# Ben Testerman

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{{short description|American tennis player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2013}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
|image                       = 
|name                        = Ben Testerman
|fullname                    =
|country                     = {{USA}}
|residence                   = [Knoxville](/source/Knoxville), [Tennessee](/source/Tennessee), [United States](/source/United_States)
|birth_date                  = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1962|2|2}}
|birth_place                 = [Knoxville](/source/Knoxville), [Tennessee](/source/Tennessee), [United States](/source/United_States)
|height                      = {{height|ft=6|in=1}}
|turnedpro                   = 1979
|retired                     = 1987
|plays                       = Left-handed (one-handed backhand)
|careerprizemoney            = [$](/source/US%24)371,244
|singlesrecord               = 87–102
|singlestitles               = 0 <br><small> 0 [Challenger](/source/ATP_Challenger_Tour), 0 [Futures](/source/ITF_Futures) </small>
|highestsinglesranking       = No. 22 (10 December 1984)
|AustralianOpenresult        = SF ([1984](/source/1984_Australian_Open_%E2%80%93_Men's_singles))
|FrenchOpenresult            = 3R ([1981](/source/1981_French_Open_%E2%80%93_Men's_singles))
|Wimbledonresult             = 3R ([1985](/source/1985_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_singles))
|USOpenresult                = 1R ([1982](/source/1982_US_Open_%E2%80%93_Men's_singles), [1984](/source/1984_US_Open_%E2%80%93_Men's_singles), [1985](/source/1985_US_Open_%E2%80%93_Men's_singles), [1986](/source/1986_US_Open_%E2%80%93_Men's_singles), [1987](/source/1987_US_Open_%E2%80%93_Men's_singles))
|doublesrecord               = 72–82
|doublestitles               = 1 <br><small> 0 [Challenger](/source/ATP_Challenger_Tour), 0 [Futures](/source/ITF_Futures) </small>
|highestdoublesranking       = No. 33 (25 March 1985)
|AustralianOpenDoublesresult = 2R ([1982](/source/1982_Australian_Open_-_Men's_Doubles), [1984](/source/1984_Australian_Open_-_Men's_Doubles), [1985](/source/1985_Australian_Open_-_Men's_Doubles))
|FrenchOpenDoublesresult     = 1R ([1981](/source/1981_French_Open_-_Men's_Doubles), [1983](/source/1983_French_Open_-_Men's_Doubles))
|WimbledonDoublesresult      = 2R ([1985](/source/1985_Wimbledon_Championships_-_Men's_Doubles), [1987](/source/1987_Wimbledon_Championships_-_Men's_Doubles))
|USOpenDoublesresult         = QF ([1984](/source/1984_US_Open_-_Men's_Doubles))
|WimbledonMixedresult        = 2R ([1986](/source/1986_Wimbledon_Championships_-_Mixed_Doubles))
|USOpenMixedresult           = QF ([1986](/source/1986_US_Open_-_Mixed_Doubles))
|updated                     = 26 August 2022
}}

'''Ben Testerman''' (born February 2, 1962) is a former professional [tennis](/source/tennis) player from the United States.

During his career, he won one doubles title. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 22 in 1984 and a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 33 in 1985. His best achievement in singles competition was reaching the semifinals of the 1984 Australian Open, losing to [Kevin Curren](/source/Kevin_Curren) in five sets. He was inducted into the [Tennessee Tennis Hall of Fame](/source/Tennessee_Tennis_Hall_of_Fame) in 2008.

His father was a two-time mayor of [Knoxville, Tennessee](/source/Knoxville%2C_Tennessee), [Kyle Testerman](/source/Kyle_Testerman).<ref>{{cite web | title=Son pays tribute to former Knoxville Mayor Kyle Testerman | date=April 21, 2015 | url=https://www.wbir.com/article/news/son-pays-tribute-to-former-knoxville-mayor-kyle-testerman/51-93430239 }}</ref>

== ATP career finals==

===Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)===
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|-valign=top
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{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97%
!Legend
|-style="background:#f3e6d7;"
|Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
|-style="background:#ffc;"
|ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
|-style="background:#e9e9e9;"
|ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0)
|-style="background:#d4f1c5;"
|ATP 500 Series (0–0)
|-
|ATP 250 Series (0–1)
|}
|
{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97%
!Finals by surface
|-
|Hard (0–0)
|-
|Clay (0–0)
|-
|Grass (0–0)
|-
|Carpet (0–1)
|}
|
{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97%
!Finals by setting
|-
|Outdoors (0–0)
|-
|Indoors (0–1)
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{|class="sortable wikitable"
!Result
!class="unsortable"|W–L
!Date
!Tournament
!Tier
!Surface
!Opponent
!class="unsortable"|Score
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>0–1</small>
|[{{dts|Mar 1983}}](/source/1983_Monterrey_Cup)
|[Monterrey](/source/Monterrey_WCT), Mexico
|Grand Prix
|Carpet
|{{flagicon|USA}} [Sammy Giammalva Jr.](/source/Sammy_Giammalva_Jr.)
|4–6, 6–3, 3–6
|}

===Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)===
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|-valign=top
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{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97%
!Legend
|-style="background:#f3e6d7;"
|Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
|-style="background:#ffc;"
|ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
|-style="background:#e9e9e9;"
|ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0)
|-style="background:#d4f1c5;"
|ATP 500 Series (0–0)
|-
|ATP 250 Series (1–3)
|}
|
{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97%
!Finals by surface
|-
|Hard (1–1)
|-
|Clay (0–0)
|-
|Grass (0–0)
|-
|Carpet (0–2)
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|
{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97%
!Finals by setting
|-
|Outdoors (1–1)
|-
|Indoors (0–2)
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|}

{|class="sortable wikitable"
!Result
!class="unsortable"|W–L
!Date
!Tournament
!Tier
!Surface
!Partner
!Opponents
!class="unsortable"|Score
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>1–0</small>
|[{{dts|Aug 1984}}](/source/1984_Livingston_Open_%E2%80%93_Doubles)
|[Livingston](/source/Livingston_Open), United States
|Grand Prix
|Hard
|{{flagicon|USA}} [Scott Davis](/source/Scott_Davis_(tennis))
|{{flagicon|USA}} [Paul Annacone](/source/Paul_Annacone) <br> {{flagicon|CAN}} [Glenn Michibata](/source/Glenn_Michibata)
|6–4, 6–4
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>1–1</small>
|[{{dts|Mar 1985}}](/source/1985_WCT_Houston_Shootout)
|[Houston](/source/1985_WCT_Houston_Shootout), United States
|Grand Prix
|Carpet
|{{flagicon|USA}} [Hank Pfister](/source/Hank_Pfister)
|{{flagicon|USA}} [Peter Fleming](/source/Peter_Fleming_(tennis)) <br> {{flagicon|USA}} [John McEnroe](/source/John_McEnroe)
|3–6, 2–6
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>1–2</small>
|[{{dts|Aug 1985}}](/source/Grand_Prix_Cleveland)
|[Cleveland](/source/Grand_Prix_Cleveland), United States
|Grand Prix
|Hard
|{{flagicon|USA}} [Hank Pfister](/source/Hank_Pfister)
|{{flagicon|FIN}} [Leo Palin](/source/Leo_Palin) <br> {{flagicon|FIN}} [Olli Rahnasto](/source/Olli_Rahnasto)
|3–6, 7–6, 6–7
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>1–3</small>
|[{{dts|Oct 1985}}](/source/1985_GWA_Mazda_Tennis_Classic)
|[Brisbane](/source/GWA_Mazda_Tennis_Classic), Australia
|Grand Prix
|Carpet
|{{flagicon|USA}} [Bud Schultz](/source/Bud_Schultz)
|{{flagicon|USA}} [Martin Davis](/source/Martin_Davis_(tennis)) <br> {{flagicon|AUS}} [Brad Drewett](/source/Brad_Drewett)
|2–6, 2–6
|}

==Junior Grand Slam finals==
===Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)===
{|class="sortable wikitable"
!Result
!Year
!style="width:150px;"|Championship
!Surface
!style="width:150px;"|Opponent
!style="width:125px;" class="unsortable"|Score
|- 
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss||[1979](/source/1979_French_Open)||style="background:#ebc2af;"|[French Open](/source/French_Open)||Clay||{{flagicon|IND}} [Ramesh Krishnan](/source/Ramesh_Krishnan)||6–2, 1–6, 0–6
|}

==Performance timelines==
{{Performance key|short=yes|active=no}}

===Singles===
{|class=wikitable style=text-align:center;font-size:97%
!Tournament!![1981](/source/1981_Grand_Prix_(tennis))!![1982](/source/1982_Grand_Prix_(tennis))!![1983](/source/1983_Grand_Prix_(tennis))!![1984](/source/1984_Grand_Prix_(tennis))!![1985](/source/1985_Grand_Prix_(tennis))!![1986](/source/1986_Grand_Prix_(tennis))!![1987](/source/1987_Grand_Prix_(tennis))!!SR!!W–L!!Win %
|-
|colspan=23 align=left|'''[Grand Slam tournaments](/source/Grand_Slam_(tennis))'''
|-
|align=left|[Australian Open](/source/Australian_Open)
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[3R](/source/1982_Australian_Open_%E2%80%93_Men's_Singles)
|bgcolor=afeeee|[2R](/source/1983_Australian_Open_%E2%80%93_Men's_Singles)
|bgcolor=yellow|[SF](/source/1984_Australian_Open_%E2%80%93_Men's_Singles)
|bgcolor=afeeee|[3R](/source/1985_Australian_Open_%E2%80%93_Men's_Singles)
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[3R](/source/1987_Australian_Open_%E2%80%93_Men's_Singles)
!0 / 5
!9–5
!{{tennis win percentage|won=9|lost=5|integer=yes}}
|-
|align=left|[French Open](/source/French_Open)
|bgcolor=afeeee|[3R](/source/1981_French_Open_%E2%80%93_Men's_Singles)
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[1R](/source/1983_French_Open_%E2%80%93_Men's_Singles)
|bgcolor=afeeee|[2R](/source/1984_French_Open_%E2%80%93_Men's_Singles)
|A
|A
|A
!0 / 3
!3–3
!{{tennis win percentage|won=3|lost=3|integer=yes}}
|-
|align=left|[Wimbledon](/source/Wimbledon_Championships)
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[1R](/source/1983_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_Singles)
|bgcolor=afeeee|[2R](/source/1984_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_Singles)
|bgcolor=afeeee|[3R](/source/1985_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_Singles)
|bgcolor=afeeee|[1R](/source/1986_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_Singles)
|bgcolor=afeeee|[1R](/source/1987_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_Singles)
!0 / 5
!3–5
!{{tennis win percentage|won=3|lost=5|integer=yes}}
|-
|align=left|[US Open](/source/US_Open_(tennis))
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[1R](/source/1982_US_Open_%E2%80%93_Men's_Singles)
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[1R](/source/1984_US_Open_%E2%80%93_Men's_Singles)
|bgcolor=afeeee|[1R](/source/1985_US_Open_%E2%80%93_Men's_Singles)
|bgcolor=afeeee|[1R](/source/1986_US_Open_%E2%80%93_Men's_Singles)
|bgcolor=afeeee|[1R](/source/1987_US_Open_%E2%80%93_Men's_Singles)
!0 / 5
!0–5
!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=5|integer=yes}}
|-
!style=text-align:left|Win–loss
!2–1
!2–2
!0–3
!6–4
!4–3
!0–2
!1–3
!0 / 18
!15–18
!{{tennis win percentage|won=15|lost=18|integer=yes}}
|-
|colspan=23 align=left|'''[ATP Masters Series](/source/ATP_Masters_Series)'''
|-
|align=left|[Miami](/source/Miami_Masters)
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[1R](/source/1987_Lipton_International_Players_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_Singles)
!0 / 1
!0–1
!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=1|integer=yes}}
|-
|align=left|[Hamburg](/source/Hamburg_European_Open)
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[1R](/source/1983_German_Open)
|A
|A
|A
|A
!0 / 1
!0–1
!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=1|integer=yes}}
|-
|align=left|[Rome](/source/Italian_Open_(tennis))
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[1R](/source/1983_Italian_Open_(tennis))
|A
|A
|A
|A
!0 / 1
!0–1
!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=1|integer=yes}}
|-
|align=left|[Canada](/source/Canadian_Open_(tennis))
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[2R](/source/1982_Player's_Canadian_Open_%E2%80%93_Men's_singles)
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
!0 / 1
!1–1
!{{tennis win percentage|won=1|lost=1|integer=yes}}
|-
|align=left|[Cincinnati](/source/Cincinnati_Masters)
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[1R](/source/1982_ATP_Championships)
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[2R](/source/1984_ATP_Championship_%E2%80%93_Singles)
|bgcolor=afeeee|[1R](/source/1985_Cincinnati_Open_%E2%80%93_Singles)
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[2R](/source/1987_Cincinnati_Open)
!0 / 4
!2–4
!{{tennis win percentage|won=2|lost=4|integer=yes}}
|-
!style=text-align:left|Win–loss
!0–0
!1–2
!0–2
!1–1
!0–1
!0–0
!1–2
!0 / 8
!3–8
!{{tennis win percentage|won=3|lost=8|integer=yes}}
|}

===Doubles===
{|class=wikitable style=text-align:center;font-size:97%
!Tournament!![1979](/source/1979_Grand_Prix_(tennis))!![1980](/source/1980_Grand_Prix_(tennis))!![1981](/source/1981_Grand_Prix_(tennis))!![1982](/source/1982_Grand_Prix_(tennis))!![1983](/source/1983_Grand_Prix_(tennis))!![1984](/source/1984_Grand_Prix_(tennis))!![1985](/source/1985_Grand_Prix_(tennis))!![1986](/source/1986_Grand_Prix_(tennis))!![1987](/source/1987_Grand_Prix_(tennis))!!SR!!W–L!!Win %
|-
|colspan=23 align=left|'''[Grand Slam tournaments](/source/Grand_Slam_(tennis))'''
|-
|align=left|[Australian Open](/source/Australian_Open)
|A
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[2R](/source/1982_Australian_Open_%E2%80%93_Men's_Doubles)
|bgcolor=afeeee|[1R](/source/1983_Australian_Open_%E2%80%93_Men's_Doubles)
|bgcolor=afeeee|[2R](/source/1984_Australian_Open_%E2%80%93_Men's_Doubles)
|bgcolor=afeeee|[2R](/source/1985_Australian_Open_%E2%80%93_Men's_Doubles)
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[1R](/source/1987_Australian_Open_%E2%80%93_Men's_Doubles)
!0 / 5
!1–5
!{{tennis win percentage|won=1|lost=5|integer=yes}}
|-
|align=left|[French Open](/source/French_Open)
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[1R](/source/1981_French_Open_%E2%80%93_Men's_Doubles)
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[1R](/source/1983_French_Open_%E2%80%93_Men's_Doubles)
|A
|A
|A
|A
!0 / 2
!0–2
!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=2|integer=yes}}
|-
|align=left|[Wimbledon](/source/Wimbledon_Championships)
|A
|A
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[1R](/source/1983_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_Doubles)
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[2R](/source/1985_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_Doubles)
|bgcolor=afeeee|[1R](/source/1986_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_Doubles)
|bgcolor=afeeee|[2R](/source/1987_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_Doubles)
!0 / 4
!2–4
!{{tennis win percentage|won=2|lost=4|integer=yes}}
|-
|align=left|[US Open](/source/US_Open_(tennis))
|bgcolor=afeeee|[1R](/source/1979_US_Open_%E2%80%93_Men's_Doubles)
|bgcolor=afeeee|[3R](/source/1980_US_Open_%E2%80%93_Men's_Doubles)
|A
|A
|A
|bgcolor=ffebcd|[QF](/source/1984_US_Open_%E2%80%93_Men's_Doubles)
|bgcolor=afeeee|[1R](/source/1985_US_Open_%E2%80%93_Men's_Doubles)
|bgcolor=afeeee|[2R](/source/1986_US_Open_%E2%80%93_Men's_Doubles)
|bgcolor=afeeee|[2R](/source/1987_US_Open_%E2%80%93_Men's_Doubles)
!0 / 6
!7–6
!{{tennis win percentage|won=7|lost=6|integer=yes}}
|-
!style=text-align:left|Win–loss
!0–1
!2–1
!0–1
!0–1
!0–3
!3–2
!2–3
!1–2
!2–3
!0 / 17
!10–17
!{{tennis win percentage|won=10|lost=17|integer=yes}}
|-
|colspan=23 align=left|'''[ATP Masters Series](/source/ATP_Masters_Series)'''
|-
|align=left|[Miami](/source/Miami_Masters)
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[1R](/source/1987_Lipton_International_Players_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_Doubles)
!0 / 1
!0–1
!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=1|integer=yes}}
|-
|align=left|[Hamburg](/source/Hamburg_European_Open)
|A
|A
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[2R](/source/1983_German_Open)
|A
|A
|A
|A
!0 / 1
!1–1
!{{tennis win percentage|won=1|lost=1|integer=yes}}
|-
|align=left|[Rome](/source/Italian_Open_(tennis))
|A
|A
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[1R](/source/1983_Italian_Open_(tennis))
|A
|A
|A
|A
!0 / 1
!0–1
!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=1|integer=yes}}
|-
|align=left|[Cincinnati](/source/Cincinnati_Masters)
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|bgcolor=yellow|[SF](/source/1984_ATP_Championship_%E2%80%93_Doubles)
|bgcolor=afeeee|[1R](/source/1985_Cincinnati_Open_%E2%80%93_Doubles)
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[1R](/source/1987_Cincinnati_Open)
!0 / 3
!3–3
!{{tennis win percentage|won=3|lost=3|integer=yes}}
|-
|align=left|[Paris](/source/Paris_Masters)
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[2R](/source/1986_Paris_Open_%E2%80%93_Doubles)
|A
!0 / 1
!1–1
!{{tennis win percentage|won=1|lost=1|integer=yes}}
|-
!style=text-align:left|Win–loss
!0–0
!0–0
!0–0
!0–0
!1–2
!3–1
!0–1
!1–1
!0–2
!0 / 7
!5–7
!{{tennis win percentage|won=5|lost=7|integer=yes}}
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{ATP}}
* {{ITF}}

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Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ben Testerman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Testerman) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Testerman?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.