John Sullivan (born December 22, 1966) is a former professional

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player from the

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Career

Sullivan attended

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in the late 1980s and was a doubles All-American in 1987.ATP World Tour Profile
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final, the 1993 Athens International, where he and

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were doubles runners-up.''

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, Sullivan made it through qualifying and was drawn up against

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in the opening round. He won the first two sets and took the third into a tiebreak, but lost in five sets. In the men's doubles he and partner

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defeated eighth seeds

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and

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in the first round, before losing in the second. His only other

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appearance came at the

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, where he and Kenny Thorne were beaten in the first round of the men's doubles.

ATP Tour career finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Challenger titles

Doubles: (2)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sullivan, John 1966 births Living people American male tennis players Tennis people from New York (state) Clemson Tigers men's tennis players People from Rockville Centre, New York