Patrick Galbraith (born April 16, 1967) is an American former doubles world No. 1

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Career

A doubles specialist, Galbraith reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1993. During his career he won 38 top-level doubles titles. He was a mixed doubles champion at the US Open in 1994 (partnering Elna Reinach) and 1996 (partnering

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). He also won the men's doubles title at the ATP Tour World Championships in 1995 (partnering Grant Connell). He was a men's doubles runner-up at

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in both 1993 and 1994, and a mixed doubles runner-up at

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in 1997. He retired from the professional tour in 1999, having won prize money totalling US$2,684,136. Prior to turning professional, Galbraith played tennis for

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from 1986 to 1989, where he was a three-time

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doubles champion in 1988. In November 2018 Gabraith was elected as chairman of the board and president of the

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(USTA), succeeding

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Career finals

Doubles (36 titles, 19 runner-ups)

Doubles performance timeline

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Galbraith, Patrick 1967 births Living people American male tennis players Tennis players from Washington (state) UCLA Bruins men's tennis players US Open (tennis) champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles ATP number 1 ranked doubles tennis players Sportspeople from Tacoma, Washington Presidents of the United States Tennis Association 20th-century American sportsmen