Ashley Fisher Explained

Ashley Fisher (born 25 September 1975) is a professional tennis player who comes from New South Wales in Australia. Fisher turned professional in 1998. Fisher has never played a major singles match on the ATP Tour, but has won four notable doubles titles on tour. The doubles specialist reached his highest doubles ranking of World Number 19 on 22 June 2009. He has reached the 2006 U.S. Open men's doubles semi-finals. Fisher is currently the head coach of the University of South Florida men's tennis team.

Career

Before turning professional, Fisher played college tennis at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas, where he was a two time All-American for the Horned Frogs.

Fisher also reached the 2006 U.S. Open men's doubles semifinals alongside Tripp Phillips, where they lost to Jonas Björkman and Max Mirnyi, 6–1, 6–4. Fisher and Nikolay Davydenko were Wimbledon men's doubles quarterfinalists in 2004, where they lost to Jonas Björkman and Todd Woodbridge. He has won a total of 26 doubles titles, with 23 minor league Challengers and Futures events on the International Tennis Federation.

Fisher won his first ATP doubles title in Amersfoort with Devin Bowen, where they defeated Chris Haggard and André Sá 6–0, 6–4. His other two ATP titles were with different partners.

Personal

Fisher was born to mother Pamela and father Gary, and has two older siblings. Fisher started playing tennis at age five.

He currently resides in St. Petersburg, Florida and is coached by Glenn Irwin.

In July 2016, Fisher was promoted to head coach for the Division 1 nationally ranked University of South Florida Bulls Men's Tennis Team replacing Matt Hill.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 11 (4 titles, 7 runners-up)

Winner – Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–1) ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (3–6)

Finals by surface Hard (3–4) Clay (1–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1		Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco	250 Series	Clay	Devin Bowen	František Čermák Leoš Friedl	3–6, 5–7
Win	1–1		Dutch Open, Netherlands	250 Series	Clay	Devin Bowen	Chris Haggard André Sá	6–0, 6–4
Loss	1–2		Kingfisher Open, Vietnam	250 Series	Carpet	Robert Lindstedt	Lars Burgsmüller Philipp Kohlschreiber	6–7(3–7), 4–6, 2–6
Win	2–2		Japan Open, Japan	500 Series	Hard	Tripp Phillips	Paul Goldstein Jim Thomas	6–2, 7–5
Win	3–2		China Open, China	250 Series	Hard	Rik de Voest	Chris Haggard Yen-Hsun Lu	6–7(3–7), 6–0, [10–6]
Win	4–2		Indianapolis, United States	250 Series	Hard	Tripp Phillips	Scott Lipsky David Martin	3–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Loss	4–3		China Open, China	250 Series	Hard	Bobby Reynolds	Ross Hutchins Stephen Huss	5–7, 4–6
Loss	4–4		SA Open, South Africa	250 Series	Hard	Rik de Voest	James Cerretani Dick Norman	7–6(7–9), 2–6, [12–14]
Loss	4–5		Miami Open, United States	Masters 1000	Hard	Stephen Huss	Max Mirnyi Andy Ram	6–2, 7–5
Loss	4–6		BMW Open, Germany	250 Series	Clay	Jordan Kerr	Jan Hernych Ivo Minář	4–6, 4–6
Loss	4–7		Indianapolis, United States	250 Series	Hard	Jordan Kerr	Dmitry Tursunov Ernests Gulbis	4–6, 6–3, [9–11]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Doubles: 42 (27–15)

Legend ATP Challenger (20–9) ITF Futures (7–6)

Finals by surface Hard (20–5) Clay (7–7) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1		USA F2, Vero Beach	Futures	Clay	Nitten Kirrtane	Simon Aspelin Chris Tontz	3–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2		Finland F4, Oulu	Futures	Carpet	Ashley Ford	Robert Samuelsson Robert Lindstedt	3–6, 4–6
Win	1–2		Spain F2, Alicante	Futures	Clay	Enrique Abaroa	Todd Perry Tim Crichton	6–4, 2–6, 7–6
Loss	1–3		Indonesia F6, Jakarta	Futures	Hard	Minh Le	Myles Wakefield Thomas Shimada	3–6, 6–7
Win	2–3		Thailand F2, Pattaya City	Futures	Hard	Dave Abelson	Björn Jacob Bartlomiej Dabrowski	6–4 ret.
Win	3–3		Bangladesh F1, Rajshahi	Futures	Hard	Minh Le	Febi Widmhiyanto Hendri-Susilo Pramono	6–3, 6–0
Win	4–3		Bangladesh F2, Dhaka	Futures	Hard	Minh Le	Rik de Voest Willem-Petrus Meyer	6–2, 6–4
Loss	4–4		France F8, Melun	Futures	Carpet	José Frontera	Andreas Tattermusch Andreas Weber	6–7(6–8), 6–4, 6–7(3–7)
Win	5–4		Austria F1, Salzburg	Futures	Clay	Tim Crichton	Djalmar Sistermans Bartlomiej Dabrowski	6–7(10–8), 6–3, 6–3
Loss	5–5		Montauban, France	Challenger	Clay	Tim Crichton		1–6, 4–6
Win	6–5		Ostend, Belgium	Challenger	Clay	Tim Crichton		6–2, 2–6, 6–1
Win	7–5		Segovia, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Jason Weir-Smith		7–6(7–5), 6–1
Loss	7–6		Sylt, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Gareth Williams	Ionuț Moldovan Yuriy Schukin	4–6, 2–6
Win	8–6		Austin, United States	Challenger	Hard	Tim Crichton		6–1, 6–7(6–8), 6–0
Loss	8–7		Yokohama, Japan	Challenger	Carpet	Tim Crichton		3–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win	9–7		Seoul, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Tim Crichton		6–4, 6–4
Win	10–7		Vietnam F1, Ho Chi Minh City	Futures	Hard	Aisam Qureshi		6–4, 6–4
Win	11–7		Singapore, Singapore	Challenger	Hard	Tim Crichton		3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	12–7		Curitiba, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Tim Crichton		6–3, 6–4
Loss	12–8		Tunis, Tunisia	Challenger	Clay	Devin Bowen		4–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss	12–9		Biella, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Nathan Healey		6–3, 3–6, 5–7
Win	13–9		Nottingham, United Kington	Challenger	Hard	Stephen Huss		6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Loss	13–10		Bermuda Challenger, Bermuda	Challenger	Clay	Andrew Kratzmann		3–6, 1–3 ret.
Win	14–10		Waco, United States	Challenger	Hard	Devin Bowen		6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Win	15–10		Nouméa, New Caledonia	Challenger	Hard	Stephen Huss	Luke Bourgeois Vince Mellino	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	16–10		Mexico City, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Tripp Phillips		6–4, 2–6, 6–3
Loss	16–11		Bermuda Challenger, Bermuda	Challenger	Clay	Stephen Huss		6–4, 3–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win	17–11		Seoul, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Robert Lindstedt		7–5, 7–6(7–0)
Win	18–11		Beijing, China	Challenger	Hard	Tripp Phillips	Justin Gimelstob Graydon Oliver	7–5, 7–5
Win	19–11		Vancouver, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Tripp Phillips		7–6(8–6), 1–6, 6–2
Win	20–11		Busan 2, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Tripp Phillips		7–5, 6–3
Win	21–11		Champaign-Urbana, United States	Challenger	Hard	Tripp Phillips		6–3, 5–7, 6–0
Win	22–11		Orlando, United States	Challenger	Hard	Tripp Phillips		default
Win	23–11		Vancouver, Cabada	Challenger	Hard	Rik de Voest		6–1, 6–2
Loss	23–12		Nashville, United States	Challenger	Hard	Stephen Huss		7–6(7–4), 1–6, [10–12]
Loss	23–13		Vancouver, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Rik de Voest		4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win	24–13		Tulsa, United States	Challenger	Hard	Stephen Huss		7–6(7–4), 6–3
Win	25–13		Busan 2, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Rik de Voest		6–4, 2–6, [10–6]
Win	26–13		Sarasota, United States	Challenger	Clay	Stephen Huss		6–3, 6–4
Win	27–13		USA F12, Tampa	Futures	Clay	Chris Haggard	Clayton Almeida Joshua Zavala]	7–6(7–1), 6–4
Loss	27–14		USA F29, Mansfield	Futures	Hard	Liam Broady		5–7, 3–6
Loss	27–15		Australia F11, Wollongong	Futures	Hard	Dayne Kelly		2–6, 6–4, [7–10]

Grand Slam performance timelines

Doubles

Tournament	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	SR	W-L
Australian Open	A	A	1R	1R	3R	3R	1R	3R	QF	2R	A	2R	A	1R	A	0 / 10	11–10
French Open	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	3R	A	3R	1R	0 / 11	5–11
Wimbledon	A	A	Q1	1R	1R	2R	QF	2R	3R	1R	2R	1R	A	3R	1R	0 / 11	10–11
US Open	A	A	Q2	Q1	1R	1R	2R	1R	SF	1R	3R	1R	A	1R	1R	0 / 10	7–10
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–3	2–4	4–4	4–4	3–4	9–4	1–4	3–3	3–4	0–0	4–4	0–3	0 / 41	33–41

Mixed doubles

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Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	SR	W-L
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	1–1
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	2R	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2
Wimbledon	2R	A	1R	A	2R	2R	1R	A	1R	A	2R	2R	0 / 8	5–8
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2
Win–loss	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–4	0–0	1–3	0–0	1–1	1–1	0 / 13	7–13