Andrew Anderson (tennis player)

Andrew Anderson
Nation:	South Africa
Birthday:	April 8, 1983
Size:	193 cm
Weight:	79 kg
1st professional season:	2002
Resignation:	2010
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Trainer:	Ian Anderson Neville Godwin
Prize money:	$ 54,889
singles
Career record:	0: 1
Highest ranking:	376 (October 11, 2010)
Double
Career record:	0-0
Highest ranking:	315 (February 27, 2006)
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Andrew Anderson (born April 8, 1983 in Johannesburg ) is a retired South African tennis player .

Career

Anderson has already participated in the junior editions of the Grand Slam tournaments at Wimbledon and the Australian Open . In 2000 he moved into the semi-finals in doubles at the Australian Open with Andrew McDade , but lost to the top seeded duo Tres Davis / Andy Roddick . That year he played his first tournaments with the professionals on the third-rate ITF Future Tour . On his second appearance, he won his first of twelve double titles alongside Rik De Voest . In the following years he steadily improved in the world rankings , so that at the end of 2003 he was among the top 500 doubles and among the top 600 singles.

After he reached the semi-finals twice in doubles on the higher-class ATP Challenger Tour , he did not play a professional tournament from July 2006 to October 2008, so that he was no longer in the world rankings. In February 2009 he survived the qualification for his home tournament in Johannesburg and was in a main field of the ATP Tour for the only time . There he failed in the first round to Marcos Baghdatis . A year later he achieved his greatest success on the Challenger Tour. In Tulsa , he made it to the semi-finals for the first time and had to give up the game in the second set due to knee problems. The double competition was more successful for him. With his compatriot Fritz Wolmarans he made it into the final and defeated the qualifying pair Brett Joelson / Chris Klingemann in two sets. He improved to 376th place in singles, while his best result in doubles was 315th in 2006. Anderson ended his career after a first round from the Challengers singles in Champaign .

successes

Legend (number of victories)

Grand Slam

ATP World Tour Finals

ATP World Tour Masters 1000

ATP World Tour 500

ATP World Tour 250

ATP Challenger Tour (1)

Double

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	September 18, 2010	Tulsa	Hard court	Fritz Wolmarans	Brett Joelson Chris Klingemann	6: 2, 6: 3

Web links

• ATP profile of Andrew Anderson (English)
• ITF Profile of Andrew Anderson (English)
• ITF junior profile Andrew Anderson (English)