Bradley Klahn

Bradley Klahn (born August 20, 1990) is an American former professional tennis player from Poway, California.

He was an All-American in singles and doubles, All-Pac-10 First Team selection, Pac-10 All-Academic Honorable Mention, Klahn defeated Louisville's Austen Childs 6–1, 6–2 to become NCAA Singles champion, capturing Stanford's 14th collegiate singles title and first since 2000.

He almost captured the NCAA Doubles crown as well, advancing to the semifinals.

He finished season with a national singles ranking of No. 4. He reached the national title match after knocking off the tournament's top seed and country's No. 2-ranked player in Henrique Cunha of Duke 6–2, 6–2.

He notched two different season-best nine-match winning streaks and led team in victories with a 41–8 overall record while also going 17–5 in duals and playing all his matches at the No. 1 position.

Klahn was 23–8 against nationally ranked opponents, 15–6 against Pac-10 foes, 12–2 in home matches and 7–4 in three-set matches.

He posted a 3–2 mark against players ranked in the top-10 at the time of the match.

Klahn opened the year by winning 18 of his first 20 matches.

He partnered exclusively with Ryan Thacher in doubles and the duo finished 40–8 overall, 17–3 in duals, 14–5 against Pac-10 opponents, 13–6 against nationally ranked foes and 11–0 in home matches.

The dominant pairing claimed two doubles titles on the year, taking home the hardware at the ITA Northwest Regional Championships and ITA National Indoor Championships.

He was again an All-American in singles and doubles, All-Pac-10 First Team honoree and Pac-10 All-Academic Honorable Mention selection.

he advanced to quarterfinals of NCAA Singles Championship and earned a final national singles ranking of No. 6. He also led team with a 36–11 overall record.

He was 24–9 against nationally ranked opponents with his highest-ranked victory was a 6–4, 6–2 rout of No. 5 Michael Shabaz from Virginia in the NCAA Tournament team portion.

He reached the semifinals of the D'Novo/ITA All-American Championships and captured the singles title at the Sherwood Cup, repeating as the tourney champion.

He finished runner-up finish at the Pac-10 Championships.

In doubles again he partnered exclusively with Ryan Thacher for team-best records overall (43–8) and in duals (19–3), while finishing 16–7 against nationally ranked foes.

He won the 2006 USTA Nationals (Kalamazoo) B16s doubles and was a member of the Junior Davis Cup squad that competed in Barcelona that same year.

Bradley went to Stanford and was the ITA National Rookie of the Year, Pac-10 Freshman of the Year and an All-Pac-10 First Team selection.

Klahn became just the fourth player in school history to claim both the Pac-10 Singles and Doubles Championships in the same year.

He led team with an overall record of 35–9, playing mainly at the top two spots of the lineup.

He had the team-best 20–5 in dual matches with a 7–1 mark at the No.1 position and 13–4 record at the No. 2 spot.

He went 19–8 against nationally ranked opponents and finished with a national ranking of No. 32.

He had two different 10-match winning streaks on the year, including a season-best 11-match winning streak from Apr 8 to May 8.

His highest-ranked victory was a 6–2, 7–5 win over No. 7 Robert Farah of USC on Apr 25.

Klahn claimed the Pac-10 singles title with five consecutive straight-set victories but dropped a hard-fought, three-set decision to teammate Alex Clayton in the final of the ITA Regional Championship.

In his first career match, picked up a 6–4, 6–4 win against Kentucky's Brad Cox at the ITA All-American Championships.

In double he teamed up with Ryan Thacher for a final No. 28 national ranking and an 11–4 record (7–4 duals).

The duo also claimed its first title, winning the Pac-10 doubles crown.

advanced to the round of 32 at the ITA All-American Championships and advanced to the doubles semifinals of the ITA Regional Championships with Clayton.

Achieved his top USTA Boys' 18s ranking of No. 1 in 2008.

He had a career-high ranking in the International Tennis Federation was No. 14 and he reached the third round of the 2008 Junior Australian Open, Junior Wimbledon Championships, and Junior U.S. Open.

He captured both the singles and doubles B18s titles at the 2008 USTA International Spring Championships and 2008 Winter Nationals and the doubles title at Melbourne's Optus Nottinghill ITF Championships.

Klahn was a finalist at the 2008 Kalamazoo B18s doubles and the Optus Nottinghill ITF B18s singles.

Klahn played collegiate tennis at Stanford University, where he won the 2010 NCAA Singles Championships as a sophomore.

His next year as a junior, he was a finalist in the NCAA Doubles Championship.

He played at the 2010 US Open, taking a set from 20th seed Sam Querrey before being defeated in four sets.

Klahn received a wild card into the 2011 SAP Open.

He underwent back surgery in February 2015 and did not resume playing until late 2016, accepting a wild card into qualifying for the Challenger event in Champaign-Urbana and winning three matches to reach the main draw, where he defeated Sam Groth in the first round and Tennys Sandgren in the second before falling to Jared Donaldson in the quarterfinals.

Began playing tennis at age 11 after his mother, Nancy, who played tennis at University of Iowa, signed him up for a summer round-robin league; Father, Dennis, is a group controller; younger sister, Kathryn, younger brother, Brian, are both students at Santa Clara University (freshman and senior, respectively).

He grew up in Poway, California, 22 miles northeast of San Diego and admired countrymen Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi and Andy Roddick.