Andrew Whittington (tennis)
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| Country (sports) |
 Australia |
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| Residence | Melbourne, Australia |
| Born |
11 August 1993 Melbourne, Australia |
| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) |
| Turned pro | 2010 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $323,759 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 2–2 (Grand Slam, ATP Tour level, and Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 160 (20 March 2017) |
| Current ranking | No. 160 (20 March 2017) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2017) |
| US Open | Q1 (2016) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 9–6 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 76 (27 February 2017) |
| Current ranking | No. 80 (6 March 2017) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | SF (2017) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2014) |
| Last updated on: 6 March 2017. | |
Andrew Whittington (born 11 August 1993) is an Australian professional tennis player. He made the world's top 200 in August 2016 following a semi-final run at 2016 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships.
His best performance came by reaching the quarter finals of the 2014 Australian Open with Alex Bolt. In May 2014, Whittington and Bolt won the China International Challenger, which was both players' first Challenger doubles title. He'll make his singles grand slam debut at the 2017 Australian Open after being given a wild card.
Whittington made his first singles appearance in April 2010 at the Australian F3 where he lost in round 1 to Brendan Moore. Throughout 2010/11, Whittington played mostly on the ITF circuits across Australia and the USA where he reached two quarter finals in singles. In 2011, Whittington began partnering Luke Saville in doubles. The pair won back-to-back ITF doubles titles in November. The pair were given a wild card into the 2012 Australian Open Men's doubles. They lost in round 1. In March 2012, Whittington began partnering Alex Bolt; the pair won three ITF doubles titles before June.
Whittington made his first appearance in the singles main draw of an ATP Challenger Tour at Caloundra in February 2012, losing narrowly in round 1. The remainder of 2012 was spent on the ITF Circuit across Australia and Europe and he reached two semi-finals.
In January 2013, Whittington was given a wild card into the Burnie Challenger where he reached the quarter finals, before playing ITF tour across USA and Europe. In April, Whittington reached his first final in Greece. He lost to Dimitar Kuzmanov in straight sets. He returned to Australia in September 2013 and lost in the final of the Australia F6 to Adam Feeney, before winning his first single title the following week at the F7 against Alex Bolt. Following the win, he told Tennis Australia “I’ve never felt like that before, I still feel like I’m out there playing.” In November 2013, he won his second ITF title in Cambodia against Gavin Van Peperzeel.
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