Rob Fahey

Rob is our charismatic and dynamic current World Champion, with enormous power and spectacular athleticism. In the World Challenge in May 2004 he equalled Pierre Etchebaster's record of 7 successful defences of the World Championship.

In September 2003 he also became the World Champion Doubles holder, partnered by Steve Virgona, winning in Hobart. In September 2005 he retained this title with Steve Virgona at Fontainebleau.

In November 2000, Rob won the "grand slam" (winner of the US, Australian, French and British Opens) - a tremendous achievement!

In November 2001, Rob made history. By winning the British Open he completed the first back to back grand slam. What a fantastic feat - awesome!

By Rob's standards 2003 was a 'lean' year. With no Open title to his name since the Australian Open in 2002. This 'blip' was rectified with his regaining the British Open title in November 2003.

Following the successful defence of his World Title in Newport in May 2004, Rob went on to retain his US Professional Singles title 2 weeks later. Rob's year has continued from strength to strength; in August 2004 he won the Australian Open title for the 9th time and retained the IRTPA Professional Singles title for the 4th consecutive time.

2005 has saw a good start to the year, Rob won the US Open Singles and Doubles titles (partnered by Ruaraidh Gunn) and has continued by winning The European Open, The Schochet Cup, The Moreton Morrell Centenary. This winning streak came to an abrupt halt at The Australian Open held at Romsey in August 2005 saw Rob lose his Australian title to Steve Virgona. This was followed by a loss in the finals of the Victorian Open to Ruaraidh Gunn. In the 2005 IRTPA Championships where Rob was going for his 5th consecutive win, he retired in the 5th set to Steve Virgona.

A great student of the game, Rob hails from Australia and is officially attached to the Royal Melbourne Tennis Club.

Rob ran a Masterclass here at Cambridge for some of our aspiring players and a short video of part of it is available:

Video: part of Rob Fahey's Masterclass

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Results:

World Champion: 1992 to current

Australian Open Winner 1993-94, 1996-98, 2000-2, 2004 Finalist 1992, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2006

British Open Winner 1995, 2000, 2001, 2003-05 Finalist 1990, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2002

US Open Winner 1993, 2000, 2001-02, 2005 Finalist 1994

French Open Winner 1993, 1998-01, 2004-05 Finalist 1991, 1992, 1995

European Open Winner 2005

IRTPA Championships (formerly British Pro Singles) Winner 2001-04 Finalist 2005

Schochet Cup (formerly US Pro) Winner 2001, 2003-05