Brian Garrow
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Brian Garrow is a former professional tennis
player from the United States
.
Garrow enjoyed more success on tour playing doubles, winning 2 doubles title and reaching a career-high ranking of World No. 42 in 1991. He competed in doubles events from 1988 through 1992.
Garrow's career high singles ranking was World No. 93, achieved in late October, 1990. He captured one challenger tournament, the 1989 Winnetka Challenger and reached the semi-finals in one Grand Prix event, the 1990 Rio de Janeiro Open. Garrow played on the tour in singles from 1988 through 1991, competing mostly challenger events.
Garrow was a three-time all-American at UCLA. He was the first player in the 1980s to reached the NCAA finals for both the singles and doubles tournament in the same year, 1988, winning the doubles partnering Patrick Galbraith
. He lost in the singles final to Robbie Weiss
of Pepperdine.
Tennis
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player from the United States
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.
Garrow enjoyed more success on tour playing doubles, winning 2 doubles title and reaching a career-high ranking of World No. 42 in 1991. He competed in doubles events from 1988 through 1992.
Garrow's career high singles ranking was World No. 93, achieved in late October, 1990. He captured one challenger tournament, the 1989 Winnetka Challenger and reached the semi-finals in one Grand Prix event, the 1990 Rio de Janeiro Open. Garrow played on the tour in singles from 1988 through 1991, competing mostly challenger events.
Garrow was a three-time all-American at UCLA. He was the first player in the 1980s to reached the NCAA finals for both the singles and doubles tournament in the same year, 1988, winning the doubles partnering Patrick Galbraith
Patrick Galbraith
Patrick Galbraith is a former professional tennis player from the United States.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 and 1996...
. He lost in the singles final to Robbie Weiss
Robbie Weiss
Robbie Weiss is a former tour professional tennis player and NCAA Division 1 singles champion. The resident of Atlanta, GA achieved a career-high ATP ranking in singles of World No. 85, which he reached on the heels of winning his only ATP Tour event, the 1990 Sao Paulo Grand Prix...
of Pepperdine.
Titles (2)
No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partnering | Opponent in the final | Score |
1. | 1989 | Newport, U.S. | Grass | Patrick Galbraith Patrick Galbraith Patrick Galbraith is a former professional tennis player from the United States.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 and 1996... |
Neil Broad Neil Broad Neil Broad is a tennis player who represented Great Britain for most of his playing career. He won 7 ATP tour doubles titles in his career, and won the Silver Medal in doubles at the 1996 Summer Olympics.... Stefan Kruger Stefan Kruger Stefan Kruger is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 3 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 5 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No... |
2–6, 7–5, 6–3 |
2. | 1990 | Rio de Janeiro ATP Rio de Janeiro The Rio de Janeiro Open is a defunct Grand Prix and ATP Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1989 to 1990. It was held in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil and played on indoor carpet courts.-Singles:-Doubles:-References:*... , Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people... |
Carpet | Sven Salumaa Sven Salumaa Sven Salumaa is a former professional tour tennis player who mostly played tour tennis in doubles. Born on October 21, 1966, in Huntington, New York to Eduard and Tamara Salumaa who were immigrants from Estonia, he is now an actor and musician residing in Coronado, California.-Tour career:During... |
Nelson Aerts Nelson Aerts Nelson Aerts , is a former professional tennis player from Brazil.Aerts enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 80 in 1990.... Fernando Roese Fernando Roese Fernando Roese , is a former professional tennis player from Brazil.During his career Roese won 1 doubles title. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 92 in 1992 and a career-high doubles ranking of World No... |
7–5, 6–3 |
Runner-ups (2)
No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partnering | Opponent in the final | Score |
1. | 1990 | Schenectady ATP Schenectady The OTB Open is a defunct WTA Tour, Grand Prix and ATP Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1985 to 1994. It was held in Schenectady, New York and played on outdoor hard courts.-Men's Singles:-Women's Singles:-Men's Doubles:-Women's Doubles:... , U.S. |
Hard | Sven Salumaa Sven Salumaa Sven Salumaa is a former professional tour tennis player who mostly played tour tennis in doubles. Born on October 21, 1966, in Huntington, New York to Eduard and Tamara Salumaa who were immigrants from Estonia, he is now an actor and musician residing in Coronado, California.-Tour career:During... |
Richard Fromberg Richard Fromberg Richard James Fromberg is a former professional tennis player from Australia.Fromberg began playing tennis at the age of 10. In 1987, he reached the Australian Open Junior finals in both singles and doubles. He turned professional in 1988... Brad Pearce Brad Pearce ----Brad Pearce is a former tennis player from the United States, who turned professional in 1986. He won four doubles titles during his career. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP ranking on October 8, 1990, when he became the World No... |
2–6, 6–3, 6–7 |
2. | 1990 | Brisbane Queensland Open The Queensland Open was a men's tennis tournament played in Brisbane, Australia from 1987-1992. The event was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit and was played on indoor hard courts.-Men's singles:-Doubles:-References:**... , Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... |
Hard | Mark Woodforde Mark Woodforde Mark Woodforde is a former professional tennis player from Australia. He is best known as one half of "The Woodies", a doubles partnership with Todd Woodbridge.... |
Jason Stoltenberg Jason Stoltenberg Jason Stoltenberg is a former professional tennis player from Australia.Stoltenberg began playing tennis at age ten on an antbed court where his father owned a cotton farm in the Far West of New South Wales. In 1987, he won the boys' singles title at the Australian Open and was ranked the World No... Todd Woodbridge Todd Woodbridge Todd Andrew Woodbridge is an Australian former tennis player. He was born in Sydney and turned professional in 1988. He is best known for his successful Doubles partnerships with Mark Woodforde and later Jonas Björkman... |
6–2, 4–6, 4–6 |