Encyclopedia

Byron Talbot

South African tennis player

Wikipedia contributorsAdapted for Fathomly · View authors

1 min read
Source updated September 16, 2026

Byron Talbot (born 15 September 1964) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won seven doubles titles and finished as a runner-up six times. He achieved a career-high doubles world ranking of number 20 in 1996.

Byron played collegiate tennis at the University of Tennessee. He is currently working as a financial advisor for Merrill Lynch in Dallas, Texas.

01Career finals

Doubles: 13 (7 wins / 6 losses)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0-1	Jul 1989	Schenectady, U.S.	Hard	Brad Pearce	Scott Davis Broderick Dyke	6-2, 4-6, 4-6
Loss	0-2	Apr 1992	Hong Kong	Hard	Byron Black	Brad Gilbert Jim Grabb	2-6, 1-6
Win	1-2	Jul 1992	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Glenn Layendecker	Javier Sánchez Marc Rosset	4-6, 6-3, 6-4
Win	2-2	Oct 1992	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Brad Pearce	Guy Forget Henri Leconte	6-1, 3-6, 6-3
Loss	2-3	Jan 1994	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Shelby Cannon	Olivier Delaître Stephane Simian	3-6, 3-6
Loss	2-4	Jun 1995	St. Poelten, Austria	Clay	Libor Pimek	Bill Behrens Matt Lucena	5-7, 4-6
Win	3-4	Jul 1995	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Libor Pimek	Jiří Novák David Rikl	7-5, 1-6, 7-6
Win	4-4	Mar 1996	Copenhagen, Denmark	Carpet	Libor Pimek	Wayne Arthurs Andrew Kratzmann	7-6, 3-6, 6-3
Loss	4-5	May 1996	Rome, Italy	Clay	Libor Pimek	Byron Black Grant Connell	2-6, 3-6
Win	5-5	Jul 1996	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Libor Pimek	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig	6-2, 5-7, 6-4
Win	6-5	Jul 1996	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Libor Pimek	David Adams Menno Oosting	7-6, 6-3
Loss	6-6	Mar 1997	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Libor Pimek	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6-7, 4-6
Win	7-6	Jun 1998	Nottingham, U.K.	Grass	Justin Gimelstob	Sébastien Lareau Daniel Nestor	7-5, 6-7, 6-4

Watch videos about Byron TalbotExplainers and documentaries on YouTube (opens in a new tab)

Sources and credits

This article is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Byron Talbot”, written by its contributors and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Fathomly has changed the layout, removed citation markers, navigation and maintenance notices, and adjusted punctuation. This adapted version is shared under the same license. For references, see the original article.

Fathomly is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Wikimedia Foundation. Spotted a problem? Tell us.