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Brad Gilbert

Brad Gilbert
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Country (sports)  United States
Residence San Rafael, California
Born (1961-08-09) August 9, 1961 (age 55)
Oakland, California
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro 1982
Retired 1995
Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money US$5,509,060
Singles
Career record 519–288
Career titles 20
Highest ranking No. 4 (January 1, 1990)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 4R (1984)
French Open 3R (1993)
Wimbledon QF (1990)
US Open QF (1987)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals SF (1987)
Grand Slam Cup F (1990)
WCT Finals F (1989)
Olympic Games SF (1988)
Doubles
Career record 101–127
Career titles 3
Highest ranking No. 18 (September 29, 1986)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 2R (1987)
French Open 2R (1987)
Wimbledon 2R (1986)
US Open 2R (1988)

Brad Gilbert (born August 9, 1961) is an American tennis coach, a television tennis commentator, an author and former professional tennis player. He was born in Oakland, California and graduated from Piedmont High School (California).

Gilbert's career-high singles ranking was world no. 4, which he reached in January 1990. Since retiring from the tour, he has coached several top players, including Andre Agassi, Andy Roddick, Andy Murray, and Kei Nishikori.

Gilbert played tennis for Foothill College, a junior college in Los Altos Hills, California, from 1980–82, where he was coached by Tom Chivington. During this time, he won the California Junior College Singles Championship and the U.S. Amateur Hardcourt Championship. In 1981, Gilbert became a member of the American Junior Davis Cup team. In 1982, he transferred to Pepperdine University, playing for Allen Fox, where he became an All-American and reached the finals of the 1982 NCAA Championship.

Gilbert joined the professional tour in 1982 and won his first top-level singles title later that year in Taipei. His first doubles title came in 1985 in Tel Aviv.

Gilbert won a total of 20 top-level singles titles during his career, the biggest being the Cincinnati event in 1989. He was also runner-up in a further 20 singles events, including Cincinnati in 1990 (where he lost to future International Tennis Hall of Fame inductee Stefan Edberg) and the Paris Indoors in 1987 and 1988.


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