Wally Masur (; born 13 May 1963) is a tennis coach, television commentator, and former professional tennis player from Sydney, Australia. He reached the semifinals of the 1987 Australian Open and the 1993 US Open, achieving a career-high singles ranking of world No. 15 in October 1993.

Tennis career Juniors Masur began playing tennis at the age of eight. In 1980, he reached the final of the Australian Open boys' singles tournament and won the boys' doubles title.

Pro tour Masur turned professional in 1982. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.AIS at the Olympics

In 1983, Masur won his first top-level singles title at Hong Kong, and his first tour doubles title at Taipei. He also reached quarterfinals of that year's Australian Open, before being knocked out by John McEnroe.

In 1987, Masur won his second career singles title at Adelaide and reached the Australian Open semifinals, where he lost to eventual champion Stefan Edberg.

Masur won his third singles title in 1988 at Newport, Rhode Island.

In 1990, Masur helped Australia reach the final of the Davis Cup, compiling a 6–0 record in singles rubbers in the first round, quarterfinals and semifinals. However he was left out of the team that played the United States in the final by captain Neale Fraser. The decision to leave Masur out of the final was fairly controversial at the time given the very significant role that he had played in getting Australia there, but was principally because the final was to be played on clay courts, which was not Masur's best surface. The US team beat Australia 3–2 in the final.

1993 was the best year of Masur's career. He reached the semifinals of that year's US Open, where he lost to Cédric Pioline. He also reached his career-high rankings in both singles (world No. 15) and doubles (No. 8) that year. He captured doubles titles in Milan and Stuttgart that year, which proved to be the final top-level titles of his career.

Masur retired from the professional tour in 1995, having won three singles titles and 16 doubles titles.

Post playing In January 2015, Masur was appointed captain of Australia's Davis Cup team, succeeding Pat Rafter. He was succeeded by Lleyton Hewitt in 2016.

ATP career finals

Singles: 11 (3 titles / 8 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0)ATP 500 Series (0–0)ATP 250 Series (3–8)Finals by surfaceHard (2–4)Clay (0–0)Grass (1–2)Carpet (0–2)Finals by settingOutdoors (3–5)Indoors (0–3)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Hong Kong, Hong KongGrand PrixHard Sammy Giammalva Jr.6–1, 6–1Loss1–1Taipei, TaiwanGrand PrixCarpet Brad Gilbert3–6, 3–6Loss1–2Auckland, New ZealandGrand PrixHard Chris Lewis7–5, 6–0, 2–6, 6–4Win2–2Adelaide, AustraliaGrand PrixHard Bill Scanlon6–4, 7–6(7–2)Loss2–3Nancy, FranceGrand PrixCarpet Pat Cash2–6, 3–6Loss2–4Adelaide, AustraliaGrand PrixHard Mark Woodforde2–6, 4–6Win3–4Newport, USGrand PrixGrass Brad Drewett6–2, 6–1Loss3–5Memphis, USWorld SeriesHard Michael Stich7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–7(1–7)Loss3–6Hong Kong, Hong KongWorld SeriesHard Richard Krajicek2–6, 6–3, 3–6Loss3–7Rosmalen, NetherlandsWorld SeriesGrass Arnaud Boetsch6–3, 3–6, 3–6Loss3–8Manchester, United KingdomWorld SeriesGrass Jason Stoltenberg1–6, 3–6

Doubles: 24 (16 titles / 8 runner-ups) ResultW-L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Nov 1983 Taipei, Taiwan Carpet (i) Kim Warwick Ken Flach Robert Seguso 7–6, 6–4Loss 1–1 Apr 1984 Aix-en-Provence, France Clay Chris Lewis Pat Cash Paul McNamee 4–6, 6–3, 6–4Loss 1–2 Oct 1984 Brisbane, Australia Carpet (i) Broderick Dyke Francisco González Matt Mitchell 6–7, 6–2, 7–5Win 2–2 Oct 1984 Melbourne Indoor, Australia Carpet (i) Broderick Dyke Peter Johnston John McCurdy 6–3, 6–2Win 3–2 Dec 1984 Adelaide, Australia Hard Broderick Dyke Peter Doohan Brian Levine 4–6, 7–5, 6–1Win 4–2 Dec 1984 Melbourne Outdoor, Australia Grass Broderick Dyke Mike Bauer Scott McCain 6–7, 6–3, 7–6Loss 4–3 Jan 1985 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Broderick Dyke Chris Lewis John Fitzgerald 7–6, 6–2Loss 4–4 Mar 1985 Milan Indoor, Italy Carpet (i) Broderick Dyke Heinz Günthardt Anders Järryd 6–2, 6–1Loss 4–5 Oct 1985 Sydney, Australia Grass Broderick Dyke David Dowlen Nduka Odizor 6–4, 7–6Win 5–5 Jan 1986 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Broderick Dyke Karl Richter Rick Rudeen 6–3, 6–4Loss 5–6 May 1986 Munich, West Germany Clay Broderick Dyke Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez 6–3, 4–6, 6–4Loss 5–7 Jun 1986 Bristol, Australia Grass Mark Edmondson Christo Steyn Danie Visser 6–7, 7–6, 12–10Win 6–7 Jul 1986 Livingston, US Hard Bob Green Sammy Giammalva Jr. Greg Holmes 5–7, 6–4, 6–4Loss 6–8 Oct 1987 Brisbane, Australia Hard (i) Broderick Dyke Matt Anger Kelly Evernden 7–6, 6–2Win 7–8 Nov 1988 Brussels Indoor, Belgium Carpet (i) Tom Nijssen John Fitzgerald Tomáš Šmíd 7–5, 7–6Win 8–8 Jan 1989 Sydney, Australia Hard Darren Cahill Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser 6–4, 6–3Win 9–8 Aug 1989 Stratton Mountain, US Hard Mark Kratzmann Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser 6–3, 4–6, 7–6Win 10–8 Apr 1990 Tokyo, Japan Hard Mark Kratzmann Kent Kinnear Brad Pearce 6–4, 6–3Win 11–8 Apr 1990 Hong Kong, UK Hard Pat Cash Kevin Curren Joey Rive 6–3, 6–3Win 12–8 Feb 1991 San Francisco, US Hard (i) Jason Stoltenberg Ronnie Båthman Rikard Bergh 4–6, 7–6, 6–4Win 13–8 Jul 1991 Stuttgart, Germany Clay Emilio Sánchez Omar Camporese Goran Ivanišević 2–6, 6–3, 6–4Win 14–8 Aug 1991 New Haven, US Hard Petr Korda Jeff Brown Scott Melville 7–5, 6–3Win 15–8 Feb 1993 Milan Indoor, Italy Carpet (i) Mark Kratzmann Tom Nijssen Cyril Suk 4–6, 6–3, 6–4Win 16–8 Feb 1993Stuttgart Indoor, Germany Hard (i) Mark Kratzmann Steve DeVries David Macpherson 6–3, 7–6

Performance timelines

Singles Tournament1980198119821983198419851986198719881989199019911992199319941995SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenQ21R4RQF2R4RNHSF4R3R3R2R4R1R1R2R0 / 1428–14French OpenAAA2R1R1R1R1R1RAA3R2R1R1RA0 / 104–10WimbledonQ1Q2A2R3R2R3R2R4R3R2R2R4R4R2R1R0 / 1321–13US OpenAAAA1R1R2RA2R2R1R3R3RSF1RA0 / 1012–10Win–loss0–00–13–16–33–44–43–36–37–45–33–36–49–48–41–41–20 / 4765–47National RepresentationSummer OlympicsANot HeldANot Held2RNot HeldANot Held0 / 11–1ATP Masters SeriesIndian WellsAAAAAAAAA1R1R1R1R1R1RQ10 / 60–6MiamiAAAAAAA3R1RAAA4RAAA0 / 35–3Monte CarloAAAAA1RAAAAAAAAAA0 / 10–1HamburgAAAA2R1RAAAAAAAAAA0 / 21–2RomeAAA1RA1RAAAAAAAAAA0 / 20–2CanadaAA1RAA2RA3R2RAA3RSF1R2RA0 / 811–8CincinnatiAAAA1R1R1R3R2R1RA2R1R2R1RQ10 / 105–10ParisAAAAAAA1RAQF1R2R3R2RAA0 / 65–6Win–loss0–00–00–10–11–21–50–16–42–32–30–24–49–51–41–30–00 / 3827–38

Doubles Tournament198119821983198419851986198719881989199019911992199319941995SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenA2R2RQFAAQF1RQF3RQF2RSF2R1R0 / 1219–12French OpenAAA2R1R3R2RSFAA1RSFQFQFA0 / 918–9WimbledonQ2AA3R1R3R1RQF2R3R1RQF2R2RA0 / 1115–11US OpenAAA2R1R1R2R2R2R2R1R2R2RAA0 / 107–10Win–loss0–00–11–16–40–34–34–48–45–35–33–49–49–45–30–10 / 4259–42Year-End ChampionshipsATP FinalsDid not qualifySFRRDNQ0 / 23–4ATP Masters SeriesIndian WellsAAAAAAAA2R2R1R1RSF2RA0 / 65–6MiamiAAAAAA1R1RAAAQFAAA0 / 33–3Monte CarloAAAASF1RASFAAAAAAA0 / 35–3HamburgAAA2R1RAAAAAAAAAA0 / 21–2RomeAAAA2R1RASFAAAAAAA0 / 34–3CanadaAAAA2R1R2RSFAASFSFA1RA0 / 710–7CincinnatiAAAQFQF2R2R2R2RA2R1R2RAA0 / 99–9ParisAAAAAAAAAQF1RQF2RAA0 / 43–4Win–loss0–00–00–03–26–51–42–310–52–23–24–46–52–31–20–00 / 3740–37

Junior Grand Slam finals Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss1980Australian OpenHard Craig A. Miller6–7, 2–6

Doubles: 1 (1 title) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1980Australian OpenHard Craig A. Miller

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