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Greg Rusedski

{{Short description|British tennis player (born 1973)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2014}}

{{Infobox tennis biography

|name= Greg Rusedski

|image= Greg Rusedski 2014.jpg

|image_size= 200px

|caption= Rusedski in 2014

|country= {{nowrap|{{flagicon|GBR}} Great Britain (1995–2007)}}
{{flagicon|CAN}} Canada (1991–1995){{cite web|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/players/greg-rusedski/r237/bio |title=Greg Rusedski | Bio | ATP World Tour | Tennis |publisher=ATP World Tour |access-date=2016-08-15}}

|residence= London, England, UK

|birth_date= {{Birth date and age|df=y|1973|9|6}}

|birth_place= Montreal, Quebec, Canada

|height= {{convert|6|ft|4|in|m|abbr=on}}

|turnedpro= 1991

|retired= 7 April 2007

|plays= Left-handed (one-handed backhand)

|careerprizemoney= $8,944,841

|singlesrecord= {{tennis record|won=436|lost=287}}

|singlestitles= 15

|highestsinglesranking= No. 4 (6 October 1997)

|AustralianOpenresult= 4R (2001)

|FrenchOpenresult= 4R (1999)

|Wimbledonresult= QF (1997)

|USOpenresult= F (1997)

|Othertournaments= yes

|MastersCupresult= RR (1997, 1998)

|GrandSlamCupresult= W (1999)

|Olympicsresult= 3R (1996)

|doublesrecord= 62–53

|doublestitles= 3

|highestdoublesranking= No. 63 (19 June 1995)

|AustralianOpenDoublesresult= 2R (1995)

|FrenchOpenDoublesresult= 1R (2006)

|WimbledonDoublesresult= 2R (1994)

|USOpenDoublesresult= 2R (1994)

|Team= yes

|DavisCupresult= World Group 1R (1999, 2002)

}}

Gregory Rusedski (born 6 September 1973) is a Canadian-British former professional tennis player. He was the British No. 1 in 1997, 1999 and 2006, and reached the ATP ranking of world No. 4 for periods from 6 October 1997 to 12 October 1997 and from 25 May 1998 to 21 June 1998.{{cite web|title=Greg Rusedski: Player Profile|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Ru/G/Greg-Rusedski.aspx|publisher=atpworldtour.com|access-date=13 June 2014}}

In 1997, he was the US Open finalist, which led to him receiving the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award and the ITV Sports Champion of the Year Award. Also, he scored 30 wins and 13 losses with the Great Britain Davis Cup team. Along with erstwhile rival and teammate Tim Henman, Rusedski was credited with beginning a renaissance in British men's singles tennis from the doldrums of the eighties and nineties, reaching a grand slam final and returning Great Britain to relevance in the Davis Cup, progress that would eventually be brought to fruition by Andy Murray.

Personal life

Rusedski was born in Montreal, Quebec, to a British mother and a Canadian father of Polish and Ukrainian descent.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/scotland/1229328.stm|title=Sport's League of Nations|publisher=BBC Sport|date=19 March 2001}} He was a very promising junior player in Canada in the 1980s, and subsequently caused some anger in Canada when he decided to adopt British citizenship and play for Great Britain in 1995.{{cite web|url=https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/rusedski-plays-for-england/|title=Rusedski Plays for England|publisher=The Canadian Encyclopedia|date=21 March 2014|access-date=17 August 2019}} Rusedski made the decision for "lifestyle reasons", noting that his girlfriend — who later became his wife — lived in Britain.{{cite web|url=https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/rusedski-plays-for-england/|title=Rusedski Plays for England|publisher=The Canadian Encyclopedia|date=21 March 2014|access-date=17 August 2019}}

Rusedski has been with his wife Lucy Connor since 1991, they met while he was competing in a junior tournament where she was a ball girl.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/6124144.stm|title=Greg Rusedski's career in pictures|date=7 April 2007|publisher=BBC Sport}} They married in a Catholic ceremony at Douai Abbey in West Berkshire in December 1999.{{cite news|title=Rusedski weds sweetheart Lucy|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/tennis/550113.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|date=4 December 1999}} They have two children: a daughter born in 2006,{{cite news|title=Rusedski delighted with new baby|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/4655016.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|date=27 January 2006}} and a son born in 2009.{{cite web|title=Greg Rusedski in second baby joy|url=http://www.confetti.co.uk/article/view/13773-8352-0-Greg_Rusedski_in_second_baby_joy_Christenings_Baby.do|work=Confetti|date=6 October 2009|access-date=1 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719062904/http://www.confetti.co.uk/article/view/13773-8352-0-Greg_Rusedski_in_second_baby_joy_Christenings_Baby.do|archive-date=19 July 2011|url-status=dead}}

Career

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Rusedski's first career singles tournament title was at the Hall of Fame Championship in Newport, Rhode Island in 1993. He opted to compete for the United Kingdom rather than Canada from 22 May 1995 onwards, a decision which was received poorly by Canadian fans; it was reported that he was given a "traitor's reception" by the crowd when he competed in his first Canadian Open after the switch.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/canadians-give-rusedski-a-rough-reception-1593336.html|newspaper=Independent|title=Canadians give Rusedski a rough reception|date=26 July 1995}}

Rusedski reached the singles final of the US Open in 1997, where he lost to Pat Rafter in four sets (shortly thereafter reaching his career high rank of world No. 4). He also won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award and the ITV Sports Champion of the Year Award. In 1998, Tim Henman eclipsed Rusedski as the UK number one tennis player. Rusedski, however, won the Grand Slam Cup in 1999.

In the 1999 US Open, Rusedski reached the fourth round where he was eliminated 5–7, 0–6, 7–6 (7–3), 6–4, 6–4, by Todd Martin; Rusedski had a two-sets-to-none advantage and was serving for the match in the third set, then in the fifth set he was up 4–1, but lost 20 of the final 21 points including a stretch of 18 consecutive points.{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-sep-08-sp-7946-story.html|title=Martin's Rally is Stunner in 5 Sets : U.S. Open: After two-set deficit, he comes back and finishes by winning 20 of last 21 points. Hingis, Venus Williams breeze|website=Los Angeles Times |date=8 September 1999}}

In the 2002 US Open, after losing to Pete Sampras in the third round in a grueling five-set match, Rusedski described Sampras as "a half-step slow" and predicted that Sampras would lose his fourth-round match to young German star Tommy Haas.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/jan/09/uknews4.mainsection3|newspaper=Guardian|title=People|date=9 January 2008}} Sampras, however, went on to win the tournament.

At Wimbledon in 2003, Rusedski was playing in a second-round match against Andy Roddick. Roddick had won the first two sets, but Rusedski was 5–2 up in the third set. During a point on Roddick's service game, a member of the crowd loudly called one of Roddick's shots long, causing Rusedski to stop playing the point as he believed it was a line judge. The umpire ruled that the ball was good and that, as Roddick's next shot landed in court, Roddick was awarded the point. Rusedski, believing the point should have been replayed, launched into a long and expletive-riddled tirade at the umpire and, never regaining his composure, went on to lose the next five games without reply to concede the match. Rusedski apologized after the match, and Roddick reached the semifinals.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/wimbledon_2003/3020984.stm |title=Roddick ends Rusedski dream |publisher=BBC News |date=25 June 2003}}{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/wimbledon_2003/3022642.stm|title=Rusedski fined for outburst|publisher=BBC Sport|date=26 June 2003}}

Rusedski tested positive for nandrolone in January 2004, but he was cleared of the charges in a hearing on 10 March 2004.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/3381111.stm|title=Rusedski fails drugs test|publisher=BBC Sport|date=9 January 2004}}{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/3547917.stm|title=Rusedski cleared|publisher=BBC Sport|date=10 March 2004}}

Rusedski was defeated in the second round of Wimbledon in 2005 by Joachim Johansson of Sweden. Later that year, he defended his title at the Hall of Fame Championship, defeating Vince Spadea in the final. This was the first time he had successfully defended a title and the third time he had won the championship. He then reached the semifinals at both the RCA Championships in Indianapolis, losing to Taylor Dent, and the Canada Masters tournament in Montreal, losing to Andre Agassi.

Towards the end of 2005, Rusedski's ranking had risen to the high 30s. A defeat for Rusedski in the first round of the Challenger event in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, left him ranked 38th, just one place short of regaining the UK top spot. Rusedski reclaimed the UK number-one spot on 15 May 2006, overtaking Andy Murray by getting to the third round of the Rome Masters. He lost the top UK ranking again after a first-round exit at Wimbledon.

On 7 April 2007, Rusedski officially retired from tennis after partnering with Jamie Murray to a doubles victory over the Netherlands in a Davis Cup match, a result which gave Great Britain a winning 3–0 lead in the tie. He announced his retirement immediately after the win during a live interview with Sue Barker on BBC Television.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/6535533.stm|title=Rusedski retires after GB victory|publisher=BBC Sport|date=7 April 2007}} Rusedski has stayed involved with professional tennis in his retirement, and currently works for the Lawn Tennis Association as a talent and performance ambassador.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/daviscup/7396943/Davis-Cup-LTA-deny-Greg-Rusedski-poised-to-replace-John-Lloyd-as-Great-Britain-captain.html|title=Davis Cup: LTA deny Greg Rusedski poised to replace John Lloyd as Great Britain captain|newspaper=Telegraph|date=8 March 2010}} Rusedski held the record for fastest serve at 149 miles per hour until Andy Roddick broke it.{{cite news|title=Newsweek Champions Cup – Interview with Greg Rusedski|url=http://www.asapsports.com/show_interview.php?id=18161|work=ASAP Sports Inc|date=14 March 1998}}{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/tennis/2004-02-06-roddick-record_x.htm|title=Roddick clocks record 150-mph serves|publisher=USA Today|date=7 February 2004|access-date=24 January 2024|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070817203831/https://www.usatoday.com/sports/tennis/2004-02-06-roddick-record_x.htm|archivedate=17 August 2007}}

On 24 January 2009, Rusedski confirmed he had been seeking a return to professional tennis. However, Davis Cup captain John Lloyd turned down his offer to compete in the Davis Cup, and Rusedski was unable to obtain any wild-card tournament entries.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/jan/24/greg-rusedski-comeback-tennis|title=Rusedski confirms surprise comeback |newspaper=Guardian|date=24 January 2009}}{{cite news|url=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/sport/tennis/article145649.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202042552/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/sport/tennis/article145649.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 February 2017|title=John Lloyd snubs Greg Rusedski return|newspaper=Times|date=25 January 2009}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/feb/12/greg-rusedski-combeack-atp-wildcards|title=Rusedski comeback on ice as he struggles for wildcards|newspaper=Guardian|date=12 February 2009}}{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7847927.stm|title=Rusedski plans surprise comeback|publisher=BBC Sport|date=24 January 2009}} Because of this, Rusedski quickly retracted his announcement and is still retired.

Rusedski was often overshadowed in the British press by Tim Henman, especially at Wimbledon.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/3499717.stm|title=Greg Rusedski profile|publisher=BBC Sport|date=10 March 2004}}

Media career

Rusedski has an active media career, having written columns for The Sun, The Daily Mirror{{cite web | url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/players/ru/g/greg-rusedski.aspx | title=Greg Rusedski bio | publisher=ATP | access-date=5 July 2013}}{{Cite web|url=http://journalisted.com/greg-rusedski?allarticles=yes|title=All articles by Greg Rusedski - journalisted.com|website=journalisted.com|access-date=2017-10-23|archive-date=23 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023174031/http://journalisted.com/greg-rusedski?allarticles=yes|url-status=dead}} and The Daily Telegraph.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tennis/2016/02/28/greg-rusedski-i-believe-in-the-integrity-of-tennis-its-time-to-n/|title=Greg Rusedski: 'I believe in the integrity of tennis. It's time to name names'|last=Rusedski|first=Greg|date=2016-02-28|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2017-10-23|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}} He also works for the television channel British Eurosport providing analysis during the stations' coverage of the Australian Open. He provided commentary and analysis for Sky Sports for their coverage of the US Open and ATP World Tour Events, and for the BBC's coverage of Wimbledon. He has done some acting, appearing in an episode of Agatha Christie's Marple as a tennis player.{{cite web|title=Agatha Christie's Marple Series 3 - 4 Towards Zero|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/qj9h/agatha-christies-marple--series-3---4-towards-zero|work=Radio Times|access-date=19 February 2015}} In 2008, he appeared as a contestant on the reality TV shows Dancing on Ice and Beat the Star. He has appeared in "Dictionary Corner" on the Channel 4 game show Countdown.

Grand Slam tournament finals

=Singles: 1 (0–1)=

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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

1997US OpenHard{{flagicon|AUS}} Patrick Rafter3–6, 2–6, 6–4, 5–7

Other significant finals

=Grand Slam Cup=

==Singles: 1 (1–0)==

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!style="width:40px"|Result

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!style="width:60px"|Surface

!style="width:160px"|Opponent

!style="width:200px" class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:moccasin;"

|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

1999Munich, GermanyHard (i){{flagicon|GER}} Tommy Haas6–3, 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5)

=Masters Series=

==Singles: 2 (1–1)==

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!style="width:40px"|Result

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!style="width:150px"|Tournament

!style="width:60px"|Surface

!style="width:160px"|Opponent

!style="width:200px" class="unsortable"|Score

bgcolor=CCCCFF

| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

1998Indian Wells MastersHard{{flagicon|CHI}} Marcelo Ríos3–6, 7–6(17–15), 6–7(4–7), 4–6
bgcolor=thistle

| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

1998Paris MastersCarpet (i){{flagicon|USA}} Pete Sampras6–4, 7–6(7–4), 6–3

Career finals

=Singles: 27 (15 titles, 12 runners-up)=

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style="background:#e9e9e9;"

|ATP Super 9 /
ATP Masters Series (1–1)

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|ATP Championship Series /
ATP International Series Gold (3–2)

ATP World Series /
ATP International Series (10–8)

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Clay (0–1)
Grass (5–0)
Carpet (5–6)

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!Finals by setting

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!Result

!class="unsortable"|W–L

!Date

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!Opponent

!class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|1–0

|{{dts|Jul 1993}}

|Hall of Fame Open, USA

|World Series

|Grass

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Javier Frana

|7–5, 6–7(7–9), 7–6(7–5)

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|1–1

|1993 Salem Open-Beijing – Singles

|Salem Open, China

|World Series

|Carpet (i)

|{{flagicon|USA}} Michael Chang

|6–7(5–7), 7–6(8–6), 4–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|2–1

|1995 Seoul Open – Singles

|Seoul Open, South Korea

|World Series

|Hard

|{{flagicon|GER}} Lars Rehmann

|6–4, 3–1 ret.

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|2–2

|1995 International Tennis Championships – Singles

|Delray Beach Open, USA

|World Series

|Clay

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Todd Woodbridge

|4–6, 2–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|3–2

|1996 Salem Open Beijing – Singles

|Salem Open, China

|World Series

|Carpet (i)

|{{flagicon|CZE}} Martin Damm

|7–6(7–5), 6–4

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|3–3

|1997 Croatian Indoors

|Zagreb Indoors, Croatia

|World Series

|Carpet (i)

|{{flagicon|CRO}} Goran Ivanišević

|6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–7(6–8)

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|3–4

|1997 Sybase Open – Singles

|Pacific Coast Championships, USA

|World Series

|Hard (i)

|{{flagicon|USA}} Pete Sampras

|6–3, 0–5 ret.

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|4–4

|1997 Nottingham Open – Singles

|Nottingham Open, UK

|World Series

|Grass

|{{flagicon|SVK}} Karol Kučera

|6–4, 7–5

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|4–5

|1997 US Open – Men's singles

|style="background:#F3E6D7;"|US Open, USA

|style="background:#F3E6D7;"|Grand Slam

|Hard

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Patrick Rafter

|3–6, 2–6, 6–4, 5–7

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|5–5

|{{dts|Oct 1997}}

|Swiss Indoors, Switzerland

|World Series

|Carpet (i)

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Mark Philippoussis

|6–3, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–3)

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|5–6

|1997 CA-TennisTrophy – Singles

|style="background:#D4F1C5;"|Vienna Open, Austria

|style="background:#D4F1C5;"|Champ. Series

|Carpet (i)

|{{flagicon|CRO}} Goran Ivanišević

|6–4, 7–6(7–4), 6–7(4–7), 2–6, 3–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|5–7

|1998 Croatian Indoors – Singles

|Zagreb Indoors, Croatia

|World Series

|Carpet (i)

|{{flagicon|CRO}} Goran Ivanišević

|6–7(3–7), 6–7(5–7)

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|6–7

|1998 European Community Championships – Singles

|style="background:#D4F1C5;"|ECC Antwerp, Belgium

|style="background:#D4F1C5;"|Champ. Series

|Hard (i)

|{{flagicon|SUI}} Marc Rosset

|7–6(7–3), 3–6, 6–1, 6–4

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|6–8

|1998 Newsweek Champions Cup – Singles

|style="background:#E9E9E9;"|Indian Wells Masters, USA

|style="background:#E9E9E9;"|Super 9

|Hard

|{{flagicon|CHI}} Marcelo Ríos

|3–6, 7–6(17–15), 6–7(4–7), 4–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|6–9

|1998 Grand Prix de Tennis de Toulouse – Singles

|Grand Prix de Toulouse, France

|World Series

|Hard (i)

|{{flagicon|NED}} Jan Siemerink

|4–6, 4–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|7–9

|1998 Paris Open – Singles

|style="background:#E9E9E9;"|Paris Masters, France

|style="background:#E9E9E9;"|Super 9

|Carpet (i)

|{{flagicon|USA}} Pete Sampras

|6–4, 7–6(7–4), 6–3

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|7–10

|1999 Guardian Direct Cup – Singles

|style="background:#D4F1C5;"|London Indoor, UK

|style="background:#D4F1C5;"|Champ. Series

|Carpet (i)

|{{flagicon|NED}} Richard Krajicek

|6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–5), 5–7

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|7–11

|{{dts|Aug 1999}}

|U.S. Pro Tennis Championships, USA

|World Series

|Hard

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Marat Safin

|4–6, 6–7(11–13)

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|8–11

|Grand Slam Cup#1999

|style="background:moccasin;"|Grand Slam Cup, Germany

|style="background:moccasin;"|Grand Slam Cup

|Hard (i)

|{{flagicon|GER}} Tommy Haas

|6–3, 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5)

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|9–11

|1999 CA-TennisTrophy – Singles

|style="background:#D4F1C5;"|Vienna Open, Austria

|style="background:#D4F1C5;"|Champ. Series

|Carpet (i)

|{{flagicon|GER}} Nicolas Kiefer

|6–7(5–7), 2–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|10–11

|2001 Sybase Open – Singles

|Pacific Coast Championships, USA

|International

|Hard (i)

|{{flagicon|USA}} Andre Agassi

|6–3, 6–4

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|11–11

|2002 Heineken Open – Singles

|Auckland Open, New Zealand

|International

|Hard

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Jérôme Golmard

|6–7(0–7), 6–4, 7–5

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|12–11

|2002 RCA Championships – Singles

|style="background:#D4F1C5;"|Indianapolis Tennis Championships, USA

|style="background:#D4F1C5;"|Intl. Gold

|Hard

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Félix Mantilla

|6–7(6–8), 6–4, 6–4

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|13–11

|2003 Samsung Open – Singles

|Nottingham Open, UK (2)

|International

|Grass

|{{flagicon|USA}} Mardy Fish

|6–3, 6–2

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|14–11

|2004 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships – Singles

|Hall of Fame Open, USA (2)

|International

|Grass

|{{flagicon|GER}} Alexander Popp

|7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–2)

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|14–12

|2004 Kremlin Cup – Men's singles

|Kremlin Cup, Russia

|International

|Carpet (i)

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Nikolay Davydenko

|6–3, 3–6, 5–7

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|15–12

|2005 Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships – Singles

|Hall of Fame Open, USA (3)

|International

|Grass

|{{flagicon|USA}} Vince Spadea

|7–6(7–3), 2–6, 6–4

=Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)=

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|Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)

style="background:#e9e9e9;"

|ATP Super 9 /
ATP Masters Series (0–0)

style="background:#d4f1c5;"

|ATP Championship Series /
ATP International Series Gold (1–0)

ATP World Series /
ATP International Series (2–2)

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!Finals by surface

Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (1–2)

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!Finals by setting

Outdoor (2–0)
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!Result

!class="unsortable"|W–L

!Date

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!Partner

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!class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|1–0

|1994 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships

|Hall of Fame Open, USA

|World Series

|Grass

|{{flagicon|AUT}} Alex Antonitsch

|{{flagicon|USA}} Kent Kinnear
{{flagicon|USA}} David Wheaton

|6–4, 3–6, 6–4

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|1–1

|1994 CA-TennisTrophy – Doubles

|Vienna Open, Austria

|World Series

|Carpet (i)

|{{flagicon|AUT}} Alex Antonitsch

|{{flagicon|USA}} Mike Bauer
{{flagicon|CZE}} David Rikl

|6–7, 4–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|1–2

|{{dts|Mar 1995}}

|Copenhagen Open, Denmark

|World Series

|Carpet (i)

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Guillaume Raoux

|{{flagicon|USA}} Mark Keil
{{flagicon|SWE}} Peter Nyborg

|7–6, 4–6, 6–7

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|2–2

|1996 Bournemouth International – Doubles

|Bournemouth International, UK

|World Series

|Clay

|{{flagicon|GER}} Marc-Kevin Goellner

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Rodolphe Gilbert
{{flagicon|POR}} Nuno Marques

|6–3, 7–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|3–2

|1999 Guardian Direct Cup – Doubles

|style="background:#D4F1C5;"|London Indoor, UK

|style="background:#D4F1C5;"|Champ. Series

|Carpet (i)

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Tim Henman

|{{flagicon|ZIM}} Byron Black
{{flagicon|RSA}} Wayne Ferreira

|6–3, 7–6(8–6)

Singles performance timeline

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!colspan=3|{{flag|Canada}}

!{{flagicon|CAN}}{{flagicon|GBR}}

!colspan=11|{{Great Britain}}

!colspan=3|Total

!width=35|1992width=35|1993width=35|1994width=35|19952width=35|1996width=35|1997width=35|1998width=35|1999width=35|2000width=35|2001width=35|2002width=35|2003width=35|2004width=35|2005width=35|2006width=45|SRwidth=45|W–Lwidth=45|Win %
colspan="23" style="text-align:left;"|Grand Slam tournaments
align=left|Australian Open

|A

|A

| style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

| style="background:#afeeee;"|3R

| style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

| style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

| style="background:#afeeee;"|3R

| style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

|A

| style="background:#afeeee;"|4R

| style="background:#afeeee;"|3R

|A

| style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

| style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

|A

|0 / 10

|11–10

|47.62

align=left|French Open

|A

|A

| style="background:#afeeee;"|3R

|A

| style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

| style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

| style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

| style="background:#afeeee;"|4R

| style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

| style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

|A

| style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

| style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

| style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

| style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|0 / 11

|7–11

|38.89

align=left|Wimbledon

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q3

| style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

| style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

| style="background:#afeeee;"|4R

| style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

| style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

| style="background:#afeeee;"|4R

| style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

| style="background:#afeeee;"|4R

| style="background:#afeeee;"|4R

| style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

| style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

| style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

| style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|0 / 14

|21–14

|60.00

align=left|US Open

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|A

| style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

| style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

| style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

| style="background:thistle;"|F

| style="background:#afeeee;"|3R

| style="background:#afeeee;"|4R

| style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

| style="background:#afeeee;"|3R

| style="background:#afeeee;"|3R

| style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

| style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

| style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

| style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|0 / 13

|16–13

|55.17

style=text-align:left|Win–loss

!0–0

!0–1

!3–4

!5–3

!2–4

!10–4

!4–4

!10–4

!1–3

!9–4

!7–3

!1–3

!1–4

!2–4

!0–3

!0 / 48

!55–48

!54.37

colspan="21" style="text-align:left;"|Year-end championships
align=left|Tennis Masters Cup

|colspan=5 |Did not qualify

|bgcolor=afeeee|RR

|bgcolor=afeeee|RR

|colspan=8 |Did not qualify

!0 / 2

!2–2

!50.00

align=left|Grand Slam Cup

|colspan=5 |Did not qualify

|bgcolor=yellow|SF

|colspan=1 |DNQ

|bgcolor=lime|W

|colspan=7 style=color:#767676|Not Held

!1 / 2

!6–1

!85.71

colspan="21" style="text-align:left;"|ATP Masters Series
align=left|Indian Wells Masters

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

| style="background:thistle;"|F

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|0 / 10

|9–10

|47.37

align=left|Miami Masters

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|4R

|bgcolor=afeeee|4R

|bgcolor=afeeee|4R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|0 / 9

|11–9

|55.00

align=left|Monte Carlo Masters

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|0 / 6

|0–6

|0.00

align=left|Hamburg Masters

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|0 / 6

|2–6

|25.00

align=left|Rome Masters

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|0 / 10

|4–10

|28.57

align=left|Canada Masters

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|A

| style="background:yellow;"|SF

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|0 / 9

|8–9

|47.06

align=left|Cincinnati Masters

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|0 / 10

|11–10

|52.38

align=left|Madrid Masters1

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

| style="background:yellow;"|SF

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|0 / 8

|9–8

|52.94

align=left|Paris Masters

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|bgcolor=lime|W

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|A

|1 / 6

|8–5

|61.54

style=text-align:left|Win–loss

!2–1

!1–2

!1–6

!2–3

!3–5

!2–4

!14–6

!7–7

!6–6

!5–9

!3–5

!2–2

!2–1

!9–9

!3–7

!1 / 74

!62–73

!45.93

colspan="23" style="text-align:left;"|Career statistics
style=text-align:left|Titles–Finals

!0–0

!1–2

!0–0

!1–2

!1–1

!2–6

!2–5

!2–4

!0–0

!1–1

!2–2

!1–1

!1–2

!1–1

!0–0

!15 / 27

!15–12

!55.56

align=left|Year-end ranking

|161

|50

|114

|37

|48

| style="background:#eee8aa;"|6

| style="background:#eee8aa;"|9

|13

|69

|31

|31

|119

|46

|37

|191

|colspan=3|

1 This event was held in Stockholm through 1994, Essen in 1995, and Stuttgart from 1996 through 2001.

2 Rusedski was granted British citizenship in May 1995, and competed for Great Britain from 22 May 1995 onwards.

Top 10 wins

class="wikitable sortable"
Season199219931994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006Total
align=center

|Wins

02001363255010129

class="wikitable sortable"
No.

!width=200|Player

!Rank

!width=250|Event

!Surface

!Rd.

!width=200|Score

!{{Tooltip|RR| Rusedski's ATP ranking}}

colspan=8|1993
1.

|{{flagicon|NED}} Richard Krajicek

|bgcolor=EEE8AA|10

|bgcolor=d4f1c5|Tokyo Indoor, Japan

|bgcolor=thistle|Carpet (i)

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|6–4, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–2)

|130

2.

|{{flagicon|USA}} Michael Chang

|bgcolor=EEE8AA|7

|bgcolor=d4f1c5|Tokyo Indoor, Japan

|bgcolor=thistle|Carpet (i)

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|4–6, 6–3, 7–6(8–6)

|130

colspan=8|1996
3.

|{{flagicon|RSA}} Wayne Ferreira

|bgcolor=EEE8AA|10

|Stockholm Open, Sweden

|bgcolor=CCCCFF|Hard (i)

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|6–3, 3–6, 6–3

|53

colspan=8|1997
4.

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Thomas Enqvist

|bgcolor=EEE8AA|10

|Zagreb Indoors, Croatia

|bgcolor=thistle|Carpet (i)

|bgcolor=yellow|SF

|6–4, 6–4

|56

5.

|{{flagicon|USA}} Michael Chang

|bgcolor=EEE8AA|4

|San Jose, United States

|bgcolor=CCCCFF|Hard (i)

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|7–6(7–4), 6–4

|39

6.

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Yevgeny Kafelnikov

|bgcolor=EEE8AA|4

|bgcolor=moccasin|Grand Slam Cup, Munich

|bgcolor=thistle|Carpet (i)

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–1

|bgcolor=EEE8AA|10

colspan=8|1998
7.

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Yevgeny Kafelnikov

|bgcolor=EEE8AA|9

|bgcolor=d4f1c5|Vienna Open, Austria

|bgcolor=thistle|Carpet (i)

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|6–3, 3–6, 7–6(7–3)

|17

8.

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Pat Rafter

|bgcolor=thistle|2

|bgcolor=d4f1c5|Vienna Open, Austria

|bgcolor=thistle|Carpet (i)

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|6–3, 7–6(7–3)

|17

9.

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Pat Rafter

|bgcolor=99ccff|3

|bgcolor=d4f1c5|Stuttgart Indoor, Germany

|bgcolor=CCCCFF|Hard (i)

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7), 6–4

|13

10.

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Yevgeny Kafelnikov

|bgcolor=EEE8AA|8

|bgcolor=e9e9e9|Paris Masters, France

|bgcolor=thistle|Carpet (i)

|bgcolor=yellow|SF

|6–3, 4–6, 6–4

|13

11.

|{{flagicon|USA}} Pete Sampras

|bgcolor=lime|1

|bgcolor=e9e9e9|Paris Masters, France

|bgcolor=thistle|Carpet (i)

|bgcolor=lime|F

|6–4, 7–6(7–4), 6–3

|13

12.

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Tim Henman

|bgcolor=EEE8AA|9

|bgcolor=ffffcc|ATP Tour Championships, Hanover

|bgcolor=CCCCFF|Hard (i)

|bgcolor=afeeee|RR

|6–2, 6–4

|11

colspan=8|1999
13.

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Gustavo Kuerten

|bgcolor=EEE8AA|5

|bgcolor=moccasin|Grand Slam Cup, Munich

|bgcolor=CCCCFF|Hard (i)

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|6–3, 3–6, 6–3

|bgcolor=EEE8AA|6

14.

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Yevgeny Kafelnikov

|bgcolor=thistle|2

|bgcolor=moccasin|Grand Slam Cup, Munich

|bgcolor=CCCCFF|Hard (i)

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|7–5, 7–6(8–6)

|bgcolor=EEE8AA|6

15.

|{{flagicon|USA}} Todd Martin

|bgcolor=EEE8AA|4

|bgcolor=d4f1c5|Stuttgart Indoor, Germany

|bgcolor=CCCCFF|Hard (i)

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|4–6, 7–6(12–10), 6–4

|bgcolor=EEE8AA|6

colspan=8|2000
16.

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Yevgeny Kafelnikov

|bgcolor=EEE8AA|7

|bgcolor=d4f1c5|Vienna Open, Austria

|bgcolor=CCCCFF|Hard (i)

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|6–4, 6–7(3–7), 6–3

|44

17.

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Marat Safin

|bgcolor=thistle|2

|bgcolor=d4f1c5|Stuttgart Indoor, Germany

|bgcolor=CCCCFF|Hard (i)

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|7–6(7–2), 6–4

|89

colspan=8|2001
18.

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Gustavo Kuerten

|bgcolor=lime|1

|bgcolor=f3e6d7|Australian Open, Melbourne

|bgcolor=CCCCFF|Hard

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 9–7

|65

19.

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Marat Safin

|bgcolor=lime|1

|Milan Indoor, Italy

|bgcolor=thistle|Carpet (i)

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|6–0, 7–6(7–5)

|52

20.

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Lleyton Hewitt

|bgcolor=EEE8AA|6

|San Jose, United States

|bgcolor=CCCCFF|Hard (i)

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|5–7, 6–1, 6–4

|58

21.

|{{flagicon|USA}} Andre Agassi

|bgcolor=EEE8AA|4

|San Jose, United States

|bgcolor=CCCCFF|Hard (i)

|bgcolor=lime|F

|6–3, 6–4

|58

22.

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Juan Carlos Ferrero

|bgcolor=EEE8AA|4

|bgcolor=f3e6d7|Wimbledon, London

|bgcolor=#cfc|Grass

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|6–1, 6–4, 6–4

|40

colspan=8|2002
23.

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Thomas Johansson

|bgcolor=EEE8AA|10

|Marseille, France

|bgcolor=CCCCFF|Hard (i)

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|6–4, 3–6, 6–3

|30

24.

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Juan Carlos Ferrero

|bgcolor=EEE8AA|4

|bgcolor=e9e9e9|Indian Wells Masters, United States

|bgcolor=CCCCFF|Hard

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|6–4, 6–3

|38

25.

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Marat Safin

|bgcolor=thistle|2

|bgcolor=e9e9e9|Cincinnati Masters, United States

|bgcolor=CCCCFF|Hard

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|7–6(9–7), 6–2

|38

26.

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Lleyton Hewitt

|bgcolor=lime|1

|bgcolor=d4f1c5|Indianapolis Championships, United States

|bgcolor=CCCCFF|Hard

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|7–6(7–3), 6–4

|41

27.

|{{flagicon|GER}} Tommy Haas

|bgcolor=99ccff|3

|bgcolor=d4f1c5|Indianapolis Championships, United States

|bgcolor=CCCCFF|Hard

|bgcolor=yellow|SF

|3–6, 6–3, 6–3

|41

colspan=8|2004
28.

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Gastón Gaudio

|bgcolor=EEE8AA|9

|bgcolor=e9e9e9|Cincinnati Masters, United States

|bgcolor=CCCCFF|Hard

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|4–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–4

|96

colspan=8|2006
29.

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Tommy Robredo

|bgcolor=EEE8AA|10

|bgcolor=e9e9e9|Rome Masters, Italy

|bgcolor=#ebc2af|Clay

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|5–7, 6–3, 6–4

|45

References

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