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South Africa · born Durban, 1979 · right-handed · won the 2005 Wimbledon doubles with Stephen Huss, the first qualifiers to take the title
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2005
Wimbledon doubles champion, with Stephen Huss, from qualifying
3
Grass titles: Wimbledon 2005, Queen's and 's-Hertogenbosch 2009
8
Career-high doubles ranking, August 2009
57
Career-high singles ranking, October 2005
2010
Wimbledon mixed doubles final, with Lisa Raymond
Wesley Moodie was born in Durban on 14 February 1979. He stands 1.96 m and played right-handed with a one-handed backhand. He went to college in the United States, at Auburn University at Montgomery from January 1997 and then at Boise State from September 1998, before turning to the tour.
His first mark at Wimbledon came in 2003, when he reached the third round of the singles. In 2005 he and the Australian Stephen Huss came through qualifying at Roehampton and won the gentlemen's doubles, beating the top, third and second seeds on the way. Later that year he won his only singles title, at the Japan Open in Tokyo, and reached his best singles ranking of No. 57.
In doubles he won titles at Adelaide and Valencia in 2007 with Todd Perry and Estoril in 2008 with Jeff Coetzee. In 2009 he reached the French Open final with the Belgian Dick Norman, then won back-to-back grass titles, at Queen's with Mikhail Youzhny and at 's-Hertogenbosch with Norman, and rose to No. 8 in the doubles rankings. He reached the Wimbledon mixed final with Lisa Raymond in 2010 and retired in July 2011 with six tour doubles titles.
| Wimbledon 2005, the run | Through two qualifying rounds, then wins over the sixth seeds Todd Woodbridge and Mahesh Bhupathi, the ninth seeds František Čermák and Leoš Friedl, the third seeds Mark Knowles and Michaël Llodra 6-4, 6-4, 6-4, and the top seeds Jonas Björkman and Max Mirnyi 2-6, 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) |
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| Wimbledon 2005, the final | Beat the second seeds Bob and Mike Bryan 7-6 (7-4), 6-3, 6-7 (2-7), 6-3 in 141 minutes. He was the first South African in the final since Pieter Aldrich and Danie Visser in 1990, and the first South African champion since Bob Hewitt and Frew McMillan in 1978 |
| Queen's 2009 | With Mikhail Youzhny, beat the top seeds Marcelo Melo and André Sá 6-4, 4-6, 10-6 in the final |
| 's-Hertogenbosch 2009 | With Dick Norman, beat Johan Brunström and Jean-Julien Rojer 7-6 (7-3), 6-7 (8-10), 10-5 in the final at Autotron Rosmalen |
| Wimbledon mixed 2010 | Eleventh seeds with Lisa Raymond; lost the final to Leander Paes and Cara Black 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) |
| Wimbledon | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Men's doubles | with Stephen Huss |
| Queen's Club | ||
| 2009 | Men's doubles | with Mikhail Youzhny |
| 's-Hertogenbosch (Rosmalen) | ||
| 2009 | Men's doubles Rosmalen Grass Court Championships | with Dick Norman |
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Roehampton, 2005
Moodie and Huss had never played together in a tour-level event before Wimbledon 2005. They entered qualifying at Roehampton, won two rounds and went on to the title, their first tour-level tournament as a team.
Source: South African History Online; AFP via The Daily StarDurban
The Cape Argus described him on the eve of the final as the senior partner of the pair, with a serve of more than 210 km/h and quick hands at the net that kept balls in play.
Source: Cape Argus (IOL)Alabama and Idaho, 1997 to 1998
Before turning professional he played college tennis in the United States, first at Auburn University at Montgomery and then at Boise State.
Source: WikipediaTokyo, 2005
In the autumn after Wimbledon he won the Japan Open, saving four match points against Jarkko Nieminen in the semi-final and two more in the final-set tie-break against Mario Ančić before winning 1-6, 7-6, 6-4.
Source: WikipediaRoland Garros, 2010
A year after reaching the French Open final with Dick Norman, they lost the 2010 semi-final 6-0, 6-3 to Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić. Moodie said the winners were "on song and are as tough as anyone to beat on the ATP circuit."
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