Nathan Healey

Nathan Healey
Country (sports)	Australia
Born	27 February 1980 (age 43); Gosford, Australia
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	1998
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$552,190
Singles
Career record	6–13
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 159 (15 January 2007)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2006)
French Open	1R (2006)
Doubles
Career record	55–73
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 58 (3 February 2003)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2000, 2001, 2003, 2007)
French Open	1R (2002, 2003, 2006)
Wimbledon	1R (2002, 2003, 2004)
US Open	3R (2002)

Nathan Healey (born 27 February 1980 in Gosford, New South Wales) is an Australian tennis player.

Turning professional in 1998, Healey has won 3 doubles titles.

In 2006, he earned a wildcard to the Australian Open, making the 3rd round, where he was defeated by Russian Nikolay Davydenko in four sets. Later that year, he made it to the 3rd qualifying round at Wimbledon, where he was soundly defeated by Robert Kendrick. As of 26 June 2006, Healey was 199th in the ATP rankings.

In January 2007 Healey substituted for Mark Philippoussis after the latter sustained a knee injury during the Hopman Cup in Perth. He lost a close match against American Mardy Fish, but then teamed with Alicia Molik to win the mixed doubles against Fish and Ashley Harkleroad.

Healey is married to Marnie Heller of Wyomissing, Pennsylvania.

In August 2009, he became the coach of fellow tennis player and former world number 1., Lleyton Hewitt; replacing Tony Roche.^[1] Healey resigned as Hewitt's coach for family reasons in August 2010.

Nathan relocated to the Philadelphia area to be close to his family in 2010 and started working with local juniors. Nathan was drafted in 2011 to play for the Philadelphia Freedoms of the WTT..

He currently coaches ATP player Max Purcell.

Career finals

Doubles: 6 (3–3)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2001	Sopot, Poland	Clay	Paul Hanley	Irakli Labadze Attila Sávolt	7–6^(12–10), 6–2
Loss	1–1	Oct 2001	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Paul Hanley	Rick Leach David Macpherson	5–7, 6–7^(2–7)
Loss	1–2	Sep 2002	Sopot, Poland	Clay	Jeff Coetzee	František Čermák Leoš Friedl	5–7, 5–7
Win	2–2	Jan 2003	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Paul Hanley	Mahesh Bhupathi Joshua Eagle	7–6^(7–3), 6–4
Win	3–2	Sep 2005	Beijing, China	Hard	Justin Gimelstob	Dmitry Tursunov Mikhail Youzhny	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	3–3	Jul 2007	Newport, United States	Hard	Igor Kunitsyn	Jordan Kerr Jim Thomas	3–6, 5–7

References

^ "Nathan Healy to help Lleyton Hewitt hit his straps". Herald Sun. 1 September 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2009.

External links

[1] "Nathan Healy to help Lleyton Hewitt hit his straps". Herald Sun. 1 September 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2009.

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