Brian Battistone is an American professional tennis player. He was born in Santa Barbara, California

Santa Barbara, California

Santa Barbara is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Situated on an east-west trending section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States, the city lies between the steeply-rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean...

 and currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...

. His Association of Tennis Professionals

Association of Tennis Professionals

The Association of Tennis Professionals or ATP was formed in 1972 by Donald Dell, Jack Kramer, and Cliff Drysdale to protect the interests of male professional tennis players. Since 1990, the association has organized the worldwide tennis tour for men and linked the title of the tour with the...

 World Tour ranking is 94 in men's doubles.

Battistone uses a volleyball-styled jump serve where he jumps in on court, switches racket hand in mid-air and hits the ball before landing on court. He and his brother Dann Battistone use a two-handled racquet designed by Lionel Burt.

Battistone previously played tennis at a professional level, but quit in 2000. He returned to the circuit in 2007. He played in the 2010 US Open – Men's Doubles

2010 US Open – Men's Doubles

Lukáš Dlouhý and Leander Paes were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to Martin Damm and Filip Polášek 6–7, 6–3, 6–4.Bob and Mike Bryan won in the final 7–6, 7–6, against Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi.- Seeds :...

 with Ryler Deheart

Ryler DeHeart

Ryler DeHeart is an American professional tennis player. He reached his singles career high ranking of 174 on May 3, 2010. He is coached by Brad Dancer.-Professional career:...

. They were defeated by Rohan Bopanna

Rohan Bopanna

Rohan Bopanna is an Indian professional tennis player. His singles career high ranking was 213th in 2007. Recently, most of his appearances in professional tournaments has been in doubles matches. He is a member of the Indian Davis Cup team since 2002...

 (India

India

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) and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi

Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi

Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi is a professional tennis player from Pakistan. He is currently Pakistan's top player. A top 10 doubles player, his highest Singles Race ranking is 103rd and is the former Asian No. 3...

 (Pakistan

Pakistan

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) in Round 1. In October 2010 he won his first ATP Men's Doubles game, partnering Andreas Siljeström

Andreas Siljeström

Andreas Siljeström is a Swedish professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He has a career doubles high-ranking of 113 .-ATP Career finals :-ITF and Challengers Men's Doubles Wins :...

 in the 2010 Stockholm Open

2010 If Stockholm Open

The 2010 If Stockholm Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 42nd edition of the event known this year as the If Stockholm Open, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2010 ATP World Tour...

.

Doubles: 11 (4-7)

Legend (pre/post 2009)

ATP Challenger Series ATP Challenger Series The ATP Challenger Tour, known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series, is a series of international men's professional tennis tournaments...  / ATP Challenger Tour (4-7)

Outcome	No.	Date (Final)	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Winner	10.	May 15, 2010	Sarasota, United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	Clay	Ryler DeHeart Ryler DeHeart Ryler DeHeart is an American professional tennis player. He reached his singles career high ranking of 174 on May 3, 2010. He is coached by Brad Dancer.-Professional career:...	Gero Kretschmer Gero Kretschmer Gero Kretschmer is a German tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On June 14, 2010, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 316 whilst his highest doubles ranking was 158 achieved on February 21, 2010....   Alex Satschko Alex Satschko Alexander "Alex" Satschko is a German tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On February 2, 2009, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 259 whilst his highest doubles ranking was 153 achieved on February 21, 2011....	5-7, 7-6(4), [10-8]
Runner-up	11.	11 September 2010 2010 AON Open Challenger The 2010 AON Open Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was the 8th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2010 ATP Challenger Tour...	Genoa, Italy	Clay	Andreas Siljeström Andreas Siljeström Andreas Siljeström is a Swedish professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He has a career doubles high-ranking of 113 .-ATP Career finals :-ITF and Challengers Men's Doubles Wins :...	Andre Begemann Andre Begemann Andre Begemann is a German professional tennis player. He has a career high-ranking of 166 .-Singles: 2 :-Doubles: 11 :-External links:* *...     Martin Emmrich Martin Emmrich Martin Emmrich is a German tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On October 12, 2009, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 604 whilst his highest doubles ranking of 86 was achieved on July 4, 2011.-Personal life:...	6–1, (3)6–7, [7–10]

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