Andrew Painter (born 18 July 1975) is a former professional tennis player from Australia.ITF Pro Circuit Profile
Career Painter was a doubles specialist and appeared in the men's doubles main draw of the Australian Open three times, with Neil Borwick in 1996, Jamie Holmes in 1997 and Toby Mitchell in 1999.ATP World Tour Profile He wasn't able to progress past the first round in any of his appearances but did make the second round of the 1998 Wimbledon Championships, partnering Holmes. The pair defeated Czechs David Škoch and Petr Luxa.
He played in the main singles draw at the 1995 Wimbledon Championships and faced top seed Andre Agassi on centre court in the opening round. The Australian was beaten in straight sets.
At the 2000 Grand Prix Hassan II, an ATP Tour tournament, Painter and Lars Burgsmüller made the doubles final, which they lost to Arnaud Clément and Sébastien Grosjean. He won four Challenger doubles titles during his career.
ATP career finals
Doubles: 1 (0–1) ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Apr 2000Casablanca, MoroccoClay Lars Burgsmüller Arnaud Clément Sébastien Grosjean6–7(4–7), 4–6
Challenger titles
Doubles: (4) No.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore1. 1996Perth, AustraliaHard Jamie Holmes Grant Doyle Andrew Kratzmann7–5, 6–42.1999Cherbourg, FranceHard Michael Hill Massimo Bertolini Cristian Brandi7–5, 7–6(9–7)3. 1999Magdeburg, GermanyCarpet Michael Hill Jan-Ralph Brandt Dirk Dier 7–6(10–8), 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–1)4.1999Ulm, GermanyClay Byron Talbot Dirk Dier Michael Kohlmann6–3, 6–4
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