Michael Tebbutt

Michael Tebbutt (born 22 December 1970) is an Australian former tennis player.

He was educated at St Johns Park High School (Australia) and Northern Arizona University (US) before starting his career as a professional tennis player.

He was the first NAU tennis player in the NAU Athletics Hall of Fame. Tebbutt played hitting the ball with both hands, both forehand and backhand. His service was powerful and this fact made him to have his best performances in fast courts.

Michael was ranked world No. 87 in singles and No. 26 in doubles.

In singles tournaments he had wins over Pat Rafter, Lleyton Hewitt, and Tim Henman. In doubles, he had wins over Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras and the Woodies, among others. He reached the fourth round of the US Open and third round of Australian Open in singles. He reached quarter finals at three of the Grand Slams, and overall has competed in 30+ Grand Slams.

ATP : Aces 1637 matches 147 Aces per match : 11.13605

18th on list of most aces per match of all time..

Career finals

Doubles (2 wins, 4 losses) LegendGrand Slam (0–0)Tennis Masters Cup (0–0)ATP Masters Series (0–1)ATP International Series Gold (1–0)ATP International Series (1–3)

ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Feb 1996 Shanghai, China Carpet (i) Jim Grabb Mark Knowles Roger Smith 6–4, 2–6, 6–7Loss 0–2 Mar 1996 Indian Wells, U.S. Hard Brian MacPhie Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde 6–1, 2–6, 2–6Loss 0–3 Jul 1996 Newport, U.S. Grass Paul Kilderry Marius Barnard Piet Norval 7–6, 4–6, 4–6Win 1–3 Aug 1997 Indianapolis, U.S. Hard Mikael Tillström Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti 6–3, 6–2Win 2–3 Mar 1998 Scottsdale, U.S. Hard Cyril Suk Kent Kinnear David Wheaton 4–6, 6–1, 7–6Loss 2–4 Apr 1998 Orlando, U.S. Clay Mikael Tillström Grant Stafford Kevin Ullyett 6–4, 4–6, 5–7

External links and references

NAU Athletics