Byron Talbot

Byron Talbot

Country (sports)	South Africa
Born	(1964-09-15) 15 September 1964 Johannesburg, South Africa
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	1988
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$861,245
Singles
Career record	1–5
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 229 (3 April 1989)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (1989)
Doubles
Career record	183–237
Career titles	7
Highest ranking	No. 20 (29 July 1966)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	3R (1995)
French Open	QF (1996)
Wimbledon	SF (1993)
US Open	2R (1995, 1996)

Byron Talbot (born 15 September 1964, in Johannesburg, South Africa), is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won seven doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional six times. He achieved a career-high doubles world ranking of Number 20 in 1996.

Byron played collegiate tennis at the University of Tennessee. He is currently a financial advisor for Merrill Lynch in Dallas, Texas.^[1]

Doubles titles (7)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	1989	Schenectady, U.S.	Hard	Brad Pearce	Scott Davis Broderick Dyke	6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	1992	Hong Kong	Hard	Byron Black	Brad Gilbert Jim Grabb	2–6, 1–6
Winner	1.	1992	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Glenn Layendecker	Javier Sánchez Marc Rosset	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	2.	1992	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Brad Pearce	Guy Forget Henri Leconte	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	1994	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Shelby Cannon	Olivier Delaître Stephane Simian	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	1995	St. Poelten, Austria	Clay	Libor Pimek	Bill Behrens Matt Lucena	5–7, 4–6
Winner	3.	1995	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Libor Pimek	Jiří Novák David Rikl	7–5, 1–6, 7–6
Winner	4.	1996	Copenhagen, Denmark	Carpet	Libor Pimek	Wayne Arthurs Andrew Kratzmann	7–6, 3–6, 6–3
Runner-up	5.	1996	Rome, Italy	Clay	Libor Pimek	Byron Black Grant Connell	2–6, 3–6
Winner	5.	1996	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Libor Pimek	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig	6–2, 5–7, 6–4
Winner	6.	1996	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Libor Pimek	David Adams Menno Oosting	7–6, 6–3
Runner-up	6.	1997	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Libor Pimek	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6–7, 4–6
Winner	7.	1998	Nottingham, U.K.	Grass	Justin Gimelstob	Sébastien Lareau Daniel Nestor	7–5, 6–7, 6–4

References

External links

• Byron Talbot at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Byron Talbot at the International Tennis Federation