Wayne Arthurs (tennis)

Wayne Arthurs (born 18 March 1971) is a retired Australian professional tennis player.

Wayne Arthurs

Full name	Wayne Sean Arthurs
Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Melbourne, Australia
Born	(1971-03-18) 18 March 1971 (age 54) Adelaide, Australia
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	1990
Retired	2007
Plays	Left-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$3,687,809
Singles
Career record	133–159
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 44 (9 July 2001)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2001, 2007)
French Open	4R (2001)
Wimbledon	4R (1999, 2002)
US Open	4R (2000)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	2R (2004)
Doubles
Career record	313–253
Career titles	12
Highest ranking	No. 11 (3 November 2003)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2001)
French Open	SF (2003)
Wimbledon	SF (2004)
US Open	QF (2003)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	RR (2003, 2005)
Olympic Games	2R (2004)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2005)
French Open	1R (1995, 1996)
Wimbledon	QF (1998)
US Open	1R (1995, 1999)
Last updated on: 30 September 2021.

Career

His serve was his strongest weapon by far, and had been referred to as the "best in the world" by several of his fellow players, including Jim Courier,^[1] Andre Agassi,^[2] Thomas Johansson,^[3] and Ivo Karlović.^[4] He consistently had one of the highest ace counts on the ATP Tour and favours a serve-and-volley style of play.

Arthurs at the 2007 Australian Open

Arthurs won 12 ATP doubles titles in his career. In February 2005 he achieved a belated breakthrough in singles by winning the ATP event in Scottsdale, United States, the Tennis Channel Open, in straight sets over Croat Mario Ančić. No other player in history had won his first ATP singles title at such an advanced age (Arthurs was almost 34 at the time). He also was a runner-up there for doubles with Paul Hanley, and lost to American team Bob and Mike Bryan. He is an Australian hero when it comes to Davis Cup, winning countless doubles rubbers for Australia. Throughout his singles career Arthurs experienced victory over no fewer than six players who have reached the number 1 world ranking: Pete Sampras, Marat Safin, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Patrick Rafter, Andy Roddick and Gustavo Kuerten. He also beat Stefan Edberg (another former number 1) in a money tournament in England on Grass – at the time, Arthurs' singles ranking was 1100 and Edberg's was 2, making for one of the biggest differences in ranking between winner and loser on the Tour that year.^[5]

In his last ever Australian Open match the Aussie retired just three games into his third-round match against American Mardy Fish due to a rare reaction to a local anaesthetic. In practice that morning he tried out a short-term local anaesthetic that worked well against his sore hip. Just before the match began, he took another shot that was supposed to last for the duration of the match. The stronger dose deadened his leg and he could not co-ordinate his movements. He refused to blame his doctors who said that this adverse reaction happens to about 1 in 1000 patients. Arthurs became emotional during the match once he realised he couldn't compete. After the in-between-game break, down 3–0 he waved to the crowd who thanked him for an outstanding career. It was the last Australian Open match of his career. At the time, he was the oldest participant in the Australian Open.

Arthurs played his final tournament at Wimbledon in 2007. He won qualifying matches to advance to the main draw of the major tournament. In the first round he came back from two sets down to finally win in five sets against Dutch teenager Thiemo de Bakker. In the second round Arthurs caused a major boilover by defeating the 11th-seeded Spaniard Tommy Robredo in straight sets. Arthurs was defeated in the third round by 19th seed Jonas Björkman in straight sets.

Following his retirement, Arthurs coached Queensland player Oliver Anderson.

In January 2019 Arthurs received the OLY post-nominal title at the Brisbane International tournament.^[6]

On 30 August 2000, Arthurs was awarded the Australian Sports Medal for his strong commitment to tennis.^[7]

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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

Titles by surface Hard (1–0) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–1) Carpet (0–0)

Titles by setting Outdoor (1–1) Indoor (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2002	Nottingham, United Kingdom	International Series	Grass	Jonas Björkman	2–6, 7–6(7–5), 2–6
Win	1–1	Feb 2005	Scottsdale, United States	International Series	Hard	Mario Ančić	7–5, 6–3

Doubles: 27 (12 titles, 15 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (3–4) ATP World Tour 500 Series (2–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (7–11)

Titles by surface Hard (5–9) Clay (5–5) Grass (1–0) Carpet (1–1)

Titles by setting Outdoor (8–11) Indoor (4–4)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 1994	Bucharest, Romania	World Series	Clay	Simon Youl	Jordi Arrese José Antonio Conde	6–4, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Jul 1995	Amsterdam, Netherlands	World Series	Clay	Neil Broad	Marcelo Ríos Sjeng Schalken	6–7, 2–6
Loss	1–2	Aug 1995	Kitzbühel, Austria	World Series	Clay	Jordi Arrese	Francisco Montana Greg Van Emburgh	7–6, 3–6, 6–7
Loss	1–3	Mar 1996	Copenhagen, Denmark	World Series	Carpet	Andrew Kratzmann	Libor Pimek Byron Talbot	6–7, 6–3, 3–6
Win	2–3	Jul 1997	Kitzbühel, Austria	World Series	Clay	Richard Fromberg	Thomas Buchmayer Thomas Strengberger	6–4, 6–3
Win	3–3	May 1998	Prague, Czech Republic	World Series	Clay	Andrew Kratzmann	Fredrik Bergh Nicklas Kulti	6–1, 6–1
Win	4–3	Aug 1998	New Haven, United States	Championship Series	Hard	Peter Tramacchi	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	7–6, 1–6, 6–3
Loss	4–4	Sep 1998	Bournemouth, United Kingdom	World Series	Clay	Alberto Berasategui	Neil Broad Kevin Ullyett	6–7, 3–6
Win	5–4	May 1999	Hamburg, Germany	Masters Series	Clay	Andrew Kratzmann	Paul Haarhuis Jared Palmer	2–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–2
Win	6–4	Jul 1999	Newport, United States	World Series	Grass	Leander Paes	Sargis Sargsian Chris Woodruff	6–7(6–8), 7–6(9–7), 6–3
Loss	6–5	May 2000	Hamburg, Germany	Masters Series	Clay	Sandon Stolle	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	7–6(7–4), 4–6, 3–6
Loss	6–6	Jan 2001	Adelaide, Australia	World Series	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	David Macpherson Grant Stafford	7–6(7–5), 4–6, 4–6
Loss	6–7	Sep 2002	Hong Kong, Hong Kong	World Series	Hard	Andrew Kratzmann	Jan-Michael Gambill Graydon Oliver	7–6(7–2), 4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	6–8	Oct 2002	Stockholm, Sweden	World Series	Hard	Paul Hanley	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	4–6, 6–2, 6–7(4–7)
Win	7–8	Feb 2003	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Championship Series	Hard	Paul Hanley	Roger Federer Max Mirnyi	7–6(7–4), 6–2
Win	8–8	May 2003	Rome, Italy	Masters Series	Clay	Paul Hanley	Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro	6–1, 6–3
Loss	8–9	Aug 2003	Cincinnati, United States	Masters Series	Hard	Paul Hanley	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	5–7, 6–7(5–7)
Win	9–9	Sep 2003	Shanghai, China	World Series	Hard	Paul Hanley	Zeng Shaoxuan Zhu Benqiang	6–2, 6–4
Loss	9–10	Oct 2003	Stockholm, Sweden	World Series	Hard	Paul Hanley	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	3–6, 4–6
Win	10–10	Nov 2003	Paris, France	Masters Series	Carpet	Paul Hanley	Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro	6–3, 1–6, 6–3
Loss	10–11	May 2004	Rome, Italy	Masters Series	Clay	Paul Hanley	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	6–2, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	10–12	Jul 2004	Los Angeles, United States	World Series	Hard	Paul Hanley	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	10–13	Oct 2004	Stockholm, Sweden	World Series	Hard	Paul Hanley	Feliciano López Fernando Verdasco	4–6, 4–6
Win	11–13	Feb 2005	San Jose, United States	International Series	Hard	Paul Hanley	Yves Allegro Michael Kohlmann	7–6(7–4), 6–4
Loss	11–14	Feb 2005	Scottsdale, United States	International Series	Hard	Paul Hanley	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	5–7, 4–6
Loss	11–15	Mar 2005	Indian Wells, United States	Masters Series	Hard	Paul Hanley	Daniel Nestor Mark Knowles	6–7(6–8), 6–7(2–7)
Win	12–15	Oct 2005	Stockholm, Sweden	World Series	Hard	Paul Hanley	Leander Paes Nenad Zimonjić	5–3, 5–3

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 3 (3–0)

Legend ATP Challenger (3–0) ITF Futures (0–0)

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Dec 1997	Perth, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Todd Larkham	7–5, 7–6
Win	2–0	Jun 2000	Surbiton, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Laurence Tieleman	4–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–4
Win	3–0	Aug 2000	Wrexham, United Kingdom	Challenger	Hard	Ladislav Švarc	6–2, 6–4

Doubles: 15 (3–12)

Legend ATP Challenger (3–12) ITF Futures (0–0)

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 1991	Salou, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Carl Limberger	Murphy Jensen Francisco Montana	7–5, 2–6, 5–7
Win	1–1	Aug 1993	Winnetka, United States	Challenger	Hard	Mark Petchey	Patrick Rafter Sandon Stolle	7–6, 6–7, 6–4
Loss	1–2	Aug 1993	Cincinnati, United States	Challenger	Hard	Leander Paes	Johan de Beer Kevin Ullyett	6–7, 4–6
Loss	1–3	Aug 1993	Bronx, United States	Challenger	Hard	Grant Doyle	Johan de Beer Kevin Ullyett	6–7, 6–7
Loss	1–4	Feb 1994	Wolfsburg, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Simon Youl	Rich Benson Adam Malik	6–7, 4–6
Loss	1–5	Aug 1994	Graz, Austria	Challenger	Clay	Simon Youl	Hendrik Jan Davids Stephen Noteboom	6–4, 3–6, 6–7
Loss	1–6	Nov 1994	Aachen, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Brent Larkham	David Engel Ola Kristiansson	4–6, 4–6
Loss	1–7	Dec 1994	Perth, Australia	Challenger	Grass	Neil Borwick	Ben Ellwood Mark Philippoussis	5–7, 6–7
Loss	1–8	Dec 1995	Perth, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Andrew Kratzmann	Joshua Eagle Andrew Florent	4–6, 4–6
Win	2–8	Sep 1997	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	Challenger	Clay	Grant Doyle	Chris Haggard James Holmes	4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss	2–9	Oct 1997	Cairo, Egypt	Challenger	Clay	Eyal Ran	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig	3–6, 3–6
Loss	2–10	Jul 1998	Bristol, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Ben Ellwood	Max Mirnyi Vladimir Voltchkov	4–6, 6–3, 6–7
Loss	2–11	Jul 1998	Manchester, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Ben Ellwood	Mosé Navarra Stefano Pescosolido	1–6, 7–6, 6–7
Win	3–11	Nov 1998	Rancho Mirage, United States	Challenger	Hard	Peter Tramacchi	Todd Larkham Grant Silcock	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	3–12	Jun 2006	Surbiton, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Chris Guccione	Jordan Kerr Jim Thomas	2–6, 4–6

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.

Singles

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	Q1	Q2	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q2	Q3	A	Q3	1R	1R	3R	1R	2R	2R	1R	1R	3R	0 / 9	6–9	40%
French Open	A	A	A	Q1	Q2	A	A	A	A	Q1	1R	4R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	Q1	0 / 7	4–7	36%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	A	Q2	A	Q1	4R	1R	1R	4R	2R	1R	2R	1R	3R	0 / 9	10–9	53%
US Open	A	A	Q1	Q1	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	4R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	Q2	A	0 / 8	5–8	38%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	4–3	3–4	5–4	4–4	2–4	1–4	1–4	0–3	4–2	0 / 33	25–33	43%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	Not Held		A	Not Held			A	Not Held			A	Not Held			2R	Not Held			0 / 1	1–1	50%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	4R	2R	A	A	0 / 4	4–4	50%
Miami Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	Q1	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 3	2–3	40%
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	1R	3R	1R	A	A	0 / 3	2–3	40%
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	A	1R	1R	Q1	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Canada Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	Q1	A	Q1	Q2	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	QF	1R	3R	Q1	Q1	A	0 / 5	5–5	50%
Paris Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Stuttgart	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	Q2	Q1	A	Not Held						0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–3	3–3	0–6	7–4	1–2	0–0	0–0	0 / 20	13–20	39%

Doubles

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	1R	1R	A	1R	1R	2R	2R	2R	1R	SF	2R	1R	2R	2R	1R	1R	0 / 16	10–16	38%
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	2R	1R	QF	1R	1R	QF	SF	1R	QF	1R	2R	0 / 13	16–13	55%
Wimbledon	Q1	Q2	Q2	Q2	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	2R	3R	2R	1R	QF	SF	1R	2R	2R	0 / 14	14–14	50%
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	A	3R	3R	3R	3R	QF	1R	3R	2R	A	0 / 10	14–10	58%
Win–loss	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–4	1–3	2–4	2–3	7–4	4–4	7–4	6–4	10–4	5–4	6–4	2–4	2–3	0 / 53	54–53	50%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	Not Held		A	Not Held			A	Not Held			A	Not Held			2R	Not Held			0 / 1	1–1	50%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	A	2R	QF	F	A	A	0 / 5	9–5	64%
Miami Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	QF	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 3	2–3	40%
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	SF	1R	A	A	QF	A	SF	A	A	0 / 4	7–4	64%
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	A	A	A	1R	A	W	F	2R	A	A	1 / 6	9–5	64%
Madrid	Not Held												A	A	Q4	QF	A	A	0 / 2	2–2	50%
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	A	SF	1R	A	A	W	F	2R	2R	QF	QF	QF	A	A	1 / 9	16–8	67%
Canada Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	A	QF	2R	QF	QF	A	0 / 5	6–5	55%
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	2R	1R	F	2R	2R	2R	A	0 / 7	5–7	42%
Paris Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	QF	A	A	W	1R	QF	A	A	1 / 5	9–4	69%
Stuttgart	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	QF	SF	QF	Not Held						0 / 4	8–4	67%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	5–3	0–2	0–0	0–0	12–4	9–6	9–7	1–2	17–5	7–7	10–9	3–2	0–0	3 / 50	73–47	61%

Mixed doubles

Tournament	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R	2R	A	A	A	QF	2R	0 / 6	5–6	45%
French Open	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Wimbledon	Q1	A	A	A	2R	1R	3R	QF	1R	2R	A	A	A	2R	A	1R	0 / 8	8–8	0%
US Open	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–3	0–2	2–1	4–2	0–3	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	0 / 18	13–18	42%

Personal life

Arthurs is a supporter of the North Melbourne Football Club.^[8]