Wesley Whitehouse

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Wesley Whitehouse
Country (sports)Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
Residence Pretoria, South Africa and Phoenix, Arizona
Born (1979-03-13) 13 March 1979 (age 46)
Empangeni, South Africa
Height190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro1998
Retired2015
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $195,247
Singles
Career record4–7
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 214 (2 August 2004)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Q2 (1999)
Wimbledon Q3 (1999, 2004)
US Open Q3 (1998)
Doubles
Career record3–6
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 137 (22 November 1999)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon 3R (1999)
US Open Q2 (1999)
Last updated on: 19 September 2021.

Wesley Whitehouse (born 13 March 1979) is a South African-born New Zealand tennis player.

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Biography

Whitehouse lives or has lived in between Pretoria, South Africa and Phoenix, Arizona but currently lives in Auckland, New Zealand

Career

Juniors

In 1997 he was Wimbledon Tennis Junior Champion defeating Daniel Elsner of Germany 6–3, 7–6(6). He was also a finalist in both the Australian Open and US Open juniors in the same year. He has played in many other tournaments since then.

Pro tour

Whitehouse reached a career-high singles ranking on the ATP Tour of world No. 214. He defeated Marat Safin at Indianapolis in 2006.

Junior Grand Slam finals

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

ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss 1997 Australian Open Hard Flag of Germany.svg Daniel Elsner 6–7, 2–6
Win 1997 Wimbledon Grass Flag of Germany.svg Daniel Elsner 6–3, 7–6
Loss 1997 US Open Hard Flag of France.svg Arnaud Di Pasquale 7–6, 4–6, 1–6

Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss 1996 Wimbledon Grass Flag of South Africa.svg Damien Roberts Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jocelyn Robichaud
Flag of Italy.svg Daniele Bracciali
2–6, 4–6
Loss 1997 Australian Open Hard Flag of South Africa.svg Jaco Van Der Westhuizen Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Sherwood
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Trotman
6–7, 3–6
Loss 1997 Wimbledon Grass Flag of South Africa.svg Jaco Van Der Westhuizen Flag of Peru.svg Luis Horna
Flag of Chile.svg Nicolás Massú
4–6, 2–6

Performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q2 AAAAAAAA0 / 00–0  
French Open AAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0  
Wimbledon Q2 Q3 AAAA Q3 A Q1 Q1 0 / 00–0  
US Open Q3 AAAAA Q2 AAA0 / 00–0  
Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 00–0  

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 12 (8–4)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–1)
ITF Futures (8–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (7–4)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Jun 2001Namibia F1, Windhoek FuturesHard Flag of South Africa.svg Willem-Petrus Meyer7–6(8–6), 4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win1–1Oct 2002Namibia F1, Windhoek FuturesHard Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Gwinyai Tongoona7–5, 6–1
Win2–1Nov 2002Botswana F1, Gaborone FuturesHard Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Genius Chidzikwe 6–4, 6–2
Win3–1Nov 2002Zimbabwe F1, Bulawayo FuturesHard Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Genius Chidzikwe 4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win4–1Aug 2003Nigeria F3, Lagos FuturesHard Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Valentin Sanon 6–4, 6–1
Win5–1Sep 2003Kenya F1, Mombasa FuturesHard Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Mamoun 7–5, 2–6, 7–6(8–6)
Win6–1Oct 2003Rwanda F2, Kigali FuturesClay Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jaroslav Pospíšil 6–4, 4–6, 7–5
Win7–1Oct 2003Nigeria F5, Lagos FuturesHard Flag of South Africa.svg Willem-Petrus Meyer6–4, 6–2
Loss7–2Oct 2004 Austin, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Robert Kendrick 5–7, 7–6(7–2), 2–6
Loss7–3Nov 2004Botswana F1, Gaborone FuturesHard Flag of South Africa.svg Kevin Anderson 7–6(7–1), 4–6, 6–7(13–15)
Win8–3Feb 2007USA F4, Brownsville FuturesHard Flag of Romania.svg Horia Tecău 6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Loss8–4Mar 2007USA F6, McAllen FuturesHard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Peter Polansky 3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 28 (19–9)

Legend
ATP Challenger (6–3)
ITF Futures (13–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (18–6)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Apr 1998 Vadodara, IndiaChallengerGrass Flag of South Africa.svg Myles Wakefield Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Tramacchi
Flag of Belarus.svg Max Mirnyi
7–6, 7–6
Win2–0Aug 1998 Binghamton, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of South Africa.svg Myles Wakefield Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Luxa
Flag of Mexico.svg Bernardo Martínez
7–5, 2–6, 7–5
Loss2–1Feb 1999 Calcutta, IndiaChallengerGrass Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Barry Cowan Flag of Israel.svg Noam Behr
Flag of Israel.svg Eyal Ran
4–6, 7–6, 2–6
Loss2–2Apr 1999 New Delhi, IndiaChallengerHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Barry Cowan Flag of Israel.svg Noam Behr
Flag of Israel.svg Eyal Ran
3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win3–2Sep 1999 Austin, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of South Africa.svg Marcos Ondruska Flag of the United States.svg Paul Goldstein
Flag of the United States.svg Adam Peterson
7–5, 4–6, 6–2
Loss3–3Aug 2000 Lexington, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of South Africa.svg Grant Stafford Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Lorenzo Manta
Flag of Italy.svg Laurence Tieleman
6–7(5–7), 6–7(3–7)
Win4–3Aug 2000 Bronx, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Luxa Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Hyung-taik
Flag of South Korea.svg Yoon Yong-il
3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win5–3Oct 2000 San Antonio, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of South Africa.svg Gareth Williams Flag of the United States.svg Bob Bryan
Flag of the United States.svg Mike Bryan
6–3, 6–4
Win6–3Mar 2001New Zealand F3, Tauranga FuturesHard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jocelyn Robichaud Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Draper
Flag of Hong Kong.svg John Hui
6–3, 6–3
Loss6–4Jun 2001Namibia F1, Windhoek FuturesHard Flag of South Africa.svg Willem-Petrus Meyer Flag of South Africa.svg Andrew Anderson
Flag of South Africa.svg Dirk Stegmann
6–7(8–10), 3–6
Win7–4Nov 2001USA F27, Malibu FuturesHard Flag of the United States.svg Zack Fleishman Flag of South Africa.svg Willem-Petrus Meyer
Flag of the United States.svg Ramsey Smith
7–5, 6–4
Win8–4Mar 2002New Zealand F3, Auckland FuturesHard Flag of South Africa.svg Willem-Petrus Meyer Flag of South Africa.svg Dirk Stegmann
Flag of South Africa.svg Johan Du Randt
6–4, 3–6, 6–1
Win9–4Oct 2002Namibia F1, Windhoek FuturesHard Flag of South Africa.svg Johannes Saayman Flag of South Africa.svg Andrew Anderson
Flag of South Africa.svg Dirk Stegmann
4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss9–5Mar 2003New Zealand F1, Blenheim FuturesHard Flag of South Africa.svg Johan Du Randt Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Stéphane Bohli
Flag of Japan.svg Jun Kato
6–7(6–8), 6–4, 3–6
Win10–5Mar 2003New Zealand F3, Auckland FuturesHard Flag of South Africa.svg Johan Du Randt Flag of New Zealand.svg Alistair Hunt
Flag of New Zealand.svg James Shortall
6–2, 6–4
Loss10–6Aug 2003Nigeria F3, Lagos FuturesHard Flag of South Africa.svg Willem-Petrus Meyer Flag of India.svg Mustafa Ghouse
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Claude N'Goran
6–1, 6–7(6–8), 2–6
Win11–6Aug 2003Nigeria F4, Lagos FuturesHard Flag of South Africa.svg Willem-Petrus Meyer Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Genius Chidzikwe
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Gwinyai Tongoona
6–2, 6–2
Win12–6Sep 2003Kenya F1, Mombasa FuturesHard Flag of South Africa.svg Willem-Petrus Meyer Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bart Beks
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Matwé Middelkoop
6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Loss12–7Sep 2003Rwanda F1, Kigali FuturesClay Flag of South Africa.svg Willem-Petrus Meyer Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Dušan Karol
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jaroslav Pospíšil
4–6, 6–7(1–7)
Loss12–8Oct 2003Rwanda F2, Kigali FuturesClay Flag of South Africa.svg Willem-Petrus Meyer Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Dušan Karol
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jaroslav Pospíšil
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Win13–8Oct 2003Nigeria F5, Lagos FuturesHard Flag of South Africa.svg Willem-Petrus Meyer Flag of Austria.svg Martin Slanar
Flag of Israel.svg Tomer Suissa
7–6(7–3), 6–3
Win14–8Apr 2004USA F9, Mobile FuturesHard Flag of the United States.svg Michael Kosta Flag of Spain.svg Esteban Carril
Flag of Spain.svg Gabriel Trujillo Soler
6–3, 6–3
Loss14–9Nov 2004Botswana F1, Gaborone FuturesHard Flag of South Africa.svg Benjamin Janse Van Rensburg Flag of South Africa.svg Stephen Mitchell
Flag of South Africa.svg Kevin Anderson
6–7(1–7), 6–7(5–7)
Win15–9Mar 2006USA F6, McAllen FuturesHard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Pierre-Ludovic Duclos Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michel Koning
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Steven Korteling
6–3, 6–4
Win16–9Mar 2006USA F7, Little Rock FuturesHard Flag of Colombia.svg Michael Quintero Aguilar Flag of the United States.svg Brendan Evans
Flag of the United States.svg Scott Oudsema
6–4, 6–2
Win17–9Mar 2007USA F5, Harlingen FuturesHard Flag of South Africa.svg Izak van der Merwe Flag of the United States.svg Nicholas Monroe
Flag of Romania.svg Horia Tecău
6–3, 6–1
Win18–9Apr 2007 Tallahassee, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of South Africa.svg Izak van der Merwe Flag of the United States.svg John Paul Fruttero
Flag of the United States.svg Mirko Pehar
6–3, 6–4
Win19–9Jul 2007USA F14, Shingle Springs FuturesHard Flag of South Africa.svg Izak van der Merwe Flag of the United States.svg Ryler Deheart
Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Rowe
6–4, 6–1