Dean Kevin O'Brien (born 15 May 1990 in

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) is a South African

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. He played college tennis for the

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. O'Brien has a career high ATP singles ranking of 507 achieved on 21 April 2014. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 115 achieved on 23 May 2016. He has won 6 ITF doubles titles. O'Brien won his first ATP Challenger title at the 2015 Levene Gouldin & Thompson Tennis Challenger in the doubles event partnering

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. Overall, O'Brien has reached 26 career doubles finals with a record of 8 wins and 18 losses, among which includes a 1–6 record in

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finals. Playing for the

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, O'Brien has a W/L record of 1–2.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Doubles: 26 (8–18)

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