Wayne Arthurs

Country	Australia
Residence	Melbourne, Australia
Date of birth	18 March 1971 (1971-03-18) (age 39)
Place of birth	Adelaide, Australia
Height	6'3" (190 cm)
Weight	177 lb (80 kg)
Turned pro	1990
Retired	2007
Plays	Left-handed, one-handed backhand
Career prize money	$3,565,838
Singles
Career record	131–158
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	44 (9 July 2001)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	3rd (2001,2007)
French Open	4th (2001)
Wimbledon	4th (1999, 2002)
US Open	4th (2000)
Doubles
Career record	310–249
Career titles	12
Highest ranking	11 (3 November 2003)

Wayne Arthurs (b. 18 March 1971 in Adelaide, Australia) is an Australian professional tennis player. He retired after Wimbledon 2007. [1]

His serve is his strongest weapon by far, and had been referred to as the "best in the world" by several of his fellow players, including Jim Courier [2], Andre Agassi [3], and Thomas Johansson [4]. He consistently had one of the highest ace counts on the ATP Tour and favors a serve-and-volley style of play. Because of this, his game is best suited to fast surfaces.

Arthurs at the 2007 Australian Open

A doubles specialist, Arthurs has won 12 ATP doubles titles in his career. In February 2005 he achieved a belated breakthrough in singles by winning the ATP event in Scottsdale, United States, the Tennis Channel Open, in straight sets over Croat Mario Ančić. No other player in history has won his first ATP singles title at such an advanced age (Arthurs was almost 34 at the time). He also was a runner up there for doubles with Paul Hanley, and lost to American team Bob and Mike Bryan. He is an Australian hero when it comes to Davis Cup, winning countless doubles rubbers for Australia. Throughout his singles career Arthurs experienced victory over no fewer then six players to reach the number 1 world ranking including: Pete Sampras, Marat Safin, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Patrick Rafter, Andy Roddick and Gustavo Kuerten. [5]

In his last ever Australian Open match the Aussie retired just 3 games into his third round match against American Mardy Fish due to a rare reaction to a local anesthetic. In practice that morning he tried out a short term local anesthetic that worked well against his sore hip. Just before the match began, he took another shot that was supposed to last for the duration of the match. Unfortunately, the stronger dose deadened his leg and he could not coordinate his movements. He refused to blame his doctors who said that this adverse reaction happens to about 1 in 1000 patients. Arthurs became emotional during the match once he realized he couldn't compete. After the in between game break down 3–0 he waved to the crowd who thanked him for an outstanding career. It was the last Australian Open match of his career. At the time, he was the oldest participant in the Australian Open.

Arthurs played his final tournament at Wimbledon in 2007. He managed to win qualifying matches to advance to the main draw of the major tournament. In the first round he came back from two sets down to finally win in five sets against Dutch teenager, Thiemo de Bakker. In the second round Arthurs caused a major boilover by defeating the 11th seeded Spaniard Tommy Robredo in straight sets. Arthurs was defeated in the third round by 19th seed Jonas Björkman in straight sets.

[edit] Singles wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	28 February 2005	Scottsdale, United States	Hard	Mario Ančić	7–5, 6–3

[edit] Major tournament singles performance timeline

[edit] External links

• Wayne Arthurs at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Wayne Arthurs at Davis Cup
• Arthurs Recent Match Results
• Arthurs World Ranking History