Andrew Painter (tennis)

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Andrew Painter
Country (sports) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Residence Launceston, Tasmania
Born (1975-07-18) 18 July 1975 (age 48)
Sydney, Australia
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro1994
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$80,468
Singles
Career record0–1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 492 (10 Jul 1995)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Q3 (1995)
Wimbledon 1R (1995)
US Open Q1 (1995)
Doubles
Career record5–14
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 119 (4 Oct 1999)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 1R (1996, 1997, 1999)
Wimbledon 2R (1998)
US Open Q2 (1998, 1999)

Andrew Painter (born 18 July 1975) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. [1]

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Career

Painter was a doubles specialist and appeared in the men's doubles main draw of the Australian Open three times, with Neil Borwick in 1996, Jamie Holmes in 1997 and Toby Mitchell in 1999. [2] He wasn't able to progress past the first round in any of his appearances but did make the second round of the 1998 Wimbledon Championships, partnering Holmes. [2] The pair defeated Czechs David Škoch and Petr Luxa. [2]

He played in the main singles draw at the 1995 Wimbledon Championships and faced top seed Andre Agassi on centre court in the opening round. [2] The Australian was beaten in straight sets. [2]

At the 2000 Grand Prix Hassan II, an ATP Tour tournament, Painter and Lars Burgsmüller made the doubles final, which they lost to Arnaud Clément and Sébastien Grosjean. [2] He won four Challenger doubles titles during his career. [2]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1 Apr 2000 Casablanca, MoroccoClay Flag of Germany.svg Lars Burgsmüller Flag of France.svg Arnaud Clément
Flag of France.svg Sébastien Grosjean 		6–7(4–7), 4–6

Challenger titles

Doubles: (4)

No.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.1996 Perth, AustraliaHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jamie Holmes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Grant Doyle
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Kratzmann 		7–5, 6–4
2.1999 Cherbourg, FranceHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Hill Flag of Italy.svg Massimo Bertolini
Flag of Italy.svg Cristian Brandi 		7–5, 7–6(9–7)
3.1999 Magdeburg, GermanyCarpet Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Hill Flag of Germany.svg Jan-Ralph Brandt
Flag of Germany.svg Dirk Dier 		7–6(10–8), 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–1)
4.1999 Ulm, GermanyClay Flag of South Africa.svg Byron Talbot Flag of Germany.svg Dirk Dier
Flag of Germany.svg Michael Kohlmann 		6–3, 6–4

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ATP World Tour Profile
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