Wesley Whitehouse Explained

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

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)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1997	Australian Open	Hard	Daniel Elsner	6–7, 2–6
Win	1997	Wimbledon	Grass	Daniel Elsner	6–3, 7–6
Loss	1997	US Open	Hard	Arnaud Di Pasquale	7–6, 4–6, 1–6

Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1996	Wimbledon	Grass	Damien Roberts	Jocelyn Robichaud Daniele Bracciali	2–6, 4–6
Loss	1997	Australian Open	Hard	Jaco Van Der Westhuizen	David Sherwood James Trotman	6–7, 3–6
Loss	1997	Wimbledon	Grass	Jaco Van Der Westhuizen	Luis Horna Nicolás Massú	4–6, 2–6

Performance timeline

Singles

Tournament	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	Q2	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Wimbledon	Q2	Q3	A	A	A	A	Q3	A	Q1	Q1	0 / 0	0–0
US Open	Q3	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 0	0–0

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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1		Namibia F1, Windhoek	Futures	Hard	Willem-Petrus Meyer	7–6(8–6), 4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win	1–1		Namibia F1, Windhoek	Futures	Hard	Gwinyai Tongoona	7–5, 6–1
Win	2–1		Botswana F1, Gaborone	Futures	Hard	Genius Chidzikwe	6–4, 6–2
Win	3–1		Zimbabwe F1, Bulawayo	Futures	Hard	Genius Chidzikwe	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win	4–1		Nigeria F3, Lagos	Futures	Hard	Valentin Sanon	6–4, 6–1
Win	5–1		Kenya F1, Mombasa	Futures	Hard	Mohamed Mamoun	7–5, 2–6, 7–6(8–6)
Win	6–1		Rwanda F2, Kigali	Futures	Clay	Jaroslav Pospíšil	6–4, 4–6, 7–5
Win	7–1		Nigeria F5, Lagos	Futures	Hard	Willem-Petrus Meyer	6–4, 6–2
Loss	7–2		Austin, United States	Challenger	Hard	Robert Kendrick	5–7, 7–6(7–2), 2–6
Loss	7–3		Botswana F1, Gaborone	Futures	Hard	Kevin Anderson	7–6(7–1), 4–6, 6–7(13–15)
Win	8–3		USA F4, Brownsville	Futures	Hard	Horia Tecău	6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Loss	8–4		USA F6, McAllen	Futures	Hard	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)

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Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0		Vadodara, India	Challenger	Grass	Myles Wakefield	Peter Tramacchi Max Mirnyi	7–6, 7–6
Win	2–0		Binghamton, United States	Challenger	Hard	Myles Wakefield	Petr Luxa Bernardo Martínez	7–5, 2–6, 7–5
Loss	2–1		Calcutta, India	Challenger	Grass	Barry Cowan	Noam Behr Eyal Ran	4–6, 7–6, 2–6
Loss	2–2		New Delhi, India	Challenger	Hard	Barry Cowan	Noam Behr Eyal Ran	3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win	3–2		Austin, United States	Challenger	Hard	Marcos Ondruska	Paul Goldstein Adam Peterson	7–5, 4–6, 6–2
Loss	3–3		Lexington, United States	Challenger	Hard	Grant Stafford	Lorenzo Manta Laurence Tieleman	6–7(5–7), 6–7(3–7)
Win	4–3		Bronx, United States	Challenger	Hard	Petr Luxa	Lee Hyung-taik Yoon Yong-il	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win	5–3		San Antonio, United States	Challenger	Hard	Gareth Williams	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–3, 6–4
Win	6–3		New Zealand F3, Tauranga	Futures	Hard	Jocelyn Robichaud	Mark Draper John Hui	6–3, 6–3
Loss	6–4		Namibia F1, Windhoek	Futures	Hard	Willem-Petrus Meyer	Andrew Anderson Dirk Stegmann	6–7(8–10), 3–6
Win	7–4		USA F27, Malibu	Futures	Hard	Zack Fleishman	Willem-Petrus Meyer Ramsey Smith	7–5, 6–4
Win	8–4		New Zealand F3, Auckland	Futures	Hard	Willem-Petrus Meyer	Dirk Stegmann Johan Du Randt	6–4, 3–6, 6–1
Win	9–4		Namibia F1, Windhoek	Futures	Hard	Johannes Saayman	Andrew Anderson Dirk Stegmann	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	9–5		New Zealand F1, Blenheim	Futures	Hard	Johan Du Randt	Stéphane Bohli Jun Kato	6–7(6–8), 6–4, 3–6
Win	10–5		New Zealand F3, Auckland	Futures	Hard	Johan Du Randt	Alistair Hunt James Shortall	6–2, 6–4
Loss	10–6		Nigeria F3, Lagos	Futures	Hard	Willem-Petrus Meyer	Mustafa Ghouse Claude N'Goran	6–1, 6–7(6–8), 2–6
Win	11–6		Nigeria F4, Lagos	Futures	Hard	Willem-Petrus Meyer	Genius Chidzikwe Gwinyai Tongoona	6–2, 6–2
Win	12–6		Kenya F1, Mombasa	Futures	Hard	Willem-Petrus Meyer	Bart Beks Matwé Middelkoop	6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Loss	12–7		Rwanda F1, Kigali	Futures	Clay	Willem-Petrus Meyer	Dušan Karol Jaroslav Pospíšil	4–6, 6–7(1–7)
Loss	12–8		Rwanda F2, Kigali	Futures	Clay	Willem-Petrus Meyer	Dušan Karol Jaroslav Pospíšil	walkover
Win	13–8		Nigeria F5, Lagos	Futures	Hard	Willem-Petrus Meyer	Martin Slanar Tomer Suissa	7–6(7–3), 6–3
Win	14–8		USA F9, Mobile	Futures	Hard	Michael Kosta	Esteban Carril Gabriel Trujillo Soler	6–3, 6–3
Loss	14–9		Botswana F1, Gaborone	Futures	Hard	Benjamin Janse Van Rensburg	Stephen Mitchell Kevin Anderson	6–7(1–7), 6–7(5–7)
Win	15–9		USA F6, McAllen	Futures	Hard	Pierre-Ludovic Duclos	Michel Koning Steven Korteling	6–3, 6–4
Win	16–9		USA F7, Little Rock	Futures	Hard	Michael Quintero Aguilar	Brendan Evans Scott Oudsema	6–4, 6–2
Win	17–9		USA F5, Harlingen	Futures	Hard	Izak van der Merwe	Nicholas Monroe Horia Tecău	6–3, 6–1
Win	18–9		Tallahassee, United States	Challenger	Hard	Izak van der Merwe	John Paul Fruttero Mirko Pehar	6–3, 6–4
Win	19–9		USA F14, Shingle Springs	Futures	Hard	Izak van der Merwe	Ryler Deheart Ryan Rowe	6–4, 6–1