Glenn Wilson (tennis)

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| highestsinglesranking = No. 599 (6 March 1995)

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Glenn Wilson (born 17 August 1967) is a former professional tennis player from New Zealand.

Biography

Wilson is originally from the small farming town of Rai Valley in Marlborough. He and his brother would practice on a floodlit asphalt court their parents had installed on their property. In 1987 he went to Iowa State University and played collegiate tennis for three and a half years.{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=115746|title=Tennis: Wilson has come a long way since his Rai Valley days|last=Maddaford|first=Terry|date=30 June 2000|work=The New Zealand Herald|accessdate=12 September 2017|archive-date=12 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912144702/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=115746|url-status=live}}

He began playing professionally in the early 1990s and eventually specialised in doubles, in which he reached 160 in the world. His only main draw appearance as a singles player came at the 1994 Tel Aviv Open, where he made it through qualifying, before losing to Andrei Cherkasov in the first round.{{cite web|url=http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/men%27s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1010005104|title=ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Tel Aviv - 10 October - 16 October 1994|publisher=International Tennis Federation|accessdate=12 September 2017|archive-date=12 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912144842/http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/men%27s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1010005104|url-status=live}} He had his best year on the doubles circuit in 1995 when he won the Prostějov Challenger with Andrei Pavel and reached the quarter-finals at the ATP Auckland Open, which was one of four main draw appearances he made in that tournament.

In 1997 he represented New Zealand in a Davis Cup tie against Indonesia in Jakarta. Wilson, aged 29, debuted in the reverse singles, a dead rubber which he won in straight sets over Suwandi Suwandi.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/99391871/|title=Asia-Oceania I (second round)|date=7 April 1997|work=Detroit Free Press|page=28|accessdate=12 September 2017|archive-date=12 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912145948/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/99391871/|url-status=live}} This remained his only Davis Cup court appearance. From 2000 to 2003 he acted as non playing captain of New Zealand's Davis Cup team.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}