Ryan Russell (born 6 July 1983) is a Jamaican former professional tennis player.
Tennis career Russell, a left-handed player from Montego Bay, is the son of tennis player Richard Russell and was trained at the Nick Bollettieri academy in Florida. Highly ranked in junior tennis, he was a junior Wimbledon doubles semi-finalist and debuted for the Jamaica Davis Cup team as a 16-year old. He played in the Davis Cup until 2007, amassing a record 20 singles wins. His only ATP Tour main draw appearance came in doubles at the 2002 Hall of Fame Championships in Newport and he won six ITF Futures doubles titles during his career.
ITF Futures titles Doubles: (6) No.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore1.Jamaica F7, Montego BayHard Stephan Timu Will Farah-Lebar Matthew Snyder6–4, 6–42.Barbados F1, BridgetownHard Jean-Julien Rojer Mirko Pehar Javier Taborga6–4, 4–6, 6–13.Jamaica F22, TrelawnyHard Jean-Julien Rojer Bjorn Munroe Matthew Rutherford6–2, 6–24.Jamaica F9, Montego BayHard Dustin Brown Clément Morel Gilles Simon7–6(4), 6–25.Venezuela F2, CaracasHard Vincent Baudat Ricardo Chile Sandor Martínez6–4, 4–6, 7–6(4)6.Kuwait F1, MishrefHard Florin Mergea Jakub Hasek Josef Neštický6–1, 3–0 ret.
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