Ferdi Taygan

Ferdi Taygan is a former professional tennis player from the United States. He is of Turkish descent.
Taygan enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won 19 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 20 times. Partnering with Sherwood Stewart, Taygan won the 1982 French Open doubles title. He achieved a career-high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 4. Taygan was also ranked the No. 1 team in the world with Sherwood Stewart and was the No. 2 doubles player in the Volvo Grand Prix final rankings in 1982.

Personal life

Ferdi Taygan was born in Worcester, Massachusetts to a Turkish father and a mother of Belarusian descent. His father Beyazıt immigrated to the United States to study civil engineering.
Taygan married Kay Conaway of Birmingham, Alabama in 1983. They have two daughters: Nuray, born November 18, 1984, and Shenal, born August 6, 1988.