Matthew "Matt" Breen (born 12 June 1976) is a former professional

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player from

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Career

Breen, who played collegiate tennis for the

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, was a boys' doubles quarter-finalist in the

1993 Australian Open The 1993 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Flinders Park in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 81st edition of the Australian Open and was held from 18 through 31 January 1993. Seniors Men's ...

. He matched that performance at the same tournament a year later and also made the singles quarter-finals. With his partner from those events,

Lee Pearson Sir David Lee Pearson (born 4 February 1974) is a 14-times Paralympic Games gold medallist, having represented British para-equestrianism in Sydney, Athens, Beijing, London, Rio, and Tokyo. Over the course of his career he has won 30 gold med ...

, Breen won the doubles title at the Victorian Junior Championship in 1994.ITF Junior Profile
/ref> In the

2001 Australian Open The 2001 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Melbourne Park in Melbourne in Australia. It was the 89th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 15 through 28 January 2001. Seniors Men's singles An ...

, Breen competed in both the singles and men's doubles.ATP World Tour Profile
/ref> He lost his singles match to

Cecil Mamiit Cecil Valdeavilla Mamiit (born June 27, 1976) is a former tennis player from the United States who went on to represent the Philippines. He began his professional career in 1996 and reached his highest individual ranking in the ATP Tour on Octo ...

in five sets and also exited in the first round of the doubles, partnering Pearson.

Challenger titles

Doubles: (1)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Breen, Matthew 1976 births Living people Australian male tennis players Tennis players from Victoria (state) UCLA Bruins men's tennis players Australian expatriate tennis players in the United States Sportsmen from Victoria (state)