Timothy Henry "Tim" Henman OBEThe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions...
(born 6 September 1974) is an retired professional tennis player. Henman played a serve-and-volley style of tennis that suited the grass courts of Wimbledon. He was the first player from the United Kingdom since
Roger TaylorRoger Taylor is a British former tennis player. Born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, he won six singles titles and 10 doubles titles during his career...
in the 1970s to reach the semi-finals of the Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship. Having reached six Grand Slam semi-finals, won 15 career ATP titles (11 in singles and 4 in doubles), and been ranked number 4 in the world, Henman was one of Britain's most successful
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male tennis players. He retired after helping
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defeat
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in a
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match played in September 2007.
Private life
Tim Henman comes from a sporting family: his father Tony, a
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, was accomplished at various sports, including tennis and squash. His mother Jane, a dress designer, played Junior Wimbledon and introduced Tim and his older brothers Michael and Richard to tennis as soon as they could walk on the family's grass court. His great grandfather played at Wimbledon. His maternal grandfather Henry Billington played at Wimbledon between 1948 and 1951, plus representing Britain in the
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in 1948, 1950 and 1951. In 1901 his maternal great-grandmother, Ellen Stanwell-Brown (or Ellen Mary Stowell-Brown), was reputedly the first woman to serve overarm at Wimbledon. His maternal grandmother, Susan Billington, appeared regularly at Wimbledon in the 1950s, playing mixed doubles on Centre Court with her husband Henry, reaching the third round of the ladies' doubles in 1951, 1955 and 1956. She was also the last person to serve underarm at Wimbledon.
Tim was educated at the
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, Oxford and later at Reed's School, Cobham, where he passed 10 GCSE exams, combining school with a tennis scholarship. Between the ages of 10 and 17 he was a member of the
David LloydDavid Lloyd is a former professional English tennis player and businessman.He was born in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. He and his younger brother John Lloyd became two of the most successful British tennis players throughout the 1970s and 1980s. David captained the British Davis Cup team and became a...
Slater Squad, where he trained alongside a number of other young British tennis hopefuls. Henman won many titles at various different tournaments.
While still at school, Henman was diagnosed with
osteochondritisOsteochondritis is a painful condition where the cartilage and bone in a joint is inflamed.It often refers to osteochondritis dissecans...
, a bone disease (one form of
chondritisChondritis is inflammation of cartilage.It takes several forms, osteochondritis, costochondritis among them. Often times it feels like having a heart attack...
). However, he kept playing tennis, and in 1992 won the National Junior titles in singles and doubles, deciding to join the professional tour in 1993.
On 11 December 1999, Henman married his long-term girlfriend, TV producer Lucy Heald. Together they have three daughters, Rose Elizabeth "Rosie" (born in London on 19 October 2002), Olivia (born 15 December 2004), and Grace (14 September 2007).
Henman supports
Oxford United Football ClubOxford United Football Club is an English association football team that plays in the Conference National. The club has been a non-league side since its relegation from League Two in 2005–06...
and is a keen
golfer, playing off scratch.
Professional career
Henman climbed up the rankings very quickly. In 1994, he was among the top 200 players in the world; by 1995, among the top 100; and by 1996, he had made it into the top 30 and won a medal at the
Atlanta OlympicsThe 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....
. He was the UK's highest ranked player that year, and won the
Most Improved Player trophy at the
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awards. He was subsequently elected to the ATP Tour Player Council and went on to win his first championship in January 1997. In March of that year, he underwent surgery on his elbow which kept him out of action for two months.
During his early career he became the first player ever to be disqualified from the Wimbledon tournament in 1995. The young Henman thrashed a ball in a fit of pique during a doubles match, striking a ball girl called Caroline Hall on the head.. He made a public apology after the incident.
Henman came to the attention of the wider tennis world in 1996 when he came from match point down to beat
Yevgeny KafelnikovYevgeny Aleksandrovich Kafelnikov is a retired and former World No. 1 tennis player from Russia. He won two Grand Slam singles titles , four Grand Slam doubles titles, and the men's singles gold medal at the Sydney Olympic Games. He also helped Russia win the Davis Cup in 2002...
in the first round at Wimbledon, going on to reach the quarter finals before losing to
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. By the time he reached the last 16 at the US Open later in the year, he was firmly established as a top player.
He won his first ATP Tour title in January 1997, beating
Carlos MoyaCarlos Moya Llompart is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Spain. He was the French Open singles champion in 1998 and was the singles runner-up at the 1997 Australian Open. In 2004, he helped his country win the Davis Cup. He currently resides in Switzerland...
at the Sydney International event. He again reached the quarter-final at Wimbledon. In 1998 he went one better, reaching the semi-final for the first time, by which time he was ranked as one of the top 10 ATP players.
"Tiger Tim" as he is known to the British tabloids and Wimbledon diehards (many of whom assemble on
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, unofficially named after him) - came close to reaching the final on a number of occasions, losing in the semi-finals in 1998, 1999, 2001 (when just two points from victory at one point) and 2002. In 2000 he reached the fourth round and in 1996, 1997, 2003 and 2004 he lost in the quarter-finals. Two of those semi-final losses were to
Pete SamprasPete Sampras is a retired American tennis player and former World No. 1. During his 15-year tour career, he won 14 Grand Slam men's singles titles, and had a 203–38 win-loss record over 52 Grand Slam singles tournament appearances....
. In another he lost to
Lleyton HewittLleyton Glynn Hewitt is a professional tennis player, and a former World No. 1 ranked player, from Australia. In 2000, Hewitt had won ATP titles on all three major surfaces and reached one final on carpet. By 2001, he became the youngest male ever to be ranked number one at age 20...
who was ranked number 1 in the world at the time.
One of the tournaments in which he has been most successful is
Queen's ClubThe Queen's Club is a private sporting club in West Kensington, London, England. Founded in 1886, the Queen's Club was the world's first multipurpose sports complex and named after Queen Victoria, its first patron. The club hosts the prestigious annual Queen's Club Championships grass court men's...
. He reached the final in 1999, where he lost to
Pete SamprasPete Sampras is a retired American tennis player and former World No. 1. During his 15-year tour career, he won 14 Grand Slam men's singles titles, and had a 203–38 win-loss record over 52 Grand Slam singles tournament appearances....
, and went on to reach the final again in 2001 and 2002, where both times he lost to
Lleyton HewittLleyton Glynn Hewitt is a professional tennis player, and a former World No. 1 ranked player, from Australia. In 2000, Hewitt had won ATP titles on all three major surfaces and reached one final on carpet. By 2001, he became the youngest male ever to be ranked number one at age 20...
.
2001 was arguably Henman's best Wimbledon year. He beat the emerging
Roger FedererRoger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player. As of October 2009, he is ranked world number 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals , having previously held the number one position for a record 237 consecutive weeks...
in 4 sets during the quarter-final to reach the semi-finals minus defending champion
Pete SamprasPete Sampras is a retired American tennis player and former World No. 1. During his 15-year tour career, he won 14 Grand Slam men's singles titles, and had a 203–38 win-loss record over 52 Grand Slam singles tournament appearances....
who had been knocked out (by Federer). Henman faced three-time finalist
Goran IvaniševićGoran Ivanišević is a former professional tennis player from Croatia. He is best remembered for being the only person to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon as a wildcard. He achieved this in 2001, having previously been runner-up at the championships in 1992, 1994 and 1998...
, who was likewise seeking his first Wimbledon title. Ivanišević won in five sets, after rain had stopped the match in the fourth when Henman was in a dominant position, two sets to one up.
In 2002, Hemnan again reached the Wimbledon semifinals, losing to eventual champion
Lleyton HewittLleyton Glynn Hewitt is a professional tennis player, and a former World No. 1 ranked player, from Australia. In 2000, Hewitt had won ATP titles on all three major surfaces and reached one final on carpet. By 2001, he became the youngest male ever to be ranked number one at age 20...
in straight sets. He reached a career-high #4 in the ATP rankings in July under the tutelage of
Larry StefankiLarry Stefanki , is an American tennis coach and former professional tennis player.-Tennis career:...
.
In 2003 Henman took his first and only ATP Masters Series title, winning the
Paris MastersThe BNP Paribas Masters is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Paris, France. It is played indoors at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy. The event is part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 on the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour. Many people consider the...
against
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. Henman beat several high-ranked players on his way to the final, including
Nikolay DavydenkoNikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko is a Russian tennis player. Davydenko's best result in a Grand Slam tournament has been reaching the semi-finals, which he has done on four occasions - twice each at the French Open and the U.S. Open...
,
Sébastien GrosjeanSébastien René Grosjean is a professional tennis player from France. His career-high ATP Entry ranking is No. 4 .-Career:...
,
Gustavo KuertenGustavo Kuerten is a retired former World No. 1 tennis player from Brazil. He won the French Open three times between 1997 and 2001, and was the Tennis Masters Cup champion in 2000...
,
Roger FedererRoger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player. As of October 2009, he is ranked world number 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals , having previously held the number one position for a record 237 consecutive weeks...
and
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. He only lost one set in the entire competition. Later in the year, Henman was created an
OBEThe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions...
in the 2003 New Year's Honours List. He was painted by Royal artist
Christian FurrChristian Furr is an English painter. He was, at the age of 28, the youngest artist to officially paint Queen Elizabeth II.He was born in Heswall, Wirral, England....
in 2005.
2004 was arguably Henman's best year on tour. Until 2004, Henman had never progressed beyond the fourth round of any grand slam apart from Wimbledon. However, at the French Open he reached the semi-finals beating many accomplished clay-court players on the way using a serve and volley technique uncommon to clay courts. He was beaten by tournament favourite and eventual runner-up
Guillermo CoriaGuillermo Sebastián Coria , nicknames include El Mago and El Chino , is a retired professional tennis player from Argentina who is best remembered for reaching the 2004 French Open final...
after winning the first set, the first that the Argentine had lost during the championships. Henman then continued his form and reached the quarter-finals of Wimbledon. Later that year, he added another grand slam semi-final appearance, at the
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, losing to eventual champion
Roger FedererRoger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player. As of October 2009, he is ranked world number 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals , having previously held the number one position for a record 237 consecutive weeks...
. Finally, at the end of year he qualified for the year-end
Tennis Masters CupThe Barclays ATP World Tour Finals is a tennis tournament played at the end of each year, involving the top eight players in the men's tennis world rankings....
. In the
2004 Summer OlympicsThe 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
tennis eventTennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place on ten separate courts at the Olympic Tennis Centre. The surface was hardcourt, specifically DecoTurf....
, Henman was seeded fourth, but lost in the first round.
In 2005, he lost in straight sets to
Nikolay DavydenkoNikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko is a Russian tennis player. Davydenko's best result in a Grand Slam tournament has been reaching the semi-finals, which he has done on four occasions - twice each at the French Open and the U.S. Open...
in the third round of the
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. This was considered a disappointing result considering his improvement at Grand Slams the previous year. He went out in the second round at both the French Open and
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. In France, he lost in four sets to
Luis HornaLuis Horna Biscari is a tennis player from Peru, who turned professional in 1998. Horna plays right-handed, he has a strong serve for a relatively short player and the forehand is his best stroke. He uses a single-handed backhand and his favourite surface is clay...
. At Wimbledon, he lost in five sets to
Dmitry TursunovDmitry Igorevich Tursunov is a Russian professional male tennis player. He was 12 years old when he moved to live in the United States, where he has lived ever since, to further his prospects of becoming a professional player.Tursunov is an offensive baseliner with excellent groundstrokes from...
. At the
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he lost in straight sets in the first round to
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.
Henman ended an eight-match losing streak against
Lleyton HewittLleyton Glynn Hewitt is a professional tennis player, and a former World No. 1 ranked player, from Australia. In 2000, Hewitt had won ATP titles on all three major surfaces and reached one final on carpet. By 2001, he became the youngest male ever to be ranked number one at age 20...
on 25 March 2006, with a 7–6, 6–3 victory at the
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event in Miami. However, 3 months later at the 2006 Stella Artois Championships, Henman lost to
Lleyton HewittLleyton Glynn Hewitt is a professional tennis player, and a former World No. 1 ranked player, from Australia. In 2000, Hewitt had won ATP titles on all three major surfaces and reached one final on carpet. By 2001, he became the youngest male ever to be ranked number one at age 20...
6–3, 3–6, 6–2 in the semi-finals.
Henman's results in the latter part of his career saw him slip down the rankings to number 62, leading to him being unseeded at Wimbledon in 2006 for the first time in a number of years. At that Wimbledon championships, he lost in the second round to eventual champion Federer, 6–4, 6–0, 6–2, after a five-set victory over
Robin SöderlingRobin Bo Carl Söderling is a professional tennis player from Sweden. Söderling is the first and only tennis player to defeat Rafael Nadal in the French Open. Though he would go on to lose in the final to Roger Federer, he completed the strongest performance in a Grand Slam event of his career...
of Sweden in the first round. After this, Henman's results saw an improvement and his world ranking increased to number 39. However, he continued to suffer from injury problems.
In September 2006, Henman played two tournaments in the far east. Starting in
BangkokThe PTT Bangkok Open is a tennis tournament held in Bangkok, Thailand. Held since 2005, this WTA Tour event is a Tier III-tournament and is played on outdoor hardcourts.-Singles:-Doubles:...
, Henman reached the Quarter Finals where he lost to
Paradorn SrichaphanParadorn Srichaphan is a professional tennis player from Thailand. He is the highest ranked player from Thailand in history, reaching a career high World No. 9, the highest ranking that has been achieved by a player born in Thailand. His nickname is "Ball".- Career :Paradorn started his...
6–7 6–4 7–6. Henman then reached his first final since 2004 (
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) at the
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in Tokyo, losing to
Roger FedererRoger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player. As of October 2009, he is ranked world number 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals , having previously held the number one position for a record 237 consecutive weeks...
6–3 6–3.
Although Henman was scheduled to play in both Basel & Paris at the end of the 2006 season lost in the second round in Basel against the rising
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star
Stanislas WawrinkaStanislas Wawrinka is a Swiss professional tennis player. His career ranking high is #9, achieved on 9 June 2008.He considers clay his best surface, and the backhand his best shot...
2–6, 7–6, 6–4. He twisted a knee, but did not retire but resorted to a less mobile, game that saw Wawrinka win.
On Henman's last practice session before departing for the Australian Open at the start of 2007, having recovered from his knee injury, he injured his hamstring which forced him to withdraw from the tournament. He returned in time to enter Masters Series events in
Indian WellsThe BNP Paribas Open is an annual tennis tournament held in the small city of Indian Wells, California.The tournament is a Masters 1000 event on the men's tour and is a Premier Mandatory event on the women's tour. The event, held in March, is one of two tour events in which main draw play extends...
and
MiamiThe Sony Ericsson Open is an annual tennis tournament for men and women held in Key Biscayne, Florida. The event is an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the men's tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the women's tour. The tournament is played on hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park...
after withdrawing from
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&
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but lost in the first round in both of them.
After these tournaments Henman travelled back to the UK to help defeat the
NetherlandsThe Netherlands Davis Cup team represents the Netherlands in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Royal Dutch Lawn Tennis Federation.The Netherlands currently competes in the World Group...
4–1 by winning both his rubbers in straight sets in the Davis Cup Euro-Africa Zone match at the Birmingham NEC. The victory allowed Great Britain a play off against
CroatiaThe Croatia Davis Cup team represents Croatia in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Croatian Tennis Association.Croatia won the Davis Cup in 2005...
for the World Group in October 2006, played on Court 1 at Wimbledon. Henman took part alongside Andy Murray.
Henman's poor luck with injury and form continued into the 2007 clay court season with first round losses to
Juan Carlos FerreroJuan Carlos Ferrero Donat is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Spain. He captured the men's singles title at the 2003 French Open, and in September that year, he became the 21st player to hold the world no. 1 ranking. He was also the runner-up at the 2003 U.S. Open...
7–5 6–2 in
MonacoThe Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France, a commune that borders on Monaco, of which Monte Carlo is the most famous ward. The event is part of the ATP Masters Series on the Association of Tennis Professionals ...
, Nicolás Almagro 7–5, 6–1 in
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and a poor showing against 18 year old grand slam debutant
Ernests GulbisErnests Gulbis is a Latvian professional tennis player. As of August 24, 2009, he is ranked 95th in the world in men's singles. In 2008, Gulbis won his first ATP Tour doubles title in Houston, teaming with Rainer Schüttler...
6–4, 6–3, 6–2 in the French Open. Henman's clay court season ended without a single set won. His Grass court season got underway on 12 June 2007 at Queens Club, but was put to an abrupt end by Croatian wildcard entry
Marin ČilićMarin Čilić is a professional tennis player from Croatia. His career high ATP ranking is no. 13, achieved on May 18, 2009...
. However, he ended the day with a doubles victory with partner Lleyton Hewitt over Australian Jordan Kerr and Austrian Alexander Peya. An early loss at a grass court event in
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was followed up with a poor showing at
WimbledonThe Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is generally considered the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in the London suburb of Wimbledon since 1877...
, with Henman losing in the second round to
Feliciano LópezFeliciano López Diaz-Guerra is a Spanish professional male tennis player. He was born in Toledo and now lives in the Spanish capital Madrid....
in 5 sets.
Retirement
Henman announced at a press conference on 23 August 2007 that he would retire from Tennis after the
Davis CupThe Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. The largest annual international team competition in sports, the Davis Cup is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition...
match against
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in September 2007.
Tim Henman defeated his rival
Dmitry TursunovDmitry Igorevich Tursunov is a Russian professional male tennis player. He was 12 years old when he moved to live in the United States, where he has lived ever since, to further his prospects of becoming a professional player.Tursunov is an offensive baseliner with excellent groundstrokes from...
(who had won five of their six previous matches ) in the 1st round of the US Open 6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 in what many had assumed would be his final grand slam match. He did in fact compete in his final grand slam match on 31 August 2007 and was defeated by
Jo-Wilfried TsongaJo-Wilfried Tsonga Petsonga is a French professional tennis player.Born in Le Mans, Tsonga has a French mother, Évelyne, and a Congolese father, Didier, who moved to France in the 1970s to play handball...
7–6 (7–2), 2–6, 7–5, 6–4 in the second round. Henman seemed slugglish compared to his first round match and threw away serving for the first set.
Henman played his final match in the
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tie against Croatia on 22 September 2007. The doubles match with
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was played on Court 1 at
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which they won 4–6, 6–4, 7–6, 7-5. The match put Great Britain in an unassailable 3–0 lead and back in the World Group, with the doubles win being added to singles wins the previous day from Henman and Andy Murray. After the match Henman told Sue Barker in an interview on
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Television and in front of the Court 1 crowd, "It's occasions like this and fans like this that I will miss so much".
At the time of his retirement Henman had already committed to playing a Charity Exhibition at London's Royal Albert Hall during the Seniors Tennis Event The Blackrock Masters in December 2007. Henman's opponent was veteran Swede and former Wimbledon Champion
Stefan EdbergStefan Bengt Edberg is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Sweden. A major proponent of the serve-and-volley style of tennis, he won six Grand Slam singles titles and three Grand Slam men's doubles titles.-Career:Edberg first came to the tennis world's attention as a junior player...
, Tim won the pro-set 8–4.
Henman became part of the commentary team for the BBC coverage of the
2008 Wimbledon ChampionshipsThe 2008 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 122nd edition of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam event of the year...
and
2009 Wimbledon ChampionshipsThe 2009 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, from Monday 22 June through to Sunday 5 July 2009...
.
Tim Henman took part in a test event for the adoption of the centre court roof in May 2009 and played mixed doubles with
Kim ClijstersKim Antonie Lode Clijsters is a Belgian tennis player. She is a former World No. 1 ranked player in singles and in doubles. As of September 28, 2009, she is ranked World No. 17....
against a husband and wife team of
Andre AgassiAndre Kirk Agassi is a former World No. 1 professional American tennis player who won eight Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. He is generally considered by critics and fellow players to be among the greatest tennis players of all time, and has been called the...
and
Steffi GrafStefanie Maria Graf is a former World No. 1 female tennis player from Germany.Graf won 22 Grand Slam singles titles, second among male and female players only to Margaret Court's 24...
.
Singles: 28 (11-17)
Wins (11)
| Legend (Singles) |
| Grand Slam (0) |
| Tennis Masters Cup (0) |
| ATP Masters Series (1) |
| ATP 500 Series (1) |
| ATP Tour (9) |
| No. |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Opponent in the final |
Score in the final |
| 1. |
6 January 1997 |
Sydney The Medibank International Sydney is a professional tennis tournament in Sydney, Australia, played annually at the Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre in Homebush...
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|
Hard |
ESP Carlos MoyàCarlos Moya Llompart is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Spain. He was the French Open singles champion in 1998 and was the singles runner-up at the 1997 Australian Open. In 2004, he helped his country win the Davis Cup. He currently resides in Switzerland...
|
6–3, 6–1 |
| 2. |
8 September 1997 |
Tashkent, UzbekistanUzbekistan, officially the Republic of Uzbekistan , is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia, formerly part of the Soviet Union...
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Hard |
SUI Marc RossetMarc Rosset is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland who is best remembered for winning the men's singles Gold Medal at the 1992 Olympic Games....
|
7–6, 6–4 |
| 3. |
14 September 1998 |
Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
Hard |
RUS Yevgeny Kafelnikov Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Kafelnikov is a retired and former World No. 1 tennis player from Russia. He won two Grand Slam singles titles , four Grand Slam doubles titles, and the men's singles gold medal at the Sydney Olympic Games. He also helped Russia win the Davis Cup in 2002...
|
7–5, 6–4 |
| 4. |
5 October 1998 |
Basel The Davidoff Swiss Indoors is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the World Tour 500 Series of the ATP Tour. It is held annually at the St...
, SwitzerlandSwitzerland , officially the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 states named cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities...
|
Hard (i) |
USA Andre AgassiAndre Kirk Agassi is a former World No. 1 professional American tennis player who won eight Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. He is generally considered by critics and fellow players to be among the greatest tennis players of all time, and has been called the...
|
6–4, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 |
| 5. |
9 October 2000 |
Vienna, AustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.3 million people in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west...
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Hard (i) |
GER Tommy HaasThomas Mario "Tommy" Haas is a German professional tennis player who reached a career-high ranking of World No.2 on May 13, 2002.- Playing Style :...
|
6–4, 6–4, 6–4 |
| 6. |
20 November 2000 |
Brighton The Brighton International was a tennis tournament held in Brighton, UK. It was a WTA Tour event from 1978-1995 and an ATP Tour event from 1996-2000, upon the discontinuation of the women's tournament. The women's event was held in October....
, UK |
Hard (i) |
SVK Dominik HrbatýDominik Hrbatý is a professional tennis player from Slovakia. Hrbatý has won six ATP titles and has been ranked as high as No. 12 in the world at 18 October 2004.-Personal life:...
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6–2, 6–2 |
| 7. |
12 February 2001 |
Copenhagen The Copenhagen Open was a tournament on the ATP Tour, first held in 1973. It was competed again in 1976, before being discontinued. It was re-introduced in 1991 and was halted again in 2003. The only man to win it more than once was Magnus Gustafsson...
, DenmarkDenmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries; southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and it is bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark borders both the Baltic and the North Sea...
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Hard (i) |
SWE Andreas Vinciguerra Andreas Vinciguerra is a tennis player from Sweden, who turned professional in 1998. He was an impressive junior, winning the European junior championships and making the final of the junior Australian Open when he was 17, when he finished number 6 in the junior rankings.-Tennis...
|
6–3, 6–4 |
| 8. |
22 October 2001 |
Basel, Switzerland |
Carpet (i) |
SUI Roger FedererRoger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player. As of October 2009, he is ranked world number 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals , having previously held the number one position for a record 237 consecutive weeks...
|
6–3, 6–4, 6–2 |
| 9. |
31 December 2001 |
Adelaide, Australia |
Hard |
AUS Mark PhilippoussisMark Anthony Philippoussis is an Australian tennis player. He turned professional in 1994. His father is Greek, while his mother is of Italian ancestry but speaks Greek.....
|
6–4, 6–7, 6–3 |
| 10. |
28 July 2003 |
Washington The Legg Mason Tennis Classic is an annual late-summer men's tennis tournament played in Washington, D.C. as part of the ATP Tour. It was first held in 1969. It was later known as the Sovran Bank Classic. The tournament was played on a clay court until 1986, after which it switched to hard...
, USA |
Hard |
CHI Fernando GonzálezFernando Francisco González Ciuffardi is a professional tennis player from Chile. He is known for having one of the hardest hitting forehands on the circuit. In Spanish he is called El bombardero de La Reina and Mano de Piedra...
|
6–3, 6–4 |
| 11. |
27 October 2003 |
Paris The BNP Paribas Masters is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Paris, France. It is played indoors at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy. The event is part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 on the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour. Many people consider the...
, FranceFrance , officially the French Republic , is a country located in Western Europe, with several overseas islands and territories located on other continents. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean...
|
Carpet (i) |
ROU Andrei PavelAndrei Pavel is a Romanian tennis player, who turned professional in 1995. He began playing tennis at age eight, and moved to Germany at age sixteen.-Career:...
|
6–2, 7–6, 7–6 |
Runner-ups (17)
| No. |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Opponent in the final |
Score in the final |
| 1. |
30 December 1996 |
Doha, QatarQatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally ', is an Arab emirate in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the larger Arabian Peninsula...
|
Hard |
USA Jim CourierJames Spencer "Jim" Courier, Jr. is a former world number one professional tennis player from the United States...
|
7–5, 6–7, 6–2 |
| 2. |
17 February 1996 |
Antwerp ||-||-||-||}Antwerp is a city and municipality in Belgium and the capital of the Antwerp province in Flanders, one of Belgium's three regions. Antwerp's total population is 472,071 and its total area is , giving a population density of 2,308 inhabitants per km²...
, BelgiumThe Kingdom of Belgium is a country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters, as well as those of other major international organizations, including NATO...
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Hard (i) |
SUI Marc RossetMarc Rosset is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland who is best remembered for winning the men's singles Gold Medal at the 1992 Olympic Games....
|
6–2, 7–5, 6–4 |
| 3. |
12 January 1998 |
Sydney, AustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the continental mainland , the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans...
|
Hard |
SVK Karol Kučera Karol Kučera is a retired ATP professional male tennis player from Slovakia. He is a former top 10 player and has been ranked as high as World No. 6.-Tennis career:...
|
7–5, 6–4 |
| 4. |
27 July 1998 |
Los Angelesthumb|left|Main Entrance to the Countrywide Classic at UCLA's L.A. Tennis Center.The LA Tennis Open, presented by Farmers Insurance, is an ATP World Tour 250 series tennis tournament on the ATP Tour held in Los Angeles, California, United States...
, USA |
Hard |
USA Andre AgassiAndre Kirk Agassi is a former World No. 1 professional American tennis player who won eight Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. He is generally considered by critics and fellow players to be among the greatest tennis players of all time, and has been called the...
|
6–4, 6–4 |
| 5. |
4 January 1999 |
Doha, Qatar |
Hard |
GER Rainer Schüttler Rainer Schüttler is a German professional tennis player.He began playing tennis at the age of ten...
|
6–4, 5–7, 6–1 |
| 6. |
15 February 1999 |
Rotterdam, NetherlandsThe Netherlands is a country in Northwestern Europe, constituting the major portion of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east...
|
Carpet (i) |
RUS Yevgeny Kafelnikov Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Kafelnikov is a retired and former World No. 1 tennis player from Russia. He won two Grand Slam singles titles , four Grand Slam doubles titles, and the men's singles gold medal at the Sydney Olympic Games. He also helped Russia win the Davis Cup in 2002...
|
6–2, 7–6 |
| 7. |
7 June 1999 |
London (Queen's Club)The Queen's Club Championships is an annual tournament for male tennis players, held on grass courts at the Queen's Club in West Kensington, London. The event is an ATP World Tour 250 series tournament on the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour. Its sponsored name is currently the AEGON...
, UK |
Grass |
USA Pete Sampras Pete Sampras is a retired American tennis player and former World No. 1. During his 15-year tour career, he won 14 Grand Slam men's singles titles, and had a 203–38 win-loss record over 52 Grand Slam singles tournament appearances....
|
6–7, 6–4, 7–6 |
| 8. |
4 October 1999 |
Basel The Davidoff Swiss Indoors is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the World Tour 500 Series of the ATP Tour. It is held annually at the St...
, SwitzerlandSwitzerland , officially the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 states named cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities...
|
Carpet (i) |
SVK Karol Kučera |
6–4, 7–6, 4–6, 4–6, 7–6 |
| 9. |
14 February 2000 |
Rotterdam, Netherlands |
Hard (i) |
FRA Cédric Pioline Cédric Pioline is a retired French professional tennis player who played on the professional tour from 1989 to 2002. He reached the men's singles final at the 1993 US Open and at Wimbledon in 1997...
|
6–7, 6–4, 7–6 |
| 10. |
6 March 2000 |
Scottsdale The Tennis Channel Open is a tennis tournament on the ATP International Series which was held for the first time in Las Vegas, Nevada from February 27 to March 5, 2006. In the men's singles final, James Blake defeated Lleyton Hewitt 7-5, 2-6, 6-3...
, USA |
Hard |
AUS Lleyton HewittLleyton Glynn Hewitt is a professional tennis player, and a former World No. 1 ranked player, from Australia. In 2000, Hewitt had won ATP titles on all three major surfaces and reached one final on carpet. By 2001, he became the youngest male ever to be ranked number one at age 20...
|
6–4, 7–6 |
| 11. |
7 August 2000 |
CincinnatiThe Cincinnati Masters is an annual outdoor hardcourts tennis event held in the Cincinnati suburb of Mason, Ohio, USA. The event started on September 18, 1899 and is today the oldest tennis tournament in the United States played in its original city....
, USA |
Hard |
SWE Thomas Enqvist Thomas Karl Johan Enqvist is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.He was quickly touted as the only Swede who could follow in the footsteps of Stefan Edberg and Björn Borg, and was ranked as high as No. 4 on the ATP Rankings.Enqvist was a force on the Swedish Davis Cup team...
|
7–6, 6–4 |
| 12. |
11 June 2001 |
London (Queen's Club), UK |
Grass |
AUS Lleyton Hewitt |
7–6, 7–6 |
| 13. |
18 February 2002 |
Rotterdam, Netherlands |
Hard (i) |
FRA Nicolas Escudé Nicolas Jean-Christophe Escudé is a former professional tennis player from France, who turned professional in 1995. He won four singles titles, two of them in Rotterdam in , and two doubles titles during his career...
|
3–6, 7–6, 6–4 |
| 14. |
11 March 2002 |
Indian Wells The BNP Paribas Open is an annual tennis tournament held in the small city of Indian Wells, California.The tournament is a Masters 1000 event on the men's tour and is a Premier Mandatory event on the women's tour. The event, held in March, is one of two tour events in which main draw play extends...
, USA |
Hard |
AUS Lleyton Hewitt |
6–1, 6–2 |
| 15. |
10 June 2002 |
London (Queen's Club), UK |
Grass |
AUS Lleyton Hewitt |
4–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
| 16. |
8 March 2004 |
Indian Wells, USA |
Hard |
SUI Roger FedererRoger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player. As of October 2009, he is ranked world number 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals , having previously held the number one position for a record 237 consecutive weeks...
|
6–3, 6–3 |
| 17. |
2 October 2006 |
Tokyo The Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships is a tennis tournament held in Ariake Tennis Forest Park with its center court Ariake Coliseum, located in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan. The championship includes both men's and women's, as well as singles and doubles competitions...
, Japanis an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
|
Hard |
SUI Roger Federer |
6–3, 6–3 |
Doubles record
Wins (4)
| No. |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Partner |
Opponent in the final |
Score |
| 1. |
1997 |
Basel The Davidoff Swiss Indoors is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the World Tour 500 Series of the ATP Tour. It is held annually at the St...
, SwitzerlandSwitzerland , officially the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 states named cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities...
|
Carpet |
SUI Marc RossetMarc Rosset is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland who is best remembered for winning the men's singles Gold Medal at the 1992 Olympic Games....
|
GER Karsten Braasch Karsten Braasch is a professional German tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking is 38th, which he reached on 13 June 1994. His career high in doubles was at 36 set at 10 November 1997....
USA Jim GrabbJim Grabb is a 6' 4" former professional tennis player.Grabb was twice ranked the world's # 1 doubles player, in 1989 and in 1993...
|
7–6, 6–7, 7–6 |
| 2. |
1999 |
London[]London is the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It has been a major settlement for two millennia, and the history of London goes back to its founding by the Romans, when it was named Londinium. London's core, the ancient City of London, the 'square mile', retains its medieval boundaries...
, UK |
Carpet |
GBR Greg RusedskiGregory "Greg" Rusedski is a former British Canadian tennis player who turned professional in 1991, and played until his retirement on 7 April 2007, at the age of 33....
|
ZIM Byron Black Byron Black is a former touring professional tennis and Davis Cup player for Zimbabwe.- Biography :He is the brother of Cara and Wayne Black, both professional tennis players...
RSA Wayne FerreiraWayne Richard Ferreira is a former tennis player from South Africa.As a junior player, Ferreira was ranked the world's No. 1 junior doubles player and No. 6 junior singles player. He won the junior doubles title at the US Open in 1989.Ferreira turned professional in 1989...
|
6–3, 7–6 |
| 3. |
1999 |
Monte Carlo The Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France, a commune that borders on Monaco, of which Monte Carlo is the most famous ward. The event is part of the ATP Masters Series on the Association of Tennis Professionals ...
, MonacoMonaco , officially the Principality of Monaco , is a small sovereign city-state located in South Western Europe on the northern central coast of the Mediterranean Sea, having a land border on three sides only with France, and being about away from Italy. Its size is just under 2 km² with an...
|
Clay |
FRA Olivier Delaître Olivier Delaître is a former tennis player from France. He won 15 doubles titles during a fourteen year career becoming the world's 3rd ranked doubles player on July 12, 1999.Delaitre turned professional in 1986...
|
Czech Republic Jiří Novák Jiří Novák is a former Czech tennis player, who was born in Zlín, Czechoslovakia but resides nowadays in Monte Carlo, Monaco.-Career:...
Czech Republic David RiklDavid Rikl is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. The left-handed Rikl turned professional in 1989. The Czech's success came mostly in doubles, having been a runner-up at the 2004 US Open and 2001 Wimbledon Championships. However, Rikl did achieve a top-100 singles...
|
6–2, 6–3 |
| 4. |
2004 |
Monte Carlo, Monaco |
Clay |
SRB Nenad ZimonjićNenad Zimonjić is a professional Serbian tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 2 in men's doubles. He is the second tennis player from Serbia to hold the highest doubles ranking, after Slobodan Živojinović...
|
ARG Gastón Etlis Gastón Etlis is a former tennis player from Argentina.In doubles Etlis was ranked #17 in January 2005....
ARG Martín RodríguezMartín Rodríguez is a former professional tennis player from Argentina who turned professional in 1991. Rodríguez reached his career-high singles ranking when he became World Number 71 on June 14, 1999. On October 25, 2004, he reached his career-high doubles rank, when became World Number 15...
|
7–5, 6–2 |
Runner-ups (2)
| No. |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Partner |
Opponent in the final |
Score |
| 1. |
1996 |
Summer Olympics At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, the host nation United States won 3 of the 4 gold medals in tennis. For the first time at the Olympics, single bronze medal was awarded in each event.-Medal table:-Men's events:-Women's events:...
, Atlanta, USA |
Hard |
GBR Neil Broad Neil Broad Neil Broad Neil Broad (born 20 November 1966 in Neil Broad (born 20 November 1966 in Neil Broad (born 20 November 1966 in [[Cape Town, South Africa) is a [[tennis]] player who represented Great Britain for most of his playing career...
|
AUS Todd Woodbridge Todd Andrew Woodbridge is an Australian former professional tennis player. He turned professional in 1988.- Career :...
AUS Mark WoodfordeMark Woodforde is a retired professional tennis player from Australia. He is most famously remembered as one half of "The Woodies", a doubles partnership with Todd Woodbridge....
|
6–4, 6–4, 6–2 |
| 2. |
2000 |
Rotterdam, NetherlandsThe Netherlands is a country in Northwestern Europe, constituting the major portion of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east...
|
Hard (i) |
RUS Yevgeny Kafelnikov Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Kafelnikov is a retired and former World No. 1 tennis player from Russia. He won two Grand Slam singles titles , four Grand Slam doubles titles, and the men's singles gold medal at the Sydney Olympic Games. He also helped Russia win the Davis Cup in 2002...
|
RSA David Adams David Adams is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. He turned pro in 1989. During his career he won 19 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 33 times, including at the French Open in 1992. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No...
RSA John-Laffnie de JagerJohn-Laffnie de Jager is a South African former tour professional tennis player. A doubles specialist, de Jager reached the semi-finals for three different grand slam tournaments three times in three different years partnering three different fellow South African players...
|
5–7, 6–2, 6–3 |
- Note: The Tennis Masters Series, Masters Series and ATP Masters Series Events - as they are variously referred to, are a group of tournaments with more prestige than normal tour events, but less importance than the Grand Slams.
Performance timeline
| Tournament | 1992 The Association of Tennis Professionals Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organized by the ATP. The ATP Tour includes the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP Super 9, the ATP Championship Series, the ATP World Series, the ATP World Team Cup, the Davis Cup , the ATP Tour World...
| 1993 The Association of Tennis Professionals Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organized by the ATP. The ATP Tour includes the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP Super 9, the ATP Championship Series, the ATP World Series, the ATP World Team Cup, the Davis Cup , the ATP Tour World...
| 1994 The Association of Tennis Professionals Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organized by the ATP. The ATP Tour includes the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP Super 9, the ATP Championship Series, the ATP World Series, the ATP World Team Cup, the Davis Cup , the ATP Tour World...
| 1995 The Association of Tennis Professionals Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organized by the ATP. The ATP Tour includes the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP Super 9, the ATP Championship Series, the ATP World Series, the ATP World Team Cup, the Davis Cup , the ATP Tour World...
| 1996 The Association of Tennis Professionals Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organized by the ATP. The ATP Tour includes the Grand Slam tournaments , the ATP Super 9, the ATP Championship Series, the ATP World Series, the ATP World Team Cup, the Davis Cup , the ATP Tour World...
| 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organised by the ATP. The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the ATP Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series tournaments.- January :...
| 2003 The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organised by the ATP. The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the ATP Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series tournaments.- January :...
| 2004 The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organised by the ATP. The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the ATP Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series tournaments.- January :...
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organised by the ATP. The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the ATP Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series tournaments.-January:...
| Career SR | Career Win-Loss |
|---|
Australian OpenThe Australian Open is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments held each year. The tournament is held each January at Melbourne Park. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was contested on grass from then up to 1987. Since 1988, the tournament has been held on hard...
|
A |
A |
A |
A |
2R |
3R |
1R |
3R |
4R |
4R |
4R |
A |
3R |
3R |
1R |
A |
0 / 10 |
18–10 |
| French Open |
A |
A |
LQ |
LQ |
1R |
1R |
1R |
3R |
3R |
3R |
2R |
3R |
SF Juan Carlos Ferrero was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Igor Andreev.Gaston Gaudio won in the final 0–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1, 8–6, against Guillermo Coria.-Seeds:# Roger Federer ...
|
2R |
2R |
1R |
0 / 12 |
16–12 |
| Wimbledon |
LQ |
LQ |
1R |
2R |
QF Richard Krajicek defeated MaliVai Washington 6-3 6-4 6-3 in the final to win the Gentlemen's Singles title at the 1996 Wimbledon Championships. Krajicek's run to the Championship featured a surprise quarterfinal upset over Pete Sampras, who had won the three previous Wimbledons...
|
QF Pete Sampras defeated Cedric Pioline 6-4 6-2 6-4 in the final to win the Gentlemen's Singles title at the 1997 Wimbledon Championships. See also:-Key:* Q = Qualifier* WC = Wild Card* LL = Lucky Loser* r. = retired-Finals:-Section 1:-Section 2:...
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SF Pete Sampras defeated Goran Ivanisevic 6-7 7-6 6-4 3-6 6-2 in the final to win the Gentlemen's Singles title at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships.This year also marked Sampras's 2nd consecutive win on grass at Wimbledon. See also:-Key:...
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SF Pete Sampras was the defending champion and won in the final 6–3, 6–4, 7–5 against Andre Agassi. -Seeds:A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.-Finals:...
|
4R |
SF Goran Ivanišević defeated Patrick Rafter 6-3 3-6 6-3 2-6 9-7 in the final to win the Gentlemen's Singles title at the 2001 Wimbledon Championships. In doing so, he became the first wild card to win a major...
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SF Lleyton Hewitt defeated David Nalbandian 6-1 6-3 6-2 in the final to win the Gentlemen's Singles title at the 2002 Wimbledon Championships. See also:-Key:* Q = Qualifier* WC = Wild Card* LL = Lucky Loser* r. = retired-Finals:-Section 1:...
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QF Roger Federer defeated Mark Philippoussis 7-6 6-2 7-6 in the final to win the Gentlemen's Singles title at the 2003 Wimbledon Championships. It was Federer's first Grand Slam tournament win. See also:-Key:* Q = Qualifier* WC = Wild Card...
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QF Roger Federer defeated Andy Roddick 4-6 7-5 7-6 6-4 in the final to win the Gentlemen's Singles title at the 2004 Wimbledon Championships.-Seeds:The seeded players are listed below...
|
2R |
2R |
2R |
0 / 14 |
42–14 |
U.S. OpenThe US Open, formally the United States Open tennis championships, is a tennis tournament which is the modern incarnation of one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, with the U.S. National Championship, which for mens' singles was first contested in 1881...
|
A |
A |
A |
2R |
4R |
2R |
4R |
1R |
3R |
3R |
3R |
1R |
SF |
1R |
2R |
2R |
0 / 13 |
20–13 |
| Grand Slam Win-Loss |
0–0 |
0–0 |
0–1 |
4–2 |
8–4 |
7–4 |
8–4 |
8–4 |
10–4 |
12–4 |
11–4 |
6–3 |
16–4 |
4–4 |
3–4 |
2–3 |
N/A |
98–49 |
| Tennis Masters Cup The Barclays ATP World Tour Finals is a tennis tournament played at the end of each year, involving the top eight players in the men's tennis world rankings....
|
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
RR The 1997 ATP Tour World Championships were tennis tournaments played on indoor hard courts for the singles event, and indoor carpet courts for the doubles event...
|
SF The 1998 ATP Tour World Championships were tennis tournaments played on indoor hard courts for the singles event, and indoor carpet courts for the doubles event...
|
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
RR |
A |
A |
A |
0 / 3 |
4–4 |
| ATP Masters Series |
| Indian Wells Masters The BNP Paribas Open is an annual tennis tournament held in the small city of Indian Wells, California.The tournament is a Masters 1000 event on the men's tour and is a Premier Mandatory event on the women's tour. The event, held in March, is one of two tour events in which main draw play extends...
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A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
1R |
QF |
2R |
3R |
F |
2R |
F |
QF |
2R |
1R Rafael Nadal downed Novak Djokovic 6–2, 7–5 to win the Men's Singles competition at the 2007 Pacific Life Open.-Seeds:A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicate the round in which that seed was eliminated...
|
0 / 10 |
20–10 |
| Miami Masters The Sony Ericsson Open is an annual tennis tournament for men and women held in Key Biscayne, Florida. The event is an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the men's tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the women's tour. The tournament is played on hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park...
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A |
A |
A |
A |
2R The 1996 Lipton Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 12th edition of the Miami Masters, and was part of the ATP Super 9 of the 1996 ATP Tour, and of the Tier I Series of the 1996 WTA Tour...
|
1R |
SF |
3R |
QF |
2R |
4R |
2R |
2R |
QF The 2005 Miami Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 21st edition of the Miami Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2005 ATP Tour, and of the Tier I Series of the 2005 WTA Tour...
|
3R |
1R -Seeds:A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. All thirty-two seeds received a bye to the second round.-Key:* Q = Qualifier* WC = Wild Card* LL = Lucky Loser* ALT = Alternate...
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0 / 12 |
16–12 |
| Monte Carlo Masters The Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France, a commune that borders on Monaco, of which Monte Carlo is the most famous ward. The event is part of the ATP Masters Series on the Association of Tennis Professionals ...
|
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
1R |
2R |
2R |
QF |
SF |
A |
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1R |
1R The 2006 Monte Carlo Masters was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 100th edition of the Monte Carlo Masters and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2006 ATP Tour. It took place at the Monte Carlo Country Club from April 17 through April 25, 2006.The men's singles...
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| Rome Masters The Internazionali BNL d'Italia is an annual tennis tournament held in Rome, Italy. The men's competition is an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour. The women's competition is a Premier 5 event on the Women's Tennis Association tour. The two...
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3R Rafael Nadal successfully defended his title with victories against the likes of Tim Henman, Fernando González, Gaël Monfils and Roger Federer, who he beat in the final.-The Final:...
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| Hamburg Masters The German Open Hamburg, established in 1892, is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Hamburg, Germany and part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour. The tournament is played on clay courts at the tennis center Am Rothenbaum. It used to be played in May, as...
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Canada MastersThe Canada Masters , currently sponsored as the Rogers Cup, is an annual tennis tournament held in Canada. The men's competition is a Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour. The women's competition is a Premier Tournament on the Women's Tennis Association tour...
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Cincinnati MastersThe Cincinnati Masters is an annual outdoor hardcourts tennis event held in the Cincinnati suburb of Mason, Ohio, USA. The event started on September 18, 1899 and is today the oldest tennis tournament in the United States played in its original city....
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| Madrid Masters (Stuttgart) The Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open is a tournament for male and female professional tennis players, currently held in Madrid, Spain. The event is classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the Women's Tennis...
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| Paris Masters The BNP Paribas Masters is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Paris, France. It is played indoors at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy. The event is part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 on the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour. Many people consider the...
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W The 2003 Paris Masters was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 29th edition of the Paris Masters, and was part of the ATP Masters Series of the 2002 ATP Tour...
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3R The 2004 Paris Masters was a tennis tournament held at the Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France and played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 30th edition of the Paris Masters, and was part of the 2004 ATP Masters Series. The tournament was held from November 1 to November 8...
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| ATP Tournaments Won |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
N/A |
12 |
| Year End Ranking |
778 |
372 |
167 |
95 |
29 |
17 |
7 |
11 |
10 |
9 |
8 |
15 |
6 |
36 |
39 |
292 |
N/A |
N/A |
- A = did not participate in the tournament
- LQ = lost in qualifying draw
- SR = the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played
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