Stephen Huss

Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	San Diego,California, USA
Born	(1975-12-10)10 December 1975 (age 49) Bendigo, Australia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	2000
Retired	2011
Plays	Right-handed (unknown backhand)
College	Auburn Tigers
Prize money	$1,010,831
Singles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0 0Challenger, 0Futures
Highest ranking	No. 807 (19 March 2001)
Doubles
Career record	126–171
Career titles	4 18Challenger, 8Futures
Highest ranking	No. 21 (26 June 2006)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2005,2007,2009)
French Open	3R (2008,2010,2011)
Wimbledon	W (2005)
US Open	1R (2002,2005,2006,2008,2009,2010,2011)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2007,2009)
French Open	1R (2006,2009)
Wimbledon	SF (2009)
US Open	2R (2005,2009)
Last updated on: 10 December 2022.

Stephen Huss (/hʌs/; born 10 December 1975) is a former professionaltennis player from Australia.Huss played tennis collegiately atAuburn University in the United States from 1996 to 2000, where he was anAll-American in doubles in 1998^[1] and in singles in 2000.^[2]

Huss played in the NCAA Tournament in both of those years for the Tigers.^[3][4] An All-SEC selection in 1998, he was the 1999 National Clay Court Champion along with partner Tiago Ruffoni. His 93 career doubles victories is an Auburn record.

Along with partnerWesley Moodie, he became the first qualifier to win theWimbledon men's doubles championship in 2005,^[5][6] beating the 6th, 9th, 3rd, 1st & 2nd seeds in the process. His Wimbledon title was only his second doubles title on the ATP tour after his 2002 success atCasablanca withMyles Wakefield.

His Grand Slam success saw him soar from 101st to 32nd place in the ATP doubles rankings. He reached a career high 21st place in June 2006.^[7]

Huss retired from professional tennis after the2011 US Open.^[8]

In June 2012, Huss accepted an assistant coaching position with Virginia Tech Men's Tennis under head coach Jim Thompson. Under Thompson, Huss and the Hokies experienced great success including a school high ranking of 14 and developing Joao Monteiro who reached top 250 in the world.^[9][10] He coached several junior and college tennis players.^{[citation needed]}

He is currently a United States Tennis Association National team coach, working with up-and-coming female players. He has also coached top playersSofia Kenin,Jennifer Brady andCaroline Dolehide.^[11][12]

He currently resides inAtlanta, USA, with his wife, former professional tennis playerMilagros Sequera, whom he married in Australia on 29 December 2009. They have two kids.

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2005	Wimbledon	Grass	Wesley Moodie	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6(7–4), 6–3, 6–7(2–7), 6–3

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2002	Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco	World Series	Clay	Myles Wakefield	Martín García Luis Lobo	6–4, 6–2
Win	2–0	Jul 2005	Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom	Grand Slam	Grass	Wesley Moodie	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6(7–4), 6–3, 6–7(2–7), 6–3
Loss	2–1	Oct 2005	Basel, Switzerland	World Series	Carpet	Wesley Moodie	Agustín Calleri Fernando González	5–7, 5–7
Loss	2–2	Feb 2007	Delray Beach, United States	International Series	Hard	James Auckland	Hugo Armando Xavier Malisse	3–6, 7–6(7–4), [5–10]
Loss	2–3	Oct 2007	Tokyo, Japan	Championship Series	Hard	Frank Dancevic	Jordan Kerr Robert Lindstedt	4–6, 4–6
Win	3–3	Sep 2008	Beijing, China	International Series	Hard	Ross Hutchins	Ashley Fisher Bobby Reynolds	7–5, 6–4
Loss	3–4	Oct 2008	Moscow, Russia	International Series	Carpet	Ross Hutchins	Sergiy Stakhovsky Potito Starace	6–7(4–7), 6–2, [6–10]
Loss	3–5	Oct 2008	Lyon, France	International Series	Carpet	Ross Hutchins	Michaël Llodra Andy Ram	3–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Loss	3–6	Mar 2009	Miami Open, United States	Masters Series	Hard	Ashley Fisher	Max Mirnyi Andy Ram	7–6(7–4), 2–6, [6–10]
Loss	3–7	Apr 2010	Houston, United States	250 Series	Clay	Wesley Moodie	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 5–7
Win	4–7	Oct 2010	Montpellier, France	250 Series	Hard	Ross Hutchins	Marc López Eduardo Schwank	6–2, 4–6, [10–8]
Loss	4–8	Jan 2011	Auckland, New Zealand	250 Series	Hard	Johan Brunström	Marcel Granollers Tommy Robredo	4–6, 6–7(6–8)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 1999	Germany F8,Zell	Futures	Clay	Lee Pearson	Vitali Shvets Sandro Della Piana	7–5, 6–1
Win	2–0	Aug 1999	Germany F9,Leun	Futures	Clay	Lee Pearson	Patrick Sommer Erik Truempler	7–5, 6–1
Loss	2–1	Aug 1999	Belgium F1,Jupille-sur-Meuse	Futures	Clay	Lee Pearson	Henrik Andersson Johan Settergren	4–6, 5–7
Win	3–1	Jun 2000	Greece F1,Chalcis	Futures	Hard	Anastasios Vasiliadis	Jean-Claude Scherrer Kobi Ziv	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Win	4–1	Jul 2000	Greece F3,Syros	Futures	Hard	James Smith	Dustin Mauck Keith Pollak	6–2, 6–4
Win	5–1	Jul 2000	Germany F8,Leun	Futures	Clay	Lee Pearson	Cedric Kauffmann Alexander Waske	6–4, 6–4
Win	6–1	Jul 2000	Germany F9,Zell	Futures	Clay	Lee Pearson	Wim Neefs Djalmar Sistermans	6–4, 6–4
Win	7–1	Aug 2000	Germany F10, Berlin	Futures	Clay	Lee Pearson	Wim Neefs Djalmar Sistermans	6–3, 6–4
Loss	7–2	Nov 2000	Australia F2,Frankston	Futures	Hard	Lee Pearson	Paul Baccanello Josh Tuckfield	6–7(4–7), 6–4, 1–6
Loss	7–3	Nov 2000	Australia F3,Berri	Futures	Grass	Lee Pearson	Paul Baccanello Dejan Petrovic	3–6, 4–6
Loss	7–4	Dec 2000	Australia F4,Barmera	Futures	Grass	Lee Pearson	Tim Crichton Todd Perry	6–4, 6–7(6–8), 6–7(11–13)
Win	8–4	Mar 2001	Perth, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Lee Pearson	Jordan Kerr Grant Silcock	6–3, 4–6, 7–6(7–1)
Win	9–4	Jul 2001	Germany F7,Zell	Futures	Clay	Lee Pearson	Carlos Cuadrado Gorka Fraile	6–3, 6–1
Win	10–4	Jul 2001	Tampere, Finland	Challenger	Clay	Lee Pearson	Tuomas Ketola Jarkko Nieminen	7–5, 6–7(5–7), 6–4
Loss	10–5	Aug 2001	San Benedetto, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Lee Pearson	Leonardo Azzaro Stefano Galvani	6–3, 6–7(7–9), 4–6
Loss	10–6	Aug 2001	Bressanone, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Lee Pearson	Massimo Bertolini Cristian Brandi	5–7, 3–6
Loss	10–7	Sep 2001	Florianópolis, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Lee Pearson	Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez	2–6, 1–6
Win	11–7	Nov 2001	Tyler, United States	Challenger	Hard	Paul Rosner	Mardy Fish Jeff Morrison	6–4, 6–2
Win	12–7	Feb 2002	Brest, France	Challenger	Hard	Ben Ellwood	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	6–1, 6–4
Win	13–7	Feb 2002	Wrocław, Poland	Challenger	Hard	Ben Ellwood	Aleksandar Kitinov Johan Landsberg	6–7(3–7), 7–5, 7–6(8–6)
Win	14–7	Nov 2002	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Challenger	Hard	Ashley Fisher	Scott Humphries Mark Merklein	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Loss	14–8	Feb 2003	Andrézieux, France	Challenger	Hard	Jeff Tarango	Lovro Zovko David Škoch	6–7(4–7), 6–0, 3–6
Win	15–8	May 2003	Aix-en-Provence, France	Challenger	Clay	Myles Wakefield	Todd Perry Thomas Shimada	6–1, 7–5
Win	16–8	May 2003	Košice, Slovakia	Challenger	Clay	Myles Wakefield	Álex López Morón Andrés Schneiter	6–4, 6–3
Loss	16–9	Aug 2003	Binghamton, United States	Challenger	Hard	Myles Wakefield	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	4–6, 3–6
Win	17–9	Nov 2003	Eckental, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Robert Lindstedt	Lars Burgsmüller Andreas Tattermusch	walkover
Win	18–9	Jan 2004	Nouméa, New Caledonia	Challenger	Hard	Ashley Fisher	Luke Bourgeois Vince Mellino	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	18–10	Apr 2004	Canberra, Australia	Challenger	Clay	Peter Luczak	Łukasz Kubot Zbynek Mlynarik	6–7(3–7), 2–6
Loss	18–11	Apr 2004	Bermuda, Bermuda	Challenger	Clay	Ashley Fisher	Jordan Kerr Tom Vanhoudt	6–4, 3–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win	19–11	Jan 2005	Nouméa, New Caledonia	Challenger	Hard	Wesley Moodie	Jérôme Golmard Harel Levy	6–3, 6–0
Win	20–11	May 2005	Budapest, Hungary	Challenger	Clay	Johan Landsberg	Amir Hadad Harel Levy	7–6(7–4), 6–1
Win	21–11	Oct 2005	Kolding, Denmark	Challenger	Hard	Johan Landsberg	Frederik Nielsen Rasmus Nørby	1–6, 7–6(7–4), [10–8]
Loss	21–12	Jun 2007	Surbiton, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	James Auckland	Alex Kuznetsov Mischa Zverev	6–2, 3–6, [6–10]
Loss	21–13	Nov 2007	Nashville, United States	Challenger	Hard	Ashley Fisher	Rajeev Ram Bobby Reynolds	7–6(7–4), 3–6, [10–12]
Win	22–13	Nov 2007	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Challenger	Hard	Wesley Moodie	Rohan Bopanna Aisam Qureshi	7–6(12–10), 6–3
Win	23–13	Sep 2008	Tulsa, United States	Challenger	Hard	Ashley Fisher	Rajeev Ram Bobby Reynolds	7–6(7–4), 6–3
Win	24–13	Apr 2010	Baton Rouge, United States	Challenger	Hard	Joseph Sirianni	Chris Guccione Frank Moser	1–6, 6–2, [13–11]
Win	25–13	Apr 2010	Tallahassee, United States	Challenger	Hard	Joseph Sirianni	Robert Kendrick Bobby Reynolds	6–2, 6–4
Win	26–13	May 2011	Sarasota, United States	Challenger	Clay	Ashley Fisher	Alex Bogomolov Jr. Alex Kuznetsov	6–3, 6–4

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