Brett Custer

Custer, the son of Noel and Dawn, grew up in the Sydney suburb of Normanhurst. His family are distant relatives of the famed General Custer.

As a junior he held national titles in the Under 12, 14, 16 and 18 categories. Custer, who left school to focus on his burgeoning tennis career, was nurtured by John Newcombe and Tony Roche as part of the Custom Credit Operation scheme. While still only 15 he featured in the men's doubles draw at the 1983 Australian Open with fellow junior David Macpherson. The same pair would team up to win the boys' doubles event at the 1985 Australian Open, having been losing finalists the previous year. They defeated Czechoslovakians Petr Korda and Cyril Suk in the final. At the same tournament the teenagers also made it to the round of 16 in the men's doubles. Their run included a win over the 10th seeded pair, Shlomo Glickstein and Shahar Perkiss from Israel, before it was ended by the top seeds in the draw, Joakim Nyström and Mats Wilander.

He played professionally on the Grand Prix (now ATP Tour) and Challenger circuits with limited success. At the 1986 Wimbledon Championships he won his way through qualifying, then was beaten by Johan Kriek in the first round. His best result on tour in singles was a second round appearance at the 1988 Australian Indoor Tennis Championships in Sydney. As a doubles player he made it into the world's top 200, won three Challenger titles and was a semi-finalist with Des Tyson at the Brisbane Grand Prix tournament in 1989. He played in the men's doubles draw at the Australian Open a total of five times. His only appearance in singles came as a wildcard at the 1989 Australian Open, where he lost to Pat Cash in the opening round.

Now based in the United States, Custer is the Tennis Director at Stone Creek, a club and spa in Covington, Louisiana.

Doubles: 4 (3–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 1985	Salzburg, Austria	Challenger	Clay	Simon Youl	Martin Sinner   Michael Stich	walkover
Win	1–1	Oct 1989	Brisbane, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Desmond Tyson	Shane Barr   Ted Scherman	6–3, 6–7, 6–1
Win	2–1	Sep 1990	Canberra, Australia	Challenger	Carpet	Peter Doohan	David Adams   Jamie Morgan	6–3, 6–4
Win	3–1	Nov 1990	Hobart, Australia	Challenger	Carpet	David Macpherson	Brett Steven   Sandon Stolle	6–2, 6–7, 6–4

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partnet	Opponents	Score
Loss	1984	Australian Open	Hard	David Macpherson	Mike Baroch   Mark Kratzmann	2–6, 7–5, 5–7
Win	1985	Australian Open	Hard	David Macpherson	Petr Korda   Cyril Suk	7–5, 6–2