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Armenia · born Yerevan, 1973 · right-handed · Newport champion 1997, his only ATP title
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ATP singles title: Newport 1997, on grass
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Career-high ranking, January 2004
27-5
Davis Cup record for Armenia
1995
NCAA singles champion, the first from Arizona State
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Best Wimbledon result, 2001 and 2003
Sargis Sargsian was born in Yerevan in 1973, started playing at seven and trained at the Institute of Sport in Armenia. He came to the United States with the Armenian team in 1993 and stayed, studying at Arizona State University, where in 1995 he became the school's first NCAA singles champion and the top-ranked college player. He turned professional that year.
His only ATP singles title came on the grass at Newport in July 1997. He reached two more finals, at Moscow and St Petersburg in October 2003, and rose to a career high of No. 38 in January 2004; he also won two doubles titles. He played for Armenia at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympics and compiled a 27-5 Davis Cup record. He retired in 2006 and later set up a high-performance programme in Prague.
| Newport 1997 | Beat Brett Steven of New Zealand 7-6, 4-6, 7-5 in the final for his only ATP title |
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| Newport 1999 | Reached the doubles final with Chris Woodruff, losing to Wayne Arthurs and Leander Paes 7-6, 6-7, 3-6 |
| Wimbledon | Third round in 2001 and 2003, his best results there |
| Newport, Rhode Island | ||
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| 1997 | Men's singles Hall of Fame Open | |
Leading grass titles only: the grass majors, tour-level grass events since 1968 and the leading grass championships before 1968. †single source; ‡ sources disagree. Roll of champions
"He is a true friend. He gives from his heart. He means so much to me."
The person behind the player.
Yerevan to Tempe, 1993
He came to the United States in 1993 with the Armenian national team and stayed. At Arizona State he was a two-time singles All-American and in 1995 won the NCAA singles title, the first in the university's history.
Source: ATP TourLas Vegas
His ATP biography describes him as a close friend of Andre Agassi, with whom he often practised in Las Vegas.
Source: ATP TourNew York, September 2004
At the 2004 US Open he beat the tenth seed Nicolás Massu in five sets lasting five hours and nine minutes, then Paul-Henri Mathieu in another five-setter of four hours and 44 minutes, the longest back-to-back matches any man had played at the tournament. "It's crazy good, unbelievable good," he said.
Source: Jeff Williams, staff writer, republished by HyetertArthur Ashe Stadium, September 2004
His reward was a fourth-round match against Agassi, who won 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 in 90 minutes. Agassi said of watching Sargsian's previous match: "Never been so nervous in my life." Sargsian said: "I really hope this is the last time I play him."
Source: Lawrence Journal-World (Associated Press), 7 September 2004Davis Cup
He played 20 Davis Cup ties for Armenia and won 27 of 32 rubbers, 16 of 19 in singles.
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