Steve Bryan (born August 10, 1970) is a former professional

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player from the United States.

Career

Competing for The University of Texas, Bryan was the NCAA Men's Division I Singles Champion in 1990. He was the first sophomore to win the NCAA singles title since 1983, when Greg Holmes was victorious. It wasn't until his ninth Grand Slam singles match that he made it past the first round, breaking the drought at the 1994 US Open, with a comfortable win over

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, dropping just two games. His tournament came to an end when he lost in the second round to fourth seed Michael Stich. His best run came in the

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, where he defeated local players Heath Denman and Sandon Stolle, to reach the third round. He then met

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and took the first set, but won just three more games for the rest of the match. The American also competed in the men's doubles on one occasion, at the 1990 US Open, with countryman Todd Martin. They won their opening round match over

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and

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but were then eliminated by

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and Jakob Hlasek. Bryan had his best performance on the ATP Tour at the

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, an

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event (now Masters). He lost to

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in the quarter-finals, but not before he had posted wins over world number eight

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and world number 12 Andrei Medvedev.ATP World Tour Profile
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Challenger titles

Singles: (2)

References

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