Bruce Nichols (born December 31, 1955) is a former professional

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player from the

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Career

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, partnered with John Austin to win the

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Division One doubles championship in 1978.''

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December 21, 1981, p. 38 He competed in the main singles draw of the US Open three times, for one win, over Tom Gorman in 1978.ATP World Tour Profile
/ref> In the doubles, Nichols (with David Graham) made the third round of the US Open in 1981 and narrowly missed out on a spot in the quarter-finals, losing to

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in five sets. It was in doubles that he had most of his success on tour, winning the Lagos Open in 1980 and finishing runner-up at both South Orange and Bogota the previous year.

Grand Prix career finals

Doubles: 3 (1–2)

Challenger titles

Doubles: (2)

References

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