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Wesley Whitehouse

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Wesley Whitehouse
Country (sports) South Africa
 New Zealand
ResidencePretoria, South Africa and Phoenix, Arizona
Born (1979-03-13) 13 March 1979 (age 45)
Empangeni, South Africa
Height190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro1998
Retired2015
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$195,247
Singles
Career record4–7
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 214 (2 August 2004)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (1999)
WimbledonQ3 (1999, 2004)
US OpenQ3 (1998)
Doubles
Career record3–6
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 137 (22 November 1999)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon3R (1999)
US OpenQ2 (1999)
Last updated on: 19 September 2021.

Wesley Whitehouse (born 13 March 1979) is a South African-born New Zealand tennis player.

Biography

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Whitehouse lives or has lived in between Pretoria, South Africa and Phoenix, Arizona but currently lives in Auckland, New Zealand

Career

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Juniors

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In 1997 he was Wimbledon Tennis Junior Champion defeating Daniel Elsner of Germany 6–3, 7–6(6). He was also a finalist in both the Australian Open and US Open juniors in the same year. He has played in many other tournaments since then.

Pro tour

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Whitehouse reached a career-high singles ranking on the ATP Tour of world No. 214. He defeated Marat Safin at Indianapolis in 2006.

Junior Grand Slam finals

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Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1997 Australian Open Hard Germany Daniel Elsner 6–7, 2–6
Win 1997 Wimbledon Grass Germany Daniel Elsner 6–3, 7–6
Loss 1997 US Open Hard France Arnaud Di Pasquale 7–6, 4–6, 1–6

Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1996 Wimbledon Grass South Africa Damien Roberts Canada Jocelyn Robichaud
Italy Daniele Bracciali
2–6, 4–6
Loss 1997 Australian Open Hard South Africa Jaco Van Der Westhuizen United Kingdom David Sherwood
United Kingdom James Trotman
6–7, 3–6
Loss 1997 Wimbledon Grass South Africa Jaco Van Der Westhuizen Peru Luis Horna
Chile Nicolás Massú
4–6, 2–6

Performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

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Tournament 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q2 A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon Q2 Q3 A A A A Q3 A Q1 Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open Q3 A A A A A Q2 A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 12 (8–4)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (0–1)
ITF Futures (8–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (7–4)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2001 Namibia F1, Windhoek Futures Hard South Africa Willem-Petrus Meyer 7–6(8–6), 4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win 1–1 Oct 2002 Namibia F1, Windhoek Futures Hard Zimbabwe Gwinyai Tongoona 7–5, 6–1
Win 2–1 Nov 2002 Botswana F1, Gaborone Futures Hard Zimbabwe Genius Chidzikwe 6–4, 6–2
Win 3–1 Nov 2002 Zimbabwe F1, Bulawayo Futures Hard Zimbabwe Genius Chidzikwe 4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win 4–1 Aug 2003 Nigeria F3, Lagos Futures Hard Ivory Coast Valentin Sanon 6–4, 6–1
Win 5–1 Sep 2003 Kenya F1, Mombasa Futures Hard Egypt Mohamed Mamoun 7–5, 2–6, 7–6(8–6)
Win 6–1 Oct 2003 Rwanda F2, Kigali Futures Clay Czech Republic Jaroslav Pospíšil 6–4, 4–6, 7–5
Win 7–1 Oct 2003 Nigeria F5, Lagos Futures Hard South Africa Willem-Petrus Meyer 6–4, 6–2
Loss 7–2 Oct 2004 Austin, United States Challenger Hard United States Robert Kendrick 5–7, 7–6(7–2), 2–6
Loss 7–3 Nov 2004 Botswana F1, Gaborone Futures Hard South Africa Kevin Anderson 7–6(7–1), 4–6, 6–7(13–15)
Win 8–3 Feb 2007 USA F4, Brownsville Futures Hard Romania Horia Tecău 6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Loss 8–4 Mar 2007 USA F6, McAllen Futures Hard Canada Peter Polansky 3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 28 (19–9)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (6–3)
ITF Futures (13–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (18–6)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Apr 1998 Vadodara, India Challenger Grass South Africa Myles Wakefield Australia Peter Tramacchi
Belarus Max Mirnyi
7–6, 7–6
Win 2–0 Aug 1998 Binghamton, United States Challenger Hard South Africa Myles Wakefield Czech Republic Petr Luxa
Mexico Bernardo Martínez
7–5, 2–6, 7–5
Loss 2–1 Feb 1999 Calcutta, India Challenger Grass United Kingdom Barry Cowan Israel Noam Behr
Israel Eyal Ran
4–6, 7–6, 2–6
Loss 2–2 Apr 1999 New Delhi, India Challenger Hard United Kingdom Barry Cowan Israel Noam Behr
Israel Eyal Ran
3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win 3–2 Sep 1999 Austin, United States Challenger Hard South Africa Marcos Ondruska United States Paul Goldstein
United States Adam Peterson
7–5, 4–6, 6–2
Loss 3–3 Aug 2000 Lexington, United States Challenger Hard South Africa Grant Stafford Switzerland Lorenzo Manta
Italy Laurence Tieleman
6–7(5–7), 6–7(3–7)
Win 4–3 Aug 2000 Bronx, United States Challenger Hard Czech Republic Petr Luxa South Korea Lee Hyung-taik
South Korea Yoon Yong-il
3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win 5–3 Oct 2000 San Antonio, United States Challenger Hard South Africa Gareth Williams United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
6–3, 6–4
Win 6–3 Mar 2001 New Zealand F3, Tauranga Futures Hard Canada Jocelyn Robichaud Australia Mark Draper
Hong Kong John Hui
6–3, 6–3
Loss 6–4 Jun 2001 Namibia F1, Windhoek Futures Hard South Africa Willem-Petrus Meyer South Africa Andrew Anderson
South Africa Dirk Stegmann
6–7(8–10), 3–6
Win 7–4 Nov 2001 USA F27, Malibu Futures Hard United States Zack Fleishman South Africa Willem-Petrus Meyer
United States Ramsey Smith
7–5, 6–4
Win 8–4 Mar 2002 New Zealand F3, Auckland Futures Hard South Africa Willem-Petrus Meyer South Africa Dirk Stegmann
South Africa Johan Du Randt
6–4, 3–6, 6–1
Win 9–4 Oct 2002 Namibia F1, Windhoek Futures Hard South Africa Johannes Saayman South Africa Andrew Anderson
South Africa Dirk Stegmann
4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss 9–5 Mar 2003 New Zealand F1, Blenheim Futures Hard South Africa Johan Du Randt Switzerland Stéphane Bohli
Japan Jun Kato
6–7(6–8), 6–4, 3–6
Win 10–5 Mar 2003 New Zealand F3, Auckland Futures Hard South Africa Johan Du Randt New Zealand Alistair Hunt
New Zealand James Shortall
6–2, 6–4
Loss 10–6 Aug 2003 Nigeria F3, Lagos Futures Hard South Africa Willem-Petrus Meyer India Mustafa Ghouse
Ivory Coast Claude N'Goran
6–1, 6–7(6–8), 2–6
Win 11–6 Aug 2003 Nigeria F4, Lagos Futures Hard South Africa Willem-Petrus Meyer Zimbabwe Genius Chidzikwe
Zimbabwe Gwinyai Tongoona
6–2, 6–2
Win 12–6 Sep 2003 Kenya F1, Mombasa Futures Hard South Africa Willem-Petrus Meyer Netherlands Bart Beks
Netherlands Matwé Middelkoop
6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Loss 12–7 Sep 2003 Rwanda F1, Kigali Futures Clay South Africa Willem-Petrus Meyer Czech Republic Dušan Karol
Czech Republic Jaroslav Pospíšil
4–6, 6–7(1–7)
Loss 12–8 Oct 2003 Rwanda F2, Kigali Futures Clay South Africa Willem-Petrus Meyer Czech Republic Dušan Karol
Czech Republic Jaroslav Pospíšil
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Win 13–8 Oct 2003 Nigeria F5, Lagos Futures Hard South Africa Willem-Petrus Meyer Austria Martin Slanar
Israel Tomer Suissa
7–6(7–3), 6–3
Win 14–8 Apr 2004 USA F9, Mobile Futures Hard United States Michael Kosta Spain Esteban Carril
Spain Gabriel Trujillo Soler
6–3, 6–3
Loss 14–9 Nov 2004 Botswana F1, Gaborone Futures Hard South Africa Benjamin Janse Van Rensburg South Africa Stephen Mitchell
South Africa Kevin Anderson
6–7(1–7), 6–7(5–7)
Win 15–9 Mar 2006 USA F6, McAllen Futures Hard Canada Pierre-Ludovic Duclos Netherlands Michel Koning
Netherlands Steven Korteling
6–3, 6–4
Win 16–9 Mar 2006 USA F7, Little Rock Futures Hard Colombia Michael Quintero Aguilar United States Brendan Evans
United States Scott Oudsema
6–4, 6–2
Win 17–9 Mar 2007 USA F5, Harlingen Futures Hard South Africa Izak van der Merwe United States Nicholas Monroe
Romania Horia Tecău
6–3, 6–1
Win 18–9 Apr 2007 Tallahassee, United States Challenger Hard South Africa Izak van der Merwe United States John Paul Fruttero
United States Mirko Pehar
6–3, 6–4
Win 19–9 Jul 2007 USA F14, Shingle Springs Futures Hard South Africa Izak van der Merwe United States Ryler Deheart
United States Ryan Rowe
6–4, 6–1
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