Brian Battistone
US tennis player

Brian Battistone

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US tennis player
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Birth:
10 August 1979(Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California, U.S.A.)
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Las Vegas Valley
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Brian Battistone (born August 10, 1979) is an American professional tennis player. He was born in Santa Barbara, California and currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Battistone uses a volleyball-styled jump serve where he jumps in on court, switches racket hand in mid-air and hits the ball before landing on court, something he alone can do on the ATP tour. He and his brother Dann Battistone use a two-handled racquet designed by Lionel Burt of Naturaltennis racquet factory.

Battistone previously played tennis at a professional level, but quit in 2000. He returned to the circuit in 2007. He played in the 2010 US Open – Men's Doubles with Ryler Deheart. They were defeated by Rohan Bopanna (India) and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (Pakistan) in Round 1. In October 2010 he won his first ATP Men's Doubles match, partnering Andreas Siljeström in the 2010 Stockholm Open.

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Besides his mother tongue English he also speaks Portuguese after his years as a missionary for the LDS church in Brazil.

Challenger finals

Doubles: 11 (4–7)

Legend (pre/post 2009)
ATP Challenger Series /
ATP Challenger Tour (4–7)
Outcome No. Date (Final) Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score
Winner 10. May 15, 2010 Sarasota, United States Clay United States Ryler DeHeart Germany Gero Kretschmer
Germany Alex Satschko
5-7, 7-6(7–4), [10-8]
Runner-up 11. September 11, 2010 Genoa, Italy Clay Sweden Andreas Siljeström Germany Andre Begemann
Germany Martin Emmrich
6–1, 6–7(3–7), [7–10]