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Andrew Banks (tennis)

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Andrew Banks
Country (sports) United Kingdom
Born (1983-01-06) 6 January 1983 (age 41)
PlaysLeft-handed
Prize money$39,626
Singles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 326 (31 January 2005)
Grand Slam singles results
WimbledonQ2 (2002, 2005)
Doubles
Career record0–2
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 543 (1 August 2005)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon1R (2004, 2005)
Last updated on: 21 August 2021.

Andrew "Andy" Banks (born 6 January 1983) is a British former professional tennis player.[1]

A left-handed player from Wakefield, Banks was a British 18-and-under champion and reached the junior doubles final of the 2000 Wimbledon Championships.[2]

Banks featured in the men's singles qualifying draw at Wimbledon on four occasions and twice received a wildcard into the doubles main draw, in 2004 and 2005.

Junior Grand Slam finals

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Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2001 Wimbledon Grass United Kingdom Benjamin Riby Belgium Dominique Coene
Belgium Kristof Vliegen
3–6, 6–1, 3–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 2 (2–0)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (2–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Mar 2004 Greece F1, Athens Futures Hard Belgium Jeroen Masson 6–2, 6–7(7–9), 6–4
Win 2–0 Jan 2005 Great Britain F1, Leeds Futures Hard United States Travis Rettenmaier 7–6(7–5), 1–6, 6–4

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2003 Jamaica F13 Kingston Futures Hard United Kingdom Jonathan Marray Sweden Jacob Adaktusson
Puerto Rico Gabriel Montilla
6–4, 6–3

References

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  1. ^ "Tennis: Brit boys in bid to take over". Manchester Evening News. 15 February 2007.
  2. ^ Bierley, Stephen (25 June 2003). "Henman gets in groove for lefty". The Guardian.
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