Brian Teacher (1954- )

San Diegan Brian Teacher took up tennis at age five and has won at every level. Starting with a CIF singles title in 1972 at Crawford High School, to UCLA where he won the PAC 8 singles and doubles titles in 1974, was four time All American and part of two NCAA Championship teams. He turned professional just prior to graduating and in 1977 reached the finals of the South Australian and New South Wales Opens, as well as the 1978 Seiko World Super Tennis tournament in Tokyo, the scene of his victories over Jimmy Connors and Arthur Ashe. Brian won his first Grand Prix title later that year, the Cathay Trust Open in Taipei. He defeated Stan Smith in the finals of the Miller Hall of Fame Championships in 1979, and was finalist in 1980 in Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Taipei, Bangkok and New South Wales. He won the Australian Open in 1980. Brian and Bruce Manson won the doubles title at the Association of Tennis Professionals in Palm Springs, and he was a semifinalist at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open with Bob Carmichael. By 1981 Brian had acheived an ATP ranking of #7 in singles and #5 in doubles. He would go on to reach the quarterfinals of Wimbledon and the round of 16 at the U.S. Open in 1983. After retiring with 8 singles and 15 doubles titles to his credit, he continued successfully as a coach working with the likes of Greg Rusedski, Max Mirnyi and doubles teams of Knowles/Nestor, Grabb/Reneberg. He completed his economics degree at UCLA and went on to the USC School of Business. He now resides in Los Angeles with wife Lori and two daughters Noel and Kelly.