John Sullivan (tennis)

John Sullivan
Country (sports) United States United States
Residence Rockville Center, New York
Born (1966-12-22) December 22, 1966
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Plays Right-handed
Prize money $59,854
Singles
Career record 1-2
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 371 (November 28, 1994)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 1R (1994)
Doubles
Career record 9-21
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 101 (November 8, 1993)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 2R (1994)
French Open 1R (1994)

John Sullivan (born December 22, 1966) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.[1]

Career

Sullivan attended Clemson University in South Carolina in the late 1980s and was a doubles All-American in 1987.[2]

He made one ATP Tour final, the 1993 Athens International, where he and Royce Deppe were doubles runners-up.[3][2]

At the 1994 Australian Open, Sullivan made it through qualifying and was drawn up against Todd Woodbridge in the opening round.[2] He won the first two sets and took the third into a tiebreak, but lost in five sets.[2] In the men's doubles he and partner Donald Johnson defeated eighth seeds Scott Melville and Gary Muller in the first round, before losing in the second.[2] His only other Grand Slam appearance came at the 1994 French Open, where he and Kenny Thorne were beaten in the first round of the men's doubles.[2]

ATP Tour career finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 1. 1993 Athens, Greece Clay South Africa Royce Deppe Argentina Horacio De La Peña
Mexico Jorge Lozano
6–3, 1–6, 2–6

Challenger titles

Doubles: (2)

No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
1. 1992 Gramado, Brazil Hard United States Richard Matuszewski Brazil Nelson Aerts
Brazil Fernando Roese
7–6, 6–7, 6–3
2. 1993 Caracas, Venezuela Hard United States Richard Matuszewski United States Doug Flach
Venezuela Nicolas Pereira
7–6, 7–5

References

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