Brian Baker (tennis)
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Brian Baker is a professionally ranked tennis player from Nashville, Tennessee
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Baker's biggest win occurred on On August 29, 2005, when he scored an upset victory over ninth seeded Gastón Gaudio
in the 2005 US Open, in Baker's only appearance in the grand slam event
main draw.
Baker originally played on the tour for only a short time - from 2002 through 2005 and in a few autumn challengers in 2007. He won two challenger events in this time and reached a career best singles ranking of World No. 172, on November 15, 2004. He was coached by Ricardo Acuna
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In his first tour action since 2007, Baker entered an ITF Futures tournament in Pittsburgh in July 2011 as an unranked qualifier, qualified, and won the tournament, all without dropping a set. In September, he entered the Canadian Futures 7 and reached the semi-finals again without dropping a set. He then lost in a walkover
to Jesse Levine
after withdrawing from the tournament.
Baker is currently serving as an assistant coach for the Belmont University
men's tennis program.
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
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Baker's biggest win occurred on On August 29, 2005, when he scored an upset victory over ninth seeded Gastón Gaudio
Gastón Gaudio
Gastón Norberto Gaudio is a former tennis player from Argentina. His career-high ATP ranking was World No. 5 in 2005...
in the 2005 US Open, in Baker's only appearance in the grand slam event
Grand Slam (tennis)
The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and...
main draw.
Baker originally played on the tour for only a short time - from 2002 through 2005 and in a few autumn challengers in 2007. He won two challenger events in this time and reached a career best singles ranking of World No. 172, on November 15, 2004. He was coached by Ricardo Acuna
Ricardo Acuña
Ricardo Acuña is a former tennis player from Chile, who won three doubles titles during his career. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on March 17, 1986, when he reached 47th in the world....
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In his first tour action since 2007, Baker entered an ITF Futures tournament in Pittsburgh in July 2011 as an unranked qualifier, qualified, and won the tournament, all without dropping a set. In September, he entered the Canadian Futures 7 and reached the semi-finals again without dropping a set. He then lost in a walkover
Walkover
In British English, a walkover or W.O. is the awarding of a victory to a contestant because there are no other contestants, or because the other contestants have been disqualified or have forfeited. The term can apply in sport, but can also apply to elections...
to Jesse Levine
Jesse Levine
Jesse Levine is a Canadian-born American professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high singles rank of No. 94 on November 3, 2008....
after withdrawing from the tournament.
Baker is currently serving as an assistant coach for the Belmont University
Belmont University
Belmont University is a private, coeducational, liberal arts university located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. It is the largest Christian university in Tennessee and the second largest private university in the state, behind nearby Vanderbilt University.-Belmont Mansion:Belmont Mansion...
men's tennis program.