Brett Hansen-Dent (born July 2, 1972) is a former professional

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player from the

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Personal life

Hansen-Dent is the son of American tennis player

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, half-brother of former tennis professional

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and a step-son of Australian Davis Cup player

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. When he was 10, the family moved to Australia, where they lived for four years, before returning to California. He went to school at Newport Harbor High.

Career

Hansen-Dent was a mixed doubles gold medalist at the

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, partnering Susan Gilchrist.ATP World Tour Profile
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. In 1991 and 1992, Hansen-Dent played collegiate tennis for the

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, then spent a year away touring. While at the

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in 1994, Hansen-Dent was a doubles All-American and member of the

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championship winning team. In 1995 he was the Division I singles runner-up (to

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) and earned All-American honours again, for both singles and doubles. Hansen-Dent was given a wildcard at the 1995 US Open and played Russian Alexander Volkov in a first round match, which he lost in straight sets. He did however make the second round in the men's doubles, with Jonathan Leach. They defeated the Dutch pairing of Richard Krajicek and

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. His two other

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appearances were both in the men's doubles, at the 1996 US Open (with T.J. Middleton) and 1997 Australian Open (with

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. He was unable to get past the opening round in either tournament. During his professional career, he played mainly as a doubles specialist and had his best year on the doubles tour in 1996. He won three Challenger titles that year, made the quarter-finals at the Austrian Open, semi-finals of the Grolsch Open and with

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was a runner-up at the America's Red Clay Court Championships in

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. Hansen-Dent was unable to repeat these efforts in 1997 due to a knee injury, which required surgery.''

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'',"Hansen-Dent realistic about comeback", 16 August 2000

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Challenger titles

Doubles: (3)

References

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