Brad Drewett
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| Country (sports) |
 Australia
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|---|---|
| Born |
19 July 1958 Maclean, New South Wales |
| Died | 3 May 2013 (aged 54) Sydney, New South Wales |
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) |
| Turned pro | 1977 |
| Retired | 1990 |
| Plays | Left-handed |
| Prize money | $755,546 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 181–226 |
| Career titles | 2 |
| Highest ranking | No. 34 (26 March 1984) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | QF (1976) |
| French Open | 1R (1984) |
| Wimbledon | 4R (1979) |
| US Open | 3R (1984) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 220–250 |
| Career titles | 7 |
| Highest ranking | No. 18 (21 November 1988) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | SF (1988, 1989) |
| French Open | 3R (1984, 1988) |
| Wimbledon | QF (1986) |
| US Open | 2R (1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1989) |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | QF (1988) |
Brad Drewett (19 July 1958 – 3 May 2013) was an Australian tennis player and ATP official. He was the 1975 and 1977 Australian Open Junior champion and the youngest player at age 17 to win the title since Ken Rosewall and John Newcombe. He was also the third-youngest Australian Open quarter-finalist in his first Grand Slam, at 17 years 5 months in 1975, behind Boris Becker, 17 years 4 days in 1984 and Goran Ivanišević, 17 years 4 months in 1989.
Drewett won two career singles titles, reached the quarter-finals of the 1976 Australian Open and attained a career-high singles ranking of World No. 34 in March 1984. In doubles, he won seven titles and reached as high as World No. 18 in November 1988.
Drewett won the Australian Open Boys' Singles title in 1975 and 1977 (in January).
During his professional career, Drewett won two singles titles (Cairo 1982 and South Orange 1983) and seven doubles titles and reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Open singles in 1976. He was a finalist on four other occasions: Adelaide 1981, Cleveland 1985, Newport 1988 and Seoul 1989. He also achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 18, reaching the semi-finals in doubles (partnering Martin Davis) at the Australian Open in 1988 and 1989. Brad was also a member of the Australian Davis Cup team in 1981 and 1985. He earned a career-high $120,193 in 1988 and broke the top 50 for the first time in 1984.
After his retirement as a professional tennis player, he worked as a commentator for Channel 9 and Channel 10 in Australia. Drewett began serving as Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Executive chairman and President on 1 January 2012. He was appointed for three years, replacing Adam Helfant. Brad had previously served as the ATP's chief executive officer for the International Group since January 2006 and oversaw the ATP's operations in the Middle East, Asia and Pacific regions. Prior to that, Brad led the region as managing director from 2003 to 2005 and was Executive Vice-President from 1999 to 2003. He has previously served as an elected ATP Player Council representative and from 1993 until 1999, as an elected ATP Player Board Representative. Since 2001, Brad has been the Tournament Director of the ATP World Tour's season-ending event, the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. As well as overseeing the event when held in Sydney and Houston, Brad negotiated a multi-year deal with the Shanghai Administration of Sport and Shanghai Ba-shi Industrial Company to stage the Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai from 2005 to 2008.
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