Devin Britton

Devin Britton (born March 17, 1991) is an American professional tennis player. He is from Brandon, Mississippi. He is currently an assistant coach for the Ole Miss Rebels men's tennis team.

Tennis career

Juniors Britton's most notable ITF junior tournament win was in June 2008, when he captured the International Grass Courts Championships. Also, in the summer of 2008 at the U.S. Open Junior Championships, he advanced to the finals match – making him the first ever qualifying wildcard to make a final where he lost to Grigor Dimitrov.

As a junior Britton compiled a singles win–loss record of 54–36 (and 92–29 in doubles), reaching as high as No. 13 in the junior world combined rankings in July 2009.

Junior Slam results – Singles:

Australian Open: - French Open: 1R (2009) Wimbledon: SF (2009) US Open: F (2008)

Junior Slam results – Doubles:

Australian Open: - French Open: 3R (2009) Wimbledon: QF (2009) US Open: QF (2007)

College

NCAA Men's Singles Title Britton, at the age of 18, won the 2009 NCAA Men's Tennis singles championship as a freshman. He is the first Ole Miss men's tennis player to ever win an NCAA men's singles championship. making him the first American-born player to win the NCAA singles title since Alex Kim of Stanford in 2000. The championship win also makes him the first freshman since 19-year-old Cecil Mamiit of USC in 1996 and the first non-seeded player since Luke Smith of UNLV in 1997. He is the youngest of the three freshmen to win the singles title, including John McEnroe, who was 19 when he won it for Stanford in 1978 – making him the youngest player ever to win the national championship. He received a wildcard into the 2009 U.S. Open where he played #1 seeded and ranked Roger Federer in the opening round. Federer won the match in straight sets 6-1, 6-3, 7-5.

Retirement Britton stopped playing in ATP Tour after the 2013 season after 5 years . Post tennis, he returned to college and graduated in 2016 from Ole Miss with a degree in managerial finance. Following his graduation, he began as an assistant coach, and was later promoted to head coach. He remains as head coach as of 2026.

Awards Britton was named the Southeast Region Rookie of the Year by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. Britton is a two-time SEC Player of the Week for the 2008–2009 season. Britton earned All-SEC second team honors and made the SEC All-Freshman Team for the 2008–2009 season.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 3 (2–1)

Legend ATP Challenger Tour Finals by surface Hard (2–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score Winner 1. July 7, 2012 Winnetka, United States Hard Jeff Dadamo John-Patrick Smith John Peers 1–6, 6–2, [10–6] Runner-up 1. October 7, 2012 Sacramento, United States Hard Austin Krajicek Tennys Sandgren Rhyne Williams 6–4, 4–6, [10–12] Winner 2. November 17, 2012 Champaign, United States Hard Austin Krajicek Jean Andersen Izak van der Merwe 6–3, 6–3

Personal life

Britton began playing tennis when he was 4 years old. Britton was home-schooled starting in the seventh grade. Because he was traveling extensively for tennis, he completed his high school education through the Alpha Omega Online Academy.

Devin’s parents are Scott and Cindy Britton. He is the youngest of three children. He has two older sisters, Tara Chez and Katie.

Devin trained at the IMG Academy/Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton, Florida where he was coached by Nick Bollettieri, David Amye and Gabe Jaramillo. At Ole Miss, he was coached by Billy Chadwick. His serve and volley style is rare among modern players.