[2] 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.

The same pair would team up to win the boys' doubles event at the 1985 Australian Open, having been losing finalists the previous year.

[3] 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.

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