Brian Teacher

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Brian David Teacher (born December 23, 1954) is an American former professional tennis player. He reached career-high rankings of world No. 7 in singles and world No. 5 in doubles, both in 1981. Teacher is best remembered for being a major singles champion, triumphing at the 1980 Australian Open. He won eight career singles titles and 16 doubles titles.

Following his playing career, he became a touring coach on both the ATP Tour and WTA Tour. He currently runs the Brian Teacher Tennis Academy in South Pasadena, California.

Early and personal life

Teacher was born in San Diego, California.[1][2][3] He attended Crawford High School in San Diego, graduating in 1972.[2] He later lived in Beverly Hills, California.[4]

In 1979, he married fellow Californian player Kathy May, also a top 10 tennis player. They subsequently divorced.[5] He later studied for his MBA at the USC Marshall School of Business.[6]

Tennis career

Junior, high school, and college

Teacher won a CIF singles title in 1972 while at Crawford High School.[7]

In 1972, he won the boys' 18 singles and doubles titles.[8] At the University of California-Los Angeles, where he studied economics, he won the Pacific-8 singles and doubles championship in 1974, was an All-American from 1973 to 1976, and was a member of the UCLA teams that won the NCAA championship in 1975 and 1976.[6]

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.[9]

In 1980, he won the Australian Open, becoming the second Jewish player to win a men's Grand Slam Singles event (after Dick Savitt).[1] He won the final over Kim Warwick of Australia in straight sets.[10][11] 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 and his world doubles ranking was No. 5, both in 1981.[1]

He won 8 career singles titles, and 16 doubles titles.[1]

Halls of fame

Teacher was inducted in 2001 into the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Hall of Fame,[12] in 2008 into the San Diego Tennis Hall of Fame,[13] and he is also a member of the NCAA Tennis Hall of Fame and the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[14] In 2014 he was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[1] In 2015, Teacher was inducted into the Southern California Tennis Association Hall of Fame.[15]

Coach

Following his playing career, he became an ATP and WTA touring coach working with Andre Agassi and Greg Rusedski.[16][17] 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 Reneberg, Daniel Nestor, and Max Mirnyi.[18] On the women's side, he coached WTA tour player Marissa Irvin.[19] He currently runs the Brian Teacher Tennis Academy in South Pasadena, California[20]

Grand Slam finals

Singles (1 win)

Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Win 1980 Australian Open Grass Template:Flagicon Kim Warwick 7–5, 7–6(7–4), 6–3

Career finals

Singles (8 titles, 15 runners-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (1)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
Grand Prix (7)
Titles by surface
Hard (2)
Grass (2)
Clay (0)
Carpet (4)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 1976 Newport, U.S. Grass Template:Flagicon Vijay Amritraj 3–6, 6–4, 3–6, 1–6
Loss 0–2 Jan 1977 Adelaide, Australia Grass Template:Flagicon Victor Amaya 1–6, 4–6
Win 1–2 Apr 1977 Jackson, Mississippi, U.S. Carpet Template:Flagicon Bill Scanlon 6–3, 6–3
Loss 1–3 Dec 1977 Sydney Outdoor, Australia Grass Template:Flagicon Roscoe Tanner 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 7–6, 4–6
Loss 1–4 Oct 1978 Tokyo Indoor, Japan Carpet Template:Flagicon Björn Borg 3–6, 4–6
Win 2–4 Nov 1978 Taipei, Taiwan Carpet Template:Flagicon Tom Gorman 6–3, 6–3, 6–3
Win 3–4 Jul 1979 Newport, Rhode Island, U.S. Grass Template:Flagicon Stan Smith 1–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 3–5 Apr 1980 Los Angeles, U.S. Hard Template:Flagicon Gene Mayer 3–6, 2–6
Loss 3–6 Nov 1980 Hong Kong Hard Template:Flagicon Ivan Lendl 7–5, 6–7(2–7) , 3–6
Loss 3–7 Nov 1980 Taipei, Taiwan Carpet Template:Flagicon Ivan Lendl 7–6, 3–6, 3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 3–8 Nov 1980 Bangkok, Thailand Carpet Template:Flagicon Vijay Amritraj 3–6, 5–7
Loss 3–9 Dec 1980 Sydney Outdoor, Australia Grass Template:Flagicon Fritz Buehning 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7)
Win 4–9 Dec 1980 Australian Open, Melbourne Grass Template:Flagicon Kim Warwick 7–5, 7–6(7–4) , 6–3
Win 5–9 Aug 1981 Columbus, Ohio, U.S. Hard Template:Flagicon John Austin 6–3, 6–2
Loss 5–10 Sep 1981 San Francisco, U.S. Carpet Template:Flagicon Eliot Teltscher 3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 5–11 Sep 1982 Maui, Hawaii, U.S. Hard Template:Flagicon John Fitzgerald 2–6, 3–6
Win 6–11 Dec 1982 Dortmund WCT, West Germany Carpet Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak 6–7, 6–4, 6–4, 2–6, 6–4
Win 7–11 Mar 1983 Munich WCT, West Germany Carpet Template:Flagicon Mark Dickson 1–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–3
Win 8–11 Aug 1983 Columbus, Ohio, U.S. Hard Template:Flagicon Bill Scanlon 7–6, 6–4
Loss 8–12 Sep 1983 Dallas, Texas, U.S. Hard Template:Flagicon Andrés Gómez 7–6(7–2) , 1–6, 1–6
Loss 8–13 Jun 1984 Bristol, U.K. Grass Template:Flagicon Johan Kriek 7–6, 6–7, 4–6
Loss 8–14 Jul 1984 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Template:Flagicon Joakim Nyström 4–6, 2–6
Loss 8–15 Jul 1985 Livingston, U.S. Hard Template:Flagicon Brad Gilbert 6–4, 5–7, 0–6

Doubles (16 titles, 7 runners-up)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 1976 Columbus, U.S. Hard Template:Flagicon William Brown Template:Flagicon Fred McNair
Template:Flagicon Sherwood Stewart 		6–3, 6–4
Loss 1. 1978 Miami, U.S. Clay Template:Flagicon Bob Carmichael Template:Flagicon Tom Gullikson
Template:Flagicon Gene Mayer 		6–7, 3–6
Win 2. 1978 Manila, Philippines Clay Template:Flagicon Sherwood Stewart Template:Flagicon Ross Case
Template:Flagicon Chris Kachel 		6–3, 7–6
Loss 2. 1979 Washington Indoor, U.S. Carpet Template:Flagicon Bob Carmichael Template:Flagicon Robert Lutz
Template:Flagicon Stan Smith 		4–6, 5–7, 6–3, 6–7
Loss 3. 1979 Stuttgart Indoor, West Germany Hard (i) Template:Flagicon Bob Carmichael Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak
Template:Flagicon Tom Okker 		3–6, 7–5, 6–7
Win 3. 1980 Washington-2, U.S. Carpet Template:Flagicon Ferdi Taygan Template:Flagicon Kevin Curren
Template:Flagicon Steve Denton 		4–6, 6–3, 7–6
Loss 4. 1980 Rotterdam, Netherlands Carpet Template:Flagicon Bill Scanlon Template:Flagicon Vijay Amritraj
Template:Flagicon Stan Smith 		4–6, 3–6
Win 4. 1980 Los Angeles, U.S. Hard Template:Flagicon Butch Walts Template:Flagicon Anand Amritraj
Template:Flagicon John Austin 		6–2, 6–4
Win 5. 1980 Toronto, Canada Hard Template:Flagicon Bruce Manson Template:Flagicon Heinz Günthardt
Template:Flagicon Sandy Mayer 		6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Win 6. 1980 Cincinnati, U.S. Hard Template:Flagicon Bruce Manson Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak
Template:Flagicon Ivan Lendl 		6–7, 7–5, 6–4
Loss 5. 1980 Hong Kong Hard Template:Flagicon Bruce Manson Template:Flagicon Peter Fleming
Template:Flagicon Ferdi Taygan 		5–7, 2–6
Win 7. 1980 Taipei, Taiwan Carpet Template:Flagicon Bruce Manson Template:Flagicon John Austin
Template:Flagicon Ferdi Taygan 		6–4, 6–0
Win 8. 1980 Bangkok, Thailand Carpet Template:Flagicon Ferdi Taygan Template:Flagicon Tom Okker
Template:Flagicon Dick Stockton 		7–6, 7–6
Win 9. 1981 La Quinta, U.S. Hard Template:Flagicon Bruce Manson Template:Flagicon Terry Moor
Template:Flagicon Eliot Teltscher 		7–6, 6–2
Win 10. 1981 Frankfurt, West Germany Carpet Template:Flagicon Butch Walts Template:Flagicon Vitas Gerulaitis
Template:Flagicon John McEnroe 		7–5, 6–7, 7–5
Win 11. 1981 London/Queen's Club, U.K. Grass Template:Flagicon Pat DuPré Template:Flagicon Kevin Curren
Template:Flagicon Steve Denton 		3–6, 7–6, 11–9
Win 12. 1981 Columbus, U.S. Hard Template:Flagicon Bruce Manson Template:Flagicon Anand Amritraj
Template:Flagicon Vijay Amritraj 		6–1, 6–1
Loss 6. 1982 Los Angeles, U.S. Hard Template:Flagicon Bruce Manson Template:Flagicon Sherwood Stewart
Template:Flagicon Ferdi Taygan 		1–6, 7–6, 3–6
Win 13. 1982 Stuttgart Outdoor, West Germany Clay Template:Flagicon Mark Edmondson Template:Flagicon Andreas Maurer
Template:Flagicon Wolfgang Popp 		6–3, 6–1
Win 14. 1982 San Francisco, U.S. Carpet Template:Flagicon Fritz Buehning Template:Flagicon Marty Davis
Template:Flagicon Chris Dunk 		6–7, 6–2, 7–5
Loss 7. 1983 Richmond, Virginia, U.S. Carpet Template:Flagicon Fritz Buehning Template:Flagicon Pavel Složil
Template:Flagicon Tomáš Šmíd 		2–6, 4–6
Win 15. 1983 Columbus, U.S. Hard Template:Flagicon Scott Davis Template:Flagicon Anand Amritraj
Template:Flagicon John Fitzgerald 		6–1, 4–6, 7–6
Win 16. 1983 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard Template:Flagicon Steve Meister Template:Flagicon Andrés Gómez
Template:Flagicon Sherwood Stewart 		6–7, 7–6, 6–2

Grand Slam tournament performance timeline

Template:Performance key

Tournament 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 SR W–L Win %
Australian Open A A A A A 1R 1R A A W A QF 3R A 3R NH A 1 / 6 12–5 70.6
French Open A A A A A 2R 3R 2R A A A A A A A A 0 / 3 4–3 57.1
Wimbledon A A A A 2R 1R 2R 4R 3R 2R QF 3R 1R 1R 2R Q2 0 / 11 15–11 57.7
US Open PR* 2R 3R 1R 1R 2R 4R 1R 4R 2R 2R 1R 1R 3R 1R A 0 / 15 14–15 48.3
Win–loss 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–2 2–5 6–3 4–3 11–2 2–2 9–3 3–3 0–2 3–3 1–2 0–0 1 / 35 45–34 57.0
  • The 1972 US Open had a preliminary round before the 128 player draw began.

Miscellaneous

See also

Notes

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