[1] Devening was the American Hardcourt Championship winner in 1983 and was ranked amongst the top 25 juniors for six years.
[2] Before turning professional, Devening played tennis for Southern Methodist University, from where he would graduate with a business degree.
[2] He made the second round of a Grand Slam doubles tournament just once, at the 1994 Wimbledon Championships with countryman Greg Van Emburgh.
[2] His only other singles appearance was in Wimbledon that year, where he lost to seventh seed Ivan Lendl in four sets.
[2] He also exited in the semi-final stage of four tournaments, Prague and Tel Aviv in 1992, then Mexico City and Rosmalen in 1994.