Tim Crichton (born 15 April 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Australia.

Tim Crichton
Country (sports)Australia Australia
Born (1976-04-15) 15 April 1976 (age 48)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$95,519
Doubles
Career record7–26
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 88 (12 Aug 2002)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2000, 2001, 2002)
French Open2R (2002)
Wimbledon2R (2002)
US Open1R (2002)

Crichton, partnering Ashley Fisher, made the semi-finals of the 2001 Chevrolet Cup in Chile, his best result on the ATP Tour. Also that year he was a quarter-finalist in the Japan Open, with Michaël Llodra as his teammate.[1]

In 2002 he competed in the Men's Doubles at all four Grand Slams and made the second round twice. In that year's French Open, Crichton and countryman Todd Perry defeated Karsten Braasch and Andrei Olhovskiy. He then partnered Mark Merklein at the Wimbledon Championships and the pair had a win over Luke Milligan and Kyle Spencer.[2]

Challenger titles

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Doubles: (9)

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No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
1. 2000 Ostend, Belgium Clay   Ashley Fisher   Francisco Cabello
  Damián Furmanski
6–2, 2–6, 6–1
2. 2000 Austin, United States Hard   Ashley Fisher   Raemon Sluiter
  Dennis van Scheppingen
6–1, 6–7(6–8), 6–0
3. 2000 Seoul, South Korea Hard   Ashley Fisher   František Čermák
  Ota Fukárek
6–4, 6–4
4. 2001 Singapore Hard   Ashley Fisher   Brandon Hawk
  Kyle Spencer
3–6, 6–3, 6–4
5. 2001 Graz, Austria Hard   Todd Perry   Shaun Rudman
  Jeff Williams
6–4, 6–4
6. 2001 Curitiba, Brazil Clay   Ashley Fisher   Emanuel Couto
  Pedro Pereira
6–3, 6–4
7. 2001 Helsinki, Finland Carpet   Jim Thomas   Aleksandar Kitinov
  Jack Waite
6–3, 6–4
8. 2002 Valencia, Spain Clay   Todd Perry   Marcus Hilpert
  Shaun Rudman
W/O
9. 2002 Segovia, Spain Hard   Todd Perry   Karol Beck
  Sander Groen
5–7, 7–6(7–3), 6–4

References

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