# Michael Wayman

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{{Short description|British tennis player}}
{{for|the Australian rugby league player|Michael Weyman}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
| name = Michael Wayman
| image =
| fullname =
| country_represented = {{GBR}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|05|06|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [Dulwich](/source/Dulwich), England
| death_date =
| death_place = 
| height =
| plays =
| careerprizemoney = 
| singlesrecord = 3–13
| singlestitles = 
| highestsinglesranking = No. 171 (16 Jan 1978)
| Wimbledonresult = 2R ([1976](/source/1976_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_singles))
| doublesrecord = 3–8
| doublestitles = 
| highestdoublesranking = 
| WimbledonDoublesresult = 2R ([1977](/source/1977_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_doubles))
| WimbledonMixedresult = 1R ([1983](/source/1983_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Mixed_doubles))
}}
'''Michael Wayman''' (born 6 May 1953) is a British former professional [tennis](/source/tennis) player.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110871309 |title=Rosewall overcomes setback |newspaper=[The Canberra Times](/source/The_Canberra_Times) |date=12 October 1977 |accessdate=17 December 2021 |page=36 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

Born in [Dulwich](/source/Dulwich), England, Wayman played collegiate tennis for the [University of Southern California](/source/University_of_Southern_California), where he twice earned All-American honors before graduating in 1975.<ref name="smcgaels">{{cite web |title=Longtime Head Coach Michael Wayman Announces Retirement |url=https://smcgaels.com/news/2015/7/2/MTEN_Longtime_Head_Coach_Michael_Wayman_Announces_Retirement |website=SMC Gaels |date=2 July 2015}}</ref>

On the professional tour he registered a best singles ranking of 171 and made the second round of the [1976 Wimbledon Championships](/source/1976_Wimbledon_Championships). In 1977 he took Australian Open champion [Mark Edmondson](/source/Mark_Edmondson) to five sets in a first round Wimbledon loss and had a win over British [Davis Cup](/source/Davis_Cup) player [Richard Lewis](/source/Richard_Lewis_(tennis_and_rugby_league)) at a [Grand Prix](/source/Grand_Prix_tennis_circuit) tournament in Brisbane.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article250484823 |title=Tanner Makes Rush Wimbledon Exit |newspaper=[Papua New Guinea Post-Courier](/source/Papua_New_Guinea_Post-Courier) |date=22 June 1977 |accessdate=17 December 2021 |page=28 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

Wayman served as head men's tennis coach at [Saint Mary's College of California](/source/Saint_Mary's_College_of_California) from 1996 to 2015.<ref name="smcgaels"/>

==ATP Challenger finals==
===Singles: 1 (0–1)===
{|class="sortable wikitable"
!Result
!No.
!{{ns}}Date{{ns}}
!Tournament
!Surface
!Opponent
!class="unsortable"|Score
|-style="background:moccasin;"
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|1.
|{{dts|Apr 1983}}
|[Tokyo](/source/Tokyo), Japan
|Hard
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [Tsuyoshi Fukui](/source/Tsuyoshi_Fukui)
|4–6, 0–6
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{ATP|w010}}
* {{ITF profile|michael-wayman/800175956/gbr}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wayman, Michael}}
Category:1953 births
Category:Living people
Category:English male tennis players
Category:British male tennis players
Category:USC Trojans men's tennis players
Category:British expatriate tennis players in the United States
Category:Saint Mary's Gaels coaches
Category:People from Dulwich
Category:Tennis players from the London Borough of Southwark
Category:College tennis coaches in California
Category:English tennis coaches

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