Doug Eisenman

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Doug Eisenman
Full nameDoug Eisenman
Country (sports)Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Born (1968-10-02) October 2, 1968 (age 54)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
PlaysLeft-handed
Prize money$93,466
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 371 (December 23, 1991)
Doubles
Career record17–41
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 102 (November 16, 1992)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 1R (1993)
Wimbledon 2R (1992)
US Open 3R (1993)

Doug Eisenman (born October 2, 1968) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

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Biography

Eisenman, a doubles specialist, comes from Santa Ana, California. [1] He attended Foothill High School, where in 1986 he was Los Angeles Times First Team All-County. [2] [3]

He teamed up with Dan Turbow to win the doubles title at the 1986 National Junior Hardcourts Championships. Between 1987 and 1990 he attended UC Berkeley. He won the NCAA Division I doubles title with Matt Lucena in 1990, along with the Collegiate Championships and National Indoor Championships. [4] [5]

He competed in the 1989 Maccabiah Games in Israel. [6]

In 1990, after graduation, Eisenman turned professional and competed on the Challenger and ATP Tour circuits. He made the semi-finals at São Paulo in 1992 with Royce Deppe and further semi-finals in both Prague and Umag in 1993, with Donald Johnson. All three of his Challenger titles came in 1992. At Grand Slam level he featured in the men's doubles draws at the Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open. He reached the second round of the 1992 Wimbledon Championships with Mark Knowles. [7] His best performance came at the 1993 US Open. As wildcards, Eisenman and partner Donald Johnson made the third round, a run which included a win over eighth seeds Sergio Casal and Emilio Sánchez. [8]

Challenger titles

Doubles: (3)

YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1992 Heilbronn, GermanyCarpet Flag of Norway.svg Bent-Ove Pedersen Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sander Groen
Flag of Sweden.svg Tomas Nydahl
6–1, 6–3
1992 Porto, PortugalClay Flag of Norway.svg Bent-Ove Pedersen Flag of Spain.svg Jordi Arrese
Flag of Spain.svg Àlex Corretja
1–6, 6–4, 6–2
1992 Caracas, VenezuelaHard Flag of the United States.svg Tom Mercer Flag of the United States.svg Brian Joelson
Flag of the United States.svg Ted Scherman
3–6, 6–3, 7–5

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