Then Battistone

Then Battistone
Nation:	United States
Birthday:	4th October 1976
Size:	178 cm
Weight:	66 kg
1st professional season:	2007
Playing hand:	Left
Trainer:	Matt Battistone Lionel Burt
Prize money:	$ 21,106
singles
Career record:	0-0
Double
Career record:	0: 3
Highest ranking:	177 (April 6, 2009)
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Then Battistone (born October 4, 1976 in Santa Barbara , California ) is a retired American tennis player .

Career

Battistone played the first tournaments of the ITF Future Tour from 1998 . He did not play a tournament in the years 2000 to 2002 and 2004 to 2007. During this time he worked as a Mormon missionary in Brazil with his brother Brian . His best placement so far was an 842nd place in doubles.

In September 2007 he returned to the professional tour. While he could only win one main round match in his career in singles and was never in the world rankings , he was more successful in doubles. After his return he only played with his brother as a partner, with two exceptions. In 2007 he won his first and only future title. With minor successes on the ATP Challenger Tour , he was able to steadily work his way up the world rankings. In 2008, the brothers received a wild card for doubles in Newport and he made his debut on the ATP World Tour . They lost, like a short time later in Indianapolis and New Haven, their opening games and were eliminated in the first round. He won his first Challenger title in Sacramento in October of that year . In the final they prevailed against John Isner and Rajeev Ram in three sets.

In April 2009 he reached his career record with the 177th place. In November of that year he won his second double title on the Challenger Tour in Champaign . They defeated both the top seeded duo David Martin and Rajeev Ram in the quarterfinals and the second seeded Treat Huey and Harsh Mankad in the final. In February 2010 he ended his professional career after a first round defeat in Dallas .

particularities

The tennis racket that Dann Battistone and his brother Brian have been using since their comeback in 2007 is exceptional. This bat, developed by Lionel Burt, called “The Natural”, has two handles, one for each hand. Battistone can use it to play both forehand and backhands, but also hit the ball with one hand with the right or left hand, depending on the game situation. This type of racket was approved by the ITF , which Battistone had specially confirmed with a certificate in order to convince critical opponents or referees of the legality.

successes

Legend (number of victories)

Grand Slam

ATP World Tour Finals

ATP World Tour Masters 1000

ATP World Tour 500

ATP World Tour 250

ATP Challenger Tour (2)

Double

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	October 12, 2008	Sacramento	Hard court	Brian Battistone	John Isner Rajeev Ram	1: 6, 6: 3, [10: 4]
2.	November 21, 2009	Champaign	Hard court (i)	Brian Battistone	Treat Huey Harsh Mankad	7: 5, 7: 6 5

Web links

• ATP profile Dann Battistone (English)
• ITF profile Then Battistone (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Florian Huber: Heilbronn Open: American Brian Battistone plays with a very special racket. In: Stimme.de. Retrieved February 14, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Alex Starritt: Two-handled tennis racquet developed in US. In: telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved February 14, 2019 .