Todd Perry (tennis)

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Todd Perry
Country (sports)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Residence Adelaide, Australia
Born (1976-03-17) 17 March 1976 (age 49)
Adelaide, Australia
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro1998
Retired2009 [1]
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$777,545
Singles
Career record0–1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 385 (9 July 2001)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 1R (2001)
Doubles
Career record147–143
Career titles6
Highest rankingNo. 16 (15 May 2006)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open QF (2006)
French Open 3R (2005)
Wimbledon QF (2004, 2006)
US Open QF (2005)

Todd Perry (born 17 March 1976) is an Australian former professional tennis player.

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Ascending the ranks and going professional in 1998, Perry competed on the ATP tour as both a singles and doubles player, achieving notable success in his doubles career.

His 13 year professional career saw him play against some of the best in the world, including defeating titans like Nadal and Djokovic and winning six ATP Tour Doubles Titles.

Perry achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 16 in May 2006, partnering primarily with Swedish doubles player Simon Aspelin.

Retiring following the 2008 season, Perry returned to his home town of Adelaide and established the Todd Perry Tennis Academy, acting as director and head coach.

Career finals

Doubles 17 (6 titles, 11 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP International Series Gold (1)
ATP Tour (5)
Titles by surface
Hard (4)
Clay (1)
Grass (0)
Carpet (1)
ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1.Jul 2003 Umag, Croatia Clay Flag of Japan.svg Thomas Shimada Flag of Spain.svg Álex López Morón
Flag of Spain.svg Rafael Nadal
1–6, 3–6
Win1.Sep 2003 Costa do Sauipe, BrazilHard Flag of Japan.svg Thomas Shimada Flag of the United States.svg Scott Humphries
Flag of the Bahamas.svg Mark Merklein
6–2, 6–4
Loss2.Jul 2004 Båstad, Sweden Clay Flag of Sweden.svg Simon Aspelin Flag of India.svg Mahesh Bhupathi
Flag of Sweden.svg Jonas Björkman
6–4, 6–7(2–7), 6–7(6–8)
Loss3.Jul 2004 Stuttgart, Germany Clay Flag of Sweden.svg Simon Aspelin Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Novák
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Radek Štěpánek
2–6, 4–6
Loss4.Jan 2005 Adelaide, Australia Hard Flag of Sweden.svg Simon Aspelin Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Xavier Malisse
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Olivier Rochus
6–7(5–7), 4–6
Loss5.Jan 2005 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Flag of Sweden.svg Simon Aspelin Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Yves Allegro
Flag of Germany.svg Michael Kohlmann
4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win2.Jan 2005 Delray Beach, United StatesHard Flag of Sweden.svg Simon Aspelin Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jordan Kerr
Flag of the United States.svg Jim Thomas
6–3, 6–3
Win3.Feb 2005 Memphis, United StatesHard Flag of Sweden.svg Simon Aspelin Flag of the United States.svg Bob Bryan
Flag of the United States.svg Mike Bryan
6–4, 6–4
Loss6.Jun 2005 Nottingham, UK Grass Flag of Sweden.svg Simon Aspelin Flag of Israel.svg Jonathan Erlich
Flag of Israel.svg Andy Ram
6–4, 3–6, 5–7
Loss7.Jul 2005 Indianapolis, US Hard Flag of Sweden.svg Simon Aspelin Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Hanley
Flag of the United States.svg Graydon Oliver
2–6, 1–3 ret.
Loss8.Oct 2005 Tokyo, Japan Hard Flag of Sweden.svg Simon Aspelin Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Iwabuchi
Flag of Japan.svg Takao Suzuki
4–5, 4–5
Loss9.Jan 2006 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Flag of Sweden.svg Simon Aspelin Flag of Romania.svg Andrei Pavel
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rogier Wassen
2–6, 7–5, [4–10]
Win4.Oct 2006 St. Petersburg, RussiaCarpet Flag of Sweden.svg Simon Aspelin Flag of Austria.svg Julian Knowle
Flag of Austria.svg Jürgen Melzer
6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Win5.Jan 2007 Adelaide, AustraliaHard Flag of South Africa.svg Wesley Moodie Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Radek Štěpánek
6–4, 3–6, [15–13]
Win6.Apr 2007 Valencia, SpainClay Flag of South Africa.svg Wesley Moodie Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Yves Allegro
Flag of Argentina.svg Sebastián Prieto
7–5, 7–5
Loss10.Oct 2007 St. Petersburg, Russia Carpet Flag of Austria.svg Jürgen Melzer Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Daniel Nestor
Flag of Serbia.svg Nenad Zimonjić
1–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss11.May 2008 Casablanca, Morocco Clay Flag of the United States.svg James Cerretani Flag of Spain.svg Albert Montañés
Flag of Spain.svg Santiago Ventura
1–6, 2–6

References

  1. "Coaches".