Wesley Whitehouse (born 13 March 1979) is a South African-born New Zealand tennis player.
Biography Whitehouse lives or has lived in between Pretoria, South Africa and Phoenix, Arizona but currently lives in Auckland, New Zealand
Career Juniors 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 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
Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss1997Australian OpenHard Daniel Elsner6–7, 2–6Win1997WimbledonGrass Daniel Elsner6–3, 7–6Loss1997US OpenHard Arnaud Di Pasquale7–6, 4–6, 1–6
Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss1996WimbledonGrass Damien Roberts Jocelyn Robichaud Daniele Bracciali2–6, 4–6Loss1997Australian OpenHard Jaco Van Der Westhuizen David Sherwood James Trotman6–7, 3–6Loss1997WimbledonGrass Jaco Van Der Westhuizen Luis Horna Nicolás Massú4–6, 2–6
Performance timeline
Singles Tournament1998199920002001200220032004200520062007SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAQ2AAAAAAAA0 / 00–0French OpenAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0WimbledonQ2Q3AAAAQ3AQ1Q10 / 00–0US OpenQ3AAAAAQ2AAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 00–0
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 12 (8–4) LegendATP Challenger (0–1)ITF Futures (8–3)Finals by surfaceHard (7–4)Clay (1–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Namibia F1, WindhoekFuturesHard Willem-Petrus Meyer7–6(8–6), 4–6, 6–7(2–7)Win1–1Namibia F1, WindhoekFuturesHard Gwinyai Tongoona7–5, 6–1Win2–1Botswana F1, GaboroneFuturesHard Genius Chidzikwe6–4, 6–2Win3–1Zimbabwe F1, BulawayoFuturesHard Genius Chidzikwe4–6, 6–3, 6–3Win4–1Nigeria F3, LagosFuturesHard Valentin Sanon6–4, 6–1Win5–1Kenya F1, MombasaFuturesHard Mohamed Mamoun7–5, 2–6, 7–6(8–6)Win6–1Rwanda F2, KigaliFuturesClay Jaroslav Pospíšil6–4, 4–6, 7–5Win7–1Nigeria F5, LagosFuturesHard Willem-Petrus Meyer6–4, 6–2Loss7–2Austin, United StatesChallengerHard Robert Kendrick5–7, 7–6(7–2), 2–6Loss7–3Botswana F1, GaboroneFuturesHard Kevin Anderson7–6(7–1), 4–6, 6–7(13–15)Win8–3USA F4, BrownsvilleFuturesHard Horia Tecău6–3, 3–6, 7–5Loss8–4USA F6, McAllenFuturesHard Peter Polansky3–6, 2–6
Doubles: 28 (19–9) LegendATP Challenger (6–3)ITF Futures (13–6)Finals by surfaceHard (18–6)Clay (0–2)Grass (1–1)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Vadodara, IndiaChallengerGrass Myles Wakefield Peter Tramacchi Max Mirnyi7–6, 7–6Win2–0Binghamton, United StatesChallengerHard Myles Wakefield Petr Luxa Bernardo Martínez7–5, 2–6, 7–5Loss2–1Calcutta, IndiaChallengerGrass Barry Cowan Noam Behr Eyal Ran4–6, 7–6, 2–6Loss2–2New Delhi, IndiaChallengerHard Barry Cowan Noam Behr Eyal Ran3–6, 6–4, 4–6Win3–2Austin, United StatesChallengerHard Marcos Ondruska Paul Goldstein Adam Peterson7–5, 4–6, 6–2Loss3–3Lexington, United StatesChallengerHard Grant Stafford Lorenzo Manta Laurence Tieleman6–7(5–7), 6–7(3–7)Win4–3Bronx, United StatesChallengerHard Petr Luxa Lee Hyung-taik Yoon Yong-il3–6, 6–3, 6–2Win5–3San Antonio, United StatesChallengerHard Gareth Williams Bob Bryan Mike Bryan6–3, 6–4Win6–3New Zealand F3, TaurangaFuturesHard Jocelyn Robichaud Mark Draper John Hui6–3, 6–3Loss6–4Namibia F1, WindhoekFuturesHard Willem-Petrus Meyer Andrew Anderson Dirk Stegmann6–7(8–10), 3–6Win7–4USA F27, MalibuFuturesHard Zack Fleishman Willem-Petrus Meyer Ramsey Smith7–5, 6–4Win8–4New Zealand F3, AucklandFuturesHard Willem-Petrus Meyer Dirk Stegmann Johan Du Randt6–4, 3–6, 6–1Win9–4Namibia F1, WindhoekFuturesHard Johannes Saayman Andrew Anderson Dirk Stegmann4–6, 6–4, 6–4Loss9–5New Zealand F1, BlenheimFuturesHard Johan Du Randt Stéphane Bohli Jun Kato6–7(6–8), 6–4, 3–6Win10–5New Zealand F3, AucklandFuturesHard Johan Du Randt Alistair Hunt James Shortall6–2, 6–4Loss10–6Nigeria F3, LagosFuturesHard Willem-Petrus Meyer Mustafa Ghouse Claude N'Goran6–1, 6–7(6–8), 2–6Win11–6Nigeria F4, LagosFuturesHard Willem-Petrus Meyer Genius Chidzikwe Gwinyai Tongoona6–2, 6–2Win12–6Kenya F1, MombasaFuturesHard Willem-Petrus Meyer Bart Beks Matwé Middelkoop6–3, 7–6(7–3)Loss12–7Rwanda F1, KigaliFuturesClay Willem-Petrus Meyer Dušan Karol Jaroslav Pospíšil4–6, 6–7(1–7)Loss12–8Rwanda F2, KigaliFuturesClay Willem-Petrus Meyer Dušan Karol Jaroslav PospíšilwalkoverWin13–8Nigeria F5, LagosFuturesHard Willem-Petrus Meyer Martin Slanar Tomer Suissa7–6(7–3), 6–3Win14–8USA F9, MobileFuturesHard Michael Kosta Esteban Carril Gabriel Trujillo Soler6–3, 6–3Loss14–9Botswana F1, GaboroneFuturesHard Benjamin Janse Van Rensburg Stephen Mitchell Kevin Anderson6–7(1–7), 6–7(5–7)Win15–9USA F6, McAllenFuturesHard Pierre-Ludovic Duclos Michel Koning Steven Korteling6–3, 6–4Win16–9USA F7, Little RockFuturesHard Michael Quintero Aguilar Brendan Evans Scott Oudsema6–4, 6–2Win17–9USA F5, HarlingenFuturesHard Izak van der Merwe Nicholas Monroe Horia Tecău6–3, 6–1Win18–9Tallahassee, United StatesChallengerHard Izak van der Merwe John Paul Fruttero Mirko Pehar6–3, 6–4Win19–9USA F14, Shingle SpringsFuturesHard Izak van der Merwe Ryler Deheart Ryan Rowe6–4, 6–1
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