Wayne Arthurs (tennis player)

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Wayne Arthurs

Country	Australia
Residence	Melbourne, Australia
Date of birth	March 18, 1971
Place of birth	Adelaide, Australia
Height	6'3" (190 cm)
Weight	177 lbs (80 kg)
Turned Pro	1990
Plays	Left, One-handed backhand
Career Prize Money	$3,565,838
Singles
Career record:	129-157
Career titles:	1
Highest ranking:	44 (July 9, 2001)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	3rd (2001)
French Open	4th (2001)
Wimbledon	4th (1999, 2002)
U.S. Open	4th (2000)
Doubles
Career record:	310-249
Career titles:	12
Highest ranking:	11 (November 3, 2003)

Wayne Arthurs (b. March 18, 1971 in Adelaide, Australia) is an Australian professional tennis player. He is currently 171st in the ATP rankings.

Arthurs is left-handed and uses a one-handed backhand.

His serve is one of the best in the world and his strongest weapon by far. He consistently has one of the highest ace counts on the ATP Tour and favors a serve-and-volley style of play. Because of this, his game is best suited to fast surfaces.

A doubles specialist, Arthurs has won 12 ATP doubles titles in his career. In February 2005 he achieved a belated breakthrough in singles by winning the ATP event in Scottsdale, USA. No other player in history has won his first ATP singles title at such an advanced age (Arthurs was almost 34 at the time).

As of late 2006, Arthurs is the oldest active singles player on the ATP Tour. It is believed Arthurs will retire after the 2007 Australian Open.

He was referred to as the The Wayne Train by Adam & Wil on Triple J during sports reports.