South African-born New Zealand tennis player
Wesley Whitehouse (born 13 March 1979) is a South African-born New Zealand tennis player.
Whitehouse lives or has lived in between Pretoria , South Africa and Phoenix, Arizona but currently lives in Auckland , New Zealand
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.
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 [ edit ]
Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)[ edit ]
Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)[ edit ]
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.
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals [ edit ]
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
Willem-Petrus Meyer
7–6(8–6) , 4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win
1–1
Oct 2002
Namibia F1, Windhoek
Futures
Hard
Gwinyai Tongoona
7–5, 6–1
Win
2–1
Nov 2002
Botswana F1, Gaborone
Futures
Hard
Genius Chidzikwe
6–4, 6–2
Win
3–1
Nov 2002
Zimbabwe F1, Bulawayo
Futures
Hard
Genius Chidzikwe
4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win
4–1
Aug 2003
Nigeria F3, Lagos
Futures
Hard
Valentin Sanon
6–4, 6–1
Win
5–1
Sep 2003
Kenya F1, Mombasa
Futures
Hard
Mohamed Mamoun
7–5, 2–6, 7–6(8–6)
Win
6–1
Oct 2003
Rwanda F2, Kigali
Futures
Clay
Jaroslav Pospíšil
6–4, 4–6, 7–5
Win
7–1
Oct 2003
Nigeria F5, Lagos
Futures
Hard
Willem-Petrus Meyer
6–4, 6–2
Loss
7–2
Oct 2004
Austin , United States
Challenger
Hard
Robert Kendrick
5–7, 7–6(7–2) , 2–6
Loss
7–3
Nov 2004
Botswana F1, Gaborone
Futures
Hard
Kevin Anderson
7–6(7–1) , 4–6, 6–7(13–15)
Win
8–3
Feb 2007
USA F4, Brownsville
Futures
Hard
Horia Tecău
6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Loss
8–4
Mar 2007
USA F6, McAllen
Futures
Hard
Peter Polansky
3–6, 2–6
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
Myles Wakefield
Peter Tramacchi Max Mirnyi
7–6, 7–6
Win
2–0
Aug 1998
Binghamton , United States
Challenger
Hard
Myles Wakefield
Petr Luxa Bernardo Martínez
7–5, 2–6, 7–5
Loss
2–1
Feb 1999
Calcutta , India
Challenger
Grass
Barry Cowan
Noam Behr Eyal Ran
4–6, 7–6, 2–6
Loss
2–2
Apr 1999
New Delhi , India
Challenger
Hard
Barry Cowan
Noam Behr Eyal Ran
3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win
3–2
Sep 1999
Austin , United States
Challenger
Hard
Marcos Ondruska
Paul Goldstein Adam Peterson
7–5, 4–6, 6–2
Loss
3–3
Aug 2000
Lexington , United States
Challenger
Hard
Grant Stafford
Lorenzo Manta Laurence Tieleman
6–7(5–7) , 6–7(3–7)
Win
4–3
Aug 2000
Bronx , United States
Challenger
Hard
Petr Luxa
Lee Hyung-taik Yoon Yong-il
3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win
5–3
Oct 2000
San Antonio , United States
Challenger
Hard
Gareth Williams
Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
6–3, 6–4
Win
6–3
Mar 2001
New Zealand F3, Tauranga
Futures
Hard
Jocelyn Robichaud
Mark Draper John Hui
6–3, 6–3
Loss
6–4
Jun 2001
Namibia F1, Windhoek
Futures
Hard
Willem-Petrus Meyer
Andrew Anderson Dirk Stegmann
6–7(8–10) , 3–6
Win
7–4
Nov 2001
USA F27, Malibu
Futures
Hard
Zack Fleishman
Willem-Petrus Meyer Ramsey Smith
7–5, 6–4
Win
8–4
Mar 2002
New Zealand F3, Auckland
Futures
Hard
Willem-Petrus Meyer
Dirk Stegmann Johan Du Randt
6–4, 3–6, 6–1
Win
9–4
Oct 2002
Namibia F1, Windhoek
Futures
Hard
Johannes Saayman
Andrew Anderson Dirk Stegmann
4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss
9–5
Mar 2003
New Zealand F1, Blenheim
Futures
Hard
Johan Du Randt
Stéphane Bohli Jun Kato
6–7(6–8) , 6–4, 3–6
Win
10–5
Mar 2003
New Zealand F3, Auckland
Futures
Hard
Johan Du Randt
Alistair Hunt James Shortall
6–2, 6–4
Loss
10–6
Aug 2003
Nigeria F3, Lagos
Futures
Hard
Willem-Petrus Meyer
Mustafa Ghouse Claude N'Goran
6–1, 6–7(6–8) , 2–6
Win
11–6
Aug 2003
Nigeria F4, Lagos
Futures
Hard
Willem-Petrus Meyer
Genius Chidzikwe Gwinyai Tongoona
6–2, 6–2
Win
12–6
Sep 2003
Kenya F1, Mombasa
Futures
Hard
Willem-Petrus Meyer
Bart Beks Matwé Middelkoop
6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Loss
12–7
Sep 2003
Rwanda F1, Kigali
Futures
Clay
Willem-Petrus Meyer
Dušan Karol Jaroslav Pospíšil
4–6, 6–7(1–7)
Loss
12–8
Oct 2003
Rwanda F2, Kigali
Futures
Clay
Willem-Petrus Meyer
Dušan Karol Jaroslav Pospíšil
walkover
Win
13–8
Oct 2003
Nigeria F5, Lagos
Futures
Hard
Willem-Petrus Meyer
Martin Slanar Tomer Suissa
7–6(7–3) , 6–3
Win
14–8
Apr 2004
USA F9, Mobile
Futures
Hard
Michael Kosta
Esteban Carril Gabriel Trujillo Soler
6–3, 6–3
Loss
14–9
Nov 2004
Botswana F1, Gaborone
Futures
Hard
Benjamin Janse Van Rensburg
Stephen Mitchell Kevin Anderson
6–7(1–7) , 6–7(5–7)
Win
15–9
Mar 2006
USA F6, McAllen
Futures
Hard
Pierre-Ludovic Duclos
Michel Koning Steven Korteling
6–3, 6–4
Win
16–9
Mar 2006
USA F7, Little Rock
Futures
Hard
Michael Quintero Aguilar
Brendan Evans Scott Oudsema
6–4, 6–2
Win
17–9
Mar 2007
USA F5, Harlingen
Futures
Hard
Izak van der Merwe
Nicholas Monroe Horia Tecău
6–3, 6–1
Win
18–9
Apr 2007
Tallahassee , United States
Challenger
Hard
Izak van der Merwe
John Paul Fruttero Mirko Pehar
6–3, 6–4
Win
19–9
Jul 2007
USA F14, Shingle Springs
Futures
Hard
Izak van der Merwe
Ryler Deheart Ryan Rowe
6–4, 6–1