Wesley Moodie

Wesley Moodie
Nickname:	Wes
Nation:	South Africa
Birthday:	February 14, 1979
Size:	196 cm
Weight:	91 kg
1st professional season:	2000
Resignation:	2011
Playing hand:	Right
Prize money:	$ 2,455,112
singles
Career record:	58:70
Career title:	1
Highest ranking:	57 (October 10, 2005)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	170: 133
Career title:	6th
Highest ranking:	8 (August 3, 2009)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Wesley Arthur Moodie (born February 14, 1979 in Durban ) is a retired South African tennis player . He was a professional on the ATP tour between 2000 and 2011.

Career

In 2005 he and his partner Stephen Huss won the Wimbledon doubles tournament as unsettled, which no doubles team had ever achieved before.

Moodie has also been successful in singles. In 2005 he won the Tokyo tournament in the final against the number 5 seeded Croatian Mario Ančić 1: 6, 7: 6, 6: 4.

Moodie also plays regularly in the Davis Cup for his country. His victory in the singles against the clearly favored German Tommy Haas caused a stir with 10: 8 in the fifth set at the Euro / Africa zone match at the Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg . In the end, South Africa lost 3-2. In 2007, after a long dry spell, he won another tournament, namely that of Adelaide in doubles and a few weeks later also the tournament of Valencia alongside his doubles partner Todd Perry . He was also able to show a success in the singles with the Newport semifinals .

On July 29, 2011, Moodie announced his retirement.

Personal

Wesley Moodie is married to his wife Marcia.

successes

Legend Grand Slam (1) Tennis Masters Cup ATP Masters Series ATP World Tour Masters 1000 ATP International Series Gold ATP World Tour 500 (1) ATP International Series ATP World Tour 250 (4)

Title after covering Hard Court (2) Sand (2) Grass (2) Carpet (0)

singles

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	October 3, 2005	Tokyo	Hard court	Mario Ančić	1: 6, 7: 6 7 , 6: 4

Double

Victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	July 3, 2005	Wimbledon	race	Stephen Huss	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7: 6 4 , 6: 3, 6: 7 2 , 6: 3
2.	January 1, 2007	Adelaide	Hard court	Todd Perry	Novak Đoković Radek Štěpánek	6: 4, 3: 6, [15:13]
3.	April 9, 2007	Valencia	sand	Todd Perry	Yves Allegro Sebastián Prieto	7: 5, 7: 5
4th	April 20, 2008	Estoril	sand	Jeff Coetzee	Jamie Murray Kevin Ullyett	6: 2, 4: 6, [10: 8]
5.	June 14, 2009	Queen's Club	race	Mikhail Juschny	Marcelo Melo André Sá	6: 4, 4: 6, [10: 6]
6th	June 20, 2009	's-Hertogenbosch	race	Dick Norman	Johan Brunström Jean-Julien Rojer	7: 6 3 , 6: 7 8 , [10: 5]

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	October 31, 2005	Basel	Hard court (i)	Stephen Huss	Agustín Calleri Fernando González	5: 7, 5: 7
2.	February 6, 2006	Delray Beach	Hard court	Chris Haggard	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	2: 6, 3: 6
3.	January 5, 2008	Doha	Hard court	Jeff Coetzee	Philipp Kohlschreiber David Škoch	4: 6, 6: 4, [9:11]
4th	November 3, 2008	Paris	Hard court (i)	Jeff Coetzee	Jonas Björkman Kevin Ullyett	2: 6, 2: 6
5.	May 17, 2009	Madrid	sand	Simon Aspelin	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	4: 6, 4: 6
6th	June 6, 2009	French Open	sand	Dick Norman	Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes	6: 3, 3: 6, 2: 6
7th	April 11, 2010	Houston	sand	Stephen Huss	Mike Bryan Bob Bryan	3: 6, 5: 7

Web links

Commons : Wesley Moodie  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• ATP profile of Wesley Moodie (English)
• ITF profile Wesley Moodie (English)
• Davis Cup stats by Wesley Moodie (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Moodie hangs up his racket. In: sport24.co.za. August 16, 2011, accessed March 27, 2019 .