Stephen Huss (tennis)

Stephen Huss

Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Melbourne, Australia
Born	(1975-12-10) 10 December 1975 Bendigo, Australia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	2000
Retired	2011
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
College	Auburn Tigers
Prize money	$1,010,831
Singles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 807 (19 March 2001)
Doubles
Career record	126–171
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 21 (26 June 2006)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2005, 2007, 2009)
French Open	3R (2008, 2010, 2011)
Wimbledon	W (2005)
US Open	1R (2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)

Stephen Huss (born 10 December 1975), is a former professional tennis player from Australia..

Along with partner Wesley Moodie, he became the first qualifier to win the Wimbledon men's doubles championship in 2005,^[1][2] beating the 6th, 9th, 3rd, 1st & 2nd seeds in the process. His Wimbledon title was only his second doubles title on the ATP tour after his 2002 success at Casablanca with Myles Wakefield.

Huss played tennis collegiately at Auburn University in the United States from 1996 to 2000, where he was an All-American in doubles in 1998^[3] and in singles in 2000.^[4] Huss played in the NCAA Tournament in both of those years for the Tigers.^[5][6] An All-SEC selection in 1998, he was the 1999 National Clay Court Champion along with partner Tiago Ruffoni. His 93 career doubles victories is an Auburn record.

His grand slam success saw him soar from 101st to 32nd place in the ATP Doubles ranking. He reached a career high 21st place in June 2006.^[7]

Huss retired from professional tennis after the 2011 US Open.^[8]

He currently resides in San Diego, California, USA, with his wife, former professional tennis player Milagros Sequera, whom he married in Australia on 29 December 2009.

In June 2012, Huss accepted an assistant coaching position with Virginia Tech Men's Tennis under head coach Jim Thompson.^[9]

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
2005	Wimbledon	Wesley Moodie	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6(7–4), 6–3, 6–7(2–7), 6–3

ATP career finals

Doubles: 12 (4–8)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	14 April 2002	Grand Prix Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Myles Wakefield	Martín García Luis Lobo	6–4, 6–2
Winner	2.	3 July 2005	Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom	Grass	Wesley Moodie	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6(7–4), 6–3, 6–7(2–7), 6–3
Runner-up	1.	30 October 2005	Davidoff Swiss Indoors, Basel, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Wesley Moodie	Agustín Calleri Fernando González	5–7, 5–7
Runner-up	2.	4 February 2007	Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, Delray Beach, United States	Hard	James Auckland	Hugo Armando Xavier Malisse	3–6, 7–6(7–4), [5–10]
Runner-up	3.	7 October 2007	Japan Open Tennis Championships, Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Frank Dancevic	Jordan Kerr Robert Lindstedt	4–6, 4–6
Winner	3	28 September 2008	China Open, Beijing, China	Hard	Ross Hutchins	Ashley Fisher Bobby Reynolds	7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	6 October 2008	Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia	Carpet (i)	Ross Hutchins	Sergiy Stakhovsky Potito Starace	6–7(4–7), 6–2, [6–10]
Runner-up	5.	20 October 2008	Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, Lyon, France	Carpet (i)	Ross Hutchins	Michaël Llodra Andy Ram	3–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Runner-up	6.	25 March 2009	Sony Ericsson Open, Miami, United States	Hard	Ashley Fisher	Max Mirnyi Andy Ram	7–6(7–4), 2–6, [6–10]
Runner-up	7.	10 April 2010	ATP Houston, Houston, United States	Clay	Wesley Moodie	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 5–7
Winner	4.	31 October 2010	Open Sud de France, Montpellier, France	Hard (i)	Ross Hutchins	Marc López Eduardo Schwank	6–2, 4–6, [10-8]
Runner-up	8.	15 January 2011	Heineken Open, Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Johan Brunström	Marcel Granollers Tommy Robredo	4–6, 6–7(6–8)

Doubles performance timeline

References

External links

• Stephen Huss at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Stephen Huss at the International Tennis Federation