Brydan Klein

Brydan Klein is an Australianborn British professional tennis player. He prefers to play on a fast surface, such as grass or hard. Klein has yet to become an active competitor on the main ATP Tour. However, he did receive a wildcard from Tennis Australia for the 2008 Australian Open, but lost to Paul Capdeville in the first round of the Grand Slam event, and received a wildcard for 2009 Australian Open, where he reached the second round, beating Bjorn Phau and losing to Stan Wawrinka. In 2015 he also received a wildcard for the Wimbledon main draw and lost in the first round. He is a winner of the junior Australian Open.

In April 2013, the LTA, the national governing body of tennis in Great Britain, were informed of Kleins desire to switch his nationality from Australian to British through the International Tennis Federation. A month later, it was announced that Klein had completed his switch to playing under a British licence. Despite being born in Rockingham, Australia, his mother was from Manchester, England, and therefore Klein was able to switch allegiance. The move followed Tennis Australias decision to withdraw their support for Klein following a fractured relationship with Klein having a very chequered history of oncourt behaviours. Klein stated it was a move he had been thinking about for four years It was a very difficult decision and Ive had it in the back of my mind for four years, but havent wanted to go forward with it. Finally, I thought, Look, Im 23, I need a new environment, I need to do something to give myself a chance to improve my game. The move also allowed Klein to ease the fina

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