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Jordan Kerr
Country (sports) Australia
ResidenceAdelaide, Australia
Born (1979-10-26) 26 October 1979 (age 45)
Adelaide, Australia
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro1998
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,071,061
Singles
Career record0–0 (Grand Slam, ATP Tour level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 356 (7 August 2000)
Current rankingNo. 1252 (29 September 2014)
Doubles
Career record188–226 (Grand Slam, ATP Tour level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles9
Highest rankingNo. 23 (18 August 2008)
Current rankingNo. 201 (29 September 2014)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2006, 2007, 2009)
French Open2R (2002, 2004, 2007)
Wimbledon3R (2008)
US Open3R (2002, 2007)
Last updated on: 3 October 2014.

Jordan Kerr (born 26 October 1979, in Adelaide) is a retired Australian professional tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking was 356th, which he reached on 7 August 2000. His career high in doubles was 23rd, which he reached on 18 August 2008. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[1] He represented Australia in the men's doubles at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, losing in the opening round to the eventual silver medallists from Sweden.[2]

Jordan Kerr at the 2010 US Open

2012

Kerr played for the Philadelphia Freedoms of World Team Tennis that summer. It was his first season playing for the WTT. The Freedoms competed in 14 matches this season, including seven home matches played at The Pavilion at Villanova University.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 15 (9–6)

Legend (Doubles)
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Tennis Masters Cup /
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series /
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP International Series Gold /
ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–2)
ATP International Series /
ATP World Tour 250 Series (8–4)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Winner 1. 2003 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Newport, United States Grass Australia David Macpherson Austria Julian Knowle
Austria Jürgen Melzer
7–6(7–4), 6–3
Winner 2. 2004 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Newport, United States Grass United States Jim Thomas France Grégory Carraz
France Nicolas Mahut
6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
Winner 3. 2004 Atlanta Tennis Championships, Indianapolis, United States Hard United States Jim Thomas Zimbabwe Wayne Black
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
6–7(7–9), 7–6(7–3), 6–3
Runner-up 1. 2005 ATP Delray Beach, Delray Beach, United States Hard United States Jim Thomas Sweden Simon Aspelin
Australia Todd Perry
3–6, 3–6
Winner 4. 2005 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Newport, United States Grass United States Jim Thomas United States Graydon Oliver
United States Travis Parrott
7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–5)
Winner 5. 2007 Grand Prix Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco Clay Czech Republic David Škoch Poland Łukasz Kubot
Austria Oliver Marach
7–6(7–4), 1–6, [10–4]
Winner 6. 2007 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Newport, United States Grass United States Jim Thomas Australia Nathan Healey
Russia Igor Kunitsyn
6–3, 7–5
Winner 7. 2007 Japan Open Tennis Championships, Tokyo, Japan Hard Sweden Robert Lindstedt Canada Frank Dancevic
Australia Stephen Huss
6–4, 6–4
Winner 8. 2008 PBZ Zagreb Indoors, Zagreb, Croatia Hard (i) Australia Paul Hanley Germany Christopher Kas
Netherlands Rogier Wassen
6–3, 3–6, [10–8]
Runner-up 2. 2009 BMW Open, Munich, Germany Clay Australia Ashley Fisher Czech Republic Jan Hernych
Czech Republic Ivo Minář
4–6, 4–6
Winner 9. 2009 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Newport, United States Grass United States Rajeev Ram Germany Michael Kohlmann
Netherlands Rogier Wassen
6–7(6–8), 7–6(9–7), [10–6]
Runner-up 3. 2009 Atlanta Tennis Championships, Indianapolis, United States Hard Australia Ashley Fisher Latvia Ernests Gulbis
Russia Dmitry Tursunov
4–6, 6–3, [9–11]
Runner-up 4. 2009 Japan Open Tennis Championships, Tokyo, Japan Hard United Kingdom Ross Hutchins Austria Julian Knowle
Austria Jürgen Melzer
2–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Runner-up 5. 2010 ATP Sydney, Sydney, Australia Hard United Kingdom Ross Hutchins Canada Daniel Nestor
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Runner-up 6. 2010 ATP Memphis, Memphis, United States Hard (i) United Kingdom Ross Hutchins United States John Isner
United States Sam Querrey
4–6, 4–6

Grand Slam Men's Doubles Performance Timeline

Tournament 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Career SR Career Win-Loss
Australian Open 1R A A 2R 2R 2R 1R 2R 3R 3R 1R 3R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 13 10–13
French Open A A A 1R 2R 1R 2R 1R 1R 2R 2R 1R 1R A 2R 0 / 11 5–11
Wimbledon A A A Q2 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 3R 2R 2R A 1R 0 / 10 5–10
US Open A A A Q1 3R 2R 2R 2R 1R 3R 1R 1R 2R A 1R 0 / 10 8–10
Grand Slam SR 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 44 0 / 44
Grand Slam Win-Loss 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 4–4 3–4 2–4 2–4 2–4 5–4 3–4 3–4 2–4 0–1 1–4 28 / 44 28–44

References