Ross Hutchins

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**Ross Hutchins**
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Country	United Kingdom
Residence	Wimbledon, London
Date of birth	February 22, 1985 (1985-02-22) (age 23)
Place of birth	Wimbledon, London
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	86 kg (190 lb/13.5 st)
Turned pro	2002
Plays	Right-handed
Career prize money	$90,140
Singles
Career record:	0–0
Career titles:	0
Highest ranking:	559 (Aug 7, 2006)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	-
French Open	-
Wimbledon	-
US Open	-
Doubles
Career record:	54 - 19
Career titles:	0
Highest ranking:	81 (April 14, 2008)
Infobox last updated on: May 30, 2008.

Ross Arnold Hutchins (b. 22 February 1985^[1]) is an British professional tennis player, known best as a doubles player. Hutchins was born in Wimbledon, a location synonymous with tennis. ^[2] Having turned professional in 2002, he enjoyed success on the Challenger circuit and broke through to the ATP Tour in late 2007.

1 Biography
2 Finals (4)
- 2.1 Singles (0)
- 2.2 Doubles (4)
  - 2.2.1 Wins (1)
  - 2.2.2 Runners Up (3)
3 References
4 External Links

[edit] Biography

Hutchins first started playing in futures and qualifying tournaments in the UK in 2003 and internationally in 2004. ^[3] In February 2005 he achieved his first professional tournament victory in the Delmont futures doubles tournament in Switzerland with Henry Adjei-Darko, with further futures doubles victories following. ^[3] He made his Grand Slam debut at the 2005 Wimbledon Men's Doubles, partnering Martin Lee, though the pair lost to Jean-Francois Bachelot and Arnaud Clement. His first singles final came in a futures tournament in Montreal the subsequent November. ^[3]

Hutchins success as a doubles player on the futures circuit continued, and he returned more successfully to the 2006 edition of Wimbledon with regular partner Joshua Goodall. The pair reached the second round, having defeated Christophe Rochus and Stanislas Wawrinka in round one. ^[4] Soon after, they reached the final of their first Challenger tournament, in Nottingham. ^[3] Hutchins chose to concentrate on doubles following these tournaments, resulting in his singles career-high ranking, as of May 2008, of 516 to be reached in August 2006. ^[5]

2007 saw Hutchins winning more futures tournaments. His most successful moment again came in Nottingham, this time reaching his first ATP Tour final, again with Goodall. On the way they beat top seeds Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram. ^[3] Their return to Wimbledon was less accomplished, however, resulting in a first round exit. By the end of the year, Hutchins had broken into the world top 100 doubles ranking, though was no longer ranked as a singles player. ^[6]

In 2008 Hutchins began to play more regularly in ATP tournaments, with new partner Stephen Huss. They achieved a surprise result in the 2008 French Open, beating fourth seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles in round one. ^[7] He also made his Davis Cup debut for Great Britain in a match against Argentina, losing the doubles rubber alongside Jamie Murray. ^[8]

[edit] Finals (4)

[edit] Singles (0)

[edit] Doubles (4)

[edit] Wins (1)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	12 August 2007	Istanbul, Turkey (Challenger)	Hard	James Auckland	Dick Norman Kristof Vliegen	5-7 7-6 (10-7)

[edit] Runners Up (3)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (1)
Challengers (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	30 July 2006	Nottingham, U.K. (Challenger)	Hard	Joshua Goodall	Martin Lee Jonathan Marray	3-6, 6–3, (10-3)
2.	23 June 2007	Nottingham, U.K.	Grass	Joshua Goodall	Eric Butorac Jamie Murray	4-6, 6–3, (10-5)
3.	29 July 2007	Lexington, U.S.A. (Challenger)	Hard	Phillip Simmonds	Brendan Evans Ryan Sweeting	6-4 6-4