Brent Larkham (born 8 January 1972) is a former professional
tennis
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player from
Australia
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. He is the elder brother of
Todd Larkham
Todd Larkham (born 13 October 1974) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. He is the younger brother of Brent Larkham, a former player who coached him towards the end of his career.
Career
Larkham twice made the second round of ...
, who also played professional tennis.
Career
Larkham had the best performance of his career at the
1994 Australian Open
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, where he made a surprise run to the third round, as a wildcard. He won his opening match against Japanese qualifier Ryuso Tsujino in straight sets and also didn't drop a set in his second round meeting with 27th ranked
Amos Mansdorf
Amos Mansdorf (; born 20 October 1965) is an Israeli former professional tennis player.
His career-high singles ranking was World No. 18 (achieved in November 1987), the highest ever for any male Israeli tennis player. His career-high doubles r ...
. In the third round he played
Martin Damm
Martin Damm Sr. (born 1 August 1972) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. He is best known as a doubles player (his highest ranking being No. 5 in the world in April 2007). His highest singles ranking was No. 42 in A ...
but couldn't beat the Czech, losing in four sets.
Also in 1994, Larkham made the second round of the Stella Artois Championships (Queen's), with a win over
Patrick McEnroe
Patrick William McEnroe (born July 1, 1966) is an American former professional tennis player, broadcaster, and former captain of the United States Davis Cup team.
Born in Manhasset, New York, he is John McEnroe's youngest brother. He won one ...
, who was then ranked 66 in the world. He was then eliminated by
Stefan Edberg
Jan Stefan Edberg (; born 19 January 1966) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in both men's singles and men's doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), one of two players in the ...
.
After retiring, due to a back injury, Larkham spent some time coaching his brother Todd and has also worked with Wayne Arthurs,
Richard Fromberg
Richard James Fromberg (born 28 April 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Australia.
Tennis career
Fromberg began playing tennis at the age of 10. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.Paul Hanley. He is now head coach of the tennis program at the Australian Institute of Sports in
Canberra
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