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Patrick Galbraith
Tennis is an outdoor sport which can be played between two players or four players. Players utilize a stringed racquet to hit a rubber ball, hollow inside covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. In some places tennis is referred to as lawn tennis. This game started in England and was the most popular amongst the upper class of society. Presently tennis is an Olympic sport, as well as, it is played in various tournaments including the four Grand Slams in many countries, by people of all ages and classes.
Patrick Galbraith was born on 16 April 1967, in Tacoma, WA, Washington, USA. His height is six feet and weighed 72 kgs. He is a left-handed professional tennis player. He played from 1986 to 1989 at UCLA, the University of California where he was a three-time doubles All-America with Brian Garrow and the 1988 NCAA, the National Collegiate Athletic Association doubles champion, also the PAC-10 singles champion in 1989, compiling a 25-5 singles mark, he enjoys golf and an avid follower of UCLA's athletic program. He has a 1-1 career Davis Cup record, and earned ATP, Association of Tennis Professionals Tour Doubles Team of the Year in 1993.
In 1989, he won first tour doubles title in Newport. In 1990 he won Toronto-indoor and Lyon. He was the finalist in Berlin and semifinalist at U.S. Open. In 1991 he teamed with the late Todd Witsken, winning titles at Hong Kong, Munich, Montreal and Vienna. He qualified for ATP World Doubles Championship. He finished number 13 in doubles rankings. 1993 ended year number 1 in team rankings with Connell and three titles Auckland, Tokyo-indoor, Antwerp and finalist efforts in Dubai, Hamburg, Wimbledon and Washington. He also reached semifinal of the ATP Tour World Championship. He played 1994 entire season with Connell, compiling a 44-23 record and won Indian Wells, Washington, New Haven and Tokyo-indoor.
In 1995 he won ATP Tour World Doubles Championship along with titles in Auckland, Dubai, Stuttgart-indoor and Mercedes Super 9 in Paris-indoor. In 1996 he won titles in Scottsdale, Hong Kong, Mercedes Super 9 in Toronto and Stockholm. He finished number 10 individually. In 1997 he won five titles in seven finals and qualified for the Phoenix and ATP Tour World Doubles Championship. He captured 1998 lone title in Auckland and reached final in Washington. He is also a semifinalist in five other Tour stops and finished number 28 in doubles.
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