his career high singles ranking of world no. 57. In 2004-2007, Vahaly spent most of the year on the ATP circuit playing events in Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Newport, Houston, Indian Wells, San Jose, Adelaide, and the Australian Open (losing to finalist Marat Safin). Vahaly played his last tournament at the U.S. Open losing to Juan Martín del Potro. After the tournament, Vahaly revealed that the shoulder injury had plagued him for some time. On September 7, 2007, Brian underwent surgery to repair several tears to his right rotator cuff. He had two additional surgeries later that year. Retirement In November 2007, Vahaly announced his retirement from professional tennis on his website. He had three shoulder surgeries from 2006 to 2007. He moved to Washington, DC, to work for a private equity fund. In 2013, Vahaly began serving on the USTA board of directors and then became the chief operating officer at two different venture capital firms, Venturehouse Group and NextGen Venture Partners. In 2017, he entered the gym and wellness space to become the CFO of [solidcore], and most recently in 2021, he became the CEO of YouFit Gyms. Personal life Vahaly came out as gay in 2017 in a podcast. He is married to Bill Jones, with whom he is raising two twin boys. He is one of very few out male professional tennis players, and the first gay man to publicly come out after playing on the ATP Tour. References External links TENNIS: U.S. Team Picked For the Davis Cup Video: Brian Vahaly on CNN International Sport Pacific Life Open - March 13, 2003 RATCLIFFE ON: Vahaly retires on his own terms Vahaly establishes unprecedented mark 1979 births American male tennis players Living people Sportspeople from Camden, New Jersey Tennis people from New Jersey Virginia Cavaliers men's tennis players LGBT tennis players Gay sportsmen American LGBT sportspeople 21st-century LGBT people