Finn Tearney (born 27 September 1990) is a tennis player from New Zealand.

Finn Tearney
Full nameFinn Tearney
Country (sports) New Zealand
ResidenceWellington, New Zealand
Born (1990-09-27) 27 September 1990 (age 34)
Auckland, New Zealand
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two handed-backhand)
CollegePepperdine University (2009–2013)
CoachWilliam Ward and Clint Packer
Prize money$71,496
Singles
Career record3-4 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 356 (10 October 2016)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Junior1R (2008)
Doubles
Career record0–3 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 402 (8 February 2016)
Current rankingNo. 1522 (18 September 2020)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open Junior2R (2008)
Last updated on: 27 September 2022.

Tearney has a career high ATP singles ranking of 356 achieved on 10 October 2016 and a career high ATP doubles ranking of 402 achieved on 8 February 2016.

He has won two ITF Futures singles titles and six ITF Futures doubles titles.

Tearney made his ATP main draw debut at the 2015 Heineken Open, where he received a wildcard into the doubles competition, partnering Wesley Whitehouse. He made his ATP singles main draw debut at the 2016 ASB Classic.

He has become very much a part-time player on the professional circuit as he continues his academic career at Durham University in England, but returned to New Zealand in December 2018 to successfully defend his New Zealand title.[1]

Career

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Winning the New Zealand championships gained Tearney a wild card entry into the qualifying draw for the 2019 ASB Classic, where he lost in the first round to Thomas Fabbiano. A few weeks later he was in Portugal where, in an epic match with more than a dozen rallies of twenty shots or more, he beat Jacob Grills in the final of the ITF Futures tournament in Vale do Lobo.

Tearney was called up to the New Zealand Davis Cup team in March 2020 for their tie against Venezuela, despite no longer playing tennis professionally and working for a property development company, and defeated Jordi Muñoz Abreu in the first singles rubber in straight sets 6–4 6–4.[2][3]

Challenger & ITF Tour Finals

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Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runners-up)

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Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures (2–2)
Result Date Category Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
Runner–up 5 April 2015 Futures Tarakan, Indonesia F1 Hard (i)   Christopher Rungkat 6–7(2–7), 6–1, 1–6
Winner 11 October 2015 Futures Cairns, Australia F7 Clay   Alex Bolt 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–3
Runner–up 18 October 2015 Futures Toowoomba, Australia F8 Hard   Robin Staněk 2–6, 2–6
Winner 24 February 2019 Futures Vale do Lobo, Portugal F1 Hard   Jacob Grills 6–2, 2–6, 6–4

Doubles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runners-up)

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Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures (6–5)
Result Date Category Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score
Winner 20 July 2013 Futures Istanbul, Turkey F28 Hard   Alex Llompart   Tuna Altuna
  Costin Paval
6–2, 2–6, [10–2]
Winner 27 July 2013 Futures Istanbul, Turkey F29 Hard   Alex Llompart   Tuna Altuna
  Baris Erguden
6–4, 6–1
Runner–up 20 October 2013 Futures Quintana Roo, Mexico F15 Hard   Alex Llompart   César Ramírez
  Kaichi Uchida
6–7(5–7), 4–6
Runner–up 27 October 2013 Futures Quintana Roo, Mexico F16 Hard   Alex Llompart   Luis David Martinez
  Roberto Maytín
3–6, 4–6
Runner–up 3 November 2013 Futures Quintana Roo, Mexico F17 Hard   Alex Llompart   Hugo Di Feo
  Brayden Schnur
4–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Runner–up 4 April 2014 Futures Tsukuba, Japan F4 Hard   Lee Duck-hee   Sho Katayama
  Bumpei Sato
4–6, 4–6
Winner 5 April 2015 Futures Tarakan, Indonesia F1 Hard (i)   Matt Seeberger   Toshihide Matsui
  Christopher Rungkat
6–2, 1–6, [10–8]
Winner 14 June 2015 Futures Charlottesville, United States F16B Hard   Hunter Nicholas   Gonzales Austin
  Max Schnur
6–3, 6–2
Winner 26 July 2015 Futures Vancouver, Canada F5 Hard   Andre Dome   Hunter Nicholas
  Max Schnur
6–4, 6–4
Runner–up 11 October 2015 Futures Cairns, Australia F7 Clay   Yusuke Watanuki   Gao Xin
  Li Zhe
1–6, 2–6
Winner 15 November 2015 Futures Wollongong, Australia F10 Hard   Maverick Banes   Steven de Waard
  Marc Polmans
6–7(6–8), 7–5, [10–6]

References

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  1. ^ "2018 NZ Tennis Championships - Men's Singles". Tennis New Zealand. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  2. ^ Long, David (5 March 2020). "Finn Tearney, Ajeet Rai named NZ Davis Cup singles players, Rubin Statham rested". Stuff. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Match detail: Tearney - Munoz-Abreu". TennisExplorer.com. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
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