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Michael Robert Hill (born 30 June 1974) is a former tennis player from Australia who turned professional in 1997 and retired in 2005. He was primarily a doubles specialist, achieving a career-high doubles ranking of World Number 18, reached on 30 July 2001.
Career
College
Hill played three years at University of California Berkeley from 1994 to 1996 and earned All-American honors in singles in 1995–96;[1] he studied business and economics.
Professional career
In 1995, Hill played in his first pro match at Aptos Challenger where he lost in the first round.[2] In 1997 he reached his first quarter final, at the Guadalajara Challenger.
In 1998 he achieved some singles success in Futures and Challenger play. He won the Ireland #1 Futures title, where he defeated Noam Okun, and was also a finalist at USTA #1 Futures, where he lost to Ronald Agénor. He also made a Semi-final at USTA #2 Futures. In August, Hill won his first Challenger title in Tijuana (d. Hernandez) without dropping a set. He also reached quarter finals in San Antonio and Las Vegas Challengers. In doubles, won Challenger titles in Denver with Weiner, and Tijuana with Humphries. He also reached three consecutive finals in October in Dallas, San Antonio and San Diego, all with Humphries.
In 1999, Hill captured his second Challenger singles title in Aptos (d. Levy) and reached the quarterfinals of the Surbiton Challenger. Most of his success was in doubles; he won four Challenger titles, with back-to-back titles in Cherbourg and Magdeburg (with Painter) and in the second half of year, won in Aptos (with Humphries) and Hong Kong (with Godwin). In his second career ATP outing in Tokyo, advanced to semi finals with Humphries. In July, he reached the semi-finals in Newport (with Godwin) and made quarterfinals in four other ATP tournaments.
In 2000 he captured his first ATP doubles title in Brighton[2] and also reached final in Tokyo with American Jeff Tarango, whom he'd have more success with the following year. He played in eight singles tournaments with his best result coming at Kyoto Challenger in March when he advanced to semi finals, along with a quarter final's appearance at the Hamilton Challenger.[2] He made his Grand Slam singles debut at Australian Open, where he defeated Bernd Karbacher in straight sets in the first round. In the second round, he lost to Sébastien Grosjean 4–6, 6–1, 7–6(3), 6–0.[3]
2001
He played eight other partners during the year, but mostly played with Tarango. The duo finished No. 9 in ATP Doubles Race with a 30–17 match record, winning their second title together in Casablanca in March as well as reaching finals in Marseille, Gstaad and Stuttgart. Their best Grand Slam together was reaching the semi-finals at Roland Garros after defeating top seeds Jonas Björkman and Todd Woodbridge in the quarter-finals.[4] Finished the year with a career-high $190,217 in yearly earnings and finished the season at a year-end best No. 25 in doubles.[2]
Personal
His father, Robert was the CFO of Abacus Property a publicly listed property development company.[2] He has two siblings: younger brother Patrick and one older sister Carmel.[2]
ATP Career Finals
Doubles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner-ups)
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| Grand Slam (0–0)
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| ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
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| ATP Masters Series (0–0)
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| ATP Championship Series (1–2)
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| ATP International Series (2–4)
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| Finals by surface
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| Hard (1–2)
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| Clay (2–4)
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| Grass (0–0)
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| Carpet (0–0)
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| Finals by setting
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| Outdoor (3–5)
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| Indoor (0–1)
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| Result
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W–L
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Tournament
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Tier
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Surface
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Partner
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0–1
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[[Japan Open (tennis)|Template:Dts]]
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Tokyo, Japan
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Championship Series
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Hard
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Template:Flagicon Jeff Tarango
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Template:Flagicon Mahesh Bhupathi
Template:Flagicon Leander Paes
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4–6, 7–6(7–1), 3–6
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| Win
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1–1
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[[2000 Brighton International – Doubles|Template:Dts]]
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Brighton, United Kingdom
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World Series
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Hard
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Template:Flagicon Jeff Tarango
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Template:Flagicon Paul Goldstein
Template:Flagicon Jim Thomas
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6–3, 7–5
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| Loss
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1–2
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[[2001 Open 13 – Doubles|Template:Dts]]
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Marseille, France
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World Series
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Hard
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Template:Flagicon Jeff Tarango
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Template:Flagicon Fabrice Santoro
Template:Flagicon Julien Boutter
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6–7(7–9), 5–7
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| Win
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2–2
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[[2001 Grand Prix Hassan II – Doubles|Template:Dts]]
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Casablanca, Morocco
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World Series
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Clay
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Template:Flagicon Jeff Tarango
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Template:Flagicon David Macpherson
Template:Flagicon Pablo Albano
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7–6(7–2), 6–3
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| Loss
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2–3
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[[2001 UBS Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]
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Gstaad, Switzerland
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World Series
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Clay
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Template:Flagicon Jeff Tarango
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Template:Flagicon Roger Federer
Template:Flagicon Marat Safin
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1–0 ret.
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| Loss
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2–4
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[[2001 Stuttgart Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]
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Stuttgart, Germany
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Championship Series
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Clay
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Template:Flagicon Jeff Tarango
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Template:Flagicon Guillermo Cañas
Template:Flagicon Rainer Schüttler
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6–4, 6–7(1–7), 4–6
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| Win
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3–4
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[[2002 Open SEAT Godó – Doubles|Template:Dts]]
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Barcelona, Spain
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Championship Series
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Clay
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Template:Flagicon Daniel Vacek
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Template:Flagicon Lucas Arnold Ker
Template:Flagicon Gastón Etlis
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6–4, 6–4
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| Loss
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3–5
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[[2002 International Raiffeisen Grand Prix – Doubles|Template:Dts]]
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St Pölten, Austria
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World Series
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Clay
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Template:Flagicon Mike Bryan
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Template:Flagicon Petr Pála
Template:Flagicon David Rikl
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5–7, 4–6
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| Loss
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3–6
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[[2002 Swedish Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]
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Båstad, Sweden
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World Series
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Clay
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Template:Flagicon Paul Hanley
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Template:Flagicon Jonas Björkman
Template:Flagicon Todd Woodbridge
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6–7(6–8), 4–6
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ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 4 (3–1)
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| ATP Challenger (2–0)
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| ITF Futures (1–1)
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W–L
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Tournament
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0–1
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USA F1, Delray Beach
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Futures
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Clay
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Template:Flagicon Ronald Agénor
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3–6, 3–6
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1–1
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Ireland F1, Dublin
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Futures
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Carpet
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Template:Flagicon Noam Okun
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4–6, 6–4, 6–3
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2–1
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Template:Dts
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Tijuana, Mexico
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Challenger
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Hard
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Template:Flagicon Alejandro Hernández
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7–5, 6–1
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3–1
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Template:Dts
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Aptos, United States
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Challenger
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Hard
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Template:Flagicon Harel Levy
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6–7, 6–4, 6–2
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Doubles: 15 (11–4)
| Legend
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| ATP Challenger (10–3)
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| ITF Futures (1–1)
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| Finals by surface
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| Hard (9–3)
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| Clay (0–1)
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| Grass (0–0)
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| Carpet (2–0)
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| Result
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W–L
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Tournament
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Surface
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Partner
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0–1
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USA F1, Delray Beach
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Futures
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Clay
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Template:Flagicon Scott Humphries
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Template:Flagicon Simon Aspelin
Template:Flagicon Chris Tontz
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4–6, 4–6
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| Win
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1–1
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Ireland F2, Dublin
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Futures
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Carpet
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Template:Flagicon Scott Humphries
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Template:Flagicon Jeff Coetzee
Template:Flagicon Damien Roberts
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3–6, 6–3, 6–2
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| Win
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2–1
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Denver, United States
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Challenger
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Hard
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Template:Flagicon Glenn Weiner
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Template:Flagicon Justin Bower
Template:Flagicon Troy Budgen
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7–6, 6–4
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| Win
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3–1
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Template:Dts
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Tijuana, Mexico
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Challenger
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Hard
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Template:Flagicon Scott Humphries
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Template:Flagicon Mitch Sprengelmeyer
Template:Flagicon Eric Taino
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6–3, 6–2
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| Loss
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3–2
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Template:Dts
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Dallas, United States
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Challenger
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Hard
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Template:Flagicon Scott Humphries
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Template:Flagicon Jared Palmer
Template:Flagicon Jonathan Stark
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3–6, 4–6
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| Loss
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3–3
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Template:Dts
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San Antonio, United States
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Challenger
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Hard
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Template:Flagicon Scott Humphries
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Template:Flagicon Michael Sell
Template:Flagicon David Di Lucia
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3–6, 1–6
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| Loss
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3–4
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Template:Dts
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San Diego, United States
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Challenger
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Hard
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Template:Flagicon Scott Humphries
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Template:Flagicon Adam Peterson
Template:Flagicon Paul Goldstein
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2–6, 5–7
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| Win
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4–4
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Template:Dts
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Cherbourg, France
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Challenger
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Hard
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Template:Flagicon Andrew Painter
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Template:Flagicon Massimo Bertolini
Template:Flagicon Cristian Brandi
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7–5, 7–6
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| Win
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5–4
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Template:Dts
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Magdeburg, Germany
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Challenger
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Carpet
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Template:Flagicon Andrew Painter
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Template:Flagicon Jan-Ralph Brandt
Template:Flagicon Dirk Dier
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7–6, 6–7, 7–6
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| Win
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6–4
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Template:Dts
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Aptos, United States
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Challenger
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Hard
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Template:Flagicon Andrew Painter
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Template:Flagicon Harel Levy
Template:Flagicon Lior Mor
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7–6, 1–6, 7–5
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| Win
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7–4
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Template:Dts
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Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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Challenger
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Hard
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Template:Flagicon Neville Godwin
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Template:Flagicon Bob Bryan
Template:Flagicon Mike Bryan
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3–6, 7–5, 7–6
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| Win
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8–4
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Template:Dts
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Amarillo, United States
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Challenger
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Hard
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Template:Flagicon Brian Macphie
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Template:Flagicon Brandon Coupe
Template:Flagicon Michael Sell
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7–5, 6–2
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| Win
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9–4
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Template:Dts
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Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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Challenger
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Hard
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Template:Flagicon Todd Woodbridge
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Template:Flagicon Irakli Labadze
Template:Flagicon Kevin Ullyett
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6–3, 6–4
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| Win
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10–4
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Template:Dts
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Singapore, Singapore
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Challenger
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Hard
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Template:Flagicon Neville Godwin
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Template:Flagicon Nathan Healey
Template:Flagicon Paul Hanley
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6–4, 6–1
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| Win
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11–4
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Template:Dts
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Hamilton, New Zealand
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Challenger
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Hard
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Template:Flagicon Neville Godwin
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Template:Flagicon Michael Joyce
Template:Flagicon Jim Thomas
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7–6(7–4), 6–4
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Performance timelines
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Singles
Doubles
Mixed doubles
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