Gareth Williams (tennis)

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Gareth Williams
Full nameGareth Williams
Country (sports)Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Born (1975-08-27) 27 August 1975 (age 48)
Pretoria, South Africa
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$26,685
Singles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 667 (18 February 1985)
Doubles
Career record1–5
Career titles0
1 Challenger, 8 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 179 (2 October 2000)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open 1R (2001)
Wimbledon Q2 (1993)
Last updated on: 14 May 2022.

Gareth Williams (born 27 August 1975) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa.

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Biography

Born in Pretoria, Williams was a doubles specialist, who had success as a junior in 1993 when he made three junior grand slam finals. After finishing runner-up at both the French Open and Wimbledon, he and Neville Godwin made a third successive final at the 1993 US Open, defeating the Australian pairing of Ben Ellwood and James Sekulov. He and Godwin also competed in several ATP Tour events, including Durban in 1993, where they made the quarter-finals. [1]

In the mid-1990s he left the professional circuit to play collegiate tennis in the United States at the University of Tulsa (UT). [2]

Graduating from UT with a psychology degree, he returned to the tour and in 2000 reached his best ranking of 179 in the world for doubles. He won a Challenger title in San Antonio in 2000 with Wesley Whitehouse, beating the Bryan brothers in the final. At the 2001 French Open he and Marcos Ondruska featured in the men's doubles main draw and lost in the first round to seventh seeds Ellis Ferreira and Rick Leach. [3]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss 1993 French Open Clay Flag of South Africa.svg Neville Godwin Flag of New Zealand.svg Steven Downs
Flag of New Zealand.svg James Greenhalgh 		1–6, 1–6
Loss 1993 Wimbledon Grass Flag of South Africa.svg Neville Godwin Flag of New Zealand.svg Steven Downs
Flag of New Zealand.svg James Greenhalgh 		7–6, 6–7, 6–7
Win 1993 US Open Hard Flag of South Africa.svg Neville Godwin Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ben Ellwood
Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Sekulov 		6–3, 6–3


ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Doubles: 14 (9–5)

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–1)
ITF Futures (8–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (9–4)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Jun 1999USA F7, Berkeley FuturesHard Flag of South Africa.svg Haydn Wakefield Flag of the United States.svg Dustin Mauck
Flag of the United States.svg Keith Pollak		5–7, 7–4, 6–4
Loss1–1Jun 1999USA F8, Danville FuturesHard Flag of South Africa.svg Haydn Wakefield Flag of the United States.svg Brandon Hawk
Flag of the United States.svg Doug Root 		4–6, 7–6, 3–6
Loss1–2Jul 1999USA F9, Redding FuturesHard Flag of South Africa.svg Haydn Wakefield Flag of the United States.svg Brandon Hawk
Flag of the United States.svg Doug Root 		2–6, 6–2, 2–6
Loss1–3Aug 1999USA F12, St. Joseph FuturesHard Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Williams Flag of the United States.svg Cary Franklin
Flag of the United States.svg Graydon Oliver 		4–6, 2–6
Win2–3Aug 1999USA F13, Decatur FuturesHard Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Williams Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Breen
Flag of Australia (converted).svg John James 		6–4, 6–2
Win3–3Aug 1999USA F14, Kansas City FuturesHard Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Williams Flag of the United States.svg Michael Passarella
Flag of the United States.svg Jakub Teply		6–0, 6–2
Win4–3Nov 1999USA F17, Hattiesburg FuturesHard Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Williams Flag of the United States.svg Zack Fleishman
Flag of the United States.svg Kelly Gullett 		6–3, 6–3
Win5–3Dec 1999USA F21, Laguna Niguel FuturesHard Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Williams Flag of Israel.svg Oren Motevassel
Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Waske 		2–6, 7–5, 6–2
Win6–3Jan 2000USA F1, Pembroke Pines FuturesHard Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Williams Flag of the United States.svg Rafael De Mesa
Flag of Georgia.svg Irak liLabadze		6–4, 6–1
Win7–3Jan 2000USA F3, Boca Raton FuturesHard Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Williams Flag of Brazil.svg Marcos Daniel
Flag of Italy.svg Manuel Jorquera 		7–6(7–5), 6–2
Loss7–4Aug 2000 Sylt, GermanyChallengerClay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ashley Fisher Flag of Romania.svg Ionut Moldovan
Flag of Russia.svg Yuri Schukin 		4–6, 2–6
Win8–4Oct 2000 San Antonio, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of South Africa.svg Wesley Whitehouse Flag of the United States.svg Mike Bryan
Flag of the United States.svg Bob Bryan 		6–3, 6–4
Loss8–5Apr 2001USA F8, Little Rock FuturesHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Breen Flag of South Africa.svg Jeff Coetzee
Flag of South Africa.svg Shaun Rudman 		4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win9–5Apr 2001USA F10, Elkin FuturesHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Breen Flag of the United States.svg Gavin Sontag
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jerry Turek 		6–3, 6–4


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References

  1. ↑ "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Durban - 29 March - 05 April 1993". ITF . Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "Early Exit No Fun For TU's Williams". Tulsa World . 12 July 1997. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "Scoreboard". Star-Gazette . 31 May 2001. p. 7. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
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