Brian Baker (tennis)
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Baker at the 2016 French Open.
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| Country (sports) |
 United States
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| Residence | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Born |
April 30, 1985 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Turned pro | 2003 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $1,063,867 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 20–40 |
| Career titles | 0 2 Challengers, 4 Futures |
| Highest ranking | No. 52 (October 29, 2012) |
| Current ranking | No. 245 (February 27, 2017) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2013) |
| French Open | 2R (2012) |
| Wimbledon | 4R (2012) |
| US Open | 2R (2005, 2012) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | 1R (2016) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 20–23 |
| Career titles | 1 |
| Highest ranking | No. 44 (February 27, 2017) |
| Current ranking | No. 44 (February 27, 2017) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (2017) |
| French Open | 3R (2016) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2016) |
| US Open | 3R (2013, 2016) |
| Other doubles tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | 2R (2016) |
| Last updated on: February 27, 2017. | |
Brian Richard Baker (born April 30, 1985) is a professional American tennis player from Nashville, Tennessee.
As a junior player, Baker won the 2002 Orange Bowl and reached the boys final of the 2003 French Open, where he lost to Stanislas Wawrinka. Baker reached No. 2 in singles in the junior world rankings (and No. 5 in doubles) and beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Marcos Baghdatis to reach the French Open final.
Baker's biggest win of his fledgling career occurred in August 2005, when he scored an upset victory over ninth-seeded Gastón Gaudio in the 2005 US Open. The victory was Baker's first Grand Slam win. Baker originally played on the tour for only a short time, from 2002 through 2005, as well as participating in three autumn Challenger events in 2007. He won one Challenger event in singles (and three in doubles) during this time and reached a career-best singles ranking of World No. 172 on November 15, 2004. He was coached by Ricardo Acuña.
In 2007, he was sidelined for nearly six years after five surgeries—three on his hip, one on his elbow, and one sports hernia—and did not play on the tour again until 2011. Baker stated that his love for the game never waned, and he continued to play tennis with his father and uncle in the Middle Tennessee Tennis League.
While coaching tennis at Belmont University, Baker began to feel his body gradually improving and decided to try again to make it as a professional tennis player in the summer of 2011. He subsequently entered an ITF Futures tournament in Pittsburgh in July 2011 as an unranked qualifier, qualified, and won the tournament, all without dropping a set. In September, he entered the Canadian Futures 7 and reached the semifinals, again without dropping a set. He lost in a walkover to Jesse Levine. Two months later, in November 2011, Baker entered the 2011 Knoxville Challenger, and qualified for the tournament after straight-set victories over Jordan Cox, Tim Smyczek and Michael McClune. He went on to win his next four matches, before losing to Jesse Levine in the final.
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