Timothy Donovan (born February 20, 1967) is an American former professional

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

player. Donovan is originally from

Pittsburgh Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Wester ...

and is the youngest of eleven children. He played four years of collegiate tennis in the late 1980s for

Brown University Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providenc ...

, where he was twice named Ivy League Player of the Year. Ranked as high as sixth in the NCAA Division I, he has since been inducted into the Brown University Hall of Fame. Competing professionally after college, Donovan reached a best world ranking of 346. In 1989 he made the quarter-finals of the 1989 Livingston Open, with wins over Sammy Giammalva Jr. and the seventh-seeded

Paul Annacone Paul Annacone (born March 20, 1963) is an American former touring professional tennis player and current tennis coach. He is the former coach of 20-time Grand Slam winner Roger Federer, 14-time Grand Slam winner Pete Sampras, and 2017 US Open ...

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