Chris Johnstone Explained

Chris Johnstone
Birth Date:1960 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Perth, Western Australia
Plays:Right-handed
Singlesrecord:37–64
Singlestitles:0
Highestsinglesranking:No. 70 (5 July 1982)
Australianopenresult:2R (1980, 1982, 1983)
Frenchopenresult:2R (1981)
Wimbledonresult:3R (1982)
Doublesrecord:33–60
Doublestitles:1
Highestdoublesranking:No. 114 (3 January 1983)

Chris Johnstone (born 12 October 1960) is a former professional tennis player from Australia.

Career

Johnstone was runner-up to Pat Serret at the 1978 Australian Junior Championships.[1]

His best Grand Slam performance came at the 1982 Wimbledon Championships, where he had wins over David Schneider and Jay Lapidus, to make the third round.[2] In the mixed doubles he and partner Pam Whytcross were semi-finalists.[3]

A right-hander, Johnstone made the finals in both the singles and doubles draws at the 1982 South Australian Open.[2] He lost the singles final to Mike Bauer but won the doubles, with Pat Cash.[2]

Grand Prix career finals

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Challenger titles

Singles: (2)

No.YearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
1.1981Essen, West GermanyClay Andreas Maurer7–5, 7–6
2.1981Brisbane, AustraliaGrass Phil Dent6–4, 6–4

Doubles: (4)

No.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.1981West Worthing, UKClay Chris Lewis Rory Chappell
Schalk van der Merwe
6–2, 6–3
2.1981Ostend, BelgiumClay John Feaver Cliff Letcher
Warren Maher
6–4, 6–4
3. 1981Brisbane, AustraliaGrass Craig Miller Brad Drewett
Warren Maher
6–4, 7–5
4.1983Perth, AustraliaGrass John Benson Peter Doohan
Michael Fancutt
3–6, 6–4, 7–6

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ITF Juniors: Chris Johnstone . 24 August 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160317203030/http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=10002146 . 17 March 2016 . live .
  2. Web site: ATP World Tour: Chris Johnstone . 24 August 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121024152023/http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Jo/C/Chris-Johnstone.aspx . 24 October 2012 . live .
  3. Web site: ITF Pro Circuit: Chris Johnstone . 24 August 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140811164551/http://www.itftennis.com/ProCircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?PlayerID=10002146 . 11 August 2014 . live .