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

Brian Devening

Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Dallas, Texas
Born	(1967-07-16) July 16, 1967 (age 54) Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Turned pro	1990
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$177,318
Singles
Career record	2–9
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 277 (November 19, 1990)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	2R (1993)
Wimbledon	1R (1993)
Doubles
Career record	34–48
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 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)

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)

Result	W/L	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	1993	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Tomas Nydahl	Henrik Holm Anders Järryd	1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	0–2	1993	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Christer Allgårdh	Mike Bauer David Rikl	6–7, 4–6

Challenger titles

Doubles: (1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	1994	Singapore	Hard	Sander Groen	Leonardo Lavalle Danilo Marcelino	6–2, 7–6

References

External links

• Brian Devening at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Brian Devening at the International Tennis Federation

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