Brian Battistone
Brian Battistone ( born August 10, 1979 in Santa Barbara ) is an American tennis player.
Life and career
Brian Battistone began in 1997 to participate in the qualifying rounds for Satellite and Futures tournaments. As a single player, it took until 2001 until he took up for the first time in a major field, but in a double he won in 1999 first matches, mostly at his brother then the page. The end of 2003 ended Battistone his tennis career for the time being, and worked with his brother in Brazil as a Mormon missionary for two years. Up to this point were his best rankings in the tennis world rankings in singles and Rank 1322 Rank 1023 in doubles.
In 2007 he then took a second attempt as a tennis player, and this time with greater success: In May 2007, he was the first to win a single match at a Futures tournament. In doubles, he reached in early October 2007, together with his brother for the first time a futures - finals, and three weeks later they were able to celebrate their first Futures title.
In spring 2008, followed by two more Futures finals in the Doubles and also first match wins on the ATP Challenger Tour. In July 2008, the brothers were given for the ATP Tournament Newport a wild card, but lost in two tight sets against Rik De Voest and Ashley Fisher. Even a week later in Indianapolis, they eliminated in the first round against Harel Levy and Jim Thomas. After they had achieved in August 2008 in Binghamton for the first time a Challenger final, got the Battis Tones in New Haven again a wildcard for an ATP tournament, but once again they lost in the first round against Simone Bolelli and Andreas Seppi. In October 2008, she then won in Sacramento against John Isner and Rajeev Ram their first Challenger title. In the double World Ranking Battistone Brian and his brother were then, just a year after her comeback, led in the top 200. In individual is Battistone could qualify this year only once for the main draw of a Challenger tournament, reached there but at least the second round.
In 2009, Brian Battistone played several tournaments with other double partners, but not as successful as his brother. After he had reached his rank 152 best ever placement in the double world rankings in July 2009, he fell in the following months back to Rank 330. It was only in November 2009, the trend was upwards again when he first achieved a Challenger quarterfinals with his brother and two weeks later in Champaign won his second Challenger title.
2010 played Brian Battistone then again with other partners. With Ryler Deheart he reached in April 2010 in Saint- Brieuc a Challenger final, and a month later they were able to win the Challenger tournament in Sarasota. Even with Nicholas Monroe Battistone won a Challenger title in May 2010 in Carson. In the rest of the season Battistone reached four other Challenger finals, two of them together with Andreas Siljeström. Then followed in August 2010, the previous career highlight for Battistone: At the age of 31, he gave thanks to a wildcard at the U.S. Open on the side of Ryler Deheart his Grand Slam debut. However, they lost in the first round against the eventual finalists Rohan Bopanna and Aisam -Ul- Haq Qureshi. After Battistone had reached the following week with Andreas Siljeström another Challenger Finals, he moved in September 2010 for the first time into the top 100 in the double world rankings. In October 2010, got Battistone and Siljeström for the ATP tournament in Stockholm a wildcard, and were able to record against Arnaud Clément and Julian Knowle their first ATP win the match. However, in the second round they lost to the eventual winner Eric Butorac and Jean -Julien Rojer. A week later in Montpellier gave Battistone and Siljeström against the top seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi no service game from, but lost both sets in the tiebreak.
Special
Two special characteristics fall to Brian Battistelli tone to match. One is the impact, which is more like a volleyball as a normal tennis serve. Battistone holds a tennis racket in his left hand and throws the ball with the right high, then changes his racket in his right hand, takes a step -up and jump up to hit the ball at the highest possible point.
Even more extraordinary than its impact technique, however, is the tennis racket, then use the Battistone Brian and his brother Battistone since her comeback in 2007. Developed by Lionel Burt " The Natural" called bat has two handles, one for each hand. Battistone can therefore both pre-and two-handed play back hands, depending on the game situation but also beat single handed with the right or with the left hand of the ball. This thug was approved by the ITF, which could be an extra Battistone confirm by certificate to convince critical opponent or referee of the legality can.