Bradley Mousley (born 3 January 1996) is an

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player. Mousley won the Australian Open boys' doubles title in both 2013 and 2014. In August 2014, Mousley received a one-year ban, backdated to 30 May 2014, after testing positive for ecstasy in March. Mousley had admitted he had taken the drug at a party in March, and was originally given a two-year ban, but since the drug was not taken with the intent to enhance his performance, the ban was dropped to 12 months.

Tennis career

Juniors

As a junior, Mousley reached a career-high

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combined ranking of world No. 14, which is achieved on March 3rd 2014. Partnering compatriot

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, he won the

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boys' doubles tournament as a 17 year old. He successfully defended the title, winning the boys' doubles championship for the second consecutive year at the

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, this time alongside partner

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of Austria.

2017

At the

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, Mousley and partner

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were granted a wildcard entry into the men's doubles main draw. Unexpectedly, they won three consecutive matches to reach the quarterfinals of the Grand Slam tournament, before being defeated by Spanish duo

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and Guillermo Garcia Lopez in three sets.

2019

While competing in M15 World Tennis Tour tournament in

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Thailand, he unfortunately injured his knee badly enough to have to withdraw from his singles semi-final match earlier in the day, and struggled to move freely from the start of his doubles finals match. He and partner

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were well-beaten by the top-seeded Ratiwatana twins in just 40 minutes. Mousley has won 2 singles titles and 18 doubles titles on the

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and

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Tours.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 8 (2–6)

Doubles: 32 (18–14)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

References

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* * * 1996 births Living people Australian male tennis players Tennis players from Adelaide Australian Open (tennis) junior champions Doping cases in tennis Australian sportspeople in doping cases Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles 21st-century Australian people {{Australia-tennis-bio-stub