Wesley Moodie

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**Wesley Moodie**

Country	South Africa
Residence	Durban, South Africa
Date of birth	February 14, 1979
Place of birth	Scottburgh
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	90 kg (200 lb)
Turned Pro	2000
Plays	right handed
Career Prize Money	US$1,538,606
Singles
Career record:	58-70
Career titles:	1
Highest ranking:	No. 57 (October 10, 2005)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	2nd Round (2006)
French Open	3rd Round (2006)
Wimbledon	3rd Round (2003)
US Open	3rd Round (2006)
Doubles
Career record:	76 - 61
Career titles:	4
Highest ranking:	No. 17 (June 19, 2006)
Infobox last updated on: April 21, 2008.

Wesley Moodie (born February 14, 1979) is a professional tennis player from South Africa.

He began to play tennis at an early age and won the South African Junior Masters tournament in February 1996.

Moodie is a serve-and-volley specialist who has developed his baseline game to a high level of proficiency. His 6 ft 5 in height is combined with a powerful serve.

Moodie played college tennis in the United States from January 1997 until May 2000, firstly being at Auburn University at Montgomery(AUM), and then from September 1998 at Boise State (BSU). He turned professional in June 2000.

Moodie first came to public notice when he reached the 3rd round at Wimbledon in 2003, losing to Sébastien Grosjean, whom he beat in the USA later that year. Moodie won his first top-flight tour singles event in capturing the 2005 Japan Open, beating #5 seed Mario Ančić in the final 1–6, 7–6, 6–4.

Along with Stephen Huss, who formerly played college tennis for the Auburn Tigers, he became the first qualifier to win the Wimbledon men's doubles championship in 2005, beating the #6, 9, 3, 1 & 2 seeds in the process.

Moodie is married to wife Marcia, a qualified teacher.

Wesley Moodie joined the Monte Carlo Tennis Academy on the 9th of June 2007[1]

[edit] Singles Titles

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (1)
Challengers (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	February 24, 2003	Wrexham	Hard	Stefano Pescosolido	6-4 6-3
2.	June 2, 2003	Surbiton	Grass	Alex Bogdanovic	6-4 6-7 6-1
3.	October 3, 2005	Tokyo	Hard	Mario Ancic	1-6 7-6 6-4

[edit] Doubles Titles

Legend (Doubles)
Grand Slam (1)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (3)
Challengers (7)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	July 9, 2001	Bristol	Grass	Shaun Rudman	Gilles Elseneer Tuomas Ketola	6-4 6-3
2.	July 30, 2001	Segovia	Hard	Shaun Rudman	Neville Godwin Marcos Ondruska	7-6 6-3
3.	June 24, 2002	Andorra	Hard (I)	Shaun Rudman	Hermes Gamonal Ricardo Mello	6-2 6-1
4.	March 10, 2003	Ho Chi Minh City	Hard	Rik De Voest	Rohan Bopanna Fred Hemmes	6-3 3-6 6-3
5.	January 3, 2005	Noumea	Hard	Stephen Huss	Jerome Golmard Harel Levy	6-3 6-0
6.	June 20, 2005	Wimbledon	Grass	Stephen Huss	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7-6 6-3 6-7 6-3
7.	January 1, 2007	Adelaide	Hard	Todd Perry	Novak Djokovic Radek Stepanek	6-4 3-6 15-13
8.	April 9, 2007	Valencia	Clay	Todd Perry	Yves Allegro Sebastian Prieto	7-5 7-5
9.	November 19, 2007	Kuala Lumpur	Carpet (I)	Stephen Huss	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi	7-6 6-3
10.	November 26, 2007	New Delhi	Hard	Rik De Voest	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi	6-4 7-6
11.	April 20, 2008	Estoril	Clay	Jeff Coetzee	Jamie Murray Kevin Ullyett	6-2 4-6 10-8