Gareth Williams (born 27 August 1975) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa.
Biography Born in Pretoria, Williams was a doubles specialist, who had success as a junior in 1993 when he made three junior grand slam finals. After finishing runner-up at both the French Open and Wimbledon, he and Neville Godwin made a third successive final at the 1993 US Open, defeating the Australian pairing of Ben Ellwood and James Sekulov. He and Godwin also competed in several ATP Tour events, including Durban in 1993, where they made the quarter-finals.
In the mid-1990s he left the professional circuit to play collegiate tennis in the United States at the University of Tulsa (UT).
Graduating from UT with a psychology degree, he returned to the tour and in 2000 reached his best ranking of 179 in the world for doubles. He won a Challenger title in San Antonio in 2000 with Wesley Whitehouse, beating the Bryan brothers in the final. At the 2001 French Open he and Marcos Ondruska featured in the men's doubles main draw and lost in the first round to seventh seeds Ellis Ferreira and Rick Leach. Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss1993French OpenClay Neville Godwin Steven Downs James Greenhalgh1–6, 1–6Loss1993WimbledonGrass Neville Godwin Steven Downs James Greenhalgh7–6, 6–7, 6–7Win1993US OpenHard Neville Godwin Ben Ellwood James Sekulov6–3, 6–3
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Doubles: 14 (9–5) LegendATP Challenger (1–1)ITF Futures (8–4)Finals by surfaceHard (9–4)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0USA F7, BerkeleyFuturesHard Haydn Wakefield Dustin Mauck Keith Pollak5–7, 7–4, 6–4Loss1–1USA F8, DanvilleFuturesHard Haydn Wakefield Brandon Hawk Doug Root4–6, 7–6, 3–6Loss1–2USA F9, ReddingFuturesHard Haydn Wakefield Brandon Hawk Doug Root2–6, 6–2, 2–6Loss1–3USA F12, St. JosephFuturesHard Jeff Williams Cary Franklin Graydon Oliver4–6, 2–6Win2–3USA F13, DecaturFuturesHard Jeff Williams Matthew Breen John James6–4, 6–2Win3–3USA F14, Kansas CityFuturesHard Jeff Williams Michael Passarella Jakub Teply6–0, 6–2Win4–3USA F17, HattiesburgFuturesHard Jeff Williams Zack Fleishman Kelly Gullett6–3, 6–3Win5–3USA F21, Laguna NiguelFuturesHard Jeff Williams Oren Motevassel Alexander Waske2–6, 7–5, 6–2Win6–3USA F1, Pembroke PinesFuturesHard Jeff Williams Rafael De Mesa Irak liLabadze6–4, 6–1Win7–3USA F3, Boca RatonFuturesHard Jeff Williams Marcos Daniel Manuel Jorquera7–6(7–5), 6–2Loss7–4Sylt, GermanyChallengerClay Ashley Fisher Ionut Moldovan Yuri Schukin4–6, 2–6Win8–4San Antonio, United StatesChallengerHard Wesley Whitehouse Mike Bryan Bob Bryan6–3, 6–4Loss8–5USA F8, Little RockFuturesHard Matthew Breen Jeff Coetzee Shaun Rudman4–6, 6–7(3–7)Win9–5USA F10, ElkinFuturesHard Matthew Breen Gavin Sontag Jerry Turek6–3, 6–4
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