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Wally Masur (b. 13 May 1963, in Southampton,
England) is a former professional tennis player
from Australia.

Masur began playing tennis at the age of 8. In
1981, aged 18, he won the Australian Junior
Championships. He turned professional in 1982. 

In 1983, Masur won his first top-level singles
title at Hong Kong, and his first tour doubles
title at Taipei. He also reached quarter-finals of
that year's Australian Open, before being
knocked-out by John McEnroe.

In 1987, Masur won his second career singles title
at Adelaide and reached the Australian Open
semi-finals, where he lost to eventual champion
Stefan Edberg.

Masur won his third singles title in 1988 at
Newport, Rhode Island.

In 1990, Masur helped Australia reach the final of
the Davis Cup, compiling a 6-0 record in singles
rubbers in the first round, quarter-finals and
semi-finals. However he was left out of the team
that played the United States in the final by
captain Neale Fraser. The decision to leave Masur
out of the final was fairly controversial at the
time given the very significant role that he had
played in getting Australia there, but was
principally because the final was to be played on
clay courts, which was not Masur's best surface.
The US beat Australia 3-2 in the final.

1993 was possibly the best year if Masur's career.
He reached the semi-finals of that year's U.S.
Open (tennis)|US Open, where he lost to Cedric
Pioline. He also reached his career-high rankings
in both singles (No. 21) and doubles (No. 8) that
year. He captured doubles titles in Milan and
Stuttgart that year, which proved to be the final
top-level titles of his career.

Masur retired from the professional tour in 1995,
having won 3 singles titles and 16 doubles titles.
His career prize-money totalled US$3,134,718.

Since retiring from the tour, Masur has served as
coach of Australia's Davis Cup team.


== External links ==

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http://www.atptennis.com/en/players/playerprofiles
/default2.asp?playernumber=M030 Official ATP
profile
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http://www.daviscup.com/teams/player.asp?Player=10
000882 Davis Cup record