Brett Dickinson

Brett Dickinson

Full name	Brett Dickinson
Country (sports)	United States
Born	(1962-12-04) December 4, 1962 (age 62) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$94,910
Singles
Career record	3–8
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 176 (October 5, 1987)
Doubles
Career record	17–37
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 92 (May 19, 1986)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1985, 1995)
French Open	1R (1989)
US Open	2R (1985)

Brett Dickinson (born December 4, 1962) is an American former professional tennis player.

Biography

Dickinson was born in Atlanta, Georgia but grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada. He studied mathematics at San Jose State University in the early 1980s and played collegiate tennis, before turning professional.^[1]

His greatest achievement on tour was reaching the doubles final of the 1985 Melbourne Outdoor, a Grand Prix tournament, with Roberto Saad. The pair were defeated in the final by local pairing Darren Cahill and Peter Carter.^[2]

As a singles player he reached the quarter-finals at Auckland in 1986 and the following year won the Enugu Challenger tournament in Nigeria.^[3] He came close to upsetting Pat Cash at the 1987 WCT Tournament of Champions.^[4] He was 5–2 up in the third and deciding set before the Australian came back to win by claiming the final five games.^[5]

He competed in the main draw of the men's doubles events at the Australian Open, French Open and US Open.

For much of his tennis career he was based in Paris, France.^[1] He is now back in the United States and works as a realtor in La Jolla.^[6]

Grand Prix career finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Dec 1985	Melbourne, Australia	Grass	Roberto Saad	Darren Cahill Peter Carter	6–7^(3–7), 1–6

Challenger titles

Singles: (1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	1987	Enugu, Nigeria	Hard	Stanislav Birner	2–6, 6–2, 6–4

Doubles: (2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	1984	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Drew Gitlin	Marcel Freeman Tim Wilkison	7–6, 6–3
2.	1987	Guadeloupe	Hard	Nelson Aerts	Jonathan Canter Denis Langaskens	6–2, 6–3

References

1. "Dickinson wears down Adams to win Men's 40 Clay Courts". Savannah Morning News. October 13, 2002. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
2. "Dazzling doubles display". The Canberra Times. ACT: National Library of Australia. December 30, 1985. p. 16. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
3. "Lendl wears down a persistent Connors". The Canberra Times. ACT: National Library of Australia. January 10, 1986. p. 1 Sports Section. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
4. "Cash crashes in Tournament of Champions". The Canberra Times. ACT: National Library of Australia. May 8, 1987. p. 21. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
5. "Top-seeded Becker advances in T of C". Gainesville Sun. May 7, 1987. p. 3C. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
6. "Brett Dickinson". Sotheby's International Realty. Retrieved December 27, 2015.

External links

• Brett Dickinson at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Brett Dickinson at the International Tennis Federation