Brian Devening

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Brian Devening
Country (sports) Flag of the United States.svg United States
Residence Dallas, Texas
Born (1967-07-16) July 16, 1967 (age 57)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Turned pro1990
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$177,318
Singles
Career record2–9
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 277 (November 19, 1990)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open 2R (1993)
Wimbledon 1R (1993)
Doubles
Career record34–48
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 77 (April 4, 1994)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 1R (1993, 1994)
French Open 1R (1994)
Wimbledon 2R (1994)
US Open 1R (1993, 1994)

Brian Devening (born July 16, 1967) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. [1]

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Career

Devening was the American Hardcourt Championship winner in 1983 and was ranked amongst the top 25 juniors for six years. [2]

Before turning professional, Devening played tennis for Southern Methodist University, from where he would graduate with a business degree. [2] On the ATP Tour he made his appearances mostly in the doubles circuit. [2]

He made the second round of a Grand Slam doubles tournament just once, at the 1994 Wimbledon Championships with countryman Greg Van Emburgh. [2] The pair defeated the Australian pairing of Darren Cahill and John Fitzgerald. [2] As a singles player he reached the second round of the French Open in 1993, beating Frédéric Fontang. [2] His only other singles appearance was in Wimbledon that year, where he lost to seventh seed Ivan Lendl in four sets. [2]

The American reached two ATP finals during his career, both in 1993, at Båstad and Santiago. [2] He also exited in the semi-final stage of four tournaments, Prague and Tel Aviv in 1992, then Mexico City and Rosmalen in 1994. [2]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 2 (0–2)

ResultW/LYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–11993 Båstad, SwedenClay Flag of Sweden.svg Tomas Nydahl Flag of Sweden.svg Henrik Holm
Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Järryd 		1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss0–21993 Santiago, ChileClay Flag of Sweden.svg Christer Allgårdh Flag of the United States.svg Mike Bauer
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg David Rikl 		6–7, 4–6

Challenger titles

Doubles: (1)

No.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.1994 Singapore Hard Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sander Groen Flag of Mexico.svg Leonardo Lavalle
Flag of Brazil.svg Danilo Marcelino 		6–2, 7–6

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References

  1. ↑ ITF Tennis Profile
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ATP World Tour Profile
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