Brian Battistone

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Brian Battistone

Brian Battistone at 2012 US Open
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Born	(1979-08-10) August 10, 1979 (age 42) Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	2007
Plays	Right-handed (switches between two-handed backhand and left-handed forehand)
Coach	Mark Battistone Lionel Burt
Prize money	US$77,358
Singles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 853 (16 November 2009)
Doubles
Career record	2–9 (18.2%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 88 (1 November 2010)
Grand Slam Doubles results
US Open	1R (2010)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
US Open	1R (2012)
Last updated on: August 2021.

Brian Battistone (born August 10, 1979)^[1] is an American professional tennis player. He was born in Santa Barbara, California and currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada.^[2] Throughout his career, Battistone has reach a career high ranking of 853 in singles and 88 in doubles. Battistone is one of only three people (his brother Dann Battistone and Tennyson Whiting) to use a two-handled tennis racket.

Personal life[]

Battistone was born on August 10, 1979 in Santa Barbara, California, United States. His father, Mark, serves as Battistone's current head coach along with Lionel Burt. Besides his mother tongue English he also speaks Portuguese after his years as a missionary for the LDS church in Brazil. His brother, Dann Battistone, also plays tennis and has played doubles many times with Brian.

Career[]

It is unknown when exactly Battistone took up tennis. It is known that he and his brother played for a championship tennis team at Palm Desert High School in 1995. Battistone did not have a junior career as he decided to instead play higher level men's tournaments as a teenager. He played his first match in 1997 and took various breaks between 1997-2006 before officially turning pro in 2007 at the age of 27.

Singles[]

Battistone played his first singles match in 1997 and got his first ATP ranking of 1346 in 2001. When he turned pro in 2007, he started to improve his ranking and achieved a singles high ranking of 853 on November 16, 2009. He received a wildcard into the qualifying draw of the Masters 1000 event at Indian Wells in 2010 which remains his only ATP qualifying draw appearance. He took the first set against 24th seed Jesse Witten but lost the next two sets to lose the match. His success started to die down and he lost his singles rankings and began to play ITF qualifying matches by the time 2012 came.

Doubles[]

Battistone played his first doubles match in 1998 and got his first ATP ranking of 1366 in 1999. His career took a big leap after turning pro in 2007. Between 2007-2015, Battistone would win 4 ATP Challenger titles and 2 ITF Futures titles. He won his first futures tournament in 2007 with his brother and his first challenger title in 2009 also with his brother. He made his ATP main draw debut at the 2008 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships partnering his brother Dann. His doubles success earned him a wildcard spot into the 2010 US Open parterning Ryler DeHeart. In October 2010 he won his first ATP Men's Doubles match, partnering Andreas Siljeström in the 2010 Stockholm Open which would help push him to his highest doubles ranking of 88 on November 1, 2010. He would return to the US Open in 2012 in the mixed doubles partnering Nicole Melichar. He won his first doubles title in five years in 2015 at an ITF event partnering Boris Nicola Bakalov. Throughout his doubles career, Battistone has been most notable for partnering with Ryler Deheart, Andreas Silijeström, Nicholas Monroe, Treat Huey, and his brother Dann.

Playing style[]

Battistone is known for having an unorthodox style of play. He 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. He is also a serve-and-volleyer which means that he will volley the ball as soon as it’s returned to him after his serve. Battistone also has a tendency to switch his backhand from a two-handed grip to a left-handed forehand grip.

Two-handled racket[]

Brian and his brother Dann are famous for using a two-handled racquet designed by his coach Lionel Burt of Naturaltennis racquet factory.^[3] Brian and Dann have tried to advertise Burt's racket design to make it more widespread but the design did not catch much attention.

Challenger finals[]

Doubles: 11 (4–7)[]

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

References[]

External links[]

• Brian Battistone at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Brian Battistone at the International Tennis Federation