Wesley Moodie Explained

Wesley Moodie
Residence:	Cape Town, South Africa
Birth Date:	1979 2, df=yes
Birth Place:	Durban
Turnedpro:	2000
Retired:	July 2011
Plays:	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:	$2,455,112
Singlesrecord:	58–70
Singlestitles:	1
Highestsinglesranking:	No. 57 (10 October 2005)
Australianopenresult:	2R (2006)
Frenchopenresult:	1R (2006)
Wimbledonresult:	3R (2003)
Usopenresult:	3R (2006)
Doublesrecord:	170–133
Doublestitles:	6
Highestdoublesranking:	No. 8 (3 August 2009)
Australianopendoublesresult:	SF (2008)
Frenchopendoublesresult:	F (2009)
Wimbledondoublesresult:	W (2005)
Usopendoublesresult:	QF (2009, 2010)

Wesley Moodie (born 14 February 1979) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa who won the 2005 Wimbledon Men's Doubles.

Career

Early life and college career

He began to play tennis at an early age and won the South African Junior Masters tournament in February 1996.

Moodie played college tennis in the United States from January 1997 until May 2000, originally for Auburn University at Montgomery (AUM), and then from September 1998 at Boise State (BSU). He turned professional in June 2000.

Professional career

Moodie first came to public notice when he reached the third round at Wimbledon in 2003, losing to Sébastien Grosjean, whom he beat in the United States later that year. Moodie won his first top-flight tour singles event in capturing the 2005 Japan Open, beating fifth seed Mario Ančić in the final 1–6, 7–6, 6–4, after saving two match points in the tie-break (he had also saved four match points in the semifinal against Jarkko Nieminen).

Along with Stephen Huss, who formerly played college tennis for the Auburn Tigers, he became the first qualifier to win the Wimbledon men's doubles championship in 2005, beating the No. 6, 9, 3, 1 & 2 seeds in the process.

Wesley Moodie joined the Monte Carlo Tennis Academy on 9 June 2007.^[1]

Playing style

Moodie is a serve-and-volley specialist who has developed his baseline game to a high level of proficiency. His 6 ft 5 in height is combined with a powerful serve.

Personal

Moodie is married to wife Marcia, a teacher. They have a daughter, Danica Jade, born 30 November 2006, two sons, Jason, born 16 February 2011 and Kristian, born 30 June 2015.

Grand Slam finals

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

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2005	Wimbledon	Grass	Stephen Huss	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6^(7–4), 6–3, 6–7^(2–7), 6–3
Loss	2009	French Open	Clay	Dick Norman	Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes	6–3, 3–6, 2–6

Mixed doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP Masters Series / ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP International Series Gold / ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–0) ATP International Series / ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (1–0) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting Outdoor (1–0) Indoor (0–0)

Doubles: 13 (6 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (1–1) ATP Masters Series / ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–2) ATP International Series Gold / ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP International Series / ATP World Tour 250 Series (5–4)

Finals by surface Hard (1–4) Clay (2–3) Grass (3–0) Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting Outdoor (6–5) Indoor (0–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0		Wimbledon, U.K.	Grand Slam	Grass	Stephen Huss	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6^(7–4), 6–3, 6–7^(2–7), 6–3
Loss	1–1		Swiss Indoors, Switzerland	International	Hard (i)	Stephen Huss	Agustín Calleri Fernando González	5–7, 5–7
Loss	1–2		Delray Beach Open, U.S.	International	Hard	Chris Haggard	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	2–6, 3–6
Win	2–2		Adelaide International, Australia	International	Hard	Todd Perry	Novak Djokovic Radek Štěpánek	6–4, 3–6, [15–13]
Win	3–2		Valencia Open, Spain	International	Clay	Todd Perry	Yves Allegro Sebastián Prieto	7–5, 7–5
Loss	3–3		Qatar Open, Doha	International	Hard	Jeff Coetzee	Philipp Kohlschreiber David Škoch	4–6, 6–4, [9–11]
Win	4–3		Estoril Open, Portugal	International	Clay	Jeff Coetzee	Jamie Murray Kevin Ullyett	6–2, 4–6, [10–8]
Loss	4–4		Paris Masters, France	Masters	Hard (i)	Jeff Coetzee	Jonas Björkman Kevin Ullyett	2–6, 2–6
Loss	4–5		Madrid Open, Spain	Masters 1000	Clay	Simon Aspelin	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	4–6, 4–6
Loss	4–6		French Open, Paris	Grand Slam	Clay	Dick Norman	Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes	6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Win	5–6		Queen's Club Championships, U.K.	250 Series	Grass	Mikhail Youzhny	Marcelo Melo André Sá	6–4, 4–6, [10–6]
Win	6–6		Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands	250 Series	Grass	Dick Norman	Johan Brunström Jean-Julien Rojer	7–6^(7–3), 6–7^(8–10), [10–5]
Loss	6–7		U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, U.S.	250 Series	Clay	Stephen Huss	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 5–7

Career statistics

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	Career SR	Career W-L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	3R	3R	SF	2R	1R	1R	0 / 7	11–7
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	2R	F	SF	1R	0 / 6	10–6
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	W	3R	3R	2R	SF	SF	QF	1 / 7	21–6
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	A	QF	QF	A	0 / 5	6–5
Grand Slam SR	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	1 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	1 / 27	N/A
Annual win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	8–2	5–4	4–4	6–3	12–4	9–4	2–3	N/A	48–24
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	2R	1R	A	A	0 / 3	1–3
Miami	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	A	SF	2R	1R	A	0 / 4	6–4
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF	2R	SF	A	0 / 3	6–3
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	2R	1R	2R	2R	0 / 5	0–5
Madrid (Stuttgart)	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	SF	F	2R	QF	0 / 4	7–4
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	QF	A	A	0 / 2	1–2
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	A	A	A	QF	SF	A	0 / 3	5–3
Shanghai	Not Held											QF	2R	A	0 / 2	0–2
Paris	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	F	2R	QF	A	0 / 3	4–3
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	2R	NM1			0 / 2	1–2
Masters Series SR	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 2	0 / 4	0 / 0	0 / 7	0 / 9	0 / 7	0 / 2	0 / 31	N/A
Annual win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	3–4	0–0	11–7	7–9	7–7	1–2	N/A	31–31
Year-end ranking	1384	–	285	200	188	178	172	24	47	49	14	10	14	182	N/A

External links

• • • • Moodie world ranking history
• Profile page of Wesley Moodie at the Monte Carlo Tennis Academy website
• Wesley Moodie Foundation Website

Notes and References

1. http://www.mctacademy.com/news/2007/090607-01.shtml MCTA Academy site