Ben Testerman Explained

Ben Testerman
Residence:	Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Birth Date:	1962 2, mf=yes
Birth Place:	Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Turnedpro:	1979
Retired:	1987
Plays:	Left-handed (one-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:	$371,244
Singlesrecord:	87–102
Singlestitles:	0 0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highestsinglesranking:	No. 22 (10 December 1984)
Australianopenresult:	SF (1984)
Frenchopenresult:	3R (1981)
Wimbledonresult:	3R (1985)
Usopenresult:	1R (1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987)
Doublesrecord:	72–82
Doublestitles:	1 0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highestdoublesranking:	No. 33 (25 March 1985)
Australianopendoublesresult:	2R (1982, 1984, 1985)
Frenchopendoublesresult:	1R (1981, 1983)
Wimbledondoublesresult:	2R (1985, 1987)
Usopendoublesresult:	QF (1984)
Wimbledonmixedresult:	2R (1986)
Usopenmixedresult:	QF (1986)
Updated:	26 August 2022

Ben Testerman (born February 2, 1962) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

During his career, he won one doubles title. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 22 in 1984 and a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 33 in 1985. His best achievement in singles competition was reaching the semifinals of the 1984 Australian Open, losing to Kevin Curren in five sets. He was inducted into the Tennessee Tennis Hall of Fame in 2008.

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0)
ATP 500 Series (0–0)
ATP 250 Series (0–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)

Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–0)
Indoors (0–1)

Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0)
ATP 500 Series (0–0)
ATP 250 Series (1–3)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–2)

Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–1)
Indoors (0–2)

Result	W–L	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Livingston, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Scott Davis	Paul Annacone Glenn Michibata	6–4, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Houston, United States	Grand Prix	Carpet	Hank Pfister	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	3–6, 2–6
Loss	1–2	Cleveland, United States	Grand Prix	Hard	Hank Pfister	Leo Palin Olli Rahnasto	3–6, 7–6, 6–7
Loss	1–3	Brisbane, Australia	Grand Prix	Carpet	Bud Schultz	Martin Davis Brad Drewett	2–6, 2–6

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	3R	2R	bgcolor=yellow	SF	3R	A	3R	0 / 5	9–5
French Open	3R	A	1R	2R	A	A	A	0 / 3	3–3
Wimbledon	A	A	1R	2R	3R	1R	1R	0 / 5	3–5
US Open	A	1R	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	0 / 5	0–5
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	2–1	2–2	0–3	6–4	4–3	0–2	1–3	0 / 18	15–18
ATP Masters Series
Miami	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	0 / 1	0–1
Hamburg	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
Rome	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
Canada	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	1–1
Cincinnati	A	1R	A	2R	1R	A	2R	0 / 4	2–4
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–0	1–2	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–2	0 / 8	3–8

Doubles

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Tournament	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	2R	1R	2R	2R	A	1R	0 / 5	1–5
French Open	A	A	1R	A	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	1R	A	2R	1R	2R	0 / 4	2–4
US Open	1R	3R	A	A	A	QF	1R	2R	2R	0 / 6	7–6
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–1	2–1	0–1	0–1	0–3	3–2	2–3	1–2	2–3	0 / 17	10–17
ATP Masters Series
Miami	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	0 / 1	0–1
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	1–1
Rome	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	A	bgcolor=yellow	SF	1R	A	1R	0 / 3	3–3
Paris	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	0 / 1	1–1
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	3–1	0–1	1–1	0–2	0 / 7	5–7