Brad Guan (born 10 July 1958) is a former professional

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player from Australia.ITF Pro Circuit Profile
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Grand Slam career

Guan made his first appearance in the main singles draw of a

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at the

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, where he lost in the opening round to Pat Du Pré, in five sets.ATP World Tour Profile
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, by Juan Avendaño, but made the men's doubles quarter-finals, with

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as his partner. This equaled his best Grand Slam performance, as he also reached the quarter-finals in the doubles at the

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, partnering Ernie Ewart. His best singles effort came when he made the third round at the

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Grand Prix tour

On the

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, Guan made one doubles final, at the 1979

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with Phil Davies. They lost to John James and

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. He was a singles quarter-finalist at Brisbane's South Pacific Tennis Classic in 1981.

Challenger circuit

At an

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tournament in

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in 1982, Guan had a win over John Fitzgerald. He won five Challenger doubles titles during his career.

Grand Prix career finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Challenger titles

Doubles: (5)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Guan, Brad 1958 births Living people Australian male tennis players Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Australian people