Ashley Fisher

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Ashley Fisher (born 25 September 1975) is a professional tennis player who comes from New South Wales in Australia. Fisher turned professional in 1998. Fisher has never played a major singles match on the ATP Tour, but has won four notable doubles titles on tour. The doubles specialist reached his highest doubles ranking of World Number 19 on 22 June 2009. He has reached the 2006 U.S. Open men's doubles semi-finals. Fisher is currently the head coach of the University of South Florida men's tennis team.

Ashley Fisher

Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	St Petersburg, Florida
Born	(1975-09-25) 25 September 1975 (age 49) Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	1998
Retired	17 October 2011
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$871,805
Singles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 489 (24 July 2000)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2000)
Doubles
Career record	139–166
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 19 (22 June 2009)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2006)
French Open	3R (2009, 2011)
Wimbledon	QF (2004)
US Open	SF (2006)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2007)
French Open	2R (2009)
Wimbledon	2R (2001, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2012)
US Open	1R (2007, 2009)
Last updated on: 30 April 2021.

Career

Before turning professional, Fisher played college tennis at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas, where he was a two time All-American for the Horned Frogs.

Fisher also reached the 2006 U.S. Open men's doubles semifinals alongside Tripp Phillips, where they lost to Jonas Björkman and Max Mirnyi, 6–1, 6–4. Fisher and Nikolay Davydenko were Wimbledon men's doubles quarterfinalists in 2004, where they lost to Jonas Björkman and Todd Woodbridge. He has won a total of 26 doubles titles, with 23 minor league Challengers and Futures events on the International Tennis Federation.

Fisher won his first ATP doubles title in Amersfoort with Devin Bowen, where they defeated Chris Haggard and André Sá 6–0, 6–4. His other two ATP titles were with different partners.

Personal

Fisher was born to mother Pamela and father Gary, and has two older siblings. Fisher started playing tennis at age five.

He currently resides in St. Petersburg, Florida and is coached by Glenn Irwin.

In July 2016, Fisher was promoted to head coach for the Division 1 nationally ranked University of South Florida Bulls Men's Tennis Team replacing Matt Hill.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 11 (4 titles, 7 runners-up)

Winner – Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–1) ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (3–6)

Finals by surface Hard (3–4) Clay (1–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2003	Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco	250 Series	Clay	Devin Bowen	František Čermák Leoš Friedl	3–6, 5–7
Win	1–1	Jul 2003	Dutch Open, Netherlands	250 Series	Clay	Devin Bowen	Chris Haggard André Sá	6–0, 6–4
Loss	1–2	Oct 2005	Kingfisher Open, Vietnam	250 Series	Carpet	Robert Lindstedt	Lars Burgsmüller Philipp Kohlschreiber	6–7(3–7), 4–6, 2–6
Win	2–2	Oct 2006	Japan Open, Japan	500 Series	Hard	Tripp Phillips	Paul Goldstein Jim Thomas	6–2, 7–5
Win	3–2	Sep 2007	China Open, China	250 Series	Hard	Rik de Voest	Chris Haggard Yen-Hsun Lu	6–7(3–7), 6–0, [10–6]
Win	4–2	Jul 2008	Indianapolis, United States	250 Series	Hard	Tripp Phillips	Scott Lipsky David Martin	3–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Loss	4–3	Sep 2008	China Open, China	250 Series	Hard	Bobby Reynolds	Ross Hutchins Stephen Huss	5–7, 4–6
Loss	4–4	Feb 2009	SA Open, South Africa	250 Series	Hard	Rik de Voest	James Cerretani Dick Norman	7–6(7–9), 2–6, [12–14]
Loss	4–5	Apr 2009	Miami Open, United States	Masters 1000	Hard	Stephen Huss	Max Mirnyi Andy Ram	6–2, 7–5
Loss	4–6	May 2009	BMW Open, Germany	250 Series	Clay	Jordan Kerr	Jan Hernych Ivo Minář	4–6, 4–6
Loss	4–7	Jul 2009	Indianapolis, United States	250 Series	Hard	Jordan Kerr	Dmitry Tursunov Ernests Gulbis	4–6, 6–3, [9–11]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Doubles: 42 (27–15)

Legend ATP Challenger (20–9) ITF Futures (7–6)

Finals by surface Hard (20–5) Clay (7–7) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 1998	USA F2, Vero Beach	Futures	Clay	Nitten Kirrtane	Simon Aspelin Chris Tontz	3–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Oct 1998	Finland F4, Oulu	Futures	Carpet	Ashley Ford	Robert Samuelsson Robert Lindstedt	3–6, 4–6
Win	1–2	Jul 1999	Spain F2, Alicante	Futures	Clay	Enrique Abaroa	Todd Perry Tim Crichton	6–4, 2–6, 7–6
Loss	1–3	Oct 1999	Indonesia F6, Jakarta	Futures	Hard	Minh Le	Myles Wakefield Thomas Shimada	3–6, 6–7
Win	2–3	Nov 1999	Thailand F2, Pattaya City	Futures	Hard	Dave Abelson	Björn Jacob Bartlomiej Dabrowski	6–4 ret.
Win	3–3	Nov 1999	Bangladesh F1, Rajshahi	Futures	Hard	Minh Le	Febi Widmhiyanto Hendri-Susilo Pramono	6–3, 6–0
Win	4–3	Dec 1999	Bangladesh F2, Dhaka	Futures	Hard	Minh Le	Rik de Voest Willem-Petrus Meyer	6–2, 6–4
Loss	4–4	Apr 2000	France F8, Melun	Futures	Carpet	José Frontera	Andreas Tattermusch Andreas Weber	6–7(6–8), 6–4, 6–7(3–7)
Win	5–4	May 2000	Austria F1, Salzburg	Futures	Clay	Tim Crichton	Djalmar Sistermans Bartlomiej Dabrowski	6–7(10–8), 6–3, 6–3
Loss	5–5	Jul 2000	Montauban, France	Challenger	Clay	Tim Crichton	Lee Pearson Grant Silcock	1–6, 4–6
Win	6–5	Jul 2000	Ostend, Belgium	Challenger	Clay	Tim Crichton	Damián Furmanski Francisco Cabello	6–2, 2–6, 6–1
Win	7–5	Aug 2000	Segovia, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Jason Weir-Smith	Damien Roberts Jordan Kerr	7–6(7–5), 6–1
Loss	7–6	Aug 2000	Sylt, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Gareth Williams	Ionuț Moldovan Yuriy Schukin	4–6, 2–6
Win	8–6	Oct 2000	Austin, United States	Challenger	Hard	Tim Crichton	Raemon Sluiter Dennis Van Scheppingen	6–1, 6–7(6–8), 6–0
Loss	8–7	Nov 2000	Yokohama, Japan	Challenger	Carpet	Tim Crichton	Yves Allegro Julian Knowle	3–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win	9–7	Nov 2000	Seoul, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Tim Crichton	František Čermák Ota Fukárek	6–4, 6–4
Win	10–7	Nov 2000	Vietnam F1, Ho Chi Minh City	Futures	Hard	Aisam Qureshi	Michal Navrátil Jaroslav Levinský	6–4, 6–4
Win	11–7	Mar 2001	Singapore, Singapore	Challenger	Hard	Tim Crichton	Brandon Hawk Kyle Spencer	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	12–7	Sep 2001	Curitiba, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Tim Crichton	Pedro Pereira Emanuel Couto	6–3, 6–4
Loss	12–8	Apr 2002	Tunis, Tunisia	Challenger	Clay	Devin Bowen	Álex López Morón Andrés Schneiter	4–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss	12–9	Jun 2002	Biella, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Nathan Healey	Dominik Hrbatý Giorgio Galimberti	6–3, 3–6, 5–7
Win	13–9	Nov 2002	Nottingham, United Kington	Challenger	Hard	Stephen Huss	Scott Humphries Mark Merklein	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Loss	13–10	Apr 2003	Bermuda Challenger, Bermuda	Challenger	Clay	Andrew Kratzmann	Robert Kendrick Mark Merklein	3–6, 1–3 ret.
Win	14–10	Nov 2003	Waco, United States	Challenger	Hard	Devin Bowen	Ryan Havilland K.J. Hippensteel	6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Win	15–10	Jan 2004	Nouméa, New Caledonia	Challenger	Hard	Stephen Huss	Luke Bourgeois Vince Mellino	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	16–10	Mar 2004	Mexico City, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Tripp Phillips	Rogier Wassen Federico Browne	6–4, 2–6, 6–3
Loss	16–11	Apr 2004	Bermuda Challenger, Bermuda	Challenger	Clay	Stephen Huss	Jordan Kerr Tom Vanhoudt	6–4, 3–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win	17–11	Sep 2004	Seoul, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Robert Lindstedt	Johan Landsberg Thomas Shimada	7–5, 7–6(7–0)
Win	18–11	Sep 2004	Beijing, China	Challenger	Hard	Tripp Phillips	Justin Gimelstob Graydon Oliver	7–5, 7–5
Win	19–11	Aug 2005	Vancouver, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Tripp Phillips	Huntley Montgomery Rajeev Ram	7–6(8–6), 1–6, 6–2
Win	20–11	Nov 2005	Busan 2, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Tripp Phillips	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	7–5, 6–3
Win	21–11	Nov 2005	Champaign-Urbana, United States	Challenger	Hard	Tripp Phillips	Justin Gimelstob Rajeev Ram	6–3, 5–7, 6–0
Win	22–11	Dec 2005	Orlando, United States	Challenger	Hard	Tripp Phillips	Mischa Zverev Alex Kuznetsov	default
Win	23–11	Aug 2007	Vancouver, Cabada	Challenger	Hard	Rik de Voest	Alex Kuznetsov Donald Young	6–1, 6–2
Loss	23–12	Nov 2007	Nashville, United States	Challenger	Hard	Stephen Huss	Bobby Reynolds Rajeev Ram	7–6(7–4), 1–6, [10–12]
Loss	23–13	Aug 2008	Vancouver, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Rik de Voest	Travis Parrott Eric Butorac	4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win	24–13	Sep 2008	Tulsa, United States	Challenger	Hard	Stephen Huss	Bobby Reynolds Rajeev Ram	7–6(7–4), 6–3
Win	25–13	Nov 2008	Busan 2, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Rik de Voest	Jean-Julien Rojer Johan Brunström	6–4, 2–6, [10–6]
Win	26–13	May 2011	Sarasota, United States	Challenger	Clay	Stephen Huss	Alex Kuznetsov Alex Bogomolov Jr.	6–3, 6–4
Win	27–13	May 2011	USA F12, Tampa	Futures	Clay	Chris Haggard	Clayton Almeida Joshua Zavala]	7–6(7–1), 6–4
Loss	27–14	Oct 2015	USA F29, Mansfield	Futures	Hard	Liam Broady	Hans Hach Eric Quigley	5–7, 3–6
Loss	27–15	Nov 2015	Australia F11, Wollongong	Futures	Hard	Dayne Kelly	Marc Polmans Steven de Waard	2–6, 6–4, [7–10]

Grand Slam performance timelines

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.

Doubles

Tournament	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	SR	W-L
Australian Open	A	A	1R	1R	3R	3R	1R	3R	QF	2R	A	2R	A	1R	A	0 / 10	11–10
French Open	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	3R	A	3R	1R	0 / 11	5–11
Wimbledon	A	A	Q1	1R	1R	2R	QF	2R	3R	1R	2R	1R	A	3R	1R	0 / 11	10–11
US Open	A	A	Q2	Q1	1R	1R	2R	1R	SF	1R	3R	1R	A	1R	1R	0 / 10	7–10
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–3	2–4	4–4	4–4	3–4	9–4	1–4	3–3	3–4	0–0	4–4	0–3	0 / 41	33–41

Mixed doubles

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	SR	W-L
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	1–1
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	2R	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2
Wimbledon	2R	A	1R	A	2R	2R	1R	A	1R	A	2R	2R	0 / 8	5–8
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2
Win–loss	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–4	0–0	1–3	0–0	1–1	1–1	0 / 13	7–13

External links

• Ashley Fisher at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Ashley Fisher at the International Tennis Federation
• Ashley Fisher at Tennis Australia
• Ashley Fisher at ESPN.com