Career
He was also the third-youngest Australian Open quarter-finalist in his first Grand Slam, at 17 years 5 months in 1975, behind Boris Becker, 17 years 4 days in 1984 and Goran Ivanišević, 17 years 4 months in 1989. 34 in March 1984. 18 in November 1988. Juniors
Pro tour
He was a finalist on four other occasions: Adelaide 1981, Cleveland 1985, Newport 1988 and Seoul 1989.
18, reaching the semi-finals in doubles (partnering Martin Davis) at the Australian Open in 1988 and 1989.
He earned a career-high $120,193 in 1988 and broke the top 50 for the first time in 1984. Post-retirement
After his retirement as a professional tennis player, he worked as a commentator for Channel 9 and Channel 10 in Australia.
Drewett began serving as Association of Tennis Professionals (Association of Tennis Professionals) Executive chairman and President on 1 January 2012. He was appointed for three years, replacing Adam Helfant.
Brad had previously served as the Association of Tennis Professionals"s chief executive officer for the International Group since January 2006 and oversaw the Association of Tennis Professionals"s operations in the Middle East, Asia and Pacific regions.
Prior to that, Brad led the region as managing director from 2003 to 2005 and was Executive Vice-President from 1999 to 2003. He has previously served as an elected Association of Tennis Professionals Player Council representative and from 1993 until 1999, as an elected Association of Tennis Professionals Player Board Representative. Since 2001, Brad has been the Tournament Director of the Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour"s season-ending event, the Barclays Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour Finals.
As well as overseeing the event when held in Sydney and Houston, Brad negotiated a multi-year deal with the Shanghai Administration of Sport and Shanghai Ba-shi Industrial Company to stage the Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai from 2005 to 2008.
Illness and death
On 14 January 2013, Drewett announced he would enter a transitionary period as Association of Tennis Professionals Executive chairman and President because of illness, after he was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (also known as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or Lou Gehrig"s Disease), writing: “lieutenant has been a privilege to serve as Executive chairman and President of the Association of Tennis Professionals, an organization that I’ve been a part of for more than 35 years since I became a professional tennis player. In memory of the Australian’s outstanding contribution to the development of world tennis and particularly tournaments in China, Show Court 1 at the National Tennis Center in Beijing was officially renamed the Brad Drewett Court ahead of the 2013 China Open final.