Brian Vahaly doesn’t know his life without tennis. After first picking up a racket at the age of 2, Vahaly was a star athlete from 1997 to 2001 at the University of Virginia, where he was a three-time All-American, reached the NCAA singles final and graduated with a double major in finance and business management. During his seven-year pro career, he reached a career-high ranking of World No. 64 and earned victories over his childhood hero Michael Chang and former World No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero.

But Vahaly has perhaps made the biggest impact off the court. In 2017, a decade after retiring due to a rotator cuff injury, he became the first current or former ATP Tour player to come out as gay. Last November, he was elected for a two-year term as the chairman of the board and president of

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