Charlie Fancutt

Charlie Fancutt

Country (sports)	Australia
Born	(1959-06-17) 17 June 1959 Brisbane, Australia
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$67,880
Singles
Career record	22-40
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 123 (4 Jan 1982)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4R (1982)
Wimbledon	2R (1981, 1983)
Doubles
Career record	35-53
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 94 (6 May 1985)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1977, 1984, 1985)
French Open	2R (1984, 1985)
Wimbledon	2R (1984, 1985)
US Open	2R (1979)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	SF (1984)
Wimbledon	2R (1979, 81, 85, 86)

Charlie Fancutt (born 17 June 1959) is a former professional tennis player from Australia.

Career

Fancutt won the boy's doubles title at the 1976 Australian Open (partnering Peter McCarthy). He upset Ivan Lendl in the opening round of the 1981 Wimbledon Championships, winning in five sets. At the 1982 Australian Open, Fancutt made the fourth round, where he lost to Johan Kriek. Fancutt made the mixed doubles semi-finals at the 1984 French Open, with Marie-Christine Calleja. He was a singles quarter-finalist at three Grand Prix tournaments during his career, the 1979 Heineken Open and at both Brisbane and Manila in 1981.

Family

Fancutt is the son of two former tennis players. His mother, Daphne, made the 1956 Wimbledon women's doubles final and his father, Trevor, was a South African Davis Cup player who won the mixed doubles title at the 1960 Australian Championships. He also had two tennis playing brothers, Chris Fancutt, who appeared on the Challenger circuit and Michael Fancutt, who competed regularly in Grand Prix doubles tournaments.

Challenger titles

Doubles: (1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
1.	1983	Lee-on-the-Solent, Great Britain	Clay	Greg Whitecross	Andrew Jarrett Jonathan Smith	6–3, 3–6, 6–4