Brendan Curry (born 21 December 1971) is a former professional

tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...

player from South Africa.

Biography

Born in

Port Elizabeth Gqeberha ( , ), formerly named Port Elizabeth, and colloquially referred to as P.E., is a major seaport and the most populous city in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is the seat of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipal ...

, Curry began competing on tour in 1989. He was most successful in doubles, reaching a highest ranking of 181 in the world and winning two ATP Challenger titles. His best performance on the ATP Tour came at the 1993 South African Open in Durban, where he teamed up with

Kevin Ullyett Kevin Ullyett (born 23 May 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Zimbabwe. His primary success on the tour was in men's doubles. Ullyett won 34 doubles titles during his career, including two Grand Slams at the 2001 US Open and t ...

to make the doubles semi-finals. He also partnered with Ullyett to make the final round of the 1993 Wimbledon qualifying draw, beating the Canadian pair of

Sébastien Lareau Sébastien Lareau (; born April 27, 1973) is a former professional tennis player. He became the first Canadian to win a Grand Slam title by winning the 1999 US Open men's doubles with his American partner Alex O'Brien. As a singles player ...

and

Daniel Nestor Daniel Mark Nestor ( ; ; born Danijel Nestorović, September 4, 1972) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 108 weeks ( fifth-most ...

en route. In 1994 he made further ATP Tour main draw appearances in the doubles at Sun City and Prague, partnering

David Nainkin David Nainkin (born 20 September 1970) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. Career Nainkin never reached a final on the ATP Tour but made it into the semi-finals of the 1995 Nokia Open in Beijing, before losing to Michael ...

and

Kirk Haygarth Kirk Haygarth (born 20 January 1971) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. Biography Personal life Haygarth was born in 1971, the son of Peter and Renée from Durban. His mother, known during her career as Renée Schuurman, ...

respectively. Since 2015 he has been the Director of Tennis at Tiburon Peninsula Club and serves as the Tournament Director of the Tiburon Challenger.

Challenger titles

Doubles: (2)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Curry, Brendan 1971 births Living people South African male tennis players Sportspeople from Gqeberha Tennis players from the Eastern Cape