Andrew Nisker (born 21 August 1978) is a retired

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professional

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player. Nisker reached a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 756 achieved on 9 December 2002. He also had a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 207 achieved on 5 August 2002. Nisker made his

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main draw debut in doubles at the 2002 Canada Masters held on hard courts in

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. Partnering up with compatriot

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, the pair received a wild card entry into the main doubles draw. They pulled off an upset victory in the first round by defeating

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and

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in three sets ''3–6, 7–6^(7–5), 6–2''. They would go on to lose in the second round to seventh seeds and eventual semi-finalists

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and

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in straight sets ''4–6, 2–6''. Nisker attended

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on a scholarship. He won the NCAA Men's SEC Singles Championship in 2000. He competed at the

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held in

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. Representing Canada, he lost in the singles first round to Santiago González in three sets ''4–6, 6–3, 4–6''. Nisker reached his only career singles final in June 2002 at the Canada F1

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tournament in

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, resulting in a loss to Trace Fielding. Additionally, he reached 11 career doubles finals, with a record of 3 wins and 8 losses which includes a 0–2 record in

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finals.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Doubles: 11 (3–8)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nisker, Andrew 1978 births Living people Canadian male tennis players Vanderbilt Commodores men's tennis players Canadian expatriate tennis players in the United States Tennis players at the 2003 Pan American Games Tennis players from Toronto Pan American Games tennis players for Canada 20th-century Canadian sportsmen 21st-century Canadian sportsmen