- Ashley Fisher
Infobox Tennis biography
playername = Ashley Fisher
nickname =
country = AUS
residence =Wollongong ,New South Wales ,Australia
datebirth = birth date and age|1975|09|25
placebirth = flagicon|AUS New South Wales, Australia
height = height|m=1.82
weight = convert|78|kg|lb|abbr=on
turnedpro = 1998
retired = "Active"
plays = Right
careerprizemoney = US$645,032
singlesrecord = 0–0
singlestitles = 0
highestsinglesranking = 489 (July 24 ,2000 )
AustralianOpenresult = N/A
FrenchOpenresult = N/A
Wimbledonresult = N/A
USOpenresult = N/A
doublesrecord = 117–150
doublestitles = 4 ATP
highestdoublesranking = 24 (October 9 ,2006 )
updated =September 29 ,2008 Ashley Fisher (born
September 25 ,1975 ) is a professionaltennis player who comes fromNew South Wales inAustralia . Fisher turned professional in 1998. Fisher has never played a major singles match on the prestigious ATP Tour, however has won three notable doubles titles on tour. The right-handed doubles specialist reached his highest doubles ranking of World Number 24 onOctober 9 ,2006 . Fisher also reached the 2006 U.S. Open men's doubles semifinals alongsideTripp Phillips , where they lost toJonas Björkman andMax Mirnyi , 6–1, 6–4. Fisher andNikolay Davydenko were Wimbledon men's doubles quarterfinalists in 2004, where they lost toJonas Björkman andTodd Woodbridge . He has won a total of 26 doubles titles, with 23 minor league Challengers and Futures events on theInternational Tennis Federation .Fisher won his first ATP doubles title in
Amersfoort withDevin Bowen , where they defeatedChris Haggard andAndré Sá 6–0, 6–4. His other two ATP titles were with different partners.Fisher was born to mother Pamela and father Gary, and has two older siblings. Fisher started tennis at age five.
He currently resides in
Wollongong , New South Wales and is coached byDave Abelson , who was Fisher's doubles partner in the International Tennis Federation'sNonthaburi ,Thailand tournament, which they won together in 1999.Grand Slam Men's Doubles Performance Timeline
External links
*ATP|id=F304
* [http://www.itftennis.com/mens/players/player.asp?player=10007998 ITF Profile]
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