Andrew Anderson (tennis)

Andrew Anderson

Country (sports)	South Africa
Residence	Johannesburg, South Africa
Born	(1983-04-08) 8 April 1983 (age 42) Johannesburg, South Africa
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	2002
Plays	Right-handed
Coach	Ian Anderson, Neville Godwin
Prize money	US$54,889
Singles
Career record	0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 0 Challenger, 6 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 376 (11 October 2010)
Doubles
Career record	0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 1 Challenger, 12 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 315 (27 February 2006)
Last updated on: 16 May 2021.

Andrew Anderson (born 8 April 1983) is a South African tennis player who regularly played on the ITF Futures Tour and occasionally ATP Challenger Tour.

Anderson reached a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 376 achieved on 11 October 2010. He also reached a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 315 achieved on 27 February 2006. ^[1]

Anderson made his ATP Tour debut in singles at the 2009 SA Tennis Open where he advanced through the three qualifying rounds to earn his first and only main draw birth. In qualifying, he received a bye in the first round, and then defeated Benjamin Janse Van Rensburg 3–6, 6–3, 7–6^(7–1) and then Fritz Wolmarans 6–4, 3–6, 7–6^(7–4) to set up a first round match against eighth seed Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus, which he would go on to lose 4–6, 2–6.

Anderson has reached 7 singles finals in his career, with a record of 6 wins and 1 loss all coming at the ITF Futures level. Additionally, he has reached 25 doubles finals in his career with a record of 13 wins and 12 losses, which includes one victorious appearance at the ATP Challenger level. He won the 2010 Oklahoma Challenger alongside compatriot Fritz Wolmarans, defeating Brett Joelson and Chris Klingemann 6–2. 6–2 in the final to capture the championship.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 7 (6–1)

Legend ATP Challenger (0–0) ITF Futures (6–1)

Finals by surface Hard (5–1) Clay (1–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2004	Rwanda F1, Kigali	Futures	Clay	Matwé Middelkoop	6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win	2–0	Sep 2005	Kenya F1, Mombasa	Futures	Hard	Genius Chidzikwe	6–1, 6–3
Win	3–0	Oct 2005	Botswana F1, Gaborone	Futures	Hard	Genius Chidzikwe	7–6(7–4), 2–6, 6–2
Loss	3–1	Oct 2005	Zimbabwe F1, Bulawayo	Futures	Hard	Izak van der Merwe	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Win	4–1	Nov 2005	South Africa F2, Pretoria	Futures	Hard	Stephen Mitchell	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Win	5–1	Oct 2009	South Africa F1, Pretoria	Futures	Hard	Sebastian Rieschick	6–4, 6–2
Win	6–1	May 2010	South Africa F1, Durban	Futures	Hard	Amir Weintraub	3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3)

Doubles: 25 (13–12)

Legend ATP Challenger (1–0) ITF Futures (12–12)

Finals by surface Hard (12–10) Clay (1–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Dec 2000	Philippines F1, Manila	Futures	Hard	Rik de Voest	Domenic Marafiote Lee Radovanovich	7–5, 6–7(5–7), 6–2
Loss	1–1	Mar 2001	New Zealand F1, Ashburton	Futures	Hard	Rik de Voest	Jordan Kerr Ashley Ford	3–6, 4–6
Win	2–1	Jun 2001	Namibia F1, Windhoek	Futures	Hard	Dirk Stegmann	Wesley Whitehouse Willem-Petrus Meyer	7–6(10–8), 6–3
Win	3–1	Sep 2002	USA F24C, Ojai	Futures	Hard	Willem-Petrus Meyer	Kean Feeder Derrick Bauer	3–6, 6–1, 6–3
Loss	3–2	Oct 2002	Namibia F1, Windhoek	Futures	Hard	Dirk Stegmann	Wesley Whitehouse Johannes Saayman	6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	3–3	Nov 2002	Zimbabwe F1, Bulawayo	Futures	Hard	Nicholas Mcdonald	Genius Chidzikwe Johan Du Randt	1–6, 6–7(7–9)
Loss	3–4	Feb 2003	Nigeria F1, Benin City	Futures	Hard	Willem-Petrus Meyer	Walid Jallali Malek Jaziri	6–3, 4–6, ret.
Win	4–4	May 2003	Jamaica F3, Montego Bay	Futures	Hard	Willem-Petrus Meyer	James Auckland Johan Du Randt	6–4, 6–4
Loss	4–5	May 2003	Jamaica F4, Montego Bay	Futures	Hard	Willem-Petrus Meyer	James Auckland Nenad Toroman	3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win	5–5	May 2003	Jamaica F5, Montego Bay	Futures	Hard	Willem-Petrus Meyer	Mark Dietrich Frédéric Niemeyer	6–2, 1–6, 6–3
Win	6–5	Sep 2004	Kenya F1, Mombasa	Futures	Hard	Paul Anderson	Yassir Bouyahya Kamil Filali	6–1, 6–3
Loss	6–6	Oct 2004	Rwanda F1, Kigali	Futures	Clay	Paul Anderson	Matwé Middelkoop Adam Thompson	2–6, 6–2, 4–6
Loss	6–7	Dec 2004	South Africa F2, Pretoria	Futures	Hard	Paul Anderson	Shaun Rudman Stephen Mitchell	1–6, 7–5, 6–7(4–7)
Win	7–7	Apr 2005	USA F8, Mobile	Futures	Hard	Roger Anderson	Richard Barker William Barker	6–3, 7–5
Win	8–7	Apr 2005	Mexico F3, Guadalajara	Futures	Clay	Roger Anderson	Pablo Martinez Carlos Palencia	6–4, 6–1
Loss	8–8	Jul 2005	USA F18, Joplin	Futures	Hard	Stephen Mitchell	John Isner Jeremy Wurtzman	7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	8–9	Jul 2005	USA F19, Godfrey	Futures	Hard	Daniel King-Turner	Sam Warburg Philip Stolt	4–6, 4–6
Win	9–9	Sep 2005	Kenya F1, Mombasa	Futures	Hard	Myles Blake	Bogdan-Victor Leonte Marcel-Ioan Miron	6–4, 6–4
Loss	9–10	Sep 2005	Rwanda F1, Kigali	Futures	Clay	Myles Blake	Genius Chidzikwe Gwinyai Tongoona	walkover
Loss	9–11	Oct 2005	Zimbabwe F1, Bulawayo	Futures	Hard	Stephen Mitchell	Izak van der Merwe Nicholas Monroe	6–4, 3–6, 0–6
Win	10–11	Oct 2005	South Africa F1, Pretoria	Futures	Hard	Stephen Mitchell	Izak van der Merwe Nicholas Monroe	6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–2
Win	11–11	Nov 2005	South Africa F2, Pretoria	Futures	Hard	Stephen Mitchell	James Cerretani Jason Pieters	6–3, 6–4
Loss	11–12	Sep 2009	Great Britain F13, Wrexham	Futures	Hard	Colin O'Brien	Chris Eaton Dominic Inglot	6–3, 3–6, [6–10]
Win	12–12	Oct 2009	South Africa F1, Pretoria	Futures	Hard	Benjamin Janse Van Rensburg	Ruan Roelofse Hendrik Coertzen	6–3, 7–5
Win	13–12	Sep 2010	Tulsa, United States	Challenger	Hard	Fritz Wolmarans	Brett Joelson Chris Klingemann	6–2, 6–2

References

1. "Andrew Anderson's biography". International Tennis Federation.

External links

• Andrew Anderson at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Andrew Anderson at the International Tennis Federation
• Andrew Anderson at ESPN.com