Country (sports) United States Career titles 25 Weight 75 kg Turned pro 1972 Name Brian Gottfried Education Trinity University | Prize money $2,782,514 Role Tennis player Retired 1984 Career record 679–323 Height 1.83 m | |
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Born January 27, 1952 (age 72)
Baltimore, MD ( 1952-01-27 ) Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand) Residence Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, United States Similar People Raul Ramirez, Roscoe Tanner, Buster Mottram, Roger Taylor | ||
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Brian Edward Gottfried (born January 27, 1952) is a retired tennis player from the United States who won 25 singles titles and 54 doubles titles during his professional career. The right-hander was the runner-up at the 1977 French Open and achieved a career-high singles ranking on the ATP tour on June 19, 1977, when he became World No. 3.
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- Brian gottfried als ice bucket challenge
- Junior and college
- Professional career
- Davis Cup
- Halls of Fame awards
- Life after playing career
- References
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Junior and college
Gottfried was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He began playing tennis at the age of 5 after receiving a racquet as a gift. In all, Gottfried won 14 national junior titles. As a teen Gottfried attended Baylor School in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Piper High School in Sunrise, Florida. In 1970, as a freshman at Trinity University in Texas, he won the USTA boys 18s singles championship, as well as the doubles championship with Alexander Mayer. He was an All-American in 1971 and 1972.
Professional career
Gottfried began his professional tennis career in 1972. He won five tournaments in 1976 and was runner-up at the French Open. Newsweek described him as the "best male tennis player in the world at the moment" in April 1977. He won the Italian Open doubles championship in four consecutive years (1974–77). He won the men's doubles at the French Open in 1975 and 1977. In 1976, he won the men's doubles title at Wimbledon. He ended his career tied for 22nd in open era singles titles leaders, and tied for 12th in doubles.
Arthur Ashe liked to recall how Gottfried missed his daily practice session to get married, but atoned by doubling his practice time the next day.
Gottfried retired as the player with the most number of tour match victories among players who had never won a slam. He held this record for 32 years, eventually being succeeded by David Ferrer.
Davis Cup
Gottfried was 7–7 in Davis Cup play for the US between 1975 and 1982 and won it twice (in 1978 and 1982).
Halls of Fame & awards
Gottfried won the 1974 and 1975 ATP Doubles Team of the Year Award with partner Raúl Ramírez.
He won the 1976 ATP Most Improved Player Award.
He won the ATP Sportsmanship award in 1984.
Gottfried was inducted into the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's Intercollegiate Tennis Hall of Fame in 1990.
Gottfried, who is Jewish, was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1999.
Life after playing career
Gottfried now lives in Ponte Vedra, Florida. In 2007 Gottfried joined the coaching staff at the Harold Solomon Tennis Institute in Fort Lauderdale.
In 2010, Gottfried coached with the Bollettieri Tennis Program at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida.
He was elected to the ATP Player Council in 2012 as an alumni representative.
In 2015, he joined the coaching staff at the Bolles School