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Brian Gyetko, a native of Welland, Ontario, (born January 26, 1968) is a Canadian professional tennis player. As a junior player in 1985, Gyetko was ranked 18th in final International Tennis Federation world rankings and second in doubles with Andrew Sznajder. Gyetko played collegiately at Arizona State University from 1987 - 1991, where he achieved NCAA All American status. Gyetko was the male athlete of the year in 1991 at ASU, winning the Harry Rosenzweig Senior Award, which recognizes the top senior male student-athlete of the year based on academic and athletic excellence. Professional tennis careerBrian Gyetko was a full-time ATP tour player for four years reaching a world ranking of 273 in singles and 152 in doubles. Gyetko was a quarter-finalist in the ATP 1000 series event in Toronto in doubles, with wins over Bryan Shelton and Patrick Rafter (the '97 and '98 US Open Singles champion). Gyetko represented Canada in the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 (finishing 9th to 16th). In 1992 in Glendale, Arizona, Gyetko teamed with Bryan Shelton to make the finals of a 50K challenger, defeating the Jensen brothers (French Open doubles winnerschampions) along the way. While still an undergraduate at ASU, he won the Canadian national singles title defeating Grant Connell (world ranking #67 at that time) and Andrew Sznajder (#53 in 1989) on the way to the title. Davis CupIn 1993, Gyetko represented Canada [1] in its Davis Cup [2] match with Chile. He played with current Davis Cup captain, Martin Laurandeau. OlympicsGyetko competed for Canada in the 1992 Summer Olympics [3] in Barcelona. NCAA Tennis
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References1. ^Canada Davis Cup players 2. ^Brian Gyetko Davis Cup record 3. ^Brian Gyetko in 1992 Olympics External links
7 : Canadian male tennis players|1968 births|Living people|Olympic tennis players of Canada|Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Arizona State Sun Devils men's tennis players|Sportspeople from Welland |
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