Brian Teacher
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Brian Teacher (December 23, 1954) was a professional American male tennis player and World No. 7 in 1981.
Teacher was born in San Diego, California and is best remembered for his victory at the Australian Open in 1980.
He has won eight career singles titles and 16 in doubles. Brian has two daughters with wife Lori; ""Noel Teacher"" and ""Kelly Teacher"".
[edit] Grand Slam singles finals
[edit] Wins (1)
Year | Championship | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
1980 | Australian Open | Kim Warwick | 7-5, 7-6, 6-2 |
[edit] Singles titles (8)
- 1977
- Jackson
- 1978
- Taipei
- 1979
- Newport
- 1980
- Australian Open
- 1981
- Columbus
- 1983
- Dortmund WCT, Munich WCT, Columbus
* Open Era | (1969) Rod Laver | (1970) Arthur Ashe | (1971-72) Ken Rosewall | (1973) John Newcombe | (1974) Jimmy Connors | (1975) John Newcombe | (1976) Mark Edmondson | (1977 [Jan]) Roscoe Tanner | (1977 [Dec]) Vitas Gerulaitis | (1978-79) Guillermo Vilas | (1980) Brian Teacher | (1981-82) Johan Kriek | (1983-84) Mats Wilander | (1985) Stefan Edberg | (1986) No competition | (1987) Stefan Edberg | (1988) Mats Wilander | (1989-90) Ivan Lendl | (1991) Boris Becker | (1992-93) Jim Courier | (1994) Pete Sampras | (1995) Andre Agassi | (1996) Boris Becker | (1997) Pete Sampras | (1998) Petr Korda | (1999) Yevgeny Kafelnikov | (2000-01) Andre Agassi | (2002) Thomas Johansson | (2003) Andre Agassi | (2004) Roger Federer | (2005) Marat Safin | (2006) Roger Federer |