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Lee Pearson (born 6 September 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Australia.

Lee Pearson

Full name	Lee Pearson
Country (sports)	Australia
Born	(1976-09-06) 6 September 1976 (age 46)
Prize money	$58,600
Singles
Highest ranking	No. 341 (29 May 2000)
Doubles
Career record	3–9
Highest ranking	No. 123 (15 October 2001)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2001, 2002)
US Open	1R (2002)

Biography

Pearson, who grew up in Victoria, played collegiate tennis at Auburn University in the United States.[1]

In the early 2000s he competed on the professional circuit as a doubles specialist, winning four Challenger doubles titles. Most of his appearances on the ATP Tour were with Auburn teammate Stephen Huss, which included making the semi-finals of the 2001 Japan Open.[2]

He made his grand slam main draw debut at the 2001 Australian Open, where he was a wildcard pairing with Matthew Breen. In 2002 he partnered with Stephen Huss to play in the main draw of both the Australian Open and US Open.[3]

Challenger titles

Doubles: (4)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	2000	Montauban, France	Clay	Grant Silcock	Tim Crichton Ashley Fisher	6–1, 6–4
2.	2001	Perth, Australia	Hard	Stephen Huss	Jordan Kerr Grant Silcock	6–3, 4–6, 7–6(1)
3.	2001	Tallahassee, United States	Hard	Matthew Breen	Brandon Hawk Robert Kendrick	6–4, 6–2
4.	2001	Tampere, Finland	Clay	Stephen Huss	Tuomas Ketola Jarkko Nieminen	7–5, 6–7(5), 6–4

References

External links

• Lee Pearson at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Lee Pearson at the International Tennis Federation

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