Robert Bettauer (born May 2, 1956) is a Canadian

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broadcaster and former Davis Cup and professional player, reaching a career high ATP Tour singles ranking of 397 and doubles ranking of 386 in 1978. He is also a former national tennis coach who led the 1988 and 1992 Olympics teams. Bettauer,

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-born, was raised in

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and played collegiate tennis for Pan American University from 1974 to 1978, before turning professional in 1978. He made the singles main draw of three Canadian Opens and was a

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player in 1979, for ties against the Caribbean and Mexico. In 1980 he played in the doubles main draw of the

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. Bettauer has a long history in senior sport leadership positions in Canada with previous roles as Director of Tennis Development for

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(1988-1998), founding President and CEO of what is now th
Canadian Sport Institute Ontario
(1998-2005) and currently as the CEO o
PISE
(Pacific Institute for Sport Education) in Victoria, Canada since 2010.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bettauer, Robert 1956 births Living people Canadian male tennis players Racket sportspeople from British Columbia Tennis players from Vancouver College men's tennis players in the United States Canadian expatriate tennis players in the United States University of Texas–Pan American alumni Canadian tennis coaches Tennis players from Berlin 20th-century Canadian sportsmen

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