# Ben Testerman

Ben Testerman (born February 2, 1962) is a former professional 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 in five sets. He was inducted into the Tennessee Tennis Hall of Fame in 2008.
His father was a two-time mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee, Kyle Testerman.

## ATP career finals
### Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

* Legend
* Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0)
* ATP 500 Series (0–0)
* ATP 250 Series (0–1)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (0–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–1)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoors (0–0)
* Indoors (0–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Mar 1983 | Monterrey, Mexico | Grand Prix | Carpet | Sammy Giammalva Jr. | 4–6, 6–3, 3–6 |

### Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0)
* ATP 500 Series (0–0)
* ATP 250 Series (1–3)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (1–1)
* Clay (0–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–2)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoors (1–1)
* Indoors (0–2)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Aug 1984 | Livingston, United States | Grand Prix | Hard | Scott Davis | Paul Annacone Glenn Michibata | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Mar 1985 | Houston, United States | Grand Prix | Carpet | Hank Pfister | Peter Fleming John McEnroe | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Aug 1985 | Cleveland, United States | Grand Prix | Hard | Hank Pfister | Leo Palin Olli Rahnasto | 3–6, 7–6, 6–7 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Oct 1985 | Brisbane, Australia | Grand Prix | Carpet | Bud Schultz | Martin Davis Brad Drewett | 2–6, 2–6 |

## Junior Grand Slam finals
### Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 1979 | French Open | Clay | Ramesh Krishnan | 6–2, 1–6, 0–6 |

## Performance timelines

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |

### Singles

| Tournament | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | 3R | 2R | SF | 3R | A | 3R | 0 / 5 | 9–5 | 64% |
| French Open | 3R | A | 1R | 2R | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | 50% |
| Wimbledon | A | A | 1R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 5 | 3–5 | 38% |
| US Open | A | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 5 | 0–5 | 0% |
| Win–loss | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 6–4 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0 / 18 | 15–18 | 45% |
| ATP Masters Series |||||||||||
| Miami | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Hamburg | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Rome | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Canada | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Cincinnati | A | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | A | 2R | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | 33% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0 / 8 | 3–8 | 27% |

### Doubles

| Tournament | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | A | 1R | 0 / 5 | 1–5 | 17% |
| French Open | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | 2R | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | 33% |
| US Open | 1R | 3R | A | A | A | QF | 1R | 2R | 2R | 0 / 6 | 7–6 | 54% |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0 / 17 | 10–17 | 37% |
| ATP Masters Series |||||||||||||
| Miami | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Hamburg | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Rome | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Cincinnati | A | A | A | A | A | SF | 1R | A | 1R | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | 50% |
| Paris | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0 / 7 | 5–7 | 42% |