Bryan Shelton

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Bryan Shelton (born December 22, 1965) is an American former college tennis coach and former professional tennis player. During his playing career, he won two singles and two doubles ATP tour titles, and reached the mixed doubles final at the 1992 French Open, partnering Lori McNeil. Shelton played collegiately for Georgia Tech from 1985 to 1988, and then played professionally from 1989 to 1997.[1]

He subsequently returned to his alma mater to coach the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's tennis team,[1][2] which won the NCAA Women's Tennis Championship in 2007.[3][4][5] He then served as the head coach of the Florida Gators men's tennis team of the University of Florida, where he coached the Gators to winning the 2021 NCAA Championship. He is the only head coach to have won a national championship in both men and women's NCAA Division I Tennis.

In 2023, Shelton retired from collegiate coaching to coach his son, Ben Shelton, for the latter's professional career. The younger Shelton has also become an ATP Tour titlist, major semifinalist at the 2023 US Open, and world No. 12.

Early years

Shelton was born in Huntsville, Alabama. For high school, he attended Randolph School in Huntsville.[6] He played for the Randolph Raiders boys' tennis team, and won the Alabama high school singles championship in 1982–1984.[7]

Personal life

He is the father of tennis player Ben Shelton.[8]

College career

Shelton accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia, where he played for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's tennis team from 1985 to 1988. Shelton was the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) champion in singles in 1985, and he and teammate Richy Gilbert were the ACC champions in doubles 1986.[1] He was recognized as an All-ACC selection during each of his four seasons as a Yellow Jacket, and was named an All-American in 1988.[1] Shelton won the United States Amateur Championships in 1985.[9] He graduated from Georgia Tech with a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial engineering in 1989, and was inducted into the Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame in 1993.

Professional career

Shelton won two singles titles (Newport, 1991 and 1992) during his professional career. He also reached the mixed doubles final at the 1992 French Open, partnering Lori McNeil. The right-hander reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on March 23, 1992, when he became number 55 in the world; his highest doubles ranking, 52, occurred on February 28, 1994. He was inducted into the Huntsville-Madison County Athletic Hall of Fame in 2006.[10]

Coaching

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Shelton officially retired from the professional tour in 1997,[1] and was named a United States Tennis Association (USTA) National Coach, a position he held from January 1998 until June 1999.[1] Shelton coached MaliVai Washington, a 1996 Wimbledon finalist.[1]

Shelton became head coach of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's tennis team in July 1999.[1] In his first season as coach at Georgia Tech, his team went to the second round of the NCAA tournament, upsetting the No. 25 Washington Huskies before falling to the No. 9 UCLA Bruins.[11] He was named ACC Coach of the Year in 2002,[1] 2005,[1][12] and 2007.[13] His 2007 team won the Yellow Jackets' third-straight ACC Championship.[13] They then won Georgia Tech's first NCAA-recognized team championship on May 22, 2007, by defeating UCLA in the finals of the NCAA Women's Tennis Championship.[3][4][5] Prior to his coaching tenure, the Georgia tech women's tennis team had never qualified for the NCAA tournament. Shelton was named the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Coach of the Year in 2007.[14]

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Shelton in 2016

On June 8, 2012, the University of Florida announced that Shelton had been hired as the new head coach of the Florida Gators men's tennis team.[15]

On June 2, 2023, Shelton announced that he was stepping down from his coaching position.[16]

Head coaching record

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ATP career finals

Singles (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (2)
Titles by surface
Hard (0)
Clay (0)
Grass (2)
Carpet (0)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 1991 Newport, U.S. Grass Template:Flagicon Javier Frana 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win 2–0 Jul 1992 Newport, U.S. Grass Template:Flagicon Alex Antonitsch 6–4, 6–4
Loss 2–1 May 1993 Atlanta, U.S. Clay Template:Flagicon Jacco Eltingh 6–7(1–7), 2–6

Doubles (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (2)
Titles by surface
Hard (1)
Clay (1)
Grass (0)
Carpet (0)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 1990 Newport, U.S. Grass Template:Flagicon Todd Nelson Template:Flagicon Darren Cahill
Template:Flagicon Mark Kratzmann 		6–7, 2–6
Win 1–1 Feb 1994 Mexico City, Mexico Clay Template:Flagicon Francisco Montana Template:Flagicon Luke Jensen
Template:Flagicon Murphy Jensen 		6–3, 6–4
Win 2–1 Dec 1996 Adelaide, Australia Hard Template:Flagicon Patrick Rafter Template:Flagicon Todd Woodbridge
Template:Flagicon Mark Woodforde 		6–4, 1–6, 6–3

Singles performance timeline

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Tournament 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Career SR
Australian Open A A 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R A 1R 0 / 6
French Open A A A 1R 1R 2R 1R A A 0 / 4
Wimbledon 1R 3R A 3R 2R 4R 2R A A 0 / 6
U.S. Open 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R A A 0 / 7
Grand Slam SR 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 23

See also

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References

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  2. ↑ Player Coach Mentor, Bryan Shelton Comes Full Circle. (September 12, 2008). In The Technique. Retrieved September 11, 2010 from http://smartech.gatech.edu/bitstream/1853/24893/1/technique_v94n8_2008-09-12-sports.pdf
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External links

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