Brian Gyetko

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Brian Gyetko
Country (sports)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
Born (1968-01-26) January 26, 1968 (age 55)
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$39,188
Singles
Career record0–2
Highest rankingNo. 273 (November 8, 1993)
Doubles
Career record4–10
Highest rankingNo. 152 (May 15, 1995)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open 1R (1994)

Brian Gyetko, a native of Welland, Ontario, (born January 26, 1968) is a Canadian professional tennis player. As a junior player in 1985, Gyetko was ranked 18th in final International Tennis Federation world rankings and second in doubles with Andrew Sznajder. Gyetko played collegiately at Arizona State University from 1987 - 1991, where he achieved NCAA All American status. Gyetko was the male athlete of the year in 1991 at ASU, winning the Harry Rosenzweig Senior Award, which recognizes the top senior male student-athlete of the year based on academic and athletic excellence.

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Professional tennis career

Brian Gyetko was a full-time ATP tour player for four years reaching a world ranking of 273 in singles and 152 in doubles. Gyetko was a quarter-finalist in the ATP 1000 series event in Toronto in doubles, with wins over Bryan Shelton and Patrick Rafter (the '97 and '98 US Open Singles champion). Gyetko represented Canada in the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 (finishing 9th to 16th). In 1992 in Glendale, Arizona, Gyetko teamed with Bryan Shelton to make the finals of a 50K challenger, defeating the Jensen brothers (French Open doubles winnerschampions) along the way. While still an undergraduate at ASU, he won the Canadian national singles title defeating Grant Connell (world ranking #67 at that time) and Andrew Sznajder (#53 in 1989) on the way to the title.

Davis Cup

In 1993, Gyetko represented Canada [1] in its Davis Cup [2] match with Chile. He played with current Davis Cup captain, Martin Laurandeau.

Olympics

Gyetko competed for Canada in the 1992 Summer Olympics [3] in Barcelona.

NCAA Tennis

Junior Tennis

Education

Personal

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