Tony Giammalva
{{short description|American tennis player}}
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|birth_place = Houston, Texas, United States
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|retired = 1985
|plays = Right-handed
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|singlesrecord = 55–78
|singlestitles = 0
|highestsinglesranking = No. 70 (2 February 1981)
|AustralianOpenresult = 2R (1983)
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|doublesrecord = 86–75
|doublestitles = 4
|highestdoublesranking = No. 32 (22 April 1985)
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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="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| 0–1 | 1980 | Hilversum, Netherlands | Clay | {{flagicon|GBR}} Buster Mottram | {{flagicon|NED}} Tom Okker | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 7–5, 6–2 |
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| 2–5 | 1983 | Tampa, U.S. | Carpet | {{flagicon|USA}} Steve Meister | {{flagicon|USA}} Eric Fromm | 3–6, 6–1, 7–5 |
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| 3–5 | 1983 | Maui, U.S. | Hard | {{flagicon|USA}} Steve Meister | {{flagicon|USA}} Mike Bauer | 6–3, 5–7, 6–4 |
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| 4–5 | 1984 | Tokyo Indoor, U.S. | Carpet | {{flagicon|USA}} Sammy Giammalva Jr. | {{flagicon|AUS}} Mark Edmondson | 7–6, 6–4 |