Indian tennis player
Sashi Menon (born 9 August 1952) is an Indian former professional tennis player. He was active from 1970 to 1984 and played over 700 hundred matches and won 4 career singles titles,[1] in addition he also won 3 doubles titles.
Career
He played his first singles tournament in 1970 at the qualifiers for the Pacific Southwest Championships.[1] In 1971 he entered his first major tournament at the US Open where he lost in the first round to Željko Franulović.[1] In 1972 he was a quarter finalist at the Pennsylvania Lawn Tennis Championships where he lost to Mark Cox.[1]
In 1973 he reached his first senior tournament final at the Kona Kai Open in San Diego where he was beaten by John Andrews,[1] the same year he won his first title at the Charles Farrell Invitation played at the Racquet Club of Palm Springs against Larry Nagler,[1] and was a losing finalist at the Blue and Gray Championships in Montgomery, Alabama to Raz Reid,[2][1]
In 1976 he reached the final of the Bangalore Open but lost to Kim Warwick.[1] In 1978 he reached the finals of the Tinton Falls Open in Trinton Falls, New Jersey and won the title against John Sadri.[1] His final singles title came in 1979 at the South Fulton Tennis Classic at College Park, Georgia that was part of the American Express Satellite Circuit that year.[1] He played his final singles event at the International Championships of Egypt in Cairo in 1984.[1]
Career finals
Singles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runners-up)
Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runners-up)
Result
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W/L
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Date
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Tournament
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Surface
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Partner
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Opponents
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Score
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Win
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1.
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1978
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Mexico City WCT, Mexico
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Hard
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Gene Mayer
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Marcello Lara Raúl Ramírez
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6–3, 7–6
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Win
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2.
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1978
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Lagos, Nigeria
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Clay
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George Hardie
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Colin Dowdeswell Jürgen Fassbender
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6–3, 3–6, 7–5
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Loss
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1.
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1978
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Guadalajara, Mexico
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Clay
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Gene Mayer
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Sandy Mayer Sherwood Stewart
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6–4, 6–7, 3–6
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Win
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3.
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1978
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Calcutta, India
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Clay
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Sherwood Stewart
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Gilles Moretton Yannick Noah
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7–6, 6–4
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