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Byron Talbot

South African tennis player

Field	Value
name	Byron Talbot
country
birth_date
birth_place	Johannesburg, South Africa
height
turnedpro	1988
plays	Right-handed
careerprizemoney	$861,245
singlestitles	0
highestsinglesranking	No. 229 (3 April 1989)
AustralianOpenresult	1R (1989)
doublestitles	7
highestdoublesranking	No. 20 (29 July 1966)
AustralianOpenDoublesresult	3R (1995)
FrenchOpenDoublesresult	QF (1996)
WimbledonDoublesresult	SF (1993)
USOpenDoublesresult	2R (1995, 1996)

Byron Talbot (born 15 September 1964) 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 as a runner-up 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 working as a financial advisor for Merrill Lynch in Dallas, Texas.

Career finals

Doubles (7 wins, 6 losses)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Championship Series (2)
ATP Tour (5)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents
Loss	0–1	Jul 1989	Schenectady, U.S.	Hard	USA Brad Pearce	USA Scott Davis
AUS Broderick Dyke	6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Apr 1992	Hong Kong	Hard	ZIM Byron Black	USA Brad Gilbert
USA Jim Grabb	2–6, 1–6
Win	1–2	Jul 1992	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	USA Glenn Layendecker	ESP Javier Sánchez
SUI Marc Rosset	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	2–2	Oct 1992	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	USA Brad Pearce	FRA Guy Forget
FRA Henri Leconte	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	2–3	Jan 1994	Doha, Qatar	Hard	USA Shelby Cannon	FRA Olivier Delaître
FRA Stephane Simian	3–6, 3–6
Loss	2–4	Jun 1995	St. Poelten, Austria	Clay	BEL Libor Pimek	USA Bill Behrens
USA Matt Lucena	5–7, 4–6
Win	3–4	Jul 1995	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	BEL Libor Pimek	CZE Jiří Novák
CZE David Rikl	7–5, 1–6, 7–6
Win	4–4	Mar 1996	Copenhagen, Denmark	Carpet	BEL Libor Pimek	AUS Wayne Arthurs
AUS Andrew Kratzmann	7–6, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	4–5	May 1996	Rome, Italy	Clay	BEL Libor Pimek	ZIM Byron Black
CAN Grant Connell	2–6, 3–6
Win	5–5	Jul 1996	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	BEL Libor Pimek	ESP Tomás Carbonell
ESP Francisco Roig	6–2, 5–7, 6–4
Win	6–5	Jul 1996	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	BEL Libor Pimek	RSA David Adams
NED Menno Oosting	7–6, 6–3
Loss	6–6	Mar 1997	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	BEL Libor Pimek	NED Jacco Eltingh
NED Paul Haarhuis	6–7, 4–6
Win	7–6	Jun 1998	Nottingham, U.K.	Grass	USA Justin Gimelstob	CAN Sébastien Lareau
CAN Daniel Nestor	7–5, 6–7, 6–4

References

(2 July 2015). "Catching up with Byron Talbot".

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