Jeff Tarango

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Jeff Tarango
Full nameJeffrey Gail Tarango
Country (sports) United States
ResidenceManhattan Beach, California, United States
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Manhattan Beach, California, United States
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Turned pro1989
Retired2010
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$3,730,289
Singles
Career record239–294
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 42 (2 November 1992)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (1997, 1999)
French Open3R (1993, 1996)
Wimbledon3R (1995)
US Open3R (1989, 1996, 1997)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games2R (2000)
Doubles
Career record253–247
Career titles14
Highest rankingNo. 10 (18 October 1999)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (1996, 2001, 2002)
French OpenF (1999)
Wimbledon3R (1997, 2001)
US Open3R (1996, 1997, 2000)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2000, 2002)
French OpenQF (2000)
WimbledonQF (1998)
US OpenQF (1997)
Last updated on: 12 October 2021.

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Jeffrey Gail Tarango (born November 20, 1968) is a retired American tennis player. He was a top-ten doubles player and a runner-up at the 1999 French Open men's doubles tournament. He is now the Director of Tennis at the Jack Kramer Club, which is just south of Los Angeles. In 2018, he was the tournament director of a $30,000 men's California championships.

Tarango now resides in Manhattan Beach, California with his wife and children. He is married to Jessica Balgrosky, and they have five children (Nina Rose, Katherine, Jackson, Ace, and Jesse).

Career

Pro tour

Tarango turned professional in 1989 after completing his junior year at Stanford University, where he won two NCAA team titles. During his career, he won two top-level singles titles and 14 doubles titles. Tarango reached two Super 9 quarterfinals, Rome in 1995 and Miami in 1998. His career-high world rankings were No. 42 in singles and No. 10 in doubles.[1] He was runner-up in the men's doubles at the 1999 French Open, partnering with Goran Ivanišević.

Wimbledon 1995 default

In the third round of the 1995 Wimbledon Championships, trailing 6–7, 1–3 to Alexander Mronz, Tarango became infuriated with French umpire Bruno Rebeuh, who had ruled against Tarango several times. During the match, when preparing to serve, the crowd heckled Tarango and he responded "Oh, shut up!" Rebeuh immediately issued a code violation to Tarango on the grounds of audible obscenity. Tarango protested this violation, called for the tournament referee, and asked for Rebeuh to be removed. Tarango was instructed to continue to play. He then accused Rebeuh of being "one of the most corrupt officials in the game" – to this Rebeuh gave Tarango another code violation, this time for verbal abuse. Tarango took umbrage, packed his rackets and stormed off the court.[2] To add to the controversy, Tarango's wife at the time then slapped Rebeuh in the face.[3]

Tarango was fined US$65,500, suspended for three weeks, and banned from two Grand Slam tournaments by the ATP and ITF, though the fine was later reduced to US$28,256 after he apologized to Rebeuh.[4][5]

Tarango was also the beneficiary of a default in the men's doubles tournament earlier at the same championship. He and partner Henrik Holm were at two sets to one down against the team of Jeremy Bates and Tim Henman when Henman angrily smashed a ball that inadvertently hit ball girl Caroline Hall, resulting in their disqualification.[2] Coincidentally, Hall was also a ball girl in Tarango's match against Mronz.[6]

After retirement

Tarango retired from the main tour in 2003 and now devotes his time to coaching as well as broadcasting for BBC, ESPN, Tennis Channel, Fox Sports and DirecTV. He has been a member of the Davis Cup Committee for six years within the USTA. He still makes occasional appearances at professional events, including the 2008 USA F21 Futures event in Milwaukee.[7]

In his 2009 autobiography Open, Andre Agassi claimed that Tarango cheated in a juniors tournament in 1977 to hand Agassi his first competitive loss.[8] During the final set tiebreaker, Tarango purposely mis-called a ball that had landed several feet in: "Players act as their own linesman… Tarango has decided he'd rather do this than lose and he knows there's nothing anyone can do about it. He raises his hand in victory. Now I start to cry."[8] In an earlier interview, Tarango instead claimed that Agassi had been overruled by an umpire on match point.[9]

Tarango coached several players after retirement, including Younes El Aynaoui, Andrei Medvedev, Maria Sharapova, and Vince Spadea.[10]

ATP career finals

Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (2–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–3)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (2–3)
Indoors (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 [[1988 Livingston Open – Singles|Template:Dts]] Livingston, United States Grand Prix Hard Template:Flagicon Andre Agassi 2–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 [[1991 KAL Cup Korea Open – Singles|Template:Dts]] Seoul, South Korea World Series Hard Template:Flagicon Patrick Baur 4–6, 6–1, 6–7
Win 1–2 [[1992 BP Nationals|Template:Dts]] Wellington, New Zealand World Series Hard Template:Flagicon Alexander Volkov 6–1, 6–0, 6–3
Win 2–2 [[1992 Tel Aviv Open – Singles|Template:Dts]] Tel Aviv, Israel World Series Hard Template:Flagicon Stéphane Simian 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 2–3 [[1994 Grand Prix Passing Shot – Singles|Template:Dts]] Bordeaux, France World Series Hard Template:Flagicon Wayne Ferreira 0–6, 5–7
Loss 2–4 [[Croatia Open|Template:Dts]] Umag, Croatia World Series Clay Template:Flagicon Magnus Norman 2–6, 4–6

Doubles: 25 (14 titles, 11 runners-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–1)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–1)
ATP Championship Series (2–2)
ATP World Series (12–7)
Finals by surface
Hard (6–6)
Clay (6–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (2–1)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (10–9)
Indoor (4–2)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 [[1994 ATP St. Pölten|Template:Dts]] St. Polten, Austria World Series Clay Template:Flagicon Adam Malik Template:Flagicon Vojtěch Flégl
Template:Flagicon Andrew Florent 		6–3, 1–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 [[1995 Seoul Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Seoul, South Korea World Series Hard Template:Flagicon Sébastien Lareau Template:Flagicon Andrew Florent
Template:Flagicon Joshua Eagle 		6–3, 6–2
Win 2–1 [[1995 Legg Mason Tennis Classic – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Washington, United States Championship Series Hard Template:Flagicon Olivier Delaître Template:Flagicon Petr Korda
Template:Flagicon Cyril Suk 		4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win 3–1 [[1995 Romanian Open|Template:Dts]] Bucharest, Romania World Series Clay Template:Flagicon Mark Keil Template:Flagicon Daniel Vacek
Template:Flagicon Cyril Suk 		6–4, 7–6
Win 4–1 [[1996 Swedish Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Båstad, Sweden World Series Clay Template:Flagicon David Ekerot Template:Flagicon Joshua Eagle
Template:Flagicon Peter Nyborg 		6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Win 5–1 [[1996 Romanian Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Bucharest, Romania World Series Clay Template:Flagicon David Ekerot Template:Flagicon David Adams
Template:Flagicon Menno Oosting 		7–6, 7–6
Loss 5–2 [[1998 Heineken Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Auckland, New Zealand World Series Hard Template:Flagicon Tom Nijssen Template:Flagicon Patrick Galbraith
Template:Flagicon Brett Steven 		4–6, 2–6
Loss 5–3 [[1998 Mercedes-Benz Cup – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Los Angeles, United States World Series Hard Template:Flagicon Daniel Vacek Template:Flagicon Patrick Rafter
Template:Flagicon Sandon Stolle 		4–6, 4–6
Win 6–3 [[1998 Kremlin Cup – Men's doubles|Template:Dts]] Moscow, Russia World Series Carpet Template:Flagicon Jared Palmer Template:Flagicon Daniel Vacek
Template:Flagicon Yevgeny Kafelnikov 		6–4, 6–7, 6–3
Win 7–3 [[1999 Heineken Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Auckland, New Zealand World Series Hard Template:Flagicon Daniel Vacek Template:Flagicon Jiří Novák
Template:Flagicon David Rikl 		7–5, 7–5
Win 8–3 [[1999 St. Petersburg Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] St. Petersburg, Russia World Series Carpet Template:Flagicon Daniel Vacek Template:Flagicon Andrei Pavel
Template:Flagicon Menno Oosting 		3–6, 6–3, 7–5
Win 9–3 [[1999 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's doubles|Template:Dts]] Tokyo, Japan Championship Series Hard Template:Flagicon Daniel Vacek Template:Flagicon Brian Macphie
Template:Flagicon Wayne Black 		4–3 ret.
Loss 9–4 [[1999 French Open – Men's doubles|Template:Dts]] French Open, France Grand Slam Clay Template:Flagicon Goran Ivanišević Template:Flagicon Mahesh Bhupathi
Template:Flagicon Leander Paes 		2–6, 5–7
Win 10–4 [[1999 Investor Swedish Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Båstad, Sweden World Series Clay Template:Flagicon David Adams Template:Flagicon Mikael Tillström
Template:Flagicon Nicklas Kulti 		7–6, 6–4
Win 11–4 [[1999 Bournemouth International – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Bournemouth, United Kingdom World Series Clay Template:Flagicon David Adams Template:Flagicon Michael Kohlmann
Template:Flagicon Nicklas Kulti 		6–3, 6–7, 7–6
Win 12–4 [[1999 Adidas Open de Toulouse|Template:Dts]] Toulouse, France World Series Hard Template:Flagicon Olivier Delaître Template:Flagicon David Adams
Template:Flagicon John-Laffnie de Jager 		3–6, 7–6, 6–4
Loss 12–5 [[2000 Heineken Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Auckland, New Zealand World Series Hard Template:Flagicon Olivier Delaître Template:Flagicon Ellis Ferreira
Template:Flagicon Rick Leach 		5–7, 4–6
Loss 12–6 [[Japan Open (tennis)|Template:Dts]] Tokyo, Japan Championship Series Hard Template:Flagicon Michael Hill Template:Flagicon Mahesh Bhupathi
Template:Flagicon Leander Paes 		4–6, 7–6(7–1), 3–6
Win 13–6 [[2000 Brighton International – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Brighton, United Kingdom World Series Hard Template:Flagicon Michael Hill Template:Flagicon Paul Goldstein
Template:Flagicon Jim Thomas 		6–3, 7–5
Loss 13–7 [[2001 Open 13 – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Marseilles, France World Series Hard Template:Flagicon Michael Hill Template:Flagicon Julien Boutter
Template:Flagicon Fabrice Santoro 		6–7(7–9), 5–7
Win 14–7 [[2001 Grand Prix Hassan II – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Casablanca, Morocco World Series Clay Template:Flagicon Michael Hill Template:Flagicon Pablo Albano
Template:Flagicon David Macpherson 		7–6(7–2), 6–3
Loss 14–8 [[2001 UBS Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Gstaad, Switzerland World Series Clay Template:Flagicon Michael Hill Template:Flagicon Roger Federer
Template:Flagicon Marat Safin 		1–0 ret.
Loss 14–9 [[2001 Stuttgart Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Stuttgart, Germany Championship Series Clay Template:Flagicon Michael Hill Template:Flagicon Guillermo Cañas
Template:Flagicon Rainer Schüttler 		6–4, 6–7(1–7), 4–6
Loss 14–10 [[2001 Kremlin Cup – Men's doubles|Template:Dts]] Moscow, Russia International Series Carpet Template:Flagicon Mahesh Bhupathi Template:Flagicon Max Mirnyi
Template:Flagicon Sandon Stolle 		3–6, 0–6
Loss 14–11 [[2001 Stuttgart Masters – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Stuttgart, Germany Masters Series Hard Template:Flagicon Ellis Ferreira Template:Flagicon Max Mirnyi
Template:Flagicon Sandon Stolle 		6–7(1–7), 6–7(4–7)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 6 (3–3)

Legend
ATP Challenger (3–3)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–3)
Clay (3–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Template:Dts Furth, Germany Challenger Clay Template:Flagicon Felipe Rivera 6–0, 6–0
Loss 1–1 Template:Dts Azores, Portugal Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon Rodolphe Gilbert 1–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss 1–2 Template:Dts Reunion, Reunion Island Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon Ronald Agénor 3–6, 4–6
Loss 1–3 Template:Dts Nantes, France Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon Guillaume Raoux 2–6, 5–7
Win 2–3 Template:Dts Poznań, Poland Challenger Clay Template:Flagicon David Rikl 7–5, 6–3
Win 3–3 Template:Dts Newcastle, United Kingdom Challenger Clay Template:Flagicon Ronald Agénor 3–6, 6–0, 7–6

Doubles: 7 (4–3)

Legend
ATP Challenger (3–3)
ITF Futures (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Template:Dts Azores, Portugal Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon Chris Bailey Template:Flagicon Bryan Shelton
Template:Flagicon Roger Smith 		4–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Template:Dts Réunion, Réunion Island Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon Jonathan Canter Template:Flagicon Mark Kaplan
Template:Flagicon Lan Bale 		6–4, 3–6, 7–5
Loss 1–2 Template:Dts Košice, Slovakia Challenger Clay Template:Flagicon Adrian Voinea Template:Flagicon Jiří Novák
Template:Flagicon David Rikl 		6–7, 2–6
Win 2–2 Template:Dts Košice, Slovakia Challenger Clay Template:Flagicon Olivier Delaître Template:Flagicon Jan Kodeš Jr.
Template:Flagicon Petr Pála 		7–6, 6–3
Win 3–2 Template:Dts Braunschweig, Germany Challenger Clay Template:Flagicon Jens Knippschild Template:Flagicon Álex López Morón
Template:Flagicon Albert Portas 		6–2, 6–2
Loss 3–3 Template:Dts Andrezieux, France Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon Stephen Huss Template:Flagicon David Škoch
Template:Flagicon Lovro Zovko 		6–7(4–7), 6–0, 3–6
Win 4–3 Template:Dts USA F21, Milwaukee Futures Hard Template:Flagicon Edward Kelly Template:Flagicon Raven Klaasen
Template:Flagicon Ryan Young 		6–3, 3–6. [11–9]

Performance timelines

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH

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(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 2R Q3 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 2R 3R 1R 3R 1R 1R 0 / 12 7–12 37%
French Open A A A A 1R 2R 3R 2R 1R 3R 2R 2R 1R 1R Q1 0 / 10 8–10 44%
Wimbledon A A 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 3R A 1R 2R 2R 2R A 0 / 11 5–11 31%
US Open 1R 1R 3R 1R 2R 2R 1R 2R 1R 3R 3R 1R 1R 1R A 0 / 14 9–14 39%
Win–loss 0–1 0–1 3–3 0–2 1–4 3–4 2–4 2–4 2–4 5–3 5–4 2–4 3–4 1–4 0–1 0 / 47 29–47 38%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics NH A Not Held A Not Held A Not Held 2R NH 0 / 1 1–1 50%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A A A 1R Q3 A A 2R A A A 1R 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Miami Open A A A 3R 2R 1R 3R 2R 1R A 2R QF 1R 1R Q2 0 / 10 11–10 52%
Stuttgart NH A A A A A A A A A 1R Q1 A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Monte Carlo A A A A A A A A A A A 1R A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Rome A A A A A 1R A A QF A 1R 1R Q1 1R Q1 0 / 5 3–5 38%
Hamburg A A A A A A A A A A 2R A A 1R A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Canada Masters A A 2R 1R 2R 2R 2R 1R 2R A A 1R A 1R A 0 / 9 5–9 36%
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A 1R 2R A A A A 2R A 1R Q2 0 / 4 2–4 33%
Paris Masters A A A A A 1R Q3 Q3 Q2 Q1 1R Q1 Q1 A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 2–2 1–5 4–4 1–2 4–3 0–0 3–6 5–5 0–1 0–5 0–1 0 / 37 23–37 38%

Doubles

Tournament 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A A A 1R 3R 1R 1R 2R 1R 3R 3R 1R 0 / 9 7–9 44%
French Open A A A A A A A A 2R 2R 1R 2R F 1R SF 1R 1R 0 / 9 11–9 55%
Wimbledon A A A A A A A A 2R A 3R 2R 2R 2R 3R 2R 2R 0 / 8 10–8 56%
US Open 1R A A A A A A 2R 1R 3R 3R 1R 1R 3R 1R 2R 1R 0 / 11 8–11 42%
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–4 5–3 4–4 2–4 7–4 3–4 7–4 4–4 1–4 0 / 37 36–37 49%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A A A A A A A 1R 1R A 1R QF 1R A 0 / 5 2–5 29%
Miami Open A A A A A A A A A A 1R 1R 3R 2R 3R 2R A 0 / 6 3–6 33%
Stuttgart NH A A A A A A A A A Q1 A 1R A F A A 0 / 2 4–2 67%
Monte Carlo A A A A A A A A A A A 1R QF 1R 2R 1R A 0 / 5 2–5 29%
Rome A A A A A A A A QF A QF 1R QF 1R 1R 1R A 0 / 7 6–7 46%
Hamburg A A A A A A A A A A 1R A A 1R 1R 1R A 0 / 4 0–4 0%
Canada Masters A A 1R A A A A QF QF A A 1R A 1R QF QF A 0 / 7 8–7 53%
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A A A A A A A 1R A 2R SF 1R A 0 / 4 4–4 50%
Paris Masters A A A A A A A A 2R A Q2 Q1 1R QF 2R A A 0 / 4 4–4 50%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 5–3 0–0 2–4 0–6 5–5 3–8 14–9 2–7 0–0 0 / 44 33–44 43%

Mixed doubles

Tournament 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R A A 2R QF 1R QF A 0 / 5 5–5 50%
French Open A A 2R A A QF 1R 2R A 0 / 4 3–4 43%
Wimbledon A A A QF A A 3R 1R 2R 0 / 4 6–4 60%
US Open 2R A QF A A A 2R 2R 1R 0 / 5 5–5 50%
Win–loss 1–1 0–1 2–2 3–1 1–1 4–2 3–4 4–4 1–2 0 / 18 19–18 51%

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1986 US Open Hard Template:Flagicon David Wheaton Template:Flagicon Tomás Carbonell
Template:Flagicon Javier Sánchez		 4–6, 6–1, 1–6

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