Beeyong Sison
Appearance
Full name | Virgilio Sison |
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Country (sports) | Philippines |
Born | 20 February 1957 |
Singles | |
Career record | 3–6 |
Highest ranking | No. 332 (4 Jan 1982) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 17–21 |
Highest ranking | No. 163 (3 Jan 1983) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (1981) |
French Open | QF (1981) |
Wimbledon | 3R (1982) |
US Open | 2R (1982) |
Virgilio "Beeyong" Sison[1] (born 20 February 1957) is a Filipino tennis coach and former professional player. Following his playing career he coached in Switzerland for many years and set up a tennis school.
Sison played collegiate tennis in the United States, for both Odessa College and Oklahoma City University during the late 1970s. He was a U.S. Public Parks champion in singles.[2]
A Filipino Davis Cup representative in 1983 and 1984, Sison was his nation's first player in the open era to feature in all four Grand Slam main draws.[3] He made the men's doubles quarter-finals of the 1981 French Open with Markus Günthardt and was ranked in the world's top 200 for doubles.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Dearth, Sonny (8 July 2020). "When tennis legend Roger Federer called, Peninsula teaching pro Lorenzo Sison was happy to answer". Daily Press.
- ^ "Former ATP Tour player and Swiss coach in Basel, Switzerland". www.itennisschool.com.
- ^ "Title Pursuit Serves Up Latest Snapshot". Daily Press. 9 June 2005.
- ^ "French Open 1981 Tennis Tournament". itftennis.com.