Wesley Moodie

{{Infobox tennis biography

| name = Wesley Moodie

| image= Wesley moodie.jpg

| country = {{RSA}}

| residence = Cape Town, South Africa

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1979|2|14}}

| birth_place = Durban

| height = {{height|m=1.96}}

| turnedpro = 2000

| retired = July 2011

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

| careerprizemoney = $2,455,112

| singlesrecord = 58–70

| singlestitles = 1

| highestsinglesranking = No. 57 (10 October 2005)

| AustralianOpenresult = 2R (2006)

| FrenchOpenresult = 1R (2006)

| Wimbledonresult = 3R (2003)

| USOpenresult = 3R (2006)

| doublesrecord = 170–133

| doublestitles = 6

| highestdoublesranking = No. 8 (3 August 2009)

| AustralianOpenDoublesresult = SF (2008)

| FrenchOpenDoublesresult = F (2009)

| WimbledonDoublesresult = W (2005)

| USOpenDoublesresult = QF (2009, 2010)

}}

Wesley Moodie (born 14 February 1979) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa who won the 2005 Wimbledon Men's Doubles.

Career

=Early life and college career=

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

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

=Professional career=

Moodie first came to public notice when he reached the third round at Wimbledon in 2003, losing to Sébastien Grosjean, whom he beat in the United States later that year. Moodie won his first top-flight tour singles event in capturing the 2005 Japan Open, beating fifth seed Mario Ančić in the final 1–6, 7–6, 6–4, after saving two match points in the tie-break (he had also saved four match points in the semifinal against Jarkko Nieminen).

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 No. 6, 9, 3, 1 & 2 seeds in the process.

Wesley Moodie joined the Monte Carlo Tennis Academy on 9 June 2007.[http://www.mctacademy.com/news/2007/090607-01.shtml MCTA Academy site]

Playing style

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.

Personal

Moodie is married to wife Marcia, a teacher. They have a daughter, Danica Jade, born 30 November 2006, two sons, Jason, born 16 February 2011 and Kristian, born 30 June 2015.

Grand Slam finals

=Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)=

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!style="width:30px"|Year

!style="width:150px"|Championship

!style="width:50px"|Surface

!style="width:140px"|Partner

!style="width:140px"|Opponents

!style="width:180px" class="unsortable"|Score

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

| 2005

| Wimbledon

| Grass

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Stephen Huss

| {{flagicon|USA}} Bob Bryan
{{flagicon|USA}} Mike Bryan

| 7–6^(7–4), 6–3, 6–7^(2–7), 6–3

style="background:#ebc2af;"

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

| 2009

| French Open

| Clay

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Dick Norman

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Lukáš Dlouhý
{{flagicon|IND}} Leander Paes

| 6–3, 3–6, 2–6

=Mixed doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)=

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!style="width:40px"|Result

!style="width:30px"|Year

!style="width:150px"|Championship

!style="width:50px"|Surface

!style="width:140px"|Partner

!style="width:140px"|Opponents

!style="width:180px" class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:#ccffcc;"

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

| 2010

| Wimbledon

| Grass

| {{flagicon|USA}} Lisa Raymond

| {{flagicon|ZIM}} Cara Black
{{flagicon|IND}} Leander Paes

| 4–6, 6–7^(5–7)

ATP career finals

=Singles: 1 (1 title)=

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|Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)

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|ATP Masters Series /
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)

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|ATP International Series Gold /
ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–0)

ATP International Series /
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–0)

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Carpet (0–0)

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!Result

!class="unsortable"|W–L

!Date

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!Opponent

!class="unsortable"|Score

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

|1–0

|2005 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's singles

|style="background:#D4F1C5;"|Japan Open, Tokyo

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

|Hard

|{{flagicon|CRO}} Mario Ančić

|1–6, 7–6^(9–7), 6–4

=Doubles: 13 (6 titles, 7 runner-ups)=

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|Grand Slam tournaments (1–1)

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|ATP Masters Series /
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–2)

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|ATP International Series Gold /
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)

ATP International Series /
ATP World Tour 250 Series (5–4)

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!Finals by surface

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Clay (2–3)

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!Result

!class="unsortable"|W–L

!Date

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!Partner

!Opponents

!class="unsortable"|Score

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

|1–0

|2005 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles

|style="background:#F3E6D7;"|Wimbledon, U.K.

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

|Grass

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Stephen Huss

|{{flagicon|USA}} Bob Bryan
{{flagicon|USA}} Mike Bryan

|7–6^(7–4), 6–3, 6–7^(2–7), 6–3

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|1–1

|2005 Davidoff Swiss Indoors – Doubles

|Swiss Indoors, Switzerland

|International

|Hard (i)

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Stephen Huss

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Agustín Calleri
{{flagicon|CHI}} Fernando González

|5–7, 5–7

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|1–2

|2006 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships – Doubles

|Delray Beach Open, U.S.

|International

|Hard

|{{flagicon|RSA}} Chris Haggard

|{{flagicon|BAH}} Mark Knowles
{{flagicon|CAN}} Daniel Nestor

|2–6, 3–6

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

|2–2

|2007 Next Generation Adelaide International – Doubles

|Adelaide International, Australia

|International

|Hard

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Todd Perry

|{{flagicon|SRB|2004}} Novak Djokovic
{{flagicon|CZE}} Radek Štěpánek

|6–4, 3–6, [15–13]

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

|3–2

|2007 Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana – Doubles

|Valencia Open, Spain

|International

|Clay

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Todd Perry

|{{flagicon|SUI}} Yves Allegro
{{flagicon|ARG}} Sebastián Prieto

|7–5, 7–5

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|3–3

|2008 Qatar Open – Doubles

|Qatar Open, Doha

|International

|Hard

|{{flagicon|RSA}} Jeff Coetzee

|{{flagicon|GER}} Philipp Kohlschreiber
{{flagicon|CZE}} David Škoch

|4–6, 6–4, [9–11]

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

|4–3

|2008 Estoril Open – Men's doubles

|Estoril Open, Portugal

|International

|Clay

|{{flagicon|RSA}} Jeff Coetzee

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Jamie Murray
{{flagicon|ZIM}} Kevin Ullyett

|6–2, 4–6, [10–8]

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|4–4

|2008 BNP Paribas Masters – Doubles

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

|style="background:#E9E9E9;"|Masters

|Hard (i)

|{{flagicon|RSA}} Jeff Coetzee

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Jonas Björkman
{{flagicon|ZIM}} Kevin Ullyett

|2–6, 2–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|4–5

|2009 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open – Men's doubles

|style="background:#E9E9E9;"|Madrid Open, Spain

|style="background:#E9E9E9;"|Masters 1000

|Clay

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Simon Aspelin

|{{flagicon|CAN}} Daniel Nestor
{{flagicon|SRB|2004}} Nenad Zimonjić

|4–6, 4–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|4–6

|2009 French Open – Men's doubles

|style="background:#F3E6D7;"|French Open, Paris

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

|Clay

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Dick Norman

|{{flagicon|CZE}} Lukáš Dlouhý
{{flagicon|IND}} Leander Paes

|6–3, 3–6, 2–6

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

|5–6

|2009 Aegon Championships – Doubles

|Queen's Club Championships, U.K.

|250 Series

|Grass

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Mikhail Youzhny

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Marcelo Melo
{{flagicon|BRA}} André Sá

|6–4, 4–6, [10–6]

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

|6–6

|2009 Ordina Open – Men's doubles

|Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands

|250 Series

|Grass

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Dick Norman

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Johan Brunström
{{flagicon|AHO}} Jean-Julien Rojer

|7–6^(7–3), 6–7^(8–10), [10–5]

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|6–7

|2010 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Doubles

|U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, U.S.

|250 Series

|Clay

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Stephen Huss

|{{flagicon|USA}} Bob Bryan
{{flagicon|USA}} Mike Bryan

|3–6, 5–7

Career statistics

=Doubles performance timeline=

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! Tournament !!1998!!1999!!2000!!2001!!2002!!2003!!2004!!2005!!2006!!2007!!2008!!2009!!2010!!2011!! Career SR !! Career W-L

colspan="17" | Grand Slam tournaments

bgcolor="#efefef"| Australian Open

|align="center"|A

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

|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF

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

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

|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|0 / 7

|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|11–7

bgcolor="#efefef"| French Open

|align="center"|A

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

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

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

|align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;"|F

|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF

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

|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|0 / 6

|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|10–6

bgcolor="#efefef"| Wimbledon

|align="center"|A

|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|W

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

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

|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF

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

|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|1 / 7

|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|21–6

bgcolor="#efefef"| US Open

|align="center"|A

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

|align="center"|A

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

|align="center"|A

|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|0 / 5

|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|6–5

bgcolor="#efefef"

|Grand Slam SR

|align="center"|0 / 0

|align="center"|1 / 3

|align="center"|0 / 4

|align="center"|0 / 3

|align="center"|0 / 4

|align="center"|0 / 3

|align="center"|1 / 27

|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |N/A

style="background:#EFEFEF;" |Annual win–loss

!align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|0–0

!align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|8–2

!align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|5–4

!align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|4–4

!align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|6–3

!align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|12–4

!align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|9–4

!align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|2–3

!align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|N/A

!align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|48–24

colspan="17" | ATP Masters Series

style="background:#EFEFEF;" |Indian Wells

|align="center"|A

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

|align="center"|A

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

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

|align="center"|A

|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 3

|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |1–3

style="background:#EFEFEF;" |Miami

|align="center"|A

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

|align="center"|A

|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF

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

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

|align="center"|A

|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 4

|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |6–4

style="background:#EFEFEF;" |Monte Carlo

|align="center"|A

|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF

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

|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF

|align="center"|A

|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 3

|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |6–3

style="background:#EFEFEF;" |Rome

|align="center"|A

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

|align="center"|A

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

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

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

|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 5

|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0–5

style="background:#EFEFEF;" |Madrid (Stuttgart)

|align="center"|A

|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF

|align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;"|F

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

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

|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 4

|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |7–4

style="background:#EFEFEF;" |Canada

|align="center"|A

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

|align="center"|A

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

|align="center"|A

|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 2

|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |1–2

style="background:#EFEFEF;" |Cincinnati

|align="center"|A

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

|align="center"|A

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

|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF

|align="center"|A

|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 3

|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |5–3

bgcolor="#efefef"|Shanghai

|align="center" colspan="11" style="color:#cccccc;"|Not Held

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

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

|align="center"|A

|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 2

|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0–2

style="background:#EFEFEF;" |Paris

|align="center"|A

|align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;"|F

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

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

|align="center"|A

|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 3

|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |4–3

style="background:#EFEFEF;" |Hamburg

|align="center"|A

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

|align="center"|A

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

|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#cccccc;"|NM1

|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 2

|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |1–2

bgcolor="#efefef"

|Masters Series SR

|align="center"|0 / 0

|align="center"|0 / 2

|align="center"|0 / 4

|align="center"|0 / 0

|align="center"|0 / 7

|align="center"|0 / 9

|align="center"|0 / 7

|align="center"|0 / 2

|align="center"|0 / 31

|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |N/A

style="background:#EFEFEF;" |Annual win–loss

|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|0–0

|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|2–2

|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|3–4

|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|0–0

|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|11–7

|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|7–9

|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|7–7

|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|1–2

|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|N/A

|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|31–31

style="background:#EFEFEF;"| Year-end ranking

|align="center"|1384

|align="center"|–

|align="center"|285

|align="center"|200

|align="center"|188

|align="center"|178

|align="center"|172

|align="center"|24

|align="center"|47

|align="center"|49

|align="center"|14

|align="center" style="background:#EEE8AA;"|10

|align="center"|14

|align="center"|182

|colspan=2 align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|N/A

References

External links

{{ATP}}
{{ITF}}
{{Davis Cup player}}
[http://steveghelper.com/RankingHistory.php?player=Moodie Moodie world ranking history]
[http://www.mctacademy.com/players/moodie.shtml Profile page of Wesley Moodie at the Monte Carlo Tennis Academy website]
[http://www.wesleymoodiefoundation.org Wesley Moodie Foundation Website]

Category:1979 births

Category:Living people

Category:Auburn University at Montgomery alumni

Category:Boise State University alumni

Category:Tennis players from Durban

Category:South African expatriate sportspeople in the United Kingdom

Category:South African male tennis players

Category:South African people of English descent

Category:Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles

Category:Wimbledon champions

Category:South African expatriate sportspeople in the United States