Stephen Huss (tennis)


Stephen Huss, is a former professional tennis player from Australia.
Along with partner Wesley Moodie, he became the first qualifier to win the Wimbledon men's doubles championship in 2005, 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 at Casablanca with Myles Wakefield.
Huss played tennis collegiately at Auburn University in the United States from 1996 to 2000, where he was an All-American in doubles in 1998 and in singles in 2000. Huss played in the NCAA Tournament in both of those years for the Tigers. 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.
His grand slam success saw him soar from 101st to 32nd place in the ATP Doubles ranking. He reached a career high 21st place in June 2006.
Huss retired from professional tennis after the 2011 US Open.
He currently resides in Lake Nona, Florida USA, with his wife, former professional tennis player Milagros Sequera, whom he married in Australia on 29 December 2009. They have two kids Noah and Kensi.
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 is now currently top 250 in the world
He now is a United States Tennis Association National team coach where he is working with top American female players

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

; Wins
YearChampionshipPartnerOpponent in FinalScore in Final
2005Wimbledon Wesley Moodie Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
7–6, 6–3, 6–7, 6–3

ATP career finals

Doubles: 12 (4–8)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentScore
Winner1.14 April 2002Grand Prix Hassan II, Casablanca, MoroccoClay Myles Wakefield Martín García
Luis Lobo
6–4, 6–2
Winner2.3 July 2005Wimbledon, London, United KingdomGrass Wesley Moodie Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
7–6, 6–3, 6–7, 6–3
Runner-up1.30 October 2005Davidoff Swiss Indoors, Basel, SwitzerlandCarpet Wesley Moodie Agustín Calleri
Fernando González
5–7, 5–7
Runner-up2.4 February 2007Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, Delray Beach, United StatesHard James Auckland Hugo Armando
Xavier Malisse
3–6, 7–6,
Runner-up3.7 October 2007Japan Open Tennis Championships, Tokyo, JapanHard Frank Dancevic Jordan Kerr
Robert Lindstedt
4–6, 4–6
Winner328 September 2008China Open, Beijing, ChinaHard Ross Hutchins Ashley Fisher
Bobby Reynolds
7–5, 6–4
Runner-up4.6 October 2008Kremlin Cup, Moscow, RussiaCarpet Ross Hutchins Sergiy Stakhovsky
Potito Starace
6–7, 6–2,
Runner-up5.20 October 2008Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, Lyon, FranceCarpet Ross Hutchins Michaël Llodra
Andy Ram
3–6, 7–5,
Runner-up6.25 March 2009Sony Ericsson Open, Miami, United StatesHard Ashley Fisher Max Mirnyi
Andy Ram
7–6, 2–6,
Runner-up7.10 April 2010ATP Houston, Houston, United StatesClay Wesley Moodie Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
3–6, 5–7
Winner4.31 October 2010Open Sud de France, Montpellier, FranceHard Ross Hutchins Marc López
Eduardo Schwank
6–2, 4–6,
Runner-up8.15 January 2011Heineken Open, Auckland, New ZealandHard Johan Brunström Marcel Granollers
Tommy Robredo
4–6, 6–7

Doubles performance timeline