Brian Devening (born July 16, 1967) is a former professional

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player from the United States.ITF Tennis Profile
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Career

Devening was the American Hardcourt Championship winner in 1983 and was ranked amongst the top 25 juniors for six years.ATP World Tour Profile
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, from where he would graduate with a business degree. On the

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he made his appearances mostly in the doubles circuit. He made the second round of a

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doubles tournament just once, at the

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with countryman

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. The pair defeated the Australian pairing of

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and John Fitzgerald. As a singles player he reached the second round of the French Open in 1993, beating

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. His only other singles appearance was in Wimbledon that year, where he lost to seventh seed

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in four sets. The American reached two ATP finals during his career, both in 1993, at

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and

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. He also exited in the semi-final stage of four tournaments,

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and

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in 1992, then

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and

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in 1994.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 2 (0–2)

Challenger titles

Doubles: (1)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Devening, Brian 1967 births Living people Tennis players from Dallas Sportspeople from Milwaukee American male tennis players Tennis players from Wisconsin SMU Mustangs men's tennis players