![]() Devin Britton during the 2009 NCAA Men's Singles Tennis Championship match.
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Full name | Devin Reade Britton |
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Country (sports) |
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Residence | Brandon, Mississippi |
Born |
Jackson, Mississippi |
March 17, 1991
Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
Turned pro | 2009 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
College | Ole Miss Rebels |
Prize money | $81,388 |
Singles | |
Career record | 0–3 (ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches) |
Career titles | 0 0 Challengers, 1 Futures |
Highest ranking | No. 378 (January 7, 2013) |
Current ranking | No. 458 (June 10, 2013) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
US Open | 1R (2009) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 0–0 (ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches) |
Career titles | 0 2 Challenger, 9 Futures |
Highest ranking | No. 119 (January 7, 2013) |
Current ranking | No. 136 (June 10, 2013) |
Mixed doubles | |
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
US Open | 1R (2009) |
Last updated on: September 2, 2012. |
Devin Britton (born March 17, 1991 in Jackson, Mississippi) is an American professional tennis player. He is a native of Brandon, Mississippi.
Britton's most notable ITF junior tournament win was in June 2008, when he captured the International Grass Courts Championships. Also, in the summer of 2008 at the U.S. Open Junior Championships, he advanced to the finals match – making him the first ever qualifying wildcard to make a final where he lost to Grigor Dimitrov.
As a junior Britton compiled a singles win/loss record of 54-36 (and 92-29 in doubles), reaching as high as No. 13 in the junior world combined rankings in July 2009.
Junior Slam results – Singles:
Australian Open: -
French Open: 1R (2009)
Wimbledon: SF (2009)
US Open: F (2008)
Junior Slam results – Doubles:
Australian Open: -
French Open: 3R (2009)
Wimbledon: QF (2009)
US Open: QF (2007)
Britton, at the age of 18, won the 2009 NCAA Men's Tennis singles championship as a freshman. He is the first Ole Miss men's tennis player to ever win a NCAA men's singles championship.
Britton defeated Moritz Baumann of Wisconsin in the first round then beat Dominic Inglot of Virginia in the second round. In the third round, Britton sent Rice senior Bruno Rosa out of the tournament in straight sets, and then he beat Stanford’s Alex Clayton in the quarterfinals. To advance to the NCAA championship match, he defeated Blake Strode of Arkansas with a straight set win. To win the championship, Britton defeated Ohio State senior Steven Moneke, making him the first American-born player to win the NCAA singles title since Alex Kim of Stanford in 2000. The championship win also makes him the first freshman since 19-year-old Cecil Mamiit of USC in 1996 and the first non-seeded player since Luke Smith of UNLV in 1997. He is the youngest of the three freshmen to win the singles title, including John McEnroe, who was 19 when he won it for Stanford in 1978 – making him the youngest player ever to win the national championship.