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Jordan Kerr (born 26 October 1979, in AIS at the Olympics
Adelaide
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) is a retired Australian professional tennis
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player.
Kerr reached a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 356, which he achieved on 7 August 2000. Additionally, he reached a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 23, achieved on 18 August 2008.
Kerr represented Australia in the men's doubles at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, losing in the opening round to the eventual silver medallists from Sweden.
Kerr was an Australian Institute of Sport
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scholarship holder.2012
Kerr played for thePhiladelphia Freedoms
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Overview
The team traces its origins to WTT's inaugural season, in 1974. The original team starred tennis legend and social pioneer Billie Jean King, who h ...
of World Team Tennis
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that summer. It was his first season playing for the WTT. The Freedoms competed in 14 matches this season, including seven home matches played at The Pavilion
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at Villanova University
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.
ATP Career Finals
Doubles: 15 (9 titles, 6 runner-ups)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 1 (0–1)
Doubles: 61 (32–29)
Performance timelines
Doubles
Mixed doubles
References
External links
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kerr, Jordan 1979 births Living people Australian male tennis players Olympic tennis players of Australia Tennis players from Adelaide Tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Australian Institute of Sport tennis players