Glenn Wilson (tennis)
Full name | Glenn Wilson |
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Country (sports) | New Zealand |
Born | 17 August 1967 |
Prize money | $27,226 |
Singles | |
Career record | 0–1 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 599 (6 March 1995) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 2–9 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 160 (5 August 1996) |
Glenn Wilson (born 17 August 1967) is a former professional tennis player from New Zealand.
Biography
Wilson is originally from the small farming town of Rai Valley in Marlborough. He and his brother would practice on a floodlit asphalt court their parents had installed on their property. In 1987 to went to Iowa State University and played collegiate tennis for three and a half years.[1]
He began playing professionally in the early 1990s and eventually specialised in doubles, in which he reached 160 in the world. His only main draw appearance as a singles player came at the 1994 Tel Aviv Open, where he made it through qualifying, before losing to Andrei Cherkasov in the first round.[2] He had his best year on the doubles circuit in 1995 when he won the Prostějov Challenger with Andrei Pavel and reached the quarter-finals at the ATP Auckland Open, which was one of four main draw appearances he made in that tournament.
In 1997 he represented New Zealand in a Davis Cup tie against Indonesia in Jakarta. Wilson, aged 29, debuted in the reverse singles, a dead rubber which he won in straight sets over Suwandi Suwandi.[3] This remained his only Davis Cup court appearance. From 2000 to 2003 he acted as non playing captain of New Zealand's Davis Cup team.
Challenger titles
Doubles: (1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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1. | 1995 | Prostějov, Czech Republic | Clay | Andrei Pavel | Jeff Belloli Jack Waite |
7–5, 6–3 |
See also
References
- ^ Maddaford, Terry (30 June 2000). "Tennis: Wilson has come a long way since his Rai Valley days". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
- ^ "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Tel Aviv - 10 October - 16 October 1994". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
- ^ "Asia-Oceania I (second round)". Detroit Free Press. 7 April 1997. p. 28. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
External links
- Glenn Wilson at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Glenn Wilson at the Davis Cup
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