Education
University of Southern California.
University of Southern California.
He reached a career-high ranking World Number. 7 in 1981. Teacher is best remembered for his singles championship at the Australian Open in 1980. Seven more Americans have more than one Slam (Stan Smith, Arthur Ashe, Jim Courier, Jimmy Connors, Andre Agassi, John McEnroe and Pete Sampras).
Following his playing career, he became an Association of Tennis Professionals & Women's Tennis Association touring coach working with, among others, Andre Agassi and Greg Rusedski.
Under his tutelage, Rusedski made a run from #85 in the world to the top ten and the United States. Open finals. On the women"s side, he coached Women's Tennis Association tour player Marissa Irvin.
He currently runs the Brian Teacher Tennis Academy in South Pasadena, California. Teacher turned professional before acquiring his degree.
He reached the finals in the South Australian and New South Wales Opens in 1977.
Halls of fame
On September 20, 2015 Brian was inducted into the Southern California Tennis Association Hall of Fame. Singles (8 titles, 15 runners-up)
Doubles (16 titles, 7 runners-up)
After he retired he completed his undergraduate economics degree and studied business at the University of Southern California. As a coach, he worked with Jim Grabb, Mark Knowles, Max Mirnyi, Daniel Nestor, Richey Reneberg, and Greg Rusedski.
He won the final over Kim Warwick of Australia in straight sets. With his Grand Slam victory, Teacher is one of only five American male players in the Open era to have won a single Grand Slam event (along with Michael Chang, Vitas Gerulaitis, Andy Roddick and Roscoe Tanner). Teacher won a CIF singles title in 1972 while at Crawford High School. In 1972, he won the boys" 18 singles and doubles titles. At the University of California-Los Angeles, he won the Pacific-8 singles and doubles championship in 1974, was an All-American from 1973-1976, and was a member of the University of California, Los Angeles teams that won the National Collegiate Athletic Association championship in 1975 and 1976. He won 8 career singles titles, and 16 doubles titles.
Teacher was inducted in 2001 into the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (Industry Training Authority) Hall of Fame, in 2008 into the San Diego Tennis Hall of Fame, and he is also a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Tennis Hall of Fame and the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
