Bill Behrens (born June 26, 1970) is a former professional

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player from the United States.

Biography

Behrens, who was born in

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, played for four years at the

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before turning professional. He was an NCAA

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n in 1992. His only title on the

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came in the doubles event at

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in 1992, as an unseeded pairing with Matt Lucena. With the same partner he also finished runner-up in

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in 1996. It was in doubles that he attained his highest ranking, 72 in the world. In singles he made it to 226 in the world and was a finalist in a Challenger tournament in Birmingham, Alabama in 1996, with wins over top 100 players Michael Joyce and

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. Behrens competed in the main draw of the men's doubles events at six

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tournaments across 1996 and 1997. In the 1997 Wimbledon Championships he had his best result when he reached the third round, with South African

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. He and partner

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had an opening round win over the eighth seeds Pat Galbraith and

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at the 1997 US Open, before making a second round exit. He works as a tennis coach in Murrieta, California.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 2 (1–1)

Challenger titles

Doubles: (5)

References

External links

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