Sadik Kadir

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Sadik Kadir
Country (sports)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Born (1981-07-27) 27 July 1981 (age 39)
Surabaya, Indonesia
Prize money$115,240
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 352 (21 June 2010)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open Q1 (2005)
Doubles
Career record0–2
Highest rankingNo. 134 (16 August 2010)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 1R (2005, 2006)

Sadik Kadir (born 27 July 1981) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. [1]

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Biography

Originally from the Indonesian city of Surabaya, Kadir later grew up in Sydney. [2]

Kadir made two main draw appearances at the Australian Open. At the 2005 Australian Open he and Shannon Nettle received a wild card for the men's doubles event. They were beaten in the first round by ninth seeds Cyril Suk and Pavel Vízner. [3] He also featured in the main draw of the 2006 Australian Open, in the men's doubles with Todd Reid. Again facing an all Czech pairing in the opening round, Kadir and his partner narrowly lost to Ivo Minář and Jiří Vaněk. [4]

In 2009 he won two ATP Challenger titles, the Burnie International in Tasmania and Karshi in Uzbekistan. [5] [6]

Challenger titles

Doubles: (2)

No.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.2009 Burnie, AustraliaHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Miles Armstrong Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Luczak
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Robert Smeets
6–3, 3–6, [10–7]
2.2009 Karshi, UzbekistanHard Flag of India.svg Purav Raja Flag of Latvia.svg Andis Juška
Flag of Latvia.svg Deniss Pavlovs
6–3, 7–6(4)

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