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Mike Briggs (tennis)

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Mike Briggs
Country (sports)United States United States
Born (1968-09-06) September 6, 1968 (age 56)
Newport Beach, California
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Turned pro1989
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$156,019
Singles
Career record0-1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 272 (March 4, 1991)
Doubles
Career record43-53
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 37 (March 22, 1993)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (1993)
French Open3R (1992)
Wimbledon1R (1992, 1993)
US Open2R (1993)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open3R (1993)
Wimbledon2R (1992)
US Open1R (1992)

Mike Briggs (born September 6, 1968) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.[1]

Career

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Briggs, a two-time All-American, played tennis for the UC Irvine Anteaters in the late 1980s and with partner Trevor Kronemann made the NCAA doubles final in 1989, which they lost to Eric Amend and Byron Black.[2][3] With Kronemann, Briggs also won his only ATP doubles title, at Tampa (as qualifiers), and reached the 1992 French Open and 1993 Australian Open third rounds.[2] He won four ATP Challenger doubles tournaments.[2]

ATP Tour finals

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Doubles: 1 (1–0)

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Outcome No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Winner 1. 1992 Tampa, United States Clay United States Trevor Kronemann Brazil Luiz Mattar
Russia Andrei Olhovskiy
7–6, 6–7, 6–4

Challenger titles

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Doubles: (4)

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No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
1. 1990 Jakarta, Indonesia Hard United States David Harkness Chinese Taipei Lin Bing-chao
Indonesia Suharyadi Suharyadi
6–2, 7–6
2. 1991 Jakarta, Indonesia Hard United States Trevor Kronemann United States John Sullivan
Netherlands Vincent Van Gelderen
5–7, 6–3, 7–5
3. 1991 Singapore Hard United States Trevor Kronemann South Africa David Adams
United States Scott Patridge
6–3, 6–4
4. 1992 Agadir, Morocco Clay United States Trevor Kronemann Sweden Per Henricsson
Sweden Ola Jonsson
6–1, 6–1

References

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  1. ^ ITF Pro Circuit Profile
  2. ^ a b c ATP World Tour Profile
  3. ^ Los Angeles Times, "Newport Beach Tennis: Briggs and Kronemann Team Up to Win Again", June 4, 1990