Wayne Hampson (born 23 August 1957) is a former professional tennis player from Australia.ITF Pro Circuit: Wayne Hampson
Career Hampson competed in the main singles draw of the Australian Open three times and Wimbledon twice, without managing to register a win.ATP World Tour: Wayne Hampson The closest he got was at the 1982 Australian Open, where he received a first round bye, before a five set loss in the second round to Eric Sherbeck, the last decided in a tiebreak. He had more success in the doubles, making the third round at the 1982 Australian Open (with Broderick Dyke) and the 1983 Wimbledon Championships (with Chris Johnstone).
He was a doubles finalist at the 1982 Melbourne Indoor tournament, the 1982 South Australian Open and the 1984 Lorraine Open, but lost them all. On the singles circuit, Hampson had his best performance in 1980, making a quarter-final appearance in Perth. He had a win over Kim Warwick at the Sydney Outdoor in 1981 and beat John Alexander en route to the round of 16 at Queen's in 1982.
Grand Prix/WCT career finals
Doubles: 3 (0–3) ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Dec 1982Adelaide, AustraliaGrass Broderick Dyke Pat Cash Chris Johnstone3–6, 7–6, 6–7Loss0–2Jan 1983Melbourne, AustraliaGrass Broderick Dyke Eddie Edwards Jonathan Smith6–7, 3–6Loss0–3Mar 1984Metz, FranceHard Wally Masur Eddie Edwards Danie Visser6–3, 4–6, 2–6
Challenger titles
Doubles: (2) No.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore1. 1980Turin, ItalyClay Jai DiLouie Dave Siegler Robbie Venter6–3, 6–42. 1981Travemünde, West GermanyClay Brad Guan Bruce Derlin David Mustard6–3, 6–4
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