John Sullivan (tennis) explained

John Sullivan
Birth Date:22 December 1966
Plays:Right-handed
Careerprizemoney:$59,854
Singlesrecord:1-2
Singlestitles:0
Highestsinglesranking:No. 371 (November 28, 1994)
Australianopenresult:1R (1994)
Doublesrecord:9-21
Doublestitles:0
Highestdoublesranking:No. 101 (November 8, 1993)
Australianopendoublesresult:2R (1994)
Frenchopendoublesresult: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)

Challenger titles

Doubles: (2)

No.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1. 1992Gramado, BrazilHard Richard Matuszewski Nelson Aerts
Fernando Roese
7–6, 6–7, 6–3
2.1993Caracas, VenezuelaHard Richard Matuszewski Doug Flach
Nicolás Pereira
7–6, 7–5

Notes and References

  1. http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=10001341 ITF Pro Circuit Profile
  2. http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Su/J/John-Sullivan.aspx ATP World Tour Profile
  3. Times-News, "Arrese Wins", October 10, 1993, p. 10