Bryan Shelton
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| Country (sports) | USA |
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| Residence | Gainesville, Florida |
| Born |
December 22, 1965 Huntsville, Alabama |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Turned pro | 1989 |
| Retired | 1997 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | US$1,234,108 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 104–137 |
| Career titles | 2 |
| Highest ranking | No. 55 (March 23, 1992) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (1991) |
| French Open | 2R (1994) |
| Wimbledon | 4R (1994) |
| US Open | 2R (1989) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 94–129 |
| Career titles | 2 |
| Highest ranking | No. 52 (February 28, 1994) |
Bryan Shelton (born December 22, 1965) is an American college tennis coach and former professional tennis player. Shelton played collegiately for Georgia Tech from 1985 to 1988, and then played professionally from 1989 to 1997. He subsequently returned to his alma mater to coach the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets women's tennis team, which won the NCAA Women's Tennis Championship in 2007. He is currently the head coach of the Florida Gators men's tennis team of the University of Florida.
Shelton was born in Huntsville, Alabama. For high school, he attended Randolph School in Huntsville. He played for the Randolph Raiders men's tennis team, and won the Alabama high school singles championship as a senior in 1984.
Shelton accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia, where he played for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's tennis team from 1985 to 1988. Shelton was the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) champion in singles in 1985, and he and teammate Richy Gilbert were the ACC champions in doubles 1986. He was recognized as an All-ACC selection during each of his four seasons as a Yellow Jacket, and was named an All-American in 1988. Shelton won the United States Amateur Championships in 1985. He graduated from Georgia Tech with a bachelor of science degree in industrial engineering in 1989, and was inducted into the Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame in 1993.
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