Brad Gilbert - 2008, 2009

Gilbert played tennis for Foothill College in Los Altos, California in 1980. During this time Brad won the California Jr. College Singles Championship and the U.S. Amateur Hardcourts. He was an All American at Pepperdine and reached the finals of the 1982 NCAA Championships. Gilbert was a member of the American Junior Davis Cup team in 1981 and turned pro in 1982 winning his first top-level singles title in Taipei. Brad won a total of 20 ATP singles titles during his career, the biggest being the Cincinnati event in 1989; the most successful year for him. Gilbert won five titles beating Pete Sampras, Michael Chang, Boris Becker and Stefan Edberg.

Gilbert's best performances at the Grand Slams were at the 1987 U.S. Open and 1990 Wimbledon, where he reached the quarterfinals. Gilbert was ranked amongst the top 10 in the U.S. for 9 out of 10 years.

Gilbert's style of play was consistently accurate with his ability to put his opponents off balance with his strategic and mental approach to the game. He was a good competitor who never beat himself and always took advantage of his opponent's weaknesses. One of Brad's greatest success stories has been his coaching ability and results. Recently hired by the British Lawn Tennis Association to coach and promote talent in England, he coached Andy Murray and Alex Bogdanovic. He achieved notoriety as a coach when he took on Andre Agassi and helped him become No. 1. in the world and subsequently coached Andy Roddick.

Brad is a tennis analyst for ESPN & THE TENNIS CHANNEL and has his own tennis shop called "THE TENNIS NATION" in Marin County. He wrote a best selling tennis book "Winning Ugly".

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San Rafael, CA, USA

August 9, 1961

Oakland, CA, USA

6 ft 1 in

175 lb

1982

$5,509,060

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No. 4 (January 1, 1990)