South African tennis player
Byron Talbot (born 15 September 1964) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa . He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won seven doubles titles and finished as a runner-up six times. He achieved a career-high doubles world ranking of number 20 in 1996.
Byron played collegiate tennis at the University of Tennessee.[ 1] He is currently working as a financial advisor for Merrill Lynch in Dallas, Texas.
Career finals
Doubles (7 wins, 6 losses)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Championship Series (2)
ATP Tour (5)
Result
W/L
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Loss
0–1
Jul 1989
Schenectady , U.S.
Hard
Brad Pearce
Scott Davis Broderick Dyke
6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Loss
0–2
Apr 1992
Hong Kong
Hard
Byron Black
Brad Gilbert Jim Grabb
2–6, 1–6
Win
1–2
Jul 1992
Stuttgart Outdoor , Germany
Clay
Glenn Layendecker
Javier Sánchez Marc Rosset
4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win
2–2
Oct 1992
Toulouse , France
Hard (i)
Brad Pearce
Guy Forget Henri Leconte
6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Loss
2–3
Jan 1994
Doha , Qatar
Hard
Shelby Cannon
Olivier Delaître Stephane Simian
3–6, 3–6
Loss
2–4
Jun 1995
St. Poelten , Austria
Clay
Libor Pimek
Bill Behrens Matt Lucena
5–7, 4–6
Win
3–4
Jul 1995
Prague , Czech Republic
Clay
Libor Pimek
Jiří Novák David Rikl
7–5, 1–6, 7–6
Win
4–4
Mar 1996
Copenhagen , Denmark
Carpet
Libor Pimek
Wayne Arthurs Andrew Kratzmann
7–6, 3–6, 6–3
Loss
4–5
May 1996
Rome , Italy
Clay
Libor Pimek
Byron Black Grant Connell
2–6, 3–6
Win
5–5
Jul 1996
Stuttgart Outdoor , Germany
Clay
Libor Pimek
Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig
6–2, 5–7, 6–4
Win
6–5
Jul 1996
Kitzbühel , Austria
Clay
Libor Pimek
David Adams Menno Oosting
7–6, 6–3
Loss
6–6
Mar 1997
Rotterdam , Netherlands
Carpet
Libor Pimek
Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis
6–7, 4–6
Win
7–6
Jun 1998
Nottingham , U.K.
Grass
Justin Gimelstob
Sébastien Lareau Daniel Nestor
7–5, 6–7, 6–4
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