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).
10 on the Association of Tennis Professionals rankings (achieving that ranking on May 1 and June 3, 1974). Gorman won seven singles titles in his career, the biggest coming in 1975 at Cincinnati. He also won nine doubles titles, including Paris in 1971, the same year he reached the French Open doubles final with Stan Smith. Tom defeated Björn Borg to win the Stockholm Indoor event in 1973. Gorman was a member of the winning United States. Davis Cup team in 1972. As captain–coach, he led the United States. Davis Cup team to victory in 1990 and 1992. Gorman holds the record for most match wins (18) by a United States. Davis Cup captain and is the most current American to have won the Davis Cup as a player and a captain. In 2001, Tom and his partner Jaime Fillol of Chile won the Super Masters Seniors at the United States Open. Knowing that if he were to win the match he would be in no condition to play in the final against Ilie Năstase, he told the umpire that he could not continue and retired. He attended Seattle Preparatory School and was the Washington State high school tennis champion three years in a row. Foreign eight years, Gorman served as captain of the United States Davis Cup team, coaching some of America"s greatest players and winning world championships in 1990 and "92. Tom was appointed to the prestigious seven person International Tennis Federation Davis Cup Committee for a two-year term in 2012-2014.
