Tennis Career
Teacher learned both tennis and swimming at the age of five, but concentrated solely on tennis after ear and throat troubles caused him to give up swimming.
He won a CIF singles title in 1972 while at Crawford High School.
In 1972, he won the boys' 18 singles and doubles titles. The following year, Teacher enrolled at the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) where he was an All-American from 1973–76, won the Pacific-8 singles and doubles championship in 1974, and was a member of UCLA's NCAA championship teams in 1975-76.
In 1976, just shy of graduating from UCLA with a degree in economics, Teacher turned professional.
In 1977, he won his first singles title and reached the finals in both the South Australian and New South Wales Opens.
In 1978, at the Seiko World Super Tennis Tournament in Tokyo, Teacher upset UCLA graduates Jimmy Connors and Arthur Ashe before losing in the final to Björn Borg 6–3, 6–4.
He won 8 career singles titles, and 16 doubles titles.
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