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MaliVai Washington
US tennis player

MaliVai Washington

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US tennis player
Work field
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Glen Cove
Age
55 years
Family
Siblings:
Mashiska Washington Mashona Washington Micheala Washington
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Biography

MaliVai "Mal" Washington (/mælᵻˈviːə/ mal-i-VEE-ə; is an American former professional tennis player. He reached the Men's Singles final at Wimbledon in 1996, won 4 titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 11.

Family

Washington's younger sister, Mashona, is also an accomplished professional tennis player. She was a member of the 1992 U.S. National Team. His younger brother, Mashiska, received All-America honors at Michigan State University, before joining the men's professional tour. MaliVai's older sister, Michaela, also played professionally.

Amateur tennis

As a high school senior, at Carman – Ainsworth High School in Flint Township, Washington was coached by former ATP Tour participant Victor Amaya. For two seasons, Washington played tennis for the University of Michigan and was the top ranked college player in the United States at the end of his sophomore season.

Grand Slam singles final

Runner-up (1)

OutcomeYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponent in FinalScore in Final
Runner-up1996WimbledonGrassNetherlands Richard Krajicek3–6, 4–6, 3–6

ATP Tour finals

Singles champion (4)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Championship Series (1)
ATP Tour (3)
OutcomeNo.DateChampionshipSurfaceOpponent in the finalScore in the final
Runner-up1.January 6, 1992Auckland, New ZealandHardPeru Jaime Yzaga6–7(6–8), 4–6
Winner1.February 10, 1992Memphis, U.S.Hard (i)South Africa Wayne Ferreira6–3, 6–2
Runner-up2.April 13, 1992Tampa, U.S.ClayPeru Jaime Yzaga6–3, 4–6, 1–6
Winner2.May 4, 1992Charlotte, U.S.ClaySwitzerland Claudio Mezzadri6–3, 6–3
Runner-up3.June 15, 1992Manchester, U.K.GrassNetherlands Jacco Eltingh3–6, 4–6
Runner-up4.August 17, 1992New Haven, U.S.HardSweden Stefan Edberg6–7(4–7), 1–6
Runner-up5.January 11, 1993Auckland, New ZealandHardRussia Alexander Volkov6–7(2–7), 4–6
Runner-up6.March 12, 1993Miami, U.S.HardUnited States Pete Sampras3–6, 2–6
Winner3.October 10, 1994Ostrava, Czech RepublicCarpet (i)France Arnaud Boetsch4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up7.October 9, 1995Ostrava, Czech RepublicCarpet (i)South Africa Wayne Ferreira6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up8.October 23, 1995Essen, GermanyCarpet (i)Austria Thomas Muster6–7(6–8), 6–2, 3–6, 4–6
Winner4.April 15, 1996BermudaClayUruguay Marcelo Filippini6–7(6–8), 6–4, 7–5
Runner-up9.July 7, 1996Wimbledon, LondonGrassNetherlands Richard Krajicek3–6, 4–6, 3–6

Doubles finalist (1)

  • 1995: Bogotá (with Steve Campbell, lost to Jiří Novák and David Rikl)

Performance Timeline

Singles

Tournament198819891990199119921993199419951996199719981999Career SRCareer Win-Loss
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian OpenAAA1R3R4RQF1R4R4R2R*A0 / 816–7
French OpenAA1R1R2R4R1R2R1RAAA0 / 75–7
WimbledonAA2R2R1R2R1R1RFAAA0 / 79–7
U.S. OpenA2R2R3R4R3R2R1R2RA1RA0 / 911–9
Grand Slam SR0 / 00 / 10 / 30 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 10 / 20 / 00 / 31N/A
Annual Win-Loss0–01–12–33–46–49–45–41–410–43–11–10–0N/A41–30
ATP Masters Series
Indian WellsAAAA3R3R1R1RAA2RA0 / 55–5
MiamiAAA1R2RF2R4R3RA2RA0 / 710–7
Monte CarloAAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0
RomeAAAAA1RA3R2RAAA0 / 33–3
HamburgAAAAAAA2R2RAAA0 / 22–2
Montreal/TorontoAA1R2RSF2RQFQF3RA3RA0 / 813–8
CincinnatiAAA3R1R2R3R1R2RAA1R0 / 76–6
Stockholm/Essen/StuttgartAAAA2RSF1RF2RAAA0 / 59–5
ParisAAA2R2R2RA2R3RAAA0 / 54–5
Masters Series SR0 / 00 / 00 / 10 / 40 / 50 / 70 / 50 / 80 / 80 / 00 / 30 / 10 / 42N/A
Annual Win-Loss0–00–00–14–43–513–77–515–86–70–04–30–1N/A52–41
Year End Ranking329199935013233026202581781115N/A

* Washington withdrew prior to his second-round match at the 1998 Australian Open

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