Ryan Henry

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Ryan Henry
Country (sports)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Residence Sydney, Australia
Born (1984-10-14) 14 October 1984 (age 39)
Forster, New South Wales, Australia
Height6 ft (183 cm)
Turned pro2002
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$27,824
Singles
Career record0–1
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 424 (4 August 2003)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 1R (2003)
Doubles
Career record1–2
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 1 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 271 (18 Aug 2003)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 2R (2003)
Last updated on: 30 August, 2021.

Ryan Henry (born 14 October 1984) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. [1]

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Henry had an eventful year as a junior in 2002. [2] He and partner Todd Reid won the boys' doubles title at the 2002 Australian Open and they also finished runners-up in the 2002 French Open. [2] In Wimbledon that year he created a tournament record when he defeated France's Clément Morel 26–24 in the final set. [2] Constantly interrupted by rain, their encounter lasted three days. [2] He lost to Richard Gasquet in the singles semi-finals of the 2002 US Open, unable to convert three match points. [3]

The following year, he was given wildcard entry into the Australian Open and met Julian Knowle in the first round. [2] He lost the match in four sets. [2] In the men's doubles he was again paired with Reid and they were able to defeat Germans Karsten Braasch and Rainer Schüttler in the opening round. [2] They were unable to get past top seeds Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor in their next fixture. [2]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win 2002 Australian Open Hard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Reid Flag of Romania.svg Florin Mergea
Flag of Romania.svg Horia Tecau
walkover
Loss 2002 French Open Clay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Reid Flag of Germany.svg Markus Bayer
Flag of Germany.svg Philipp Petzschner
5–7, 4–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Mar 2005Australia F3, Beaumaris FuturesClay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Guccione Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alun Jones
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Paul Logtens
7–5, 6–2

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References

  1. ITF Tennis Profile
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ATP World Tour Profile
  3. The Age , "Stars of court on the rise", 7 November 2002