Patrick Galbraith (born April 16, 1967) is an American former
doubles world No. 1 tennis
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player.
Career
A doubles specialist, Galbraith reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1993. During his career he won 38 top-level doubles titles. He was a mixed doubles champion at the
US Open in 1994 (partnering
Elna Reinach
Elna Reinach (born 2 December 1968) is a South African former professional tennis player.
With Patrick Galbraith, she won the US Open mixed doubles championship in 1994. She played in the 1992 Summer Olympics. Reinach was runner-up at the Fr ...
) and 1996 (partnering
Lisa Raymond). He also won the men's doubles title at the
ATP Tour World Championships
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in 1995 (partnering
Grant Connell). He was a men's doubles runner-up at
Wimbledon in both 1993 and 1994, and a mixed doubles runner-up at
French Open
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in 1997. He retired from the professional tour in 1999, having won prize money totalling US$2,684,136.
Prior to turning professional, Galbraith played tennis for
UCLA
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from 1986 to 1989, where he was a three-time
All-America
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n and an
NCAA
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doubles champion in 1988.
In November 2018 Gabraith was elected as chairman of the board and president of the
United States Tennis Association (USTA), succeeding
Katrina Adams.
Career finals
Doubles (36 titles, 19 runner-ups)
Doubles performance timeline
References
External links
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1967 births
Living people
American male tennis players
Tennis people from Washington (state)
UCLA Bruins men's tennis players
US Open (tennis) champions
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles
ATP number 1 ranked doubles tennis players