Dean Kevin O'Brien (born 15 May 1990 in Sandton) is a South African tennis player. He played college tennis for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.
O'Brien has a career high ATP singles ranking of 507 achieved on 21 April 2014. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 115 achieved on 23 May 2016. He has won 6 ITF doubles titles.
O'Brien won his first ATP Challenger title at the 2015 Levene Gouldin & Thompson Tennis Challenger in the doubles event partnering Ruan Roelofse.
Overall, O'Brien has reached 26 career doubles finals with a record of 8 wins and 18 losses, among which includes a 1–6 record in ATP Challenger Tour finals.
Playing for the South Africa in Davis Cup, O'Brien has a W/L record of 1–2.
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Doubles: 26 (8–18) LegendATP Challenger (1–6)ITF Futures (7–12)Finals by surfaceHard (7–17)Clay (1–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Spain F12, MelillaFuturesHard Borja Zarco Ignacio Coll Riudavets Andoni Vivanco-Guzmán5–7, 6–1, [3–10]Loss0–2USA F6, HarlingenFuturesHard Kevin King Ruben Gonzales Chris Letcher2–6, 3–6Loss0–3Israel F10, HerzliyaFuturesHard Antoine Benneteau Elie Rousset Albano Olivetti3–6, 6–7(6–8)Win1–3Turkey F25, IstanbulFuturesHard Ruan Roelofse Baris Erguden Barkin Yalcinkale6–1, 4–6, [11–9]Loss1–4France F16, PlaisirFuturesHard Colin O'Brien Julien Obry Rémi Boutillier6–3, 6–7(4–7), [14–16]Loss1–5Mexico F13, VeracruzFuturesHard Juan Carlos Spir César Ramírez Alex Llompart4–6, 6–3, [5–10]Loss1–6Mexico F14, PachucaFuturesHard Juan Carlos Spir Christopher Diaz-Figueroa Darian King4–6, 6–2, [8–10]Win2–6Colombia F6, PopayánFuturesHard Juan Carlos Spir Jonas Luetjen Steffen Zornosa6–4, 6–0Loss2–7Colombia F7, BogotáFuturesHard Juan Carlos Spir Eduardo Struvay Felipe Mantilla6–7(5–7), 6–2, [7–10]Loss2–8Mexico F1, QuerétaroFuturesHard Kevin King César Ramírez Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela3–6, 5–7Loss2–9Mexico F2, CórdobaFuturesHard Kevin King César Ramírez Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela6–7(1–7), 1–6Win3–9Mexico F3, Mexico CityFuturesHard Kevin King Mateo Nicolas Martinez Alex Llompart6–3, 6–4Win4–9South Africa F3, Sun CityFuturesHard Ruan Roelofse Nicolaas Scholtz Tucker Vorster7–6(8–6), 6–4Loss4–10Colombia F4, MedellínFuturesClay Juan Carlos Spir Fabiano de Paula Nicolas Jarry6–2, 2–6, [9–11]Win5–10Colombia F5, IbaguéFuturesClay Nicolás Barrientos Fabiano de Paula Marcelo Demoliner6–3, 5–7, [10–7]Loss5–11Mexico F15, MéridaFuturesHard Juan Carlos Spir Eric Quigley Philip Bester6–4, 6–7(5–7), [10–12]Loss5–12Canada F1, GatineauFuturesHard Kevin King Germain Gigounon Daniel Smethurst4–6, 4–6Win6–12Canada F2, SherbrookeFuturesHard Kevin King Edward Corrie Daniel Smethurst6–4, 2–6, [10–5]Loss6–13Gimcheon, South KoreaChallengerHard Ruan Roelofse Zhe Li Jose Statham4–6, 2–6Win7–13Uzbekistan F4, NamanganFuturesHard Ruan Roelofse Jurabek Karimov Sanjar Fayziev7–5, 6–4Win8–13Binghamton, United StatesChallengerHard Ruan Roelofse Dennis Novikov Daniel Nguyen6–1, 7–6(7–0)Loss8–14Lexington, United StatesChallengerHard Ruan Roelofse Carsten Ball Brydan Klein4–6, 6–7(4–7)Loss8–15Las Vegas, United StatesChallengerHard Ruan Roelofse Carsten Ball Dustin Brown6–3, 3–6, [6–10]Loss8–16Dallas, United StatesChallengerHard Sekou Bangoura Nicolas Meister Eric Quigley1–6, 1–6Loss8–17Bangkok, ThailandChallengerHard Ruan Roelofse Jason Jung Chen Ti4–6, 6–3, [8–10]Loss8–18Morelos, MexicoChallengerHard Kevin King Jackson Withrow Austin Krajicek7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7), [9–12]
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