Sean Brawley

Sean Brawley
Full name Sean Brawley
Country (sports)  United States
Born (1960-10-14) October 14, 1960
New Orleans, Louisiana
Plays Right-handed
Singles
Career record 4–7
Highest ranking No. 148 (January 2, 1984)
Grand Slam Singles results
US Open 1R (1982)
Doubles
Career record 7–20
Highest ranking No. 137 (July 9, 1984)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 1R (1982, 1983)
French Open 1R (1984)
US Open 2R (1983, 1984)

Sean Brawley (born October 14, 1960) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

Biography

Brawley was born in New Orleans and studied at the University of Southern California (USC).[1]

A right-handed player, Brawley competed in qualifying at the 1982 Wimbledon Championships and came close to making the men's doubles draw, falling in the final round of qualifying with a five-set loss. He did however go on to appear in the main draw of the men's doubles at the three other grand slam events and twice reached the second round of the US Open. At the 1982 US Open he competed in the singles main draw as a qualifier and was beaten in the first round by Sweden's Henrik Sundstrom.[2]

He won a Challenger doubles title at Tarragona in 1982 partnering Christo Steyn.

His best year on the Grand Prix circuit came in 1983 when he beat Hans-Peter Kandler and Mike Gandolfo to make the singles quarter-finals at Ferrara, as well as reaching three doubles quarter-finals, in Adelaide, Boston and Toulouse.[3]

Brawley is now a performance coach, associated with Timothy Gallwey and "The Inner Game" methodology. When NFL coach Pete Carroll was at USC he hired Brawley as a consultant. He also been involved with various other sports teams at the university, as well as working with hitting coaches in the Yankees minor league system and the Pittsburgh Pirates coaching staff. Currently he runs The Brawley Institute in Stamford, Connecticut.[1]

Challenger titles

Doubles: (1)

No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
1. 1982 Tarragona, Spain Clay South Africa Christo Steyn Spain Francisco Ferrer
Argentina Martín Jaite		 6–3, 6–0

References

  1. 1 2 Wiedeman, Reeves (July 6, 2013). "The Inner Game Of Everything: Why Is A Four-Decade-Old Tennis Book Still A Self-Help Sensation?". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - U.S. Open - 31 August - 12 September 1982". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "Italian Grand Prix At Ferrara, Italy". Detroit Free Press. November 20, 1983. p. 36. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
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