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Country (sports)
  
Career titles
  
8

Weight
  
79 kg

Turned pro
  
1973

Name
  
Brian Teacher

Grand slams won (singles)
  
1

Prize money
  
$1,426,514

Role
  
Tennis player

Retired
  
1986

Career record
  
335–235

Height
  
1.9 m


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Born
  
December 23, 1954 (age 69) San Diego, California (
1954-12-23
)

Plays
  
Right-handed (one-handed backhand)

Education
  
University of Southern California, University of California, Los Angeles

Similar People
  
Bruce Manson, Greg Rusedski, Pat Cash, Tony Pickard

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Brian David Teacher (born December 23, 1954) is a right-handed American former professional male tennis player. He reached a career-high ranking World No. 7 in 1981.

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Teacher is best remembered for his singles championship at the Australian Open in 1980. His career-high world singles ranking was No. 7 in 1981, and his world doubles ranking was No. 5, both in 1981. He won 8 career singles titles, and 16 doubles titles.

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Following his playing career, he became an ATP & WTA touring coach. He currently runs the Brian Teacher Tennis Academy in South Pasadena, California.

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Early and personal life

Teacher was born in San Diego, California, and is Jewish. In 1979 he married fellow California player Kathy May, also a Top 10 tennis player, and the great-granddaughter of David May, founder of The May Department Stores Company (now Macy's), though they subsequently divorced.

Junior, high school, and college

Teacher won a CIF singles title in 1972 while at Crawford High School.

In 1972, he won the boys' 18 singles and doubles titles. At the University of California-Los Angeles, he won the Pacific-8 singles and doubles championship in 1974, was an All-American from 1973–76, and was a member of the UCLA teams that won the NCAA championship in 1975 and 1976. Teacher turned professional before acquiring his degree.

Professional career

He reached the finals in the South Australian and New South Wales Opens in 1977. In 1978, at the Seiko World Super Tennis Tournament in Tokyo, Teacher upset UCLA graduates Jimmy Connors and Arthur Ashe before losing in the final to Björn Borg 6–3, 6–4.

In 1980, he won the Australian Open, becoming the second Jewish player to win a men's Grand Slam Singles event (after Dick Savitt). He won the final over Kim Warwick of Australia in straight sets. With his Grand Slam victory, Teacher is one of only five American male players in the Open era to have won a single Grand Slam event (along with Michael Chang, Vitas Gerulaitis, Andy Roddick, and Roscoe Tanner). Seven more Americans have more than one Slam (Stan Smith, Arthur Ashe, Jim Courier, Jimmy Connors, Andre Agassi, John McEnroe, and Pete Sampras).

His career-high world singles ranking was No. 7 in 1981, and his world doubles ranking was No. 5, both in 1981.

He won 8 career singles titles, and 16 doubles titles.

Halls of fame

Teacher was inducted in 2001 into the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Hall of Fame, in 2008 into the San Diego Tennis Hall of Fame, and he is also a member of the NCAA Tennis Hall of Fame and the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. In 2014 he was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. On September 20, 2015, Teacher was inducted into the Southern California Tennis Association Hall of Fame.

Coach

Following his playing career, he became an ATP & WTA touring coach working with, among others, Andre Agassi and Greg Rusedski. Under his tutelage, Rusedski made a run from #85 in the world to the top ten and the U.S. Open finals. Teacher also coached world #1 doubles players Jim Grabb, Richey Renenberg, Daniel Nestor, and Max Mirnyi. On the women's side, he coached WTA tour player Marissa Irvin. He currently runs the Brian Teacher Tennis Academy in South Pasadena, California.

Miscellaneous

  • After he retired he completed his undergraduate economics degree and studied business at the University of Southern California.
  • As a coach, he worked with Jim Grabb, Mark Knowles, Max Mirnyi, Daniel Nestor, Richey Reneberg, and Greg Rusedski.
  • He is married and has two children.
  • References

    Brian Teacher Wikipedia