Dean O'Brien (tennis)

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Dean O'Brien
Full nameDean Kevin O'Brien
Country (sports)Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Residence Atlanta, United States
Born (1990-05-15) 15 May 1990 (age 35)
Johannesburg, South Africa
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed both sides)
College Georgia Tech
CoachJaime Cortez
Prize money $ 63,357
Official website http://deankobrien.com/tennis/
Singles
Career record0–2
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 507 (21 April 2014)
Doubles
Career record2–2
Career titles0
1 Challenger, 7 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 115 (23 May 2016)
Last updated on: 25 May 2021.

Dean Kevin O'Brien (born 15 May 1990 in Sandton) is a South African tennis player. He played college tennis for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.

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O'Brien has a career high ATP singles ranking of 507 achieved on 21 April 2014. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 115 achieved on 23 May 2016. He has won 6 ITF doubles titles.

O'Brien won his first ATP Challenger title at the 2015 Levene Gouldin & Thompson Tennis Challenger in the doubles event partnering Ruan Roelofse.

Overall, O'Brien has reached 26 career doubles finals with a record of 8 wins and 18 losses, among which includes a 1–6 record in ATP Challenger Tour finals.

Playing for the South Africa in Davis Cup, O'Brien has a W/L record of 1–2.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Doubles: 26 (8–18)

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–6)
ITF Futures (7–12)
Finals by surface
Hard (7–17)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Jun 2009Spain F12, Melilla FuturesHard Flag of Spain.svg Borja Zarco Flag of Spain.svg Ignacio Coll Riudavets
Flag of Spain.svg Andoni Vivanco-Guzmán
5–7, 6–1, [3–10]
Loss0–2Mar 2013USA F6, Harlingen FuturesHard Flag of the United States.svg Kevin King Flag of the Philippines.svg Ruben Gonzales
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Letcher
2–6, 3–6
Loss0–3Jun 2013Israel F10, Herzliya FuturesHard Flag of France.svg Antoine Benneteau Flag of France.svg Elie Rousset
Flag of France.svg Albano Olivetti
3–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win1–3Jun 2013Turkey F25, Istanbul FuturesHard Flag of South Africa.svg Ruan Roelofse Flag of Turkey.svg Baris Erguden
Flag of Turkey.svg Barkin Yalcinkale
6–1, 4–6, [11–9]
Loss1–4Sep 2013France F16, Plaisir FuturesHard Flag of Ireland.svg Colin O'Brien Flag of France.svg Julien Obry
Flag of France.svg Rémi Boutillier
6–3, 6–7(4–7), [14–16]
Loss1–5Oct 2013Mexico F13, Veracruz FuturesHard Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Carlos Spir Flag of Mexico.svg César Ramírez
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Alex Llompart
4–6, 6–3, [5–10]
Loss1–6Oct 2013Mexico F14, Pachuca FuturesHard Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Carlos Spir Flag of Guatemala.svg Christopher Diaz-Figueroa
Flag of Barbados.svg Darian King
4–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Win2–6Nov 2013Colombia F6, Popayán FuturesHard Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Carlos Spir Flag of Germany.svg Jonas Luetjen
Flag of Colombia.svg Steffen Zornosa
6–4, 6–0
Loss2–7Nov 2013Colombia F7, Bogotá FuturesHard Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Carlos Spir Flag of Colombia.svg Eduardo Struvay
Flag of Colombia.svg Felipe Mantilla
6–7(5–7), 6–2, [7–10]
Loss2–8Apr 2014Mexico F1, Querétaro FuturesHard Flag of the United States.svg Kevin King Flag of Mexico.svg César Ramírez
Flag of Mexico.svg Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela
3–6, 5–7
Loss2–9May 2014Mexico F2, Córdoba FuturesHard Flag of the United States.svg Kevin King Flag of Mexico.svg César Ramírez
Flag of Mexico.svg Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela
6–7(1–7), 1–6
Win3–9May 2014Mexico F3, Mexico City FuturesHard Flag of the United States.svg Kevin King Flag of Argentina.svg Mateo Nicolas Martinez
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Alex Llompart
6–3, 6–4
Win4–9Jun 2014South Africa F3, Sun City FuturesHard Flag of South Africa.svg Ruan Roelofse Flag of South Africa.svg Nicolaas Scholtz
Flag of South Africa.svg Tucker Vorster
7–6(8–6), 6–4
Loss4–10Aug 2014Colombia F4, Medellín FuturesClay Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Carlos Spir Flag of Brazil.svg Fabiano de Paula
Flag of Chile.svg Nicolas Jarry
6–2, 2–6, [9–11]
Win5–10Sep 2014Colombia F5, Ibagué FuturesClay Flag of Colombia.svg Nicolás Barrientos Flag of Brazil.svg Fabiano de Paula
Flag of Brazil.svg Marcelo Demoliner
6–3, 5–7, [10–7]
Loss5–11Dec 2014Mexico F15, Mérida FuturesHard Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Carlos Spir Flag of the United States.svg Eric Quigley
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Philip Bester
6–4, 6–7(5–7), [10–12]
Loss5–12Mar 2015Canada F1, Gatineau FuturesHard Flag of the United States.svg Kevin King Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Germain Gigounon
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Daniel Smethurst
4–6, 4–6
Win6–12Mar 2015Canada F2, Sherbrooke FuturesHard Flag of the United States.svg Kevin King Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Edward Corrie
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Daniel Smethurst
6–4, 2–6, [10–5]
Loss6–13Jun 2015 Gimcheon, South KoreaChallengerHard Flag of South Africa.svg Ruan Roelofse Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhe Li
Flag of New Zealand.svg Jose Statham
4–6, 2–6
Win7–13Jun 2015Uzbekistan F4, Namangan FuturesHard Flag of South Africa.svg Ruan Roelofse Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Jurabek Karimov
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Sanjar Fayziev
7–5, 6–4
Win8–13Jul 2015 Binghamton, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of South Africa.svg Ruan Roelofse Flag of the United States.svg Dennis Novikov
Flag of the United States.svg Daniel Nguyen
6–1, 7–6(7–0)
Loss8–14Aug 2015 Lexington, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of South Africa.svg Ruan Roelofse Flag of Australia (converted).svg Carsten Ball
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Brydan Klein
4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss8–15Oct 2015 Las Vegas, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of South Africa.svg Ruan Roelofse Flag of Australia (converted).svg Carsten Ball
Flag of Germany.svg Dustin Brown
6–3, 3–6, [6–10]
Loss8–16Feb 2016 Dallas, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Sekou Bangoura Flag of the United States.svg Nicolas Meister
Flag of the United States.svg Eric Quigley
1–6, 1–6
Loss8–17May 2016 Bangkok, ThailandChallengerHard Flag of South Africa.svg Ruan Roelofse Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Jason Jung
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chen Ti
4–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Loss8–18Feb 2017 Morelos, MexicoChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Kevin King Flag of the United States.svg Jackson Withrow
Flag of the United States.svg Austin Krajicek
7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7), [9–12]