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
/ref> Before turning professional, Devening played tennis for

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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 Grand Slam 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 Frédéric Fontang. 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 Rosmalen in 1994.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 2 (0–2)

Challenger titles

Doubles: (1)

References

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