Tony Giammalva

{{short description|American tennis player}}

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|highestsinglesranking = No. 70 (2 February 1981)

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Tony Giammalva (born April 21, 1958) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

During his career he won 4 doubles titles and achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 32 in 1985. His best singles ranking was reached in February 1981, at World No. 70.

Giammalva's father Sam played top-level tennis as well, participating on two Davis Cup winning teams for the United States. Tony's younger brother Sammy Jr. was also a touring pro.

Career finals

=Doubles (4 titles, 5 runner-ups)=

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!style="width:50px"|Date

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!style="width:95px" class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 0–1

| 1980

| Hilversum, Netherlands

| Clay

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Buster Mottram

| {{flagicon|NED}} Tom Okker
{{flagicon|HUN}} Balázs Taróczy

| 5–7, 3–6, 6–7

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 0–2

| 1981

| Atlanta, U.S.

| Hard

| {{flagicon|USA}} Sammy Giammalva Jr.

| {{flagicon|USA}} Fritz Buehning
{{flagicon|USA}} Peter Fleming

| 4–6, 6–4, 3–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 0–3

| 198

| Frankfurt, West Germany

| Carpet

| {{flagicon|USA}} Tim Mayotte

| {{flagicon|USA}} Steve Denton
{{flagicon|AUS}} Mark Edmondson

| 7–6, 3–6, 3–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 0–4

| 1982

| Florence, Italy

| Clay

| {{flagicon|USA}} Sammy Giammalva Jr.

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Paolo Bertolucci
{{flagicon|ITA}} Adriano Panatta

| 6–7, 1–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 0–5

| 1982

| Zell Am See WCT, Austria

| Clay

| {{flagicon|USA}} Sammy Giammalva Jr.

| {{flagicon|POL}} Wojciech Fibak
{{flagicon|USA}} Bruce Manson

| 7–6, 4–6, 4–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 1–5

| 1982

| Baltimore WCT, U.S.

| Carpet

| {{flagicon|IND}} Anand Amritraj

| {{flagicon|IND}} Vijay Amritraj
{{flagicon|AUS}} Fred Stolle

| 7–5, 6–2

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| 2–5

| 1983

| Tampa, U.S.

| Carpet

| {{flagicon|USA}} Steve Meister

| {{flagicon|USA}} Eric Fromm
{{flagicon|USA}} Drew Gitlin

| 3–6, 6–1, 7–5

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 3–5

| 1983

| Maui, U.S.

| Hard

| {{flagicon|USA}} Steve Meister

| {{flagicon|USA}} Mike Bauer
{{flagicon|USA}} Scott Davis

| 6–3, 5–7, 6–4

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 4–5

| 1984

| Tokyo Indoor, U.S.

| Carpet

| {{flagicon|USA}} Sammy Giammalva Jr.

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Mark Edmondson
{{flagicon|USA}} Sherwood Stewart

| 7–6, 6–4