Robert Brien
Full name | Robert C. Brien |
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Country (sports) | Australia |
Born | (1944-10-26) 26 October 1944 (age 79) Sydney, Australia |
College | Mississippi State University (1964–1967) |
Singles | |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (1964, 1966) |
US Open | 1R (1964, 1971) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (1962, 1963)[1] |
Robert C. Brien (born 26 October 1944 in Sydney) was a tennis player in the 1960s and 1970s.
Tennis career
In 1963 Brien, with Greg Cotterill, won the Australian Championships Boys Doubles Championship.[2]
As a 19-year-old who had been in the United States for four months, Brien reached the final at the Cincinnati tournament in 1964 before losing to Herb Fitzgibbon.
According to an article in the 5 July 1964, edition of The Cincinnati Enquirer, Brien had defeated Neale Fraser, Owen Davidson, Tony Roche and Bill Lenoir.
Brien played collegiate tennis at Mississippi State University.[3][4][5] He was an All-American in 1966 and 1967.[6] Brien finished his collegiate tennis career with a 67–1 career winning record.[7]
In 1981 Brien was inducted into the Mississippi State University Sports Hall of Fame.[8]
Brien was inducted into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame in 1985.[7]
References
- ^ "Australian Open Results Archive". Archived from the original on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- ^ "Boys' Doubles Champions". Australian Open Website. Tennis Australia. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
- ^ "All-Time Men's Tennis Singles & Doubles Champions". Southeastern Conference. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
- ^ "SEC Tennis, Golf Capital". St. Petersburg Times. 11 May 1967. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
- ^ "Brien Top Seeded - Gators Dark Horse In SEC Tennis". The Miami News. 11 May 1967. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
- ^ "Year In Review" (PDF). Southeastern Conference. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2007. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
- ^ a b "Inductees - Bobby Brien". Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
- ^ "Mississippi State University M-Club Alumni Association & Sports Hall of Fame". MSU Athletics. Mississippi State University. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
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