Beckman graduated from the University of Texas and was voted three times for the All-American selection. In 1985 he was with Royce Deppe in the NCAA double-finals. After finishing his studies he became a professional tennis player in 1987. At the beginning of his career he played with Mark Basham in lower class tournaments. In early 1988 they reached the round of 16 at the Lipton International Players Championships and the semi-finals of Schenectady in the middle of the year . 1989 won Beckman alongside Luke Jensen , the Challenger tournament of Raleigh . From mid-1989, Shelby Cannon became his new double partner. After a joint semifinal participation in Washington they stood in August 1989 at the Canadian Open in the double-finals of a Masters tournament , which they lost to Kelly Evernden and Todd Witsken . This was also Beckman's greatest career success. Towards the end of the year he won two Challenger double titles; in Rio de Janeiro with Cannon and in Brasília with Jean-Philippe Fleurian . In 1990 he was in the semi-finals of Rotterdam with Eric Jelen and in the semi- finals of Bologna and Gstaad with Luke Jensen , and in the following year he reached several semi-finals. 1992 went a little worse, the climax was the semi-finals in Charlotte . There he played his last match in 1993. He reached the highest ranking in the tennis world rankings in 1988 with position 355 in singles and in 1990 with position 48 in doubles.
In the individual, he could never qualify for a Grand Slam tournament. In the doubles competition, he reached the second round of the US Open twice . In mixed he was in the last sixteen at both the French Open and the US Open.
United States
Paul Haarhuis Denis Langaskens
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Rio de Janeiro
Jean-Philippe Fleurian
Javier Frana Gustavo Luza