Tom Gullikson is a tennis

Tennis

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 coach and former professional tennis player from the United States

United States

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Career

During his career as a player, Tom won 16 top-level doubles titles – ten of them partnering with his now-deceased identical twin brother, Tim Gullikson

Tim Gullikson

Timothy Ernest "Tim" Gullikson was a tennis player and coach who was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin in the United States.In 1977, he won three tour singles titles and was named the ATP's Newcomer of the Year...

. The brothers were runners-up in the men's doubles competition at Wimbledon in 1983. Tom also won the mixed doubles title at the US Open

U.S. Open (tennis)

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 in 1984, with his teammate Manuela Maleeva

Manuela Maleeva

Manuela Georgieva Maleeva-Fragniere is a Bulgarian former professional tennis player. She played on the Women's Tennis Association tour between 1982 and 1994...

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Tom won one top-level singles title (at Newport

Newport, Rhode Island

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 in 1985). His career-high rankings were World No. 34 in singles and World No. 9 in doubles (both in 1984). He retired from the professional tour in 1987.

After retiring as a player, Tom became one of the original members of the United States Tennis Association

United States Tennis Association

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 Player Development Program, coaching players such as Todd Martin

Todd Martin

----Todd Christopher Martin is a former professional tennis player from the United States.-Playing career:...

, Jennifer Capriati

Jennifer Capriati

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 and Andy Roddick

Andy Roddick

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. He served as Director of Coaching for the program from 1997 to 2001.

Tom was the United States Davis Cup

Davis Cup

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 Captain from 1994 to 1999. He captained the teams that won the Davis Cup in 1995 and were runners-up in 1997.

In 1996, Tom was coach of the US men's Olympic

Olympic Games

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 tennis team, and guided Andre Agassi

Andre Agassi

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 to winning the Olympic Gold Medal in Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia

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Gullikson resides or has resided in Palm Coast, Florida

Palm Coast, Florida

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, according to his ATP.com profile page.

Grand Slam mixed doubles titles (1)

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in final	Score in final
1984	US Open	Manuela Maleeva Manuela Maleeva Manuela Georgieva Maleeva-Fragniere is a Bulgarian former professional tennis player. She played on the Women's Tennis Association tour between 1982 and 1994...	Elizabeth Sayers   John Fitzgerald	2–6, 7–5, 6–4

External links

• Tim & Tom Gullikson Foundation