Simon Aspelin
South Africa Jeff Coetzee 		7–6(9–7), 6–2


ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals

Singles: 11 (4–7)

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, Canada Challenger Hard United States Robbie Weiss 2–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Apr 1996 West Bloomfield, United States Challenger Hard South Africa Grant Stafford 4–6, 2–6
Win 1–2 Jun 1996 Zagreb, Croatia Challenger Clay Spain Marcos Górriz 6–4, 6–4
Loss 1–3 Aug 1996 Binghamton, United States Challenger Hard Italy Vincenzo Santopadre 3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win 2–3 Nov 1996 Austin, United States Challenger Hard Canada Sebastien Lareau 6–4, 6–4
Win 3–3 Dec 1996 Amarillo, United States Challenger Hard The Bahamas Mark Knowles 7–6, 6–3
Loss 3–4 Apr 1997 Paget, Bermuda Challenger Clay Belgium Johan Van Herck 1–6, 6–4, 0–6
Loss 3–5 Dec 1997 Burbank, United States Challenger Hard United States Andre Agassi 2–6, 1–6
Win 4–5 Jun 1999 Surbiton, United Kingdom Challenger Grass Czech Republic Martin Damm 7–6(11–9), 7–5
Loss 4–6 Oct 1999 Barcelona, Spain Challenger Clay Spain Fernando Vicente 2–6, 6–1, 2–6
Loss 4–7 Nov 2001 Bratislava, Slovakia Challenger Carpet Slovakia Karol Kucera 1–6, 5–7

Doubles: 2 (2–0)

Legend
ATP Challenger (2–0)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Oct 1996 Monterrey, Mexico Challenger Hard United States Michael Sell South Africa Kevin Ullyett
South Africa Myles Wakefield 		6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Win 2–0 Nov 1996 Austin, United States Challenger Hard United States Michael Sell United States T. J. Middleton
United States Bryan Shelton 		7–5, 7–6

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(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.

Singles

Tournament 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 2R 1R 2R 1R 2R 1R 4R 2R 2R A 0 / 9 8–9 47%
French Open A A 1R 3R 3R 3R 2R 1R 2R 1R 1R A 0 / 9 8–9 47%
Wimbledon A A 2R 2R 1R 1R 3R 2R 3R 2R 1R A 0 / 9 8–9 47%
US Open 3R Q1 3R 1R 1R 1R Q1 3R 2R 4R A A 0 / 8 10–8 56%
Win–loss 2–1 0–0 4–4 3–4 3–4 2–4 4–3 3–4 7–4 5–4 1–3 0–0 0 / 35 34–35 49%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics NH 2R Not Held 1R Not Held 1R NH 0 / 3 1–3 25%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A Q2 Q2 A Q2 A Q2 Q1 1R 2R 2R Q1 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Miami A Q1 1R 2R 1R 1R Q2 1R 1R 1R 1R A 0 / 8 1–8 11%
Monte Carlo A A A A A 2R Q1 A 1R 1R A A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Hamburg A A A A A 1R A A 2R 2R A A 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Rome A A A A A Q2 Q1 A A 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Canada A A 1R 2R A 3R A A 1R 1R A A 0 / 5 3–5 38%
Cincinnati A A 1R Q1 A A A A Q2 2R A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Paris A Q2 1R A 2R Q1 A Q1 A 2R A A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Stuttgart A 2R Q1 A A Q2 A Not Masters Series 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Win–loss 0–0 1–1 0–4 2–2 0–2 3–4 0–0 0–1 1–5 4–8 1–2 0–0 0 / 29 12–29 29%

Doubles

Tournament 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R A A A A 2R 3R 3R 0 / 4 5–4 56%
French Open A A A A A A 2R QF 1R 0 / 3 4–3 57%
Wimbledon A 1R A A A A 1R 1R A 0 / 3 0–3 0%
US Open 2R A A A A A 1R 1R A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Win–loss 1–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–4 5–4 2–2 0 / 13 10–13 43%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A A A A A A 2R A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Miami A A A A A A A 2R A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Monte Carlo A A A A A A A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Hamburg A A A A A A A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Rome A A A Q1 A A A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Canada QF 2R A A A A A 1R A 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Cincinnati A Q1 A A A A 2R SF A 0 / 2 4–2 67%
Stuttgart A A A 2R A Not Masters Series 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Win–loss 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 5–7 0–0 0 / 11 10–11 48%
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