Mark Woodforde
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Country |  Australia |
|
| Residence | Rancho Mirage, California, USA | |
| Date of birth | September 23, 1965 (age 41) | |
| Place of birth | Adelaide, Australia | |
| Height | 6'2 (187 cm) | |
| Weight | 195 lbs (88 kg) | |
| Turned Pro | 1984 | |
| Retired | 2000 | |
| Plays | Left-handed | |
| Career Prize Money | US$8,571,605 | |
| Singles | ||
| Career record: | 319-312 | |
| Career titles: | 4 | |
| Highest ranking: | 19 (22-Apr-96) | |
| Grand Slam results | ||
| Australian Open | - | |
| French Open | - | |
| Wimbledon | - | |
| U.S. Open | - | |
| Doubles | ||
| Career record: | 647-248 | |
| Career titles: | 67 | |
| Highest ranking: | 1 (16-Nov-92) | |
|
Infobox last updated on: January 27, 2007. |
||
| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men's Tennis | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Atlanta 1996 | Doubles | |
| Silver | Sydney 2000 | Doubles | |
Mark Woodforde (born September 23, 1965) 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.
Woodforde was born in Adelaide, and joined the men's professional tennis ATP Tour in 1984. Woodforde won four singles titles, including his hometown Adelaide tournament twice. Woodforde won twelve Grand Slam doubles titles in his career - one French Open, two Australian Opens, three U.S. Opens, and a record six Wimbledons. Eleven of these victories came as a member of the Woodies, and he won the 1989 U.S. Open doubles with John McEnroe.
He enjoyed the greatest success of his career when playing doubles with Woodbridge, combining his left-hand baseline play with Woodbridge's swift volleying reflexes at the net. They were the ATP Doubles Team of the Year four times, and all together the Woodies won 61 ATP doubles tournaments (Woodforde won 67 in his career).
Woodforde's other career highlights included a gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, and a silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. He also won five Grand Slam mixed doubles titles - one French Open, two Australian Opens, one U.S. Open, and one Wimbledon.
Woodforde played for the Australian Davis Cup Team in three Davis Cup finals, including teaming with Woodbridge to clinch the 1999 win over France in Paris to give Australia its first Davis Cup victory in 13 years.
Mark Woodforde retired from professional tennis in 2000 after a Davis Cup final loss to Spain, and was appointed the coach of Australia's Fed Cup team in 2003.
