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Ken Flach

Country (sports)	United States
Born	(1963-05-24)May 24, 1963 St. Louis, Missouri, US
Died	March 12, 2018(2018-03-12) (aged 54) San Francisco, California, US
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Turned pro	1983
Retired	1996 [a]
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$2,059,571
Singles
Career record	52-80
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 56 (December 9, 1985)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (1983, 1987)
French Open	1R (1986, 1988)
Wimbledon	3R (1986, 1987, 1988, 1989)
US Open	4R (1987)
Doubles
Career record	443-215
Career titles	34
Highest ranking	No. 1 (October 14, 1985)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	SF (1987)
French Open	QF (1985, 1986, 1988)
Wimbledon	W (1987, 1988)
US Open	W (1985, 1993)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	F (1987, 1991)
Medal record Men's tennis Representing the  United States Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Men's doubles

Kenneth Eliot Flach (May 24, 1963 – March 12, 2018)^[1][2] was an American doubles world No. 1 tennis player. He won four Grand Slam men's doubles titles (two Wimbledon and two US Open), and two mixed doubles titles (Wimbledon and the French Open). He also won the men's doubles gold medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, partnering Robert Seguso.^[3] Flach reached the world No. 1 doubles ranking in 1985.

Early life

Kenneth Eliot Flach was born on May 24, 1963, in St. Louis^[4] and grew up in nearby Kirkwood, Missouri.^[5]

Before turning professional, Flach played tennis for Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, where he won the NCAA Division II singles championships in 1981, 1982 and 1983, and teamed with Seguso to reach the 1983 Division I doubles final.^[6]

Flach married his first wife, model Sandra Freeman, in September 1986 and had four children together, Dylan, Madison, Noah and Hannah.^[5]

Career

Flach played doubles on the US Davis Cup team from 1985 to 1991, compiling an 11–2 record. He was also a member of the US team which won the World Team Cup in 1985.

During his career, Flach won 36 doubles titles (34 men's doubles and 2 mixed doubles). His final career title was won in 1994 at Scottsdale, Arizona. At the US Open 1987 (second round) he won the longest fifth set tie-break to this day, 17-15 over Darren Cahill.

Following his retirement from the professional tour in 1996, Flach devoted himself to coaching. He guided Vanderbilt University to its first NCAA tournament berth in 1999. In 2003, he led the team to Vanderbilt's first NCAA championship finals appearance in any sport. He had also played in seniors events, and won the Wimbledon 35-and-over men's doubles title in 1999 and 2000.^[4]

In 2010, after moving to California, he married makeup entrepreneur Christina Friedman, and became the director of tennis at Novato's Rolling Hills Club.^[7][8][9]

Death

In early March 2018, Flach became ill with bronchitis and died from sepsis after playing 36 holes of golf. He died shortly after falling ill with his sister, brothers and four children by his side.

Kaiser Permanente settled a malpractice case for nearly $2.9 million with the family of Ken Flach in 2021.

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1985	US Open	Hard	Robert Seguso	Henri Leconte Yannick Noah	6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–1), 7–6(8–6), 6–0
Win	1987	Wimbledon	Grass	Robert Seguso	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	3–6, 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–3), 6–1, 6–4
Loss	1987	US Open	Hard	Robert Seguso	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	6–7(1–7), 2–6, 6–4, 7–5, 6–7(2–7)
Win	1988	Wimbledon (2)	Grass	Robert Seguso	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Loss	1989	US Open	Hard	Robert Seguso	John McEnroe Mark Woodforde	4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 3–6
Win	1993	US Open (2)	Hard	Rick Leach	Martin Damm Karel Nováček	6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–2

Mixed doubles: 2 (2 titles)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1986	French Open	Clay	Kathy Jordan	Rosalyn Fairbank Mark Edmondson	3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–3
Win	1986	Wimbledon	Grass	Kathy Jordan	Martina Navratilova Heinz Günthardt	6–3, 7–6(9–7)

Olympic men's doubles final

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Gold	1988	Seoul Olympics	Hard	Robert Seguso	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	6–3, 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(1–7), 9–7

Career finals

Doubles (34 wins, 24 losses)

Result	No	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	Dec 1983	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet	Robert Seguso	Wally Masur Kim Warwick	6–7, 4–6
Win	1.	Jun 1984	Rome, Italy	Clay	Robert Seguso	John Alexander Mike Leach	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	2.	Jul 1984	Newport, US	Grass	Robert Seguso	David Graham Laurie Warder	4–6, 6–7
Win	2.	Jul 1984	Boston, US	Clay	Robert Seguso	Gary Donnelly Ernie Fernandez	6–4, 6–4
Win	3.	Aug 1984	Indianapolis, US	Clay	Robert Seguso	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	7–6, 7–5
Win	4.	Sep 1984	Los Angeles, US	Hard	Robert Seguso	Wojtek Fibak Sandy Mayer	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win	5.	Oct 1984	Hong Kong	Hard	Robert Seguso	Mark Edmondson Paul McNamee	6–7, 6–3, 7–5
Win	6.	Nov 1984	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet	Robert Seguso	Drew Gitlin Hank Pfister	6–1, 6–7, 6–2
Win	7.	Jan 1985	Masters Doubles WCT, London	Carpet (i)	Robert Seguso	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–0
Loss	3.	Feb 1985	La Quinta, US	Hard	Robert Seguso	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	6–3, 6–7, 3–6
Win	8.	Apr 1985	Fort Myers, US	Hard	Robert Seguso	Sammy Giammalva Jr. David Pate	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	4.	Apr 1985	Chicago, US	Carpet (i)	Robert Seguso	Johan Kriek Yannick Noah	6–3, 6–4, 5–7, 1–6, 4–6
Win	9.	May 1985	Forest Hills, US	Clay	Robert Seguso	Givaldo Barbosa Ivan Kley	7–5, 6–2
Loss	5.	May 1985	Rome, Italy	Clay	Robert Seguso	Anders Järryd Mats Wilander	6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Win	10.	Jun 1985	Queen's Club, UK	Grass	Robert Seguso	Pat Cash John Fitzgerald	3–6, 6–3, 16–14
Win	11.	Jul 1985	Indianapolis, US	Clay	Robert Seguso	Pavel Složil Kim Warwick	6–4, 6–4
Loss	6.	Aug 1985	Stratton Mountain, US	Hard	Robert Seguso	Scott Davis David Pate	6–3, 6–7, 6–7
Win	12.	Aug 1985	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Robert Seguso	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	5–7, 7–6, 6–3
Win	13.	Sep 1985	US Open, New York	Hard	Robert Seguso	Henri Leconte Yannick Noah	6–7, 7–6, 7–6, 6–0
Win	14.	Oct 1985	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet (i)	Robert Seguso	Scott Davis David Pate	4–6, 6–3, 7–6
Win	15.	Feb 1986	Memphis, US	Carpet (i)	Robert Seguso	Guy Forget Anders Järryd	6–4, 4–6, 7–6
Win	16.	Mar 1986	Chicago, US	Carpet (i)	Robert Seguso	Eddie Edwards Francisco González	6–0, 7–5
Win	17.	Oct 1986	Tokyo Outdoor, Japan	Carpet	Matt Anger	Jimmy Arias Greg Holmes	6–2, 6–3
Loss	7.	Mar 1987	Miami, US	Hard	Robert Seguso	Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg	2–6, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	8.	Apr 1987	Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Jim Grabb	Eric Korita Mike Leach	7–6, 1–6, 5–7
Win	18.	Jul 1987	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Robert Seguso	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	3–6, 6–7, 7–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss	9.	Jul 1987	Livingston, US	Hard	Robert Seguso	Gary Donnelly Greg Holmes	6–7, 3–6
Win	19.	Aug 1987	Cincinnati, US	Hard	Robert Seguso	Steve Denton John Fitzgerald	7–5, 6–3
Loss	10.	Sep 1987	US Open, New York	Hard	Robert Seguso	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	6–7, 2–6, 6–4, 7–5, 6–7
Loss	11.	Nov 1987	Wembley, UK	Carpet (i)	Robert Seguso Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=Ken_Flach Text je dostupný za podmienok Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License 3.0 Unported; prípadne za ďalších podmienok. Podrobnejšie informácie nájdete na stránke Podmienky použitia.  Navigácia: Veda > Analytika Antropológia Aplikované vedy Bibliometria Dejiny vedy Encyklopédie Filozofia vedy Forenzné vedy Humanitné vedy Knižničná veda Kryogenika Kryptológia Kulturológia Literárna veda Medzidisciplinárne oblasti Metódy kvantitatívnej analýzy Metavedy Metodika Metodológia vedy Náboženstvo a veda Náučná literatúra Podvody vo vede Popularizácia vedy Potravinárstvo Prírodné vedy Pseudoveda Scientometria Spoločenské vedy Teórie Teatrológia Technické vedy Technika Terminológia Umenie Výskum Veda Veda a technika podľa štátu Veda a technika podľa kontinentu Veda a technika podľa roka Veda v kozme Vedci Vedecká literatúra Vedecké databázy Vedecké experimenty Vedecké konferencie Vedecké metódy Vedecké ocenenia Vedecké organizácie Vedecké parky Vedeckí spisovatelia Vzdelávanie Záhady Príbuzné výrazy: Text je dostupný za podmienok Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License 3.0 Unported; prípadne za ďalších podmienok. Podrobnejšie informácie nájdete na stránke Podmienky použitia. www.astronomia.sk | www.biologia.sk | www.botanika.sk | www.dejiny.sk | www.economy.sk | www.elektrotechnika.sk | www.estetika.sk | www.farmakologia.sk | www.filozofia.sk | Fyzika | www.futurologia.sk | www.genetika.sk | www.chemia.sk | www.lingvistika.sk | www.politologia.sk | www.psychologia.sk | www.sexuologia.sk | www.sociologia.sk | www.veda.sk I www.zoologia.sk