Shannon Nettle
Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Born | Naracoorte, South Australia |
10 June 1978
Plays | Right-handed |
Prize money | $52,822 |
Singles | |
Career record | {{#property:P564}} |
Highest ranking | No. 339 (4 October 2004) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | Q3 (2005) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 0–2 |
Highest ranking | No. 360 (9 October 2006) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2005, 2006) |
Shannon Nettle (born 10 June 1978) is an Australian former professional tennis player.
Biography
Nettle comes from rural South Australia, born in the town of Naracoorte and growing up on the family vineyard in Cobdogla. He is a cousin of tennis player Luke Saville.[1]
A right-handed player, Nettle played college tennis in the United States for Troy University before turning professional. He was at the Alabama based university of four years.[2]
Nettle reached a career best singles ranking of 339 in the world, which he attained in 2004. He made the final qualifying round of the 2005 Australian Open, with wins over Kristof Vliegen and Vasilis Mazarakis. As a doubles player he twice appeared as a wildcard in the main draw of the Australian Open, partnering Sadik Kadir in 2005 and Peter Luczak in 2006. On both occasions he and his partner were beaten in the first round, by seeded opponents.[3][4] His biggest title win came in doubles at the 2005 Caloundra International Challenger, partnered with Peter Luczak, who he later coached on tour.
Retiring in 2006, he turned his attention to coaching and has been a coach for the Australian Institute of Sport. He was coach of Casey Dellacqua when she broke into the world's top 30 singles rankings in 2014.[5]
Challenger titles
Doubles: (1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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1. | 2005 | Caloundra, Australia | Hard | ![]() |
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6–7(4), 6–4, 6–2 |
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External links
- Shannon Nettle at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Shannon Nettle at the International Tennis FederationLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- 1978 births
- Living people
- Australian male tennis players
- Troy Trojans athletes
- Tennis people from South Australia
- Australian tennis coaches
- College men's tennis players in the United States
- Sportsmen from South Australia