Nathan Healey

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Nathan Healey
Country (sports) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Born (1980-02-27) 27 February 1980 (age 45)
Gosford, Australia
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro1998
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$552,190
Singles
Career record6–13
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 159 (15 January 2007)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 3R (2006)
French Open 1R (2006)
Doubles
Career record55–73
Career titles3
Highest rankingNo. 58 (3 February 2003)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 2R (2000, 2001, 2003, 2007)
French Open 1R (2002, 2003, 2006)
Wimbledon 1R (2002, 2003, 2004)
US Open 3R (2002)

Nathan Healey (born 27 February 1980 in Gosford, New South Wales) is an Australian tennis player.

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Turning professional in 1998, Healey has won 3 doubles titles.

In 2006, he earned a wildcard to the Australian Open, making the 3rd round, where he was defeated by Russian Nikolay Davydenko in four sets. Later that year, he made it to the 3rd qualifying round at Wimbledon, where he was soundly defeated by Robert Kendrick. As of 26 June 2006, Healey was 199th in the ATP rankings.

In January 2007 Healey substituted for Mark Philippoussis after the latter sustained a knee injury during the Hopman Cup in Perth. He lost a close match against American Mardy Fish, but then teamed with Alicia Molik to win the mixed doubles against Fish and Ashley Harkleroad.

Healey is married to Marnie Heller of Wyomissing, Pennsylvania.

In August 2009, he became the coach of fellow tennis player and former world number 1., Lleyton Hewitt; replacing Tony Roche. [1] Healey resigned as Hewitt's coach for family reasons in August 2010.

Nathan relocated to the Philadelphia area to be close to his family in 2010 and started working with local juniors. Nathan was drafted in 2011 to play for the Philadelphia Freedoms of the WTT..

He currently coaches ATP player Max Purcell.

Career finals

Doubles: 6 (3–3)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Jul 2001 Sopot, PolandClay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Hanley Flag of Georgia (1990-2004).svg Irakli Labadze
Flag of Hungary.svg Attila Sávolt
7–6(12–10), 6–2
Loss1–1Oct 2001 Tokyo, JapanHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Hanley Flag of the United States.svg Rick Leach
Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Macpherson
5–7, 6–7(2–7)
Loss1–2Sep 2002 Sopot, PolandClay Flag of South Africa.svg Jeff Coetzee Flag of the Czech Republic.svg František Čermák
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Leoš Friedl
5–7, 5–7
Win2–2Jan 2003 Sydney, AustraliaHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Hanley Flag of India.svg Mahesh Bhupathi
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joshua Eagle
7–6(7–3), 6–4
Win3–2Sep 2005 Beijing, ChinaHard Flag of the United States.svg Justin Gimelstob Flag of Russia.svg Dmitry Tursunov
Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Youzhny
4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss3–3Jul 2007 Newport, United StatesHard Flag of Russia.svg Igor Kunitsyn Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jordan Kerr
Flag of the United States.svg Jim Thomas
3–6, 5–7

References

  1. "Nathan Healy to help Lleyton Hewitt hit his straps". Herald Sun. 1 September 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2009.