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Australian tennis player
Nathan Healey
Country (sports)
| Australia
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Born
| (
1980-02-27
)
27 February 1980
(age 44)
Gosford
, Australia
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Height
| 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
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Turned pro
| 1998
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Plays
| Right-handed
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Prize money
| $552,190
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Career record
| 6?13
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Career titles
| 0
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Highest ranking
| No. 159 (15 January 2007)
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Australian Open
| 3R (
2006
)
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French Open
| 1R (
2006
)
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Career record
| 55?73
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Career titles
| 3
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Highest ranking
| No. 58 (3 February 2003)
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Australian Open
| 2R (2000, 2001, 2003, 2007)
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French Open
| 1R (2002, 2003, 2006)
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Wimbledon
| 1R (2002, 2003, 2004)
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US Open
| 3R (2002)
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Nathan Healey
(born 27 February 1980 in
Gosford, New South Wales
) is an Australian
tennis
player.
Turning professional in 1998, Healey has won 3 doubles titles.
In 2006, he earned a wildcard to the
Australian Open
, making the 3rd round, where he was defeated by Russian
Nikolay Davydenko
in four sets. Later that year, he made it to the 3rd qualifying round at
Wimbledon
, where he was soundly defeated by
Robert Kendrick
. As of 26 June 2006, Healey was 199th in the ATP rankings.
In January 2007 Healey substituted for
Mark Philippoussis
after the latter sustained a knee injury during the
Hopman Cup
in
Perth
. He lost a close match against American
Mardy Fish
, but then teamed with
Alicia Molik
to win the mixed doubles against Fish and
Ashley Harkleroad
.
Healey is married to Marnie Heller of
Wyomissing
,
Pennsylvania
.
In August 2009, he became the coach of fellow tennis player and former world number 1.,
Lleyton Hewitt
; replacing
Tony Roche
.
[1]
Healey resigned as Hewitt's coach for family reasons in August 2010.
Nathan relocated to the Philadelphia area to be close to his family in 2010 and started working with local juniors. Nathan was drafted in 2011 to play for the
Philadelphia Freedoms
of the WTT..
He currently coaches ATP player
Max Purcell
.
Career finals
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Doubles: 6 (3?3)
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Result
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W/L
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Date
|
Tournament
|
Surface
|
Partner
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Opponents
|
Score
|
Win
|
1?0
|
Jul 2001
|
Sopot
, Poland
|
Clay
|
Paul Hanley
|
Irakli Labadze
Attila Savolt
|
7?6
(12?10)
, 6?2
|
Loss
|
1?1
|
Oct 2001
|
Tokyo
, Japan
|
Hard
|
Paul Hanley
|
Rick Leach
David Macpherson
|
5?7, 6?7
(2?7)
|
Loss
|
1?2
|
Sep 2002
|
Sopot
, Poland
|
Clay
|
Jeff Coetzee
|
Franti?ek ?ermak
Leo? Friedl
|
5?7, 5?7
|
Win
|
2?2
|
Jan 2003
|
Sydney
, Australia
|
Hard
|
Paul Hanley
|
Mahesh Bhupathi
Joshua Eagle
|
7?6
(7?3)
, 6?4
|
Win
|
3?2
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Sep 2005
|
Beijing
, China
|
Hard
|
Justin Gimelstob
|
Dmitry Tursunov
Mikhail Youzhny
|
4?6, 6?3, 6?2
|
Loss
|
3?3
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Jul 2007
|
Newport
, United States
|
Hard
|
Igor Kunitsyn
|
Jordan Kerr
Jim Thomas
|
3?6, 5?7
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