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Sashi Menon

Indian tennis player

Summary

Indian tennis player

Field	Value
name	Sashi Menon
country_represented	India
birth_date
birth_place	Madras, India
height	5 ft 11 in
plays	Right-handed
turnedpro	1970
retired	1984
singlesrecord
singlestitles	4
highestsinglesranking	No. 71 (21 October 1975)
AustralianOpenresult	2R (1975, 1982)
FrenchOpenresult	2R (1976)
Wimbledonresult	2R (1976, 1980, 1982)
USOpenresult	2R (1975, 1976, 1977)
doublesrecord	124–170
doublestitles	3
highestdoublesranking	No. 81 (12 December 1976)
AustralianOpenDoublesresult	QF (1975)
FrenchOpenDoublesresult	2R (1977)
WimbledonDoublesresult	3R (1976)
USOpenDoublesresult	2R (1977)

Sashi Menon (born 9 August 1952) is an Indian former professional tennis player. He was active from 1970 to 1984 and played over 700 matches and won 4 career singles titles, 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. In 1971 he entered his first major tournament at the US Open where he lost in the first round to Željko Franulović. In 1972 he was a quarter finalist at the Pennsylvania Lawn Tennis Championships where he lost to Mark Cox.

In 1973 he reached his first senior tournament final at the Kona Kai Open in San Diego where he was beaten by John Andrews, the same year he won his first title at the Charles Farrell Invitation played at the Racquet Club of Palm Springs against Larry Nagler, and was a losing finalist at the Blue and Gray Championships in Montgomery, Alabama to Raz Reid,

In 1976 he reached the final of the Bangalore Open but lost to Kim Warwick. In 1978 he reached the finals of the Tinton Falls Open in Trinton Falls, New Jersey and won the title against John Sadri. 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. He played his final singles event at the International Championships of Egypt in Cairo in 1984.

Career finals

Singles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runners-up)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	1973	Kona Kai Open	Hard	USA John Andrews	1–6, 5–7
Win	1.	1973	Charles Farrell Invitation	Clay	USA Larry Nagler	7–6, 7–5
Loss	2.	1973	Blue Gray Championships	Clay	USA Raz Reid	3–6, 6–7
Win	2.	1974	Washington Classic	Hard	USA Terry Moor	6–3, 6–2
Loss	3.	1976	Bangalore Open	Clay	AUS Kim Warwick	1–6, 5–7
Win	3.	1978	Tinton Falls Open	Hard	USA John Sadri	3–6, 7–5, 6–3
Win	4.	1979	South Fulton Tennis Classic	Hard	USA Terry Moor	6–3, 6–2

Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runners-up)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents
Win	1.	1978	Mexico City WCT, Mexico	Hard	USA Gene Mayer	MEX Marcello Lara
MEX Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 7–6
Win	2.	1978	Lagos, Nigeria	Clay	USA George Hardie	Rhodesia Colin Dowdeswell
FRG Jürgen Fassbender	6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Loss	1.	1978	Guadalajara, Mexico	Clay	USA Gene Mayer	USA Sandy Mayer
USA Sherwood Stewart	6–4, 6–7, 3–6
Win	3.	1978	Calcutta, India	Clay	USA Sherwood Stewart	FRA Gilles Moretton
FRA Yannick Noah	7–6, 6–4

References

(June 2024). "Players:Menon, Sashi". Tennismem SL.
"History". Blue Gray National Tennis Classic.

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