Players Profiles

Gunn, Ruaraidh

Club

The Royal Melbourne Tennis Club

Position at club

Senior Professional

Status

Professional

World Ranking

World Ranking Points

361

World Race Ranking

World Race Points

158

Nationality

British

Left/Right Handed

Right

Nickname

Rozza

Date of Birth

18/04/1973

Hobbies

Golf, Squash and walking the dog, Tommy

Email

Ruaraidh.Gunn@irtpa.com

Basic Certificate

Exempted

Player’s Blog

Profile

Ruaraidh learnt to play at the Bordeaux Club in 1991 and in 1992 he took over as professional. He continued his training at the Oratory between 1993 and 1995. During 1995 he spent some time at the Melbourne Club and returned to the UK and the Holyport Tennis Club where he stayed until 1997. These positions proved to be a successful combination of apprenticeships.
As a junior Ruaraidh won the British Under 21s and the British Under 24s singles and doubles titles - twice. Senior tour victories include the Australian, French, British and US Open doubles titles along with winning the National League for Holyport in 1998.
Ruaraidh's self-belief, positive attitude and impressive volleying make him a tough competitor and at his age there is a lot of improvement to come.
Having recovered from a serious knee operation and 3 years working outside of tennis Ruaraidh has returned to the game and is currently in Australia working at the Royal Melbourne Tennis club and training with the current world champion Rob Fahey.
Ruaraidh had the best tournament of his career at the British Open in November 2003. In the quarter finals he beat Tim Chisholm followed by a win against Chris Bray in the semi finals. In the doubles partnered by Rob Fahey he won the British Open Doubles.
In 2004 Ruaraidh won the French Open Doubles title with Robert Fahey
The 2005 season saw Ruaraidh win the US Open Doubles title with Robert Fahey

Results

Open Results Prior To This Site Being Launched	Winner	Finalist
Australian Open		2004
British Open		2003, 2004
US Open		2004

Tournament History:

Opens Won: 1

Tournament	Round	Opponent	Result
The US Open Doubles 2008	Finalist	Fahey, Rob	6/3 6/3 6/2
The US Open Singles 2008	Semi-Finalist	Virgona, Steve	6/1 6/0 6/1
Australian Open Doubles 2008	Winner	Virgona, Steve, Filippelli, Frank	6/2 6/2 6/3
The Australian Open Singles 2008	Finalist	Fahey, Rob	6/3 6/4 6/4
The IRTPA Championships 2007	Finalist	Fahey, Rob	6/1 6/3 6/3
British Open Doubles 2007	Winner	Virgona, Steve, Willcocks, James	6/0 6/4 4/6 6/4
British Open Singles 2007	Semi-Finalist	Virgona, Steve	In 3 sets
The European Open 2007	Finalist	Fahey, Rob	5/6 6/2 6/1 6/1
French Open Doubles 2007	Finalist	Riviere, Camden, Wood, Nick	6/1 6/2
French Open Singles 2007	Semi-Finalist	Riviere, Camden	6/3 6/4 6/3
The Bladerider Tasmanian Open 2007	Winner	Hyland, Graham	6/4 6/1 6/1
World Championship Doubles 2007	Semi-Finalist	Fahey, Rob, Virgona, Steve	6/0 6/2 6/2
US Open Doubles 2007	Semi-Finalist	Wood, Nick, Gooding, Mike	6/5 0/6 6/4 6/1
US Open Singles 2007	Semi-Finalist	Virgona, Steve	6/0 6/2 1/6 2/6 6/1
Australian Open Doubles 2007	Finalist	Snow, Julian, Wood, Nick	6/2 3/6 6/2 6/1
Australian Open Singles 2007	Semi-Finalist	Virgona, Steve	6/1 6/1 6/4
The British Open 2006	Semi-Finalist	Virgona, Steve	6/3 6/5 6/0
The French Open 2006	Finalist	Fahey, Rob	6/1 6/3 6/2
The British Open Doubles 2006	Winner	Virgona, Steve, Dawes, Jon	6/4 6/4 6/4
The French Open Doubles 2006	Winner	Sayers, Bryn, Riviere, Camden	6/0 6/3
US Pro Singles (Schochet Cup) 2006	Quarter Finalist	Riviere, Camden	1/6 6/0 6/4 6/3
Australian Open 2006	Winner	Fahey, Rob	6/4 3/6 5/6 6/4 6/5
British Open 2005	Finalist	Fahey, Rob	6/3 6/3 6/3
French Open 2005	Semi-Finalist	Virgona, Steve	6/5 6/1 5/6 6/4
IRTPA Championships 2005	Semi-Finalist	Virgona, Steve	6/5 6/2 3/6 6/4
The Schochet Cup (US Pro Singles) 2005	Quarter Finalist	Wood, Nick	6/5 6/3 6/4

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