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Wesley Whitehouse

Wesley Whitehouse (born 13 March 1979) is a South African-born New Zealand tennis player.

Wesley Whitehouse
Country (sports) South Africa
 New Zealand
ResidencePretoria, South Africa and Phoenix, Arizona
Born (1979-03-13) 13 March 1979 (age 45)
Empangeni, South Africa
Height190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro1998
Retired2015
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$195,247
Singles
Career record4–7
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 214 (2 August 2004)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (1999)
WimbledonQ3 (1999, 2004)
US OpenQ3 (1998)
Doubles
Career record3–6
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 137 (22 November 1999)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon3R (1999)
US OpenQ2 (1999)
Last updated on: 19 September 2021.

Biography

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Whitehouse lives or has lived in between Pretoria, South Africa and Phoenix, Arizona but currently lives in Auckland, New Zealand

Career

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Juniors

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In 1997 he was Wimbledon Tennis Junior Champion defeating Daniel Elsner of Germany 6–3, 7–6(6). He was also a finalist in both the Australian Open and US Open juniors in the same year. He has played in many other tournaments since then.

Pro tour

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Whitehouse reached a career-high singles ranking on the ATP Tour of world No. 214. He defeated Marat Safin at Indianapolis in 2006.

Junior Grand Slam finals

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Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1997 Australian Open Hard Germany  Daniel Elsner 6–7, 2–6
Win 1997 Wimbledon Grass Germany  Daniel Elsner 6–3, 7–6
Loss 1997 US Open Hard France  Arnaud Di Pasquale 7–6, 4–6, 1–6

Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1996 Wimbledon Grass South Africa  Damien Roberts Canada  Jocelyn Robichaud
Italy  Daniele Bracciali		 2–6, 4–6
Loss 1997 Australian Open Hard South Africa  Jaco Van Der Westhuizen United Kingdom  David Sherwood
United Kingdom  James Trotman		 6–7, 3–6
Loss 1997 Wimbledon Grass South Africa  Jaco Van Der Westhuizen Peru  Luis Horna
Chile  Nicolás Massú		 4–6, 2–6

Performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

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Tournament 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q2 A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon Q2 Q3 A A A A Q3 A Q1 Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open Q3 A A A A A Q2 A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 12 (8–4)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (0–1)
ITF Futures (8–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (7–4)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2001 Namibia F1, Windhoek Futures Hard South Africa  Willem-Petrus Meyer 7–6(8–6), 4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win 1–1 Oct 2002 Namibia F1, Windhoek Futures Hard Zimbabwe  Gwinyai Tongoona 7–5, 6–1
Win 2–1 Nov 2002 Botswana F1, Gaborone Futures Hard Zimbabwe  Genius Chidzikwe 6–4, 6–2
Win 3–1 Nov 2002 Zimbabwe F1, Bulawayo Futures Hard Zimbabwe  Genius Chidzikwe 4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win 4–1 Aug 2003 Nigeria F3, Lagos Futures Hard Ivory Coast  Valentin Sanon 6–4, 6–1
Win 5–1 Sep 2003 Kenya F1, Mombasa Futures Hard Egypt  Mohamed Mamoun 7–5, 2–6, 7–6(8–6)
Win 6–1 Oct 2003 Rwanda F2, Kigali Futures Clay Czech Republic  Jaroslav Pospíšil 6–4, 4–6, 7–5
Win 7–1 Oct 2003 Nigeria F5, Lagos Futures Hard South Africa  Willem-Petrus Meyer 6–4, 6–2
Loss 7–2 Oct 2004 Austin, United States Challenger Hard United States  Robert Kendrick 5–7, 7–6(7–2), 2–6
Loss 7–3 Nov 2004 Botswana F1, Gaborone Futures Hard South Africa  Kevin Anderson 7–6(7–1), 4–6, 6–7(13–15)
Win 8–3 Feb 2007 USA F4, Brownsville Futures Hard Romania  Horia Tecău 6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Loss 8–4 Mar 2007 USA F6, McAllen Futures Hard Canada  Peter Polansky 3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 28 (19–9)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (6–3)
ITF Futures (13–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (18–6)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Apr 1998 Vadodara, India Challenger Grass South Africa  Myles Wakefield Australia  Peter Tramacchi
Belarus  Max Mirnyi 		7–6, 7–6
Win 2–0 Aug 1998 Binghamton, United States Challenger Hard South Africa  Myles Wakefield Czech Republic  Petr Luxa
Mexico  Bernardo Martínez 		7–5, 2–6, 7–5
Loss 2–1 Feb 1999 Calcutta, India Challenger Grass United Kingdom  Barry Cowan Israel  Noam Behr
Israel  Eyal Ran 		4–6, 7–6, 2–6
Loss 2–2 Apr 1999 New Delhi, India Challenger Hard United Kingdom  Barry Cowan Israel  Noam Behr
Israel  Eyal Ran 		3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win 3–2 Sep 1999 Austin, United States Challenger Hard South Africa  Marcos Ondruska United States  Paul Goldstein
United States  Adam Peterson 		7–5, 4–6, 6–2
Loss 3–3 Aug 2000 Lexington, United States Challenger Hard South Africa  Grant Stafford Switzerland  Lorenzo Manta
Italy  Laurence Tieleman 		6–7(5–7), 6–7(3–7)
Win 4–3 Aug 2000 Bronx, United States Challenger Hard Czech Republic  Petr Luxa South Korea  Lee Hyung-taik
South Korea  Yoon Yong-il 		3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win 5–3 Oct 2000 San Antonio, United States Challenger Hard South Africa  Gareth Williams United States  Bob Bryan
United States  Mike Bryan 		6–3, 6–4
Win 6–3 Mar 2001 New Zealand F3, Tauranga Futures Hard Canada  Jocelyn Robichaud Australia  Mark Draper
Hong Kong  John Hui 		6–3, 6–3
Loss 6–4 Jun 2001 Namibia F1, Windhoek Futures Hard South Africa  Willem-Petrus Meyer South Africa  Andrew Anderson
South Africa  Dirk Stegmann 		6–7(8–10), 3–6
Win 7–4 Nov 2001 USA F27, Malibu Futures Hard United States  Zack Fleishman South Africa  Willem-Petrus Meyer
United States  Ramsey Smith 		7–5, 6–4
Win 8–4 Mar 2002 New Zealand F3, Auckland Futures Hard South Africa  Willem-Petrus Meyer South Africa  Dirk Stegmann
South Africa  Johan Du Randt 		6–4, 3–6, 6–1
Win 9–4 Oct 2002 Namibia F1, Windhoek Futures Hard South Africa  Johannes Saayman South Africa  Andrew Anderson
South Africa  Dirk Stegmann 		4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss 9–5 Mar 2003 New Zealand F1, Blenheim Futures Hard South Africa  Johan Du Randt Switzerland  Stéphane Bohli
Japan  Jun Kato 		6–7(6–8), 6–4, 3–6
Win 10–5 Mar 2003 New Zealand F3, Auckland Futures Hard South Africa  Johan Du Randt New Zealand  Alistair Hunt
New Zealand  James Shortall 		6–2, 6–4
Loss 10–6 Aug 2003 Nigeria F3, Lagos Futures Hard South Africa  Willem-Petrus Meyer India  Mustafa Ghouse
Ivory Coast  Claude N'Goran 		6–1, 6–7(6–8), 2–6
Win 11–6 Aug 2003 Nigeria F4, Lagos Futures Hard South Africa  Willem-Petrus Meyer Zimbabwe  Genius Chidzikwe
Zimbabwe  Gwinyai Tongoona 		6–2, 6–2
Win 12–6 Sep 2003 Kenya F1, Mombasa Futures Hard South Africa  Willem-Petrus Meyer Netherlands  Bart Beks
Netherlands  Matwé Middelkoop 		6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Loss 12–7 Sep 2003 Rwanda F1, Kigali Futures Clay South Africa  Willem-Petrus Meyer Czech Republic  Dušan Karol
Czech Republic  Jaroslav Pospíšil 		4–6, 6–7(1–7)
Loss 12–8 Oct 2003 Rwanda F2, Kigali Futures Clay South Africa  Willem-Petrus Meyer Czech Republic  Dušan Karol
Czech Republic  Jaroslav Pospíšil 		walkover
Win 13–8 Oct 2003 Nigeria F5, Lagos Futures Hard South Africa  Willem-Petrus Meyer Austria  Martin Slanar
Israel  Tomer Suissa 		7–6(7–3), 6–3
Win 14–8 Apr 2004 USA F9, Mobile Futures Hard United States  Michael Kosta Spain  Esteban Carril
Spain  Gabriel Trujillo Soler 		6–3, 6–3
Loss 14–9 Nov 2004 Botswana F1, Gaborone Futures Hard South Africa  Benjamin Janse Van Rensburg South Africa  Stephen Mitchell
South Africa  Kevin Anderson 		6–7(1–7), 6–7(5–7)
Win 15–9 Mar 2006 USA F6, McAllen Futures Hard Canada  Pierre-Ludovic Duclos Netherlands  Michel Koning
Netherlands  Steven Korteling 		6–3, 6–4
Win 16–9 Mar 2006 USA F7, Little Rock Futures Hard Colombia  Michael Quintero Aguilar United States  Brendan Evans
United States  Scott Oudsema 		6–4, 6–2
Win 17–9 Mar 2007 USA F5, Harlingen Futures Hard South Africa  Izak van der Merwe United States  Nicholas Monroe
Romania  Horia Tecău 		6–3, 6–1
Win 18–9 Apr 2007 Tallahassee, United States Challenger Hard South Africa  Izak van der Merwe United States  John Paul Fruttero
United States  Mirko Pehar 		6–3, 6–4
Win 19–9 Jul 2007 USA F14, Shingle Springs Futures Hard South Africa  Izak van der Merwe United States  Ryler Deheart
United States  Ryan Rowe 		6–4, 6–1
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