Brian Dabul (; born 24 February 1984) is an

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retired

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player. He was ranked the No. 1 junior in the world in January 2002. His highest ranking in men's singles was No. 82 (9 March 2009), and his highest ranking in doubles was No. 79 (11 January 2010).

Early life

Dabul was born in

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, Argentina, to parents Jorge and Nora, and is Jewish.

Tennis career

Juniors

Dabul was an outstanding junior, reaching No. 1 in the world in January 2002 (and No. 5 in doubles).

Professional career

2003–07

Dabul's climb in the professional ranks was a slow one, not indicative of his status as a former No. 1 Junior player. He broke into the top-500 in 2003, the top-300 in 2004, but did not crack the top-200 until late in 2007, finishing that year ranked No. 159.

2008–10

Dabul continued his slow, steady rise in 2008. In March, he reached his career-high in doubles of #88 with some good Challenger results, and then followed that up with a singles Challenger win in

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to reach a career-high in singles of No. 133. Three semi-final appearances in his next 4 Challengers got his ranking to No. 114 by May, but he failed to qualify into the

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. He won the 2009

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men's doubles championship with Pablo Cuevas. Dabul reached the third round of the 2010 Indian Wells Masters, defeating No. 16 seed

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en route and losing to eventual champion

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Retirement

Dabul announced his retirement in 2012 due to an injury to his back.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dabul, Brian 1984 births Living people Argentine Jews Argentine male tennis players Jewish Argentine sportspeople Jewish tennis players Tennis players from Buenos Aires Tennis players at the 2003 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Argentina