Ken Flach

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Gold	1988 Seoul	Doubles

Kenneth Eliot "Ken" Flach (born May 24, 1963 in St. Louis, Missouri) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won 4 Grand Slam men's doubles titles (2 Wimbledon and 2 US Open), and 2 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles (1 Wimbledon and 1 French Open). He also won the men's doubles Gold Medal at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, partnering Robert Seguso. Flach reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1985.

Flach played doubles on the US Davis Cup team from 1985-1991, compiling an 11–2 record. He was also a member of the US team which won the World Team Cup in 1985.

During his career, Flach won 36 doubles titles (34 men's doubles and 2 mixed doubles). His final career title was won in 1994 at Scottsdale, Arizona.

Prior to turning professional, Flach played tennis for Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, where he won the NCAA Division II singles championships in 1981, 1982 and 1983, and teamed-up with Seguso to reach the 1983 Division I doubles final.

Since retiring from the professional tour, Flach has devoted himself to coaching. He guided Vanderbilt University to its first-ever NCAA tournament berth in 1999. He has also played in seniors events, and won the Wimbledon 35-and-over men's doubles title in 1999 and 2000.

Contents 1 Grand Slam men's doubles finals (6) 1.1 Wins (4) 1.2 Runner-ups (2) 2 Doubles titles (34) 2.1 Runner-ups (24) 3 External links

[edit] Grand Slam men's doubles finals (6)

[edit] Wins (4)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1985	U.S. Open	Robert Seguso	Henri Leconte Yannick Noah	6–7, 7–6, 7–6, 6–0
1987	Wimbledon	Robert Seguso	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	3–6, 6–7, 7–6, 6–1, 6–4
1988	Wimbledon (2)	Robert Seguso	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 7–6
1993	U.S. Open (2)	Rick Leach	Martin Damm Karel Nováček	6–7, 6–4, 6–2

[edit] Runner-ups (2)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1987	U.S. Open	Robert Seguso	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	7–6, 6–2, 4–6, 5–7, 7–6
1989	U.S. Open (2)	Robert Seguso	John McEnroe Mark Woodforde	6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3

[edit] Doubles titles (34)

Legend Grand Slam (4) Tennis Masters Cup (1) Olympic Gold Medal (1) ATP Masters Series (2) ATP Tour (24)

Titles by Surface Hard (16) Clay (6) Grass (5) Carpet (7)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	11 June 1984	Rome, Italy	Clay	Robert Seguso	John Alexander Mike Leach	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
2.	23 July 1984	Boston, U.S.	Clay	Robert Seguso	Gary Donnelly Ernie Fernandez	6–4, 6–4
3.	13 August 1984	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Robert Seguso	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	7–6, 7–5
4.	17 September 1984	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Robert Seguso	Wojtek Fibak Sandy Mayer	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
5.	29 October 1984	Hong Kong	Hard	Robert Seguso	Mark Edmondson Paul McNamee	6–7, 6–3, 7–5
6.	6 November 1984	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet	Robert Seguso	Drew Gitlin Hank Pfister	6–1, 6–7, 6–2
7.	6 January 1985	Masters Doubles WCT, London	Carpet	Robert Seguso	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–0
8.	1 April 1985	Fort Myers, U.S.	Hard	Robert Seguso	Sammy Giammalva Jr. David Pate	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
9.	13 May 1985	Forest Hills, U.S.	Clay	Robert Seguso	Givaldo Barbosa Ivan Kley	7–5, 6–2
10.	17 June 1985	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Robert Seguso	Pat Cash John Fitzgerald	3–6, 6–3, 16–14
11.	29 July 1985	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Robert Seguso	Pavel Složil Kim Warwick	6–4, 6–4
12.	19 August 1985	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Robert Seguso	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	5–7, 7–6, 6–3
13.	9 September 1985	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Robert Seguso	Henri Leconte Yannick Noah	6–7, 7–6, 7–6, 6–0
14.	28 October 1985	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Robert Seguso	Scott Davis David Pate	4–6, 6–3, 7–6
15.	10 February 1986	Memphis, U.S.	Carpet	Robert Seguso	Guy Forget Anders Järryd	6–4, 4–6, 7–6
16.	31 March 1986	Chicago, U.S.	Carpet	Robert Seguso	Eddie Edwards Francisco González	6–0, 7–5
17.	20 October 1986	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Carpet	Matt Anger	Jimmy Arias Greg Holmes	6–2, 6–3
18.	6 July 1987	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Robert Seguso	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	3–6, 6–7, 7–6, 6–1, 6–4
19.	24 August 1987	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Robert Seguso	Steve Denton John Fitzgerald	7–5, 6–3
20.	13 June 1988	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Robert Seguso	Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser	6–2, 7–6
21.	4 July 1988	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Robert Seguso	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 7–6
22.	15 August 1988	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Robert Seguso	Andrew Castle Tim Wilkison	7–6, 6–3
23.	26 September 1988	Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Robert Seguso	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	6–3, 6–4, 6–7, 6–7, 9–7
24.	14 November 1988	Wembley, England	Carpet	Robert Seguso	Martin Davis Brad Drewett	7–5, 6–2
25.	24 April 1989	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Hard	Robert Seguso	Kevin Curren David Pate	7–6, 7–6
26.	21 August 1989	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Robert Seguso	Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser	6–4, 6–4
27.	6 May 1991	Tampa, U.S.	Clay	Robert Seguso	David Pate Richey Reneberg	6–7, 6–4, 6–1
28.	12 August 1991	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Robert Seguso	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	6–7, 6–4, 7–5
29.	19 August 1991	Indianapolis, U.S.	Hard	Robert Seguso	Kent Kinnear Sven Salumaa	7–6, 6–4
30.	23 March 1992	Miami, U.S.	Hard	Todd Witsken	Kent Kinnear Sven Salumaa	6–4, 6–3
31.	12 April 1993	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Hard	Rick Leach	Glenn Michibata David Pate	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
32.	21 June 1993	Manchester, England	Grass	Rick Leach	Stefan Kruger Glenn Michibata	6–4, 6–1
33.	13 September 1993	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Rick Leach	Martin Damm Karel Nováček	6–7, 6–4, 6–2
34.	28 February 1994	Scottsdale, U.S.	Hard	Jan Apell	Alex O'Brien Sandon Stolle	6–0, 6–4

[edit] Runner-ups (24)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	12 December 1983	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet	Robert Seguso	Wally Masur Kim Warwick	7–6, 6–4
2.	16 July 1984	Newport, U.S.	Grass	Robert Seguso	David Graham Laurie Warder	6–4, 7–6
3.	25 February 1985	La Quinta, U.S.	Hard	Robert Seguso	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	3–6, 7–6, 6–3
4.	8 April 1985	Chicago, U.S.	Carpet	Robert Seguso	Johan Kriek Yannick Noah	3–6, 4–6, 7–5, 6–1, 6–4
5.	20 May 1985	Rome, Italy	Clay	Robert Seguso	Anders Järryd Mats Wilander	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
6.	12 August 1985	Stratton Mountain, U.S.	Hard	Robert Seguso	Scott Davis David Pate	3–6, 7–6, 7–6
7.	9 March 1987	Miami, U.S.	Hard	Robert Seguso	Paul Annacone Christo Van Rensburg	6–2, 6–4, 6–4
8.	27 April 1987	Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Jim Grabb	Eric Korita Mike Leach	6–7, 6–1, 7–5
9.	20 July 1987	Livingston, New Jersey, U.S.	Hard	Robert Seguso	Gary Donnelly Greg Holmes	7–6, 6–3
10.	14 September 1987	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Robert Seguso	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	7–6, 6–2, 4–6, 5–7, 7–6
11.	16 November 1987	Wembley, England	Carpet	Robert Seguso	Miloslav Mečíř Tomáš Šmíd	7–5, 6–4
12.	13 December 1987	Masters Doubles, London	Carpet	Robert Seguso	Miloslav Mečíř Tomáš Šmíd	6–4, 7–5, 6–7, 6–3
13.	28 March 1988	Miami, U.S.	Hard	Robert Seguso	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	7–6, 6–1, 7–5
14.	2 August 1988	Indianapolis, U.S.	Hard	Robert Seguso	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	6–4, 6–3
15.	21 November 1988	Detroit, U.S.	Carpet	Robert Seguso	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	6–4, 6–1
16.	11 September 1989	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Robert Seguso	John McEnroe Mark Woodforde	6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3
17.	9 October 1989	Orlando, U.S.	Hard	Robert Seguso	Scott Davis Tim Pawsat	7–5, 5–7, 6–4
18.	25 March 1991	Miami, U.S.	Hard	Robert Seguso	Wayne Ferreira Piet Norval	5–7, 7–6, 6–2
19.	22 July 1991	Washington D.C., U.S.	Hard	Robert Seguso	Scott Davis David Pate	6–4, 6–2
20.	24 November 1991	Doubles Championships, Johannesburg	Hard (i)	Robert Seguso	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–4, 6–4, 2–6, 6–4
21.	20 July 1992	Washington D.C., U.S.	Hard	Todd Witsken	Bret Garnett Jared Palmer	6–2, 6–3
22.	23 August 1993	Indianapolis, U.S.	Hard	Rick Leach	Scott Davis Todd Martin	6–4, 6–4
23.	16 May 1994	Coral Springs, U.S.	Clay	Stephane Simian	Lan Bale Brett Steven	6–3, 7–5
24.	13 May 1996	Pinehurst, U.S.	Clay	David Wheaton	Pat Cash Patrick Rafter	6–2, 6–3

[edit] External links

• Official ATP profile
• Davis Cup record