David Wheaton

David Wheaton

Country	United States
Residence	Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota
Born	June 2, 1969 (1969-06-02) (age 42) Minneapolis, Minnesota
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	1988
Retired	2001
Plays	Right-handed
Career prize money	US$5,238,401
Singles
Career record	232–191
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 12 (July 22, 1991)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	QF (1990)
French Open	3R (1995)
Wimbledon	SF (1991)
US Open	QF (1990)
Doubles
Career record	157–122
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 24 (June 24, 1991)
Last updated on: July 4, 2007.

David Wheaton (born June 2, 1969) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

Born in Minneapolis, Wheaton played in his first tournament at age eight, and won the Minnesota State High School tennis title in 1984, as a ninth grader. In 1987, he won the US Open junior title and was ranked the No. 1 junior player in the US. In 1988, he helped Stanford University's tennis team win the NCAA team title. He was married in 2009.

Wheaton turned professional in 1988 and won his first top-level singles title in 1990 at Kiawah Island, South Carolina. He was also runner-up in the 1990 US Open men's doubles.

The most significant highlights of his career came in 1991. He won the Grand Slam Cup in Munich, beating Michael Chang in straight sets in the final 7–5, 6–2, 6–4. He also reached the semi-finals of the men's singles at Wimbledon (beating Andre Agassi in the quarter-finals before being knocked-out by Boris Becker), and was a men's doubles runner-up at the Australian Open (partnering his former Stanford team-mate Patrick McEnroe). Wheaton reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 12 in July 1991.

During his career, Wheaton won three top-level singles and three tour doubles titles. His career prize-money earnings total US$5,238,401. He retired from the professional tour in 2001 following a series of injuries during the late '90s.

Since retiring from the tour, Wheaton has taken on a new career as a Christian radio talk-show host, producer and host of The Christian Worldview, a live call-in talk radio program on KKMS (AM 980) in Minneapolis/St. Paul and 165 other stations in the US, as well as Sirius satellite ch 161, plus streaming on the web at AFR.NET. The program offers a biblical perspective on current events, culture and faith; he is also author of (University Of Destruction: Your Game Plan For Spiritual Victory On Campus), and motivational speaker, as well as contributing newspaper writer for the sport of tennis, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. He is also a frequent guest host on other talk radio shows.

He served on the board of Directors of the United States Tennis Association (USTA) through 2006. He plays in professional tennis tour senior tournaments, and won the Wimbledon men's 35 doubles Championship title in 2004, and was runner-up in 2005 and 2006.

Masters Series singles finals

Runner-ups

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1991	Miami	Jim Courier	6–4, 3–6, 4–6

External links and sources

• The Official David Wheaton Website
• David Wheaton's Radio Show - The Christian Worldview
• David Wheaton at the Association of Tennis Professionals

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Name	Wheaton, David
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Date of birth	June 2, 1969
Place of birth	Minneapolis, Minnesota
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