Wesley Moodie

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Wesley Moodie
French tennis star Wesley Moodie
Country Flag of South Africa South Africa
Residence Durban, South Africa
Date of birth February 14, 1979
Place of birth Scottburgh
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight 90 kg (200 lb)
Turned Pro 2000
Plays right handed
Career Prize Money US$1,538,606
Singles
Career record: 58-70
Career titles: 1
Highest ranking: No. 57 (October 10, 2005)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open 2nd Round (2006)
French Open 3rd Round (2006)
Wimbledon 3rd Round (2003)
US Open 3rd Round (2006)
Doubles
Career record: 76 - 61
Career titles: 4
Highest ranking: No. 17 (June 19, 2006)

Infobox last updated on: April 21, 2008.

Wesley Moodie (born February 14, 1979) is a professional tennis player from South Africa.

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

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.

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

Moodie first came to public notice when he reached the 3rd round at Wimbledon in 2003, losing to Sébastien Grosjean, whom he beat in the USA later that year. Moodie won his first top-flight tour singles event in capturing the 2005 Japan Open, beating #5 seed Mario Ančić in the final 1–6, 7–6, 6–4.

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 #6, 9, 3, 1 & 2 seeds in the process.

Moodie is married to wife Marcia, a qualified teacher.

Wesley Moodie joined the Monte Carlo Tennis Academy on the 9th of June 2007[1]


[edit] Singles Titles

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (1)
Challengers (2)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. February 24, 2003 Flag of the United Kingdom Wrexham Hard Flag of Italy Stefano Pescosolido 6-4 6-3
2. June 2, 2003 Flag of the United Kingdom Surbiton Grass Flag of the United Kingdom Alex Bogdanovic 6-4 6-7 6-1
3. October 3, 2005 Flag of Japan Tokyo Hard Flag of Croatia Mario Ancic 1-6 7-6 6-4

[edit] Doubles Titles

Legend (Doubles)
Grand Slam (1)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (3)
Challengers (7)
No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score
1. July 9, 2001 Flag of the United Kingdom Bristol Grass Flag of South Africa Shaun Rudman Flag of Belgium Gilles Elseneer
Flag of Finland Tuomas Ketola
6-4 6-3
2. July 30, 2001 Flag of Spain Segovia Hard Flag of South Africa Shaun Rudman Flag of South Africa Neville Godwin
Flag of South Africa Marcos Ondruska
7-6 6-3
3. June 24, 2002 Flag of Andorra Andorra Hard (I) Flag of South Africa Shaun Rudman Flag of Chile Hermes Gamonal
Flag of Brazil Ricardo Mello
6-2 6-1
4. March 10, 2003 Flag of Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City Hard Flag of South Africa Rik De Voest Flag of India Rohan Bopanna
Flag of the Netherlands Fred Hemmes
6-3 3-6 6-3
5. January 3, 2005 Flag of New Caledonia Noumea Hard Flag of Australia Stephen Huss Flag of France Jerome Golmard
Flag of Israel Harel Levy
6-3 6-0
6. June 20, 2005 Flag of the United Kingdom Wimbledon Grass Flag of Australia Stephen Huss Flag of the United States Bob Bryan
Flag of the United States Mike Bryan
7-6 6-3 6-7 6-3
7. January 1, 2007 Flag of Australia Adelaide Hard Flag of Australia Todd Perry Flag of Serbia Novak Djokovic
Flag of the Czech Republic Radek Stepanek
6-4 3-6 15-13
8. April 9, 2007 Flag of Spain Valencia Clay Flag of Australia Todd Perry Flag of Switzerland Yves Allegro
Flag of Argentina Sebastian Prieto
7-5 7-5
9. November 19, 2007 Flag of Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Carpet (I) Flag of Australia Stephen Huss Flag of India Rohan Bopanna
Flag of Pakistan Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi
7-6 6-3
10. November 26, 2007 Flag of India New Delhi Hard Flag of South Africa Rik De Voest Flag of India Rohan Bopanna
Flag of Pakistan Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi
6-4 7-6
11. April 20, 2008 Flag of Portugal Estoril Clay Flag of South Africa Jeff Coetzee Flag of the United Kingdom Jamie Murray
Flag of Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
6-2 4-6 10-8

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