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词条 Andrew Whittington (tennis)
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  1. Career

     2010–2012: Career beginnings   2013–2014: Doubles success   2015–2016: Focus on singles and ATP World Tour debut  2017: First Grand Slam appearance 

  2. Personal life

  3. Tour finals

     Singles: 14 (8–6)  Doubles: 30 (22–8) 

  4. Doubles performance timeline

  5. References

  6. External links

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|updated=27 November 2017}}Andrew Whittington (born 11 August 1993) is an Australian professional tennis player.[1][2]

He made the world's top 200 in August 2016 following a semi-final run at the 2016 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships.

His best performance came by reaching the quarter finals of the 2014 Australian Open with Alex Bolt. In May 2014, Whittington and Bolt won the China International Challenger, which was both players' first Challenger doubles title. He'll make his singles grand slam debut at the 2017 Australian Open after being given a wild card.

Career

2010–2012: Career beginnings

Whittington made his first singles appearance in April 2010 at the Australian F3 where he lost in round 1 to Brendan Moore. Throughout 2010/11, Whittington played mostly on the ITF circuits across Australia and the USA where he reached two quarter finals in singles. In 2011, Whittington began partnering Luke Saville in doubles. The pair won back-to-back ITF doubles titles in November. The pair were given a wild card into the 2012 Australian Open Men's doubles. They lost in round 1. In March 2012, Whittington began partnering Alex Bolt; the pair won three ITF doubles titles before June.

Whittington made his first appearance in the singles main draw of an ATP Challenger Tour at Caloundra in February 2012, losing narrowly in round 1. The remainder of 2012 was spent on the ITF Circuit across Australia and Europe and he reached two semi-finals.

2013–2014: Doubles success

In January 2013, Whittington was given a wild card into the Burnie Challenger where he reached the quarter finals, before playing ITF tour across USA and Europe. In April, Whittington reached his first final in Greece. He lost to Dimitar Kuzmanov in straight sets. He returned to Australia in September 2013 and lost in the final of the Australia F6 to Adam Feeney, before winning his first single title the following week at the F7 against Alex Bolt. Following the win, he told Tennis Australia “I’ve never felt like that before, I still feel like I’m out there playing.”[3] In November 2013, he won his second ITF title in Cambodia against Gavin van Peperzeel.[4]

In doubles, Whittington played with a number of partners throughout 2013 but re-joined Alex Bolt in September and commenced a successful doubles run. The pair won three consecutive ITF doubles titles in Australia and in October, the pair reached their first Challenger final at the Melbourne Challenger, losing to Thanasi Kokkinakis and Benjamin Mitchell.

In January 2014, Whittington lost in the first round of qualifying for the 2014 Brisbane International and 2014 Australian Open.

Whittington and Bolt were given wild cards into the Men's doubles. The pair defeated the number 3 seeds David Marrero and Fernando Verdasco in round two, ultimately losing at the quarter-final stage to number 8 seed Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić. The match was played on Rod Laver Arena; the pairs first appearance on centre court.[5] The pair then made a series of semi-finals across Australia circuit before winning their first Challenger title in Anning in May. This increased Whittington's double ranking to within the world's top 100.

In June, Whittington and Bolt qualified for the 2014 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles, this was the pairs first appearance at Wimbledon. They lost in round 1 to Feliciano López and Jürgen Melzer. In August, Whittington lost in the final of the Chinese Taipei F1 before returning to Australia playing in ITF and Challenger circuit. By November 2014, Whittington had reached his twentieth doubles final. Whittington ended 2014 with a singles ranking of 525 and doubles ranking of 109.

2015–2016: Focus on singles and ATP World Tour debut

In January 2015, Whittington and Bolt made the final of the Onkaparinga Challenger, before reaching the third round of the Men's doubles. Throughout the rest of 2015, Whittington began focussing on singles matches on the ATP Challenger tour, with limited success.

Whittington commenced 2016 at the Happy Valley Challenger, qualifying for and reaching the semi final. This was his best singles performance to date at this level. Whittington then played the Canberra and Launceston challenger events before winning his third and fourth ITF singles title in Mornington in March.[6] He played in Nanjing, Anning and Bangkok challenger events before winning his fifth ITF title in Guam in May. In June, Whittington won three ITF titles in three weeks in Hong Kong. In July, Whittington was seeded for the first time in a Challenger Event at Gimcheon and reached his first final against Max Purcell. This was followed up by a semi final result at Lexington Challenger and quarter final result at Granby. Whittington increased his singles ranking inside the top 200 for the first time. In September, Whittington contended the US Open for the first time, losing in round 1 of qualifying to João Souza.[7] Whittington then qualified for the main draw of an ATP World Tour for the first time in Shenzhen. In his ATP debut, he saved four match points against Luca Vanni, eventually winning 2-6, 7-6, 6-2 in two hours and 20 minutes.[8] He lost in round 2 to Richard Gasquet. Whittington ended the year playing challenger events in Vietnam and China. Whittington ended 2016 with a career high singles ranking of 170 and a doubles ranking of 312.

2017: First Grand Slam appearance

On 2 January 2017, Tennis Australia awarded Whittington a wild card into the 2017 Australian Open. This was Whittington's first singles appearance in a grand slam.[9] He defeated Adam Pavlásek in 4 sets in round 1, before losing to Ivo Karlovic in round 2.[10] Whittington partnered Marc Polmans in the 2017 Australian Open – Men's Doubles, where they reached the semi-finals. Whittington played on the challenger tour before heading to USA in March, where he lost in qualifying for both Indian Wells and Miami Masters. At the French Open Whittington lost in round 1 of qualifying. In June, Whittington entered the qualifying for Wimbledon. In the first round of qualifying, he recovered from a 1-4 deficit in the final set, saving break points in the sixth game against Stephane Robert of France, to prevail 3-6, 7-5, 6-4. In R2 of Qualifying he won from a set down again, winning 6-7, 6-4, 6-4 against Tim Smyczek before qualifying for Wimbledon for the first time 4-6, 2-6, 7-6(7), 7-6(3), 6-0. Whittington saved two match points in the third set tie-break at 4-6 after coming from 2-5 down in that same tie-break against Denis Kudla. Whittington gallantly went down to Thiago Monteiro in R1, saving match points against his serve at 4-5 in the fourth set before losing that set and the match in a tie-break.[11]

Personal life

Whittington supports the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League.[12]

He also supports Orlando Magic in National Basketball Association

Tour finals

Singles: 14 (8–6)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (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 (0–0)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–2)
ITF Futures Tour (8–4)
Titles by Surface
Hard (8–6)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.format=dmy|2013-05-05}}Heraklion, Greece F5HardGRE}} Dimitar Kuzmanov1–6, 2–6
Runner-up2.format=dmy|2013-09-15}}Toowoomba, Australia F6HardAUS}} Adam Feeney6–7, 6–4
Winner3.format=dmy|2013-09-22}}Cairns, Australia F7HardAUS}} Alex Bolt6–4, 6–4
Winner4.format=dmy|2013-12-01}}Phnom Penh, Cambodia F1HardAUS}} Gavin van Peperzeel7–5, 6–0
Runner-up5.format=dmy|2014-08-24}}Chinese Taipei, F1HardROC}} Liang Chi Huang3–6, 4–6
Runner-up6.format=dmy|2014-11-16}}Wollongong, F9, AustraliaHardGBR}} Brydan Klein3–6, 3–6
Winner7.format=dmy|2016-03-20}}Mornington, F2 AustraliaHardAUS}} Gavin van Peperzeel6–2, 6–3
Winner8.format=dmy|2016-03-27}}Mornington, F4 AustraliaHardAUS}} Christopher O'Connell7–5, 6–3
Winner9.format=dmy|2016-05-29}}Tumon, F1 GuamHardJPN}} Shuichi Sekiguchi7–6, 7–6
Winner10.format=dmy|2016-06-12}}Hong Kong, F1HardCHN}} He Yecong7–5, 6–3
Winner11.format=dmy|2016-06-19}}Hong Kong, F2HardAUS}} Daniel Nolan6–3, 6–3
Winner12.format=dmy|2016-06-25}}Hong Kong, F3HardJPN}} Jumpei Yamasaki6–3, 6–2
Runner-up13.format=dmy|2016-07-24}}Gimcheon, South KoreaHardAUS}} Max Purcell6–3, 6–7, 1–5 (ret)
Runner-up14.format=dmy|2017-11-26}}Hua Hin, ThailandHardAUS}} John Millman2-6, 2-6

Doubles: 30 (22–8)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (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 (0–0)
ATP Challenger Tour (2–3)
ITF Futures Tour (20–4)
Titles by Surface
Hard (16–5)
Clay (6–2)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1.format=dmy|2011-11-20}}F12 AustraliaHardAUS}} Luke SavilleAUS}} John Peers
{{flagicon|AUS}} Dane Propaggia		4–6, 6–4, 10–5
Winner2.format=dmy|2011-11-27}}F13 AustraliaHardAUS}} Luke SavilleAUS}} Matthew Barton
{{flagicon|AUS}} Michael Look		6–7, 6–4, 12–10
Winner3.format=dmy|2012-02-19}}F1 AustraliaHardAUS}} Luke SavilleGBR}} Brydan Klein
{{flagicon|AUS}} Dane Propaggia		6–7, 6–2
Winner4.format=dmy|2012-04-15}}F4, ItalyClayAUS}} Alex BoltITA}} Erik Crepaldi
{{flagicon|ITA}} Claudio Grassi		6–3, 7–6
Winner5.format=dmy|2012-06-10}}F2, SloveniaClayAUS}} Alex BoltSRB}} Miki Jankovic
{{flagicon|SLO}} Nik Razborsek		6–4, 7–6
Winner6.format=dmy|2012-06-24}}F6, GermanyClayAUS}} Alex BoltGER}} Jan-Lennard Struff
{{flagicon|GER}} Mattis Wetzel		6–1, 6–0
Runner Up7.format=dmy|2012-07-15}}F10, Great BritainGrassAUS}} Andrew HarrisGBR}} Lewis Burton
{{flagicon|GBR}} Edward Corrie		1–6, 1–6
Runner Up8.format=dmy|2012-07-15}}F5, AustraliaHardAUS}} Jay AndrijicAUS}} Adam Feeney
{{flagicon|AUS}} Nick Lindahl		3–6, 5–7
Winner9.format=dmy|2012-09-16}}F6 AustraliaHardAUS}} Luke SavilleJPN}} Yuichi Ito
{{flagicon|JPN}} Yusuke Watanuki		6–3, 6–2
Winner10.format=dmy|2012-10-14}}F10 AustraliaHardAUS}} Luke SavilleAUS}} Matthew Barton
{{flagicon|AUS}} Michael Look		7–6, 7–6
Winner11.format=dmy|2013-05-05}}F5, GreeceHardGBR}} Joshua MiltonCAN}} Filip Peliwo
{{flagicon|CAN}} Hugo Di Feo		2–6, 6–3, 10–7
Winner12.format=dmy|2013-09-15}}F6, AustraliaHardAUS}} Alex BoltAUS}} Adam Feeney
{{flagicon|AUS}} Gavin van Peperzeel		6–1, 3–6, 10–7
Winner13.format=dmy|2013-09-22}}F7, AustraliaHardAUS}} Alex BoltJPN}} Kento Takeuchi
{{flagicon|AUS}} Isaac Frost		6–3, 6–2
Winner14.format=dmy|2013-09-29}}F8, AustraliaHardAUS}} Alex BoltAUS}} Adam Feeney
{{flagicon|AUS}} Gavin van Peperzeel		6–3, 6–3
Runner Up15.format=dmy|2013-10-21}}Melbourne, AustraliaHardAUS}} Alex BoltAUS}} Thanasi Kokkinakis
{{flagicon|AUS}} Benjamin Mitchell		3–6, 2–6
Winner16.format=dmy|2013-12-01}}F1, CambodiaHardAUS}} Gavin van PeperzeelTHA}} Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul
{{flagicon|THA}} Danai Udomchoke		6–3, 3–6, 10–7
Winner17.format=dmy|2014-05-03}}Anning, ChinaClayAUS}} Alex BoltGBR}} Daniel Cox
{{flagicon|CHN}} Gong Maoxin		6–4, 6–3
Runner Up18.format=dmy|2014-07-20}}F1, EstoniaClayFIN}} Micke KontinenLIT}} Lukas Mugevicius
{{flagicon|RUS}} Alexander Vasilenko		7–6, 3–6, 6–10
Winner19.format=dmy|2014-07-27}}F2, EstoniaClayEST}} Markus KernerEST}} Vladamir Ivanov
{{flagicon|RUS}} Yan Sabanin		6–3, 6–3
Runner Up20.format=dmy|2014-11-16}}F9, AustraliaHardUSA}} Mitchell KruegerAUS}} Marc Polmans
{{flagicon|AUS}} Steven de Waard		6–7, 6–7
Runner Up21.format=dmy|2015-01-11}}Onkaparinga, AustraliaHardAUS}} Alex BoltUKR}} Aleksandr Nedovyesov
{{flagicon|RUS}} Andrey Kuznetsov		5–7, 4–6
Winner 22.format=dmy|2015-03-29}}F4, AustraliaHardAUS}} Jordan ThompsonAUS}} Marc Polmans
{{flagicon|AUS}} Steven de Waard		6–2, 7–6
Runner Up23.format=dmy|2015-05-03}}Anning, ChinaClayIND}} Karunuday SinghCHN}} Bai Yan
{{flagicon|CHN}} Wu Di		3–6, 4–6
Winner24.format=dmy|2015-11-11}}Canberra International, AustraliaHardAUS}} Alex BoltGBR}} Brydan Klein
{{flagicon|AUS}} Dane Proppagia		7–6, 6–3
Winner 25.format=dmy|2016-02-28}}F1, AustraliaHardAUS}} Alex BoltAUS}} Marc Polmans
{{flagicon|NZL}} Jose Statham		7–6, 6–3
Winner 26.format=dmy|2016-03-06}}F2, AustraliaHardAUS}} Alex BoltAUS}} Marc Polmans
{{flagicon|AUS}} Steven de Waard		3–6, 7–6, 6–10
Winner 27.format=dmy|2016-03-13}}F3, AustraliaHardAUS}} Greg JonesAUS}} Gavin van Peperzeel
{{flagicon|AUS}} Bradley Mousley		6–3, 6–2
Winner 28.format=dmy|2016-05-29}}F1, GuamHardJPN}} Toshihide MatsuiJPN}} Sho Katayama
{{flagicon|JPN}} Yutaro Matsuzaki		6–3, 3–6, 10–8
Winner 29.format=dmy|2016-06-05}}F6, JapanClayJPN}} Yasutaka UchiyamaJPN}} Katsuki Nagao
{{flagicon|JPN}} Hirosama Oku		7–6, 6–4
Runner Up30.format=dmy|2017-02-11}}Launceston, AustraliaHardAUS}} Alex BoltAUS}} Bradley Mousley
{{flagicon|AUS}} Luke Saville		1-6, 2-6
Runner Up31format=dmy|2017-11-05}}Canberra International, AustraliaHardAUS}} Luke SavilleAUS}} Alex Bolt
{{flagicon|AUS}} Bradley Mousley		3–6, 2-6

Doubles performance timeline

Current through 2018 Australian Open.
Tournament2012201320142015201620172018SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open1RAQF3R1RSF1R0 / 69–6
French OpenAAAAAA0 / 00–0
WimbledonAA1RAA1R0 / 20–2
US OpenAAAAAA0 / 00–0
Win–Loss0–10–03–22–10–14–20–10 / 89–8
Career statistics
Overall Win–Loss0–10–03–22–10–16–30–111–9
Year-end ranking32527410911631276

References

1. ^http://www.tennis.com.au/player-profiles/andrew-whittington
2. ^http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Wh/A/Andrew-Whittington.aspx
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.tennis.com.au/news/2013/09/22/hadzic-and-whittington-crowned-in-cairns|title=HADZIC AND WHITTINGTON CROWNED IN CAIRNS|publisher=Tennis Australia|date=22 September 2013|accessdate=3 January 2017}}
4. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.tennis.com.au/news/2013/12/02/whittington-thrives-on-futures-circuit|title=WHITTINGTON THRIVES ON FUTURES CIRCUIT |publisher=Tennis Australia|date=2 December 2013|accessdate=3 January 2017}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.tennis.com.au/news/2014/01/21/australian-open-day-9-preview|title=Australian Open Day 9 Preview|publisher=Tennis Australia|date=21 January 2014|accessdate=3 January 2017}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.tennis.com.au/news/2016/03/27/consecutive-mornington-titles-for-whittington|title=CONSECUTIVE MORNINGTON TITLES FOR WHITTINGTON|publisher=Tennis Australia|date=27 March 2016 |accessdate=3 January 2017}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.tennis.com.au/news/2016/08/23/seven-aussies-set-for-us-open-qualifying|title=Seven Aussies set for US Open qualifying|publisher=Tennis Australia|date=23 August 2016|accessdate=3 January 2017}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.tennis.com.au/news/2016/09/27/whittington-thrives-in-atp-main-draw-debut|title =WHITTINGTON THRIVES IN ATP MAIN DRAW DEBUT|publisher=Tennis Austlriaa|date=27 September 2016 |accessdate= 3 January 2017}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.tennis.com.au/news/2017/01/02/ao-wildcards-for-de-minaur-whittington|title= AO WILDCARDS FOR DE MINAUR, WHITTINGTON|publisher=Tennis Australia|date=2 January 2017|accessdate=3 January 2017}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.tennis.com.au/news/2017/01/20/courageous-thompson-and-whittington-exit|title=Courageous Thompson and Whittingon exit|publisher=Tennis Australia|date=19 January 2017|accessdate=20 January 2017}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.tennis.com.au/news/2017/06/30/after-stunning-comeback-whittington-qualifies-for-wimbledon|title= AFTER STUNNING COMEBACK, WHITTINGTON QUALIFIES FOR WIMBLEDON|publisher=Tennis Australia|date=30 June 2017|accessdate=30 June 2017}}
12. ^Andrew continues to climb the ATP rankings

External links

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