Bruce Phillip Derlin (born 28 November 1961 in
Sydney, Australia
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) is a retired
tennis player
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball co ...
from
New Zealand
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.
Derlin represented his native country at the
1988 Olympics in Seoul. There, the left-hander lost in the second round of the men's doubles competition to Australia's
Darren Cahill
Darren Cahill (born 2 October 1965) is a tennis coach and former professional tennis player from Australia. In addition, Cahill is a tennis analyst for the Grand Slam events on the US sports network ESPN and a coach with the Adidas Player Deve ...
and
John Fitzgerald, while partnering
Kelly Evernden
Kelly Graeme Evernden (born 21 September 1961) is a former professional tennis player from New Zealand.
Evernden turned professional in 1985 and won his first tour doubles title in 1986 at Cologne. His first top-level singles title came in 198 ...
.
Challenger finals
Singles (1–2)
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1961 births
Living people
New Zealand male tennis players
Olympic tennis players of New Zealand
Tennis players from Sydney
Tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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