Brian Edward Gottfried was born on January 27,1952 and is a retired American tennis player who won 25 singles titles and 54 doubles titles during his professional career.
19 Facts About Brian Gottfried
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Brian Gottfried was the runner-up in singles at the 1977 French Open, won the 1975 and 1977 French Open Doubles as well as the 1976 Wimbledon Doubles.
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Brian Gottfried achieved a career-high singles ranking on the ATP tour on June 19,1977, when he became world No 3, and a career-high doubles ranking on December 12,1976, when he became No 2.
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Brian Gottfried began playing tennis at the age of 5, after receiving a racquet as a gift.
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Brian Gottfried won five tournaments in 1977 and was runner-up at the French Open.
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Brian Gottfried won the Italian Open doubles championship in four consecutive years.
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Brian Gottfried won the men's doubles at the French Open in 1975 and 1977.
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Brian Gottfried ended his career tied for 22nd in open era singles titles leaders, and tied for 12th in doubles.
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Arthur Ashe liked to recall how Brian Gottfried missed his daily practice session to get married, but atoned by doubling his practice time the next day.
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Brian Gottfried retired as the player with the greatest number of tour match victories among players who had never won a grand slam.
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Brian Gottfried held this record for 32 years, eventually being succeeded by David Ferrer.
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Brian Gottfried was second to Ferrer for most titles by a player who never won a major.
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Brian Gottfried won the 1974 and 1975 ATP Doubles Team of the Year Award with partner Raul Ramirez.
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Brian Gottfried won the 1976 ATP Most Improved Player Award.
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Brian Gottfried was inducted into the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's Intercollegiate Tennis Hall of Fame in 1990.
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Brian Gottfried, who is Jewish, was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1999.
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In 2007 Brian Gottfried joined the coaching staff at the Harold Solomon Tennis Institute in Fort Lauderdale.
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In 2010, Brian Gottfried coached with the Bollettieri Tennis Program at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida.
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Brian Gottfried was elected to the ATP Player Council in 2012 as an alumni representative.