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Dominic Inglot
Inglot (left) with partner Huey at the 2012 US Open.
Country (sports)England England
ResidenceLondon, England
Born (1986-03-06) 6 March 1986 (age 38)
London, England
Height6 ft 4 in (193 cm)[1]
Turned pro2004
PlaysRight-handed (2-handed backhand)
CollegeVirginia Cavaliers
Prize money$182,235
Singles
Career record0-1 (in ATP (World) Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 561 (23 August 2010)
Current rankingNo. 886 (29 October 2012)
Doubles
Career record20-17 (51.06% in ATP (World) Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, in and Davis Cup)
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 40 (29 October 2012)
Current rankingNo. 40 (29 October 2012)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenNP
French Open3R (2012)
Wimbledon3R (2010)
US Open2R (2012)
Mixed doubles
Career record2-1 (in ATP (World) Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches)
Career titles0
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon3R (2012)
Last updated on: 29 October 2012.

Dominic Inglot (born 6 March 1986 in London) is an English professional tennis player who specialises in playing doubles. He has made the final of seven ATP Challenger Tour Events winning five of them, and has made the final of three ATP Tour events at the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships and Swiss Indoors, winning the Citi Open Partnering Treat Conrad Huey. He is the current British No.4 and English No.3

Biography

Personal life

Dominic Inglot was born in London, England. He learned to play tennis at St. Benedict's School at the University of Virginia, in Virginia. As a Junior he represented Middlesex County as well as on the international stage with England and Great Britain. At High school he played Volleyball and was Captain of the London Volleyball team, He also received honors in academics in 2001-02. His mother is Elizabeth and his Father is Andrei Inglot who used to play proffesional football in Poland. He also has one younger brother called Alex. In 2004 he was picked to serve as the tennis double for actor Paul Bettany who played a British tennis player who won Wimbledon with a wild card entry in the film Wimbledon.[2]

University Tennis Career

2006-07

In the 2006-07, he was the #2 doubles player at the NCAA All-Tournament Team. He finished 2nd in the team VaSID All-State event. He ended the season ranked No. 108 in the ITA singles rankings but was ranked as high as No. 67 for the season with a singles record 16-13 with three wins over ranked players. In the ITA doubles rankings he ended the season ranked No. 50 with Houston Barrick but was ranked as high as No. 40. they had a doubles record of 27-6.

2007-2008

In the 2007-2008, he participated at the ITA Singles All-American event and NCAA Singles Championship. Finished first in the team VaSID All-State event. He Won the ITA Mideast Regional Singles Title and the ITA National Indoor Singles Backdraw defeating three top ten players on the way. He was also co-Champion at the UVa Fall Invitational singles. He ended the season ranked No. 26 in the ITA singles rankings, but was ranked as high as No. 3. In doubles he was ranked at No. 57 in the ITA rankings with Houston Barrick, but was ranked as high as No. 17.

Professional Tennis Career

2009

In 2009 Inglot won a Silver Medal at the World University Games in Belgrade partnering former professional player Max Jones. he spent most of the year on the Futures tour and partially towards the end of the year on the Challenger Tour, he got into eight finals winning six of them his best performance being at the Charlottesville open Challenger were he Partnered Rylan Rizza. They got to the final but lost in three sets 4–6, 6–3, 9–11.

2010

in 2010 Inglot qualified for his first grand slam tournament partnering Chris Eaton at Wimbledon, in the first round they won in four sets Inglot's first ever ATP tour and grand slam win. In the second round they beat the then World No. 1 team of Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic in five sets 7–5, 5–7, 7–6(7–4), 6–7(3–7), 8–6 surprising everybody and proving to be the upset of the tournament. They were finally beaten in the third round losing to Julien Benneteau and Michael Llodra in four sets 6–2, 3–6, 4–6, 4–6.

2011

In 2011 Inglot had his most quiet season to date as he struggled for form and even to play matches, this was mainly due to a serious ankle injury he suffered at the start of the year. he did however win a title on a wildcard at a Challenger tour event were he partnered Treat Conrad Huey at the Charlottesville open. They won the final in three sets 4–6, 6–4, 10–7

2012

Inglot made his first ever ATP Tour final at the 2012 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston partnering Treat Conrad Huey in doubles but they lost to the much more experienced duo of James Blake and Sam Querrey 6–7(14–16), 4–6. Inglot qualified for his first tournament out side of Wimbledon at the French Open where he once again partnered Treat Conrad Huey, they made it to the third round defeating the fifth seeds Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecău in straight sets 6–3, 6–4 in the second round but lost to tenth seeds Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and Jean-Julien Rojer 1–6, 4–6. Later that week he went on to win the AEGON Trophy again partnering Treat Conrad Huey defeating fellow country man Jonathan Marray and Frederik Nielsen of Denmark 6–4, 6–7(7–4), 10–8. This rose his doubles ranking to a career high of 86th in the world. At Wimbledon he partnered Treat Conrad Huey, but unfortunately they lost in the first round in a a five set thriller 6–4, 2–6, 6–3, 6–7(6–8), 7–9 to Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram. He also competed in the Mixed doubles event for first time at Wimbledon on a wildcard. He partnered Laura Robson and they made it into the third round defeating defending champions Jürgen Melzer and Iveta Benešová in three sets on the way. They eventually lost to fellow Brit Colin Fleming and Hsieh Su-wei of Taiwan in straight sets both on tie breakers 6–7(3–7), 6–7(3–7). Inglot made his second ATP Tour final of the season at the 2012 Citi Open in Washington, D.C. again partnering Treat Conrad Huey. They defeated Kevin Anderson and Sam Querrey in three sets 7–6(9–7), 6–7(9–11), [10–5]. This was Inglot's and Huey's first first tour-level title of their career and as a team. This win rose his doubles ranking to a career high No.52 in the world. At the US Open Inglot again partnered Huey. They were beaten in the second round by fifteenth seeds Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares in three sets 6–4, 2–6, 4–6. In late September Inglot qualified for his first singles match at ATP tour level. He lost the match in straight sets to the far more experienced Alex Bogomolov Jr. 5–7, 3–6. In his final tournament of the season Inglot had more success with partner Huey making it to his third ATP tour final of the season at the Swiss Indoors. They faced the top seeds and very experienced duo of Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić. Unfortunately they lost the final on a champions tie breaker 5–7, 7–6(7–4), [5–10]. However this did rise his doubles ranking to a career high No.40 in the world, the first time he has been inside the top forty.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 3 (1–2)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–1)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)
Finals by Surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 1. 15 April 2012 Houston, United States Clay Philippines Treat Conrad Huey United States James Blake
United States Sam Querrey
6–7(14–16), 3–6
Winner 1. 5 August 2012 Washington, D.C., United States Hard Philippines Treat Conrad Huey South Africa Kevin Anderson
United States Sam Querrey
7–6(9–7), 6–7(9–11), [10–5]
Runner-up 2. 28 October 2012 Basel, Switzerland Hard (i) Philippines Treat Conrad Huey Canada Daniel Nestor
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
5–7, 7–6(7–4), [5–10]

ATP Challenger Career Finals

Doubles: 7 (5–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (5–2)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 1. 2 November 2009 Charlottesville, United States Hard (i) United States Rylan Rizza Germany Martin Emmrich
Sweden Andreas Siljestrom
4–6, 6–3, [9–11]
Winner 1. 2 August 2010 Vancouver, Canada Hard (o) Philippines Treat Conrad Huey United States Ryan Harrison
United States Jesse Levine
6–4, 7–5
Winner 2. 9 August 2010 Binghamton, United States Hard (o) Philippines Treat Conrad Huey United States Scott Lipsky
United States David Martin
5–7, 7–6(7–2), [10–8]
Winner 3. 31 October 2011 Charlottesville, United States Hard (i) Philippines Treat Conrad Huey United States John Paul Fruttero
South Africa Raven Klaasen
4–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Runner-up 2. 29 January 2012 Heilbronn, Germany Hard (i) Philippines Treat Conrad Huey Sweden Johan Brunstrom
Denmark Frederik Nielsen
3–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Winner 4. 6 February 2012 Dallas, United States Hard (i) United Kingdom Chris Eaton United States Nicholas Monroe
United States Jack Sock
7–6(7–2), 6–4, [19–17]
Winner 5. 5 June 2012 Nottingham, Great Britain Grass Philippines Treat Conrad Huey United Kingdom Jonathan Marray
Denmark Frederik Nielsen
6–4, 6–7(9–11), [10–8]

Doubles Career Summary

Men's Doubles

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 2010 2011 2012 Career
Australian Open A A A 0–0
French Open A A 3R 2–1
Wimbledon 3R A 1R 2–2
US Open A A 2R 1–1
Win-Loss 2–1 0–0 3–3 5–4

References

http://www.bucs.org.uk/news.asp?section=8&itemid=3763

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