Education
Seattle University.
Seattle University.
Tom Gorman was ranked as high as World Number. 8 (consensus) for the year 1973 and Number. Tom reached the semifinal rounds in singles at Wimbledon (in 1971), the United States Open (in 1972), and the French Open (in 1973).
Defeating Rod Laver, Jimmy Connors, and January Kodeš respectively.
Tom was named coach of the Men"s United States Olympic Tennis teams in Seoul, South of Korea and Barcelona, Spain. He guided the American doubles team of Ken Flach and Robert Seguso to a Gold Medal in the doubles competition in Seoul in 1988.
Gorman received a lot of praise for his sportsmanship during his 1972 Masters semi-final against Stan Smith in Barcelona. He had injured his back during the course of match, but opened up a 7-6, 6-7, 7-5, 5-4 40-30 lead and held a match point.
This allowed Smith to instead play in the final, where he was beaten by Năstase in 5 sets.
Gorman attended and graduated from Seattle University and was a two time All-American. He played in professional tour events in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. He oversaw American dream teams made up of tennis champions Andre Agassi, Michael Chang, Jim Courier, John McEnroe, and Pete Sampras, faced with the unenviable task of dealing with entourages and egos.
In November 2008, Gorman was named Director of Tennis at Louisiana Quinta Resort & Club and Professional Golf Association West(TM) which he, along with other top American players including Arthur Ashe, Stan Smith, and Charlie Pasarell, help found in Louisiana Quinta, California.
He recently retired in September 2015 as Director of Tennis at Louisiana Quinta Resort & Club and Professional Golf Association West(TM). During his seven years at Louisiana Quinta, the resort was rated #1 and #2 in Luxury Travel Magazine and Tennis Resorts Online Top Tennis Resorts rankings respectively. finals
Singles (7 titles, 11 runners-up)
Doubles (9 titles, 10 runners-up).