Wayne Hampson

Wayne Hampson
Singles
Country (sports)	Australia
Born	(1957-08-23) 23 August 1957 Monto, Queensland Australia
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Plays	Right-handed
Career record	11–31
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 174 (4 Jan 1982)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (1982)
Wimbledon	1R (1980, 1983)
Doubles
Career record	33-57
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 109 (25 Jun 1984)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	3R (1982)
French Open	1R (1981, 1982, 1983, 1984)
Wimbledon	3R (1983)

Wayne Hampson (born 23 August 1957) is a former professional tennis player from Australia.^[1]

Career

Hampson competed in the main singles draw of the Australian Open three times and Wimbledon twice, without managing to register a win.^[2] The closest he got was at the 1982 Australian Open, where he received a first round bye, before a five set loss in the second round to Eric Sherbeck, the last decided in a tiebreak.^[2] He had more success in the doubles, making the third round at the 1982 Australian Open (with Broderick Dyke) and the 1983 Wimbledon Championships (with Chris Johnstone).^[2]

He was a doubles finalist at the 1982 Melbourne Indoor tournament, the 1982 South Australian Open and the 1984 Lorraine Open, but lost them all.^[2] On the singles circuit, Hampson had his best performance in 1980, making a quarter-final appearance in Perth.^[2] He had a win over Kim Warwick at the Sydney Outdoor in 1981 and beat John Alexander en route to the round of 16 at Queen's in 1982.^[2]

Outcome	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	1982	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Broderick Dyke	Pat Cash Chris Johnstone	3–6, 7–6, 6–7
Runner-up	2.	1982	Melbourne, Australia	Grass	Broderick Dyke	Eddie Edwards Jonathan Smith	6–7, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	1984	Metz, France	Hard	Wally Masur	Eddie Edwards Danie Visser	6–3, 4–6, 2–6

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
1.	1980	Turin, Italy	Clay	Jai DiLouie	Dave Siegler Robbie Venter	6–3, 6–4
2.	1981	Travemünde, West Germany	Clay	Brad Guan	Bruce Derlin David Mustard	6–3, 6–4

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