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Ryan Russell (tennis)

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Ryan Russell
Country (sports) Jamaica
Born (1983-07-06) 6 July 1983 (age 41)
Montego Bay, Jamaica
PlaysLeft-handed
Prize money$23,493
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 503 (26 May 2003)
Doubles
Career record0–1 (ATP Tour)
Highest rankingNo. 463 (31 March 2003)

Ryan Russell (born 6 July 1983) is a Jamaican former professional tennis player.

Russell, a left-handed player from Montego Bay, is the son of tennis player Richard Russell and was trained at the Nick Bollettieri academy in Florida.[1] Highly ranked in junior tennis, he was a junior Wimbledon doubles semi-finalist and debuted for the Jamaica Davis Cup team as a 16-year old. He played in the Davis Cup until 2007, amassing a record 20 singles wins. His only ATP Tour main draw appearance came in doubles at the 2002 Hall of Fame Championships in Newport and he won six ITF Futures doubles titles during his career.[2]

ITF Futures titles

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Doubles: (6)

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No.    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
1. Jun 2002 Jamaica F7, Montego Bay Hard Canada Stephan Timu Lebanon Will Farah-Lebar
United States Matthew Snyder
6–4, 6–4
2. Nov 2002 Barbados F1, Bridgetown Hard Netherlands Antilles Jean-Julien Rojer United States Mirko Pehar
Bolivia Javier Taborga
6–4, 4–6, 6–1
3. Dec 2002 Jamaica F22, Trelawny Hard Netherlands Antilles Jean-Julien Rojer The Bahamas Bjorn Munroe
United States Matthew Rutherford
6–2, 6–2
4. Sep 2003 Jamaica F9, Montego Bay Hard Jamaica Dustin Brown France Clément Morel
France Gilles Simon
7–6(4), 6–2
5. Oct 2004 Venezuela F2, Caracas Hard France Vincent Baudat Cuba Ricardo Chile
Cuba Sandor Martínez
6–4, 4–6, 7–6(4)
6. Apr 2005 Kuwait F1, Mishref Hard Romania Florin Mergea Czech Republic Jakub Hasek
Czech Republic Josef Neštický
6–1, 3–0 ret.

References

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  1. ^ "Ryan Russell in search of tennis stardom". Jamaica Gleaner. 8 August 2004.
  2. ^ "Newport 2002 Tennis Tournament". itftennis.com.
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