| Country | Great Britain England |
|---|---|
| Residence | Wimbledon, London |
| Born | 22 February 1985 Wimbledon, London |
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) |
| Turned pro | 2002 |
| Plays | Right-handed |
| Career prize money | $555,166 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 0–1 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 559 (7 August 2006) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 85–101 |
| Career titles | 3 |
| Highest ranking | No. 30 (27 July 2009) |
| Current ranking | No. 43 (14 November 2011) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2009) |
| French Open | 3R (2008) |
| Wimbledon | QF (2011) |
| US Open | QF (2011) |
| Last updated on: 14 November 2011. | |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Competitor for England | ||
| Men's Tennis | ||
| Commonwealth Games | ||
| Silver | 2010 Delhi | Men's Doubles |
Ross Dan Hutchins (born 22 February 1985[1]) is a 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. Hutchins is currently one of Britain's highest ranked doubles players, alongside Jamie Murray, Colin Fleming and Ken Skupski.
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Hutchins attended King's College School in Wimbledon.[3]
Hutchins first started playing in futures and qualifying tournaments in the UK in 2003 and internationally in 2004.[4] 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.[4] He made his Grand Slam debut at the 2005 Wimbledon Men's Doubles, partnering Martin Lee, though the pair lost to Jean-François Bachelot and Arnaud Clément. His first singles final came in a futures tournament in Montreal the subsequent November.[4]
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.[5] Soon after, they reached the final of their first Challenger tournament, in Nottingham.[4] 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.[6]
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.[4] By the end of the year, Hutchins had broken into the world top 100 doubles ranking, having chosen to focus on the discipline.[7]
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.[8] He also made his Davis Cup debut for Great Britain in a match against Argentina, losing the doubles rubber alongside Jamie Murray.[9] He bounced back immediately at the China Open, where he and Huss clinched their first ATP Tour victory. Towards the end of the season, Hutchins also played some tournaments with Murray's former partner Eric Butorac.
In 2009, Hutchins switched to singles for the first time, playing in the qualifying tournament in the new ATP tour event in Johannesburg. He beat Denys Molchanov in the final round 7–5 6–1 to be the first British player to qualify for an ATP event since James Ward qualified for the Artois Championships in June 2008. He should get a new singles ranking of around 1200 after qualifying. He concentrated on doubles, however, and with his ranking now in the top 50 competed regularly with Stephen Huss in Masters tournaments. A good start to the season saw the pair reach three quarter-finals at these top level tournaments, and Hutchins reached a career peak ranking of number 33 in May 2009. As they struggled to win matches and when they did they couldn't make it 2 in a row. This run of form continued from Madrid until the US Open. Where upon losing in the first round Huss and Hutchins split. After losing the Davis Cup doubles where partner Andy Murray was hampered and forced Hutchins to play out of position, he teamed up with Jordan Kerr and alternated tournaments with who he played with by also partnering Horia Tecău. In his first event with the pair of them they won one and lost one. It then clicked with Kerr in their second tournament together as they reached the final of the Japan Open, which they lost to Jürgen Melzer and Julian Knowle. 2 first round losses with Tecau and one with Kerr followed before dropping down and making the semis of a challenger with Tecau before losing in the 1st round of another challenger Hutchins last tournament of 2009.
2010 saw Jordan Kerr become Hutchins' partner full time. The season started brightly after a 1st round exit in Brisbane, they made it to the final in Sydney losing to Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić. They went out in the first round of the Australian Open, before making their second final of the year in Memphis. This time losing to John Isner and Sam Querrey. A succession of 1st round exits followed with Kerr and Hutchins' also teamed up with his friend and Davis Cup team mate Andy Murray. They lost in the 1st round at Indian Wells, but won their first match in 11 months as a partnership at the Monte Carlo Mastersbeating Cermak and Martinak before losing to the Bryan brothers on a champions tie break.
On 1st April 2011 Ross Hutchins joined Andy Murray's coaching team, with Andy saying "I felt I needed another yes man" This was later found out to be an April Fool's joke. In June at Wimbledon Hutchins had his best performance at a Grand Slam event in doubles making the qurater-finals. He lost a very tight five set thriller partnering Colin Fleming to Christopher Kas and Alexander Peya. And then two months later at the US Open he equaled his Wimbledon performance of a quarter-final finish only to lose in three sets to Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 5–7, 6–2, 5–7 whilst having match point. again partnering Colin Fleming. He then reached the semi finals of the Open de Moselle but lost to second seeds Lukáš Dlouhý and Marcelo Melo in three sets. But a few weeks later he did win his first title of the year and his third title in his career partnering now permanent partner Colin Fleming at the St. Petersburg Open. They defeated Michail Elgin and Alexandre Kudryavtsev in three sets 6–3, 6–7(5–7), [10–8]. This was Hutchins first title with Fleming. His final tournament of the year was at the Paris Masters partnering Andy Murray, they lost in the second round in straight sets to Oliver Marach and Alexander Peya. Hutchins 2011 year ending ranking was 43rd in the world.
| Legend |
| Grand Slam (0) |
| Tennis Masters Cup (0) |
| ATP Masters 1000 (0) |
| ATP Tour 500 Series (1–2) |
| ATP Tour 250 Series (2–4) |
| Outcome | Num | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | 'Score |
| Runner-up | 1. | 23 June 2007 | Nottingham, United Kingdom | Grass | Joshua Goodall | Eric Butorac Jamie Murray |
6–4, 3–6, [5–10] |
| Winner | 1. | 28 September 2008 | Beijing, China | Hard (o) | Stephen Huss | Ashley Fisher Bobby Reynolds |
7–5, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 6 October 2008 | Moscow, Russia | Carpet (i) | Stephen Huss | Sergiy Stakhovsky Potito Starace |
6–7(4–7), 6–2, [6–10] |
| Runner-up | 3. | 26 October 2008 | Lyon, France | Carpet (i) | Stephen Huss | Michaël Llodra Andy Ram |
3–6, 7–5, [8–10] |
| Runner-up | 4. | 11 October 2009 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | Jordan Kerr | Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer |
2–6, 7–5, [8–10] |
| Runner-up | 5. | 16 January 2010 | Sydney, Australia | Hard | Jordan Kerr | Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić |
3–6, 6–7(5–7) |
| Runner-up | 6. | 21 February 2010 | Memphis, United States | Hard (i) | Jordan Kerr | John Isner Sam Querrey |
4–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 31 October 2010 | Montpellier, France | Hard (i) | Stephen Huss | Marc López Eduardo Schwank |
6–2, 4–6, [10–8] |
| Winner | 3. | 30 October 2011 | St. Petersburg, Russia | Hard (i) | Colin Fleming | Michail Elgin Alexandre Kudryavtsev |
6–3, 6–7(5–7), [10–8] |
To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded.
| Tournament | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1–3 |
| French Open | A | A | A | 3R | 1R | 1R | A | 2–3 |
| Wimbledon | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | QF | 6–7 |
| US Open | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | QF | 4–4 |
| Win-Loss | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 6–3 | 13–17 |
| Tennis Masters Cup | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0–0 |
| Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | A | QF | 1R | A | 2–2 |
| Miami Masters | A | A | A | A | QF | 1R | A | 2–2 |
| Monte Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0–0 |
| Rome Masters | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 0–1 |
| Madrid Masters | A | A | A | A | QF | A | A | 2–1 |
| Canada Masters | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 0–1 |
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 0–1 |
| Shanghai Masters | NM1 | A | A | A | 0–0 | |||
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1–1 |
| Hamburg Masters | A | A | A | A | NM1 | 0–0 | ||
| ATP Final Appearances | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| ATP Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Year End Ranking | 272 | 153 | 92 | 44 | 50 | 51 | 43 | |
To help interpret the performance table, the legend below explains what each abbreviation and color coded box represents in the performance timeline.
| Terms to know | |||
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| SR | tournaments won/played | W-L | Win-Loss |
| Performance Table Legend | |||
| NH | not held | A | absent |
| LQ | lost in qualifying draw | #R | lost in the early rounds |
| QF | quarterfinalist | SF | semifinalist |
| F | runner-up | W | winner |
| NM1 | means an event that was not an ATP Masters 1000 tournament. | |||
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