Robert Trogolo

Robert Trogolo

Country (sports)	South Africa
Residence	Killeen, Texas
Born	(1953-06-15) 15 June 1953 Johannesburg, South Africa
Height	5'11" (180 cm)
Plays	Right-handed
Singles
Career record	9-14
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 126 (26 Dec 1979)
Grand Slam Singles results
Wimbledon	1R (1980)
US Open	3R (1979)
Doubles
Career record	10-17
Career titles	0
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (1980)
US Open	1R (1979, 1980)

Robert Trogolo (born 15 June 1953) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa.^[1]

Career

Trogolo was recruited to play tennis for the University of Mary Hardin–Baylor in 1972.^[2]

The South African reached the third round of the 1979 US Open, beating Rick Fisher and Jan Norbäck, before being eliminated by Jose-Luis Clerc in four sets.^[3] That year he won three Challenger doubles titles within the space of a month, with Sashi Menon as his partner.^[3]

The pair competed together in both 1980 Wimbledon Championships and the 1980 US Open but were unable to progress past the first round in either.^[3] In both of those tournaments he also took part in the singles.^[3] He was defeated in the opening round of Wimbledon by Phil Dent but made the second round at the US Open, with a win over Fernando Maynetto.^[3] That year he was also a singles quarter-finalist in the San Juan Open and doubles finalist in New Orleans, partnering Raymond Moore.^[3]

Grand Prix career finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	1980	New Orleans, United States	Carpet	Raymond Moore	Terry Moor Eliot Teltscher	6–7, 1–6

Challenger titles

Doubles: (3)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
1.	1979	Green Bay United States	Hard	Sashi Menon	Tom Leonard Jerry van Linge	7–5, 6–4
2.	1979	Concord United States	Hard	Sashi Menon	John Chris Lewis Bruce Nichols	7–6(9–7), 6–4
3.	1979	San Diego United States	Hard	Sashi Menon	Rod Frawley Russell Simpson	7–6, 6–1

References