Mike Briggs (tennis)

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Mike Briggs
Country (sports) Flag of the United States.svg United States
Born (1968-09-06) September 6, 1968 (age 56)
Newport Beach, California
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Turned pro1989
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$156,019
Singles
Career record0-1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 272 (March 4, 1991)
Doubles
Career record43-53
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 37 (March 22, 1993)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 3R (1993)
French Open 3R (1992)
Wimbledon 1R (1992, 1993)
US Open 2R (1993)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open 3R (1993)
Wimbledon 2R (1992)
US Open 1R (1992)

Mike Briggs (born September 6, 1968) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. [1]

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Career

Briggs, a two-time All-American, played tennis for the UC Irvine Anteaters in the late 1980s and with partner Trevor Kronemann made the NCAA doubles final in 1989, which they lost to Eric Amend and Byron Black. [2] [3] With Kronemann, Briggs also won his only ATP doubles title, at Tampa (as qualifiers), and reached the 1992 French Open and 1993 Australian Open third rounds. [2] He won four ATP Challenger doubles tournaments. [2]

ATP Tour finals

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

OutcomeNo.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponents in the finalScore in the final
Winner1.1992 Tampa, United States Clay Flag of the United States.svg Trevor Kronemann Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Mattar
Flag of Russia.svg Andrei Olhovskiy
7–6, 6–7, 6–4

Challenger titles

Doubles: (4)

No.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponents in the finalScore in the final
1.1990 Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Flag of the United States.svg David Harkness Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lin Bing-chao
Flag of Indonesia.svg Suharyadi Suharyadi
6–2, 7–6
2.1991 Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Flag of the United States.svg Trevor Kronemann Flag of the United States.svg John Sullivan
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Vincent Van Gelderen
5–7, 6–3, 7–5
3.1991 Singapore Hard Flag of the United States.svg Trevor Kronemann Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg David Adams
Flag of the United States.svg Scott Patridge
6–3, 6–4
4.1992 Agadir, Morocco Clay Flag of the United States.svg Trevor Kronemann Flag of Sweden.svg Per Henricsson
Flag of Sweden.svg Ola Jonsson
6–1, 6–1

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References

  1. ITF Pro Circuit Profile
  2. 1 2 3 ATP World Tour Profile
  3. Los Angeles Times , "Newport Beach Tennis: Briggs and Kronemann Team Up to Win Again", June 4, 1990