Stephen Huss (; born 10 December 1975) is a former professional
tennis
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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
Myles Wakefield (born 13 June 1974), is a former professional tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses ...
.
Huss played tennis collegiately at
Auburn University in the United States from 1996 to 2000, where he was an
All-America
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n 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
San Diego, California
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, USA, with his wife, former professional tennis player
Milagros Sequera
Milagros Sequera Huss (; born 30 September 1980) is a Venezuelan-Australian former professional tennis player.
Career
She joined the WTA Tour in 1999 and was ranked world No. 48 in July 2007. Her coach was Larry Willens. She was introduc ...
, 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 reached top 250 in the world.
Huss named men's tennis assistant coach
''hokiesports.com''. Date accessed: 7 December 2015
He now is a United States Tennis Association National team coach where he is working with top female players.
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (1–0)
ATP Career Finals
Doubles: 12 (4 titles, 8 runner-ups)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Doubles: 39 (26–13)
Performance timelines
Doubles
Mixed doubles
References
External links
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1975 births
Living people
Auburn Tigers men's tennis players
Auburn Tigers men's tennis coaches
Australian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Australian male tennis players
Australian people of Swedish descent
Sportspeople from Bendigo
Swedish people of Australian descent
Wimbledon champions
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles
Tennis people from Victoria (Australia)
Australian tennis coaches
21st-century Australian people