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Adam Feeney

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Adam Feeney
Country (sports) Australia
ResidenceBateau Bay, Australia
Born (1985-03-07) 7 March 1985 (age 39)
Gosford, Australia
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro2002
Retired2013
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$246,101
Singles
Career record0–0 (Grand Slam, ATP Tour level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 248 (10 September 2007)
Current rankingNo. 501 (3 March 2014)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2008, 2013)
WimbledonQ1 (2008)
US OpenQ1 (2008)
Doubles
Career record7–7 (Grand Slam, ATP Tour and Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 100 (28 April 2008)
Current rankingNo. 285 (3 March 2014)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2008, 2011)
Wimbledon2R (2008)
Last updated on: 7 March 2014.

Adam Feeney (born 7 March 1985) is a professional Australian tennis player.

Tennis career

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Feeney's highest ATP singles ranking was World No. 248, which he reached in September 2007. His career high in doubles was World No. 100, which he reached in April 2008.

Adam Feeney was a successful junior, especially at doubles. At the 2003 Wimbledon Championships, Feeney, along with fellow Australian Chris Guccione, made the final of the Boys' Doubles. They lost the final to the Romanian pairing of Horia Tecău and Boys' Singles champion Florin Mergea.

Feeney made his first final in a professional tournament in March 2006 in the Australia F4 tournament in Bairnsdale, Victoria. He lost to Konstantinos Economidis in the final. In August 2006 Feeney won his first pro tournament, the USA F21. He defeated South African Kevin Anderson in the final. In September 2006, Feeney won the Australia F9 tournament, winning the final against Miles Armstrong. In July 2007, Feeney won the Great Britain F13 tournament, defeating Daniel King-Turner in the final.

Feeney has defeated many world class tennis players in his career. For example, Feeney defeated 16-year-old Frenchman Gaël Monfils in the ITF Victorian Junior Championships 2003.[1][2]

In 2006 he defeated American Sam Querrey, who became World No. 17 in 2011 in a Futures tournament in the United States. In 2008, Feeney defeated Bernard Tomic in an Australian Futures tournament. He has also had victories over Horacio Zeballos, Karol Beck, Grigor Dimitrov, Kristian Pless, Mikhail Kukushkin and Dominik Hrbatý.

Career finals

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Singles: 2 (6–9)

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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 (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (6–9)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 20 March 2006 Australia F4, Bairnsdale, Australia Clay Greece Konstantinos Economidis 3–6, 2–6
Winner 2. 7 August 2006 U.S.A. F21, WI, U.S.A Hard South Africa Kevin Anderson 6–3, 6–7(2–7), 6–1
Runner-up 3. 4 September 2006 Australia F7, Australia Hard Canada Rob Steckley 5–7, 3–6
Winner 4. 25 September 2006 Australia F9, Australia Hard Australia Miles Armstrong 6–3, 6–3
Winner 5. 30 July 2007 Great Britain F13, Great Britain Grass New Zealand Daniel King-Turner 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 6. 6 August 2007 Great Britain F14, Great Britain Hard Australia Robert Smeets 4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Runner-up 7. 10 March 2008 Australia F3, Australia Hard Australia Colin Ebelthite 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up 8. 1 December 2008 Australia F12, Australia Hard Australia Marinko Matosevic 3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Runner-up 9. 9 March 2009 New Zealand F1, New Zealand Hard Australia Rameez Junaid 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 10. 10 September 2012 Australia F7, Australia Hard Australia Alex Bolt 7–5, 3–6, 1–6
Runner-up 11. 17 September 2012 Australia F8, Australia Hard Australia Matt Reid 3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Winner 12. 1 October 2012 Australia F9, Australia Hard Australia Alex Bolt 3–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–2
Runner-up 13. 8 October 2012 Australia F10, Australia Hard New Zealand Michael Venus 3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Winner 14. 3 June 2013 Thailand F3, Thailand Hard Thailand Pruchya Isaro 6–4, 6–1
Winner 15. 9 September 2013 Australia F6, Australia Hard Australia Andrew Whittington 7–6(8–6), 6–4

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