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{{short description|Canadian tennis player}}
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{{Infobox tennis biography
'''Chris Pridham''' (born April 11, 1965 in [[Toronto]]) is a former touring professional [[tennis]] player.
| name = Chris Pridham
| image =
| caption =
| country = {{CAN}}
| residence = [[Oakville, Ontario]], Canada
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|4|11}}
| birth_place = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| height = {{height|ft=6|in=0}}
| turnedpro = 1985
| retired =
| plays = Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
| careerprizemoney = [[US$|$]]431,272
| singlesrecord = 54–78
| singlestitles = 0 <br><small> 2 [[ATP Challenger Tour|Challenger]], 0 [[ITF Futures|Futures]] </small>
| highestsinglesranking = No. 75 (14 March 1988)
| AustralianOpenresult = 3R ([[1989 Australian Open – Men's singles|1989]])
| FrenchOpenresult = 2R ([[1992 French Open – Men's singles|1992]])
| Wimbledonresult = 3R ([[1988 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|1988]])
| USOpenresult = 2R ([[1992 US Open – Men's singles|1992]])
| Othertournaments = yes
| Olympicsresult = 1R ([[Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|1988]])
| doublesrecord = 2–8
| doublestitles = 0 <br><small> 1 [[ATP Challenger Tour|Challenger]], 0 [[ITF Futures|Futures]] </small>
| highestdoublesranking = No. 234 (25 November 1991)
| WimbledonDoublesresult = Q3 ([[1991 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles|1991]], [[1991 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles|1992]])
| updated = 16 December 2021
}}


'''Chris Pridham''' (born April 11, 1965) is a former touring professional [[tennis]] player.
Pridham had a career [[ATP Tour|Grand Prix / ATP tour]] win-loss record of 54 and 78. His career high singles ranking was '''World No. 75''', which he attained in March 1988. The 6'0 right-hander's best tournament results were a semi-finals appearance in the 1987 [[Wellington Classic]], and 1992 [[Johannesburg]] [[Grand Prix tennis tournaments|Grand Prix]] events. His best [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] event showings was reaching the third rounds of the 1988 [[Wimbledon championships]] and the 1989 [[Australian Open]].

Pridham had a career [[ATP Tour|Grand Prix / ATP tour]] win–loss record of 54 and 78. His career high singles ranking was World No. 75, which he attained in March 1988. The 6'0 right-hander's best tournament results were a semi-finals appearance in the 1987 [[Wellington Classic]], and 1992 [[Johannesburg]] [[Grand Prix tennis tournaments|Grand Prix]] events. His best [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] event showings was reaching the third rounds of the 1988 [[Wimbledon championships]] and the 1989 [[Australian Open]].


==1985==
==1985==
Pridham played his first professional match in March 1985 at the [[Montreal]] Challenger, going down in 3 sets to World No. 60 [[Leif Shiras]] 3-6, 6-3, 3-6. He played one other tour event that year, the [[Player's International]], also in Montreal, where he also fell in the first round, this time to World No. 130 [[Jonathan Canter]] 0-6, 6-7.
Pridham played his first professional match in March 1985 at the [[Montreal]] Challenger, going down in 3 sets to World No. 60 [[Leif Shiras]] 3–6, 6–3, 3–6. He played one other tour event that year, the [[Player's International]], also in Montreal, where he also fell in the first round, this time to World No. 130 [[Jonathan Canter]] 0–6, 6–7.


==1986==
==1986==
Pridham played in 8 [[challenger tennis events]] and one grand prix event for the 1986, going 4 wins, 8 losses at the challenger level and 0 and 1 in grand prixs. He won his first match of the his touring year over World No. 151 [[Huub Van Boeckel]] 7-5, 7-6 before losing in the next round, at the [[Benin City]]-1 Challenger in February. The following week at the [[Enugu]] Challenger he lost in the first round. The following month Pridham fell in the first round at the [[Rio de Janeiro]]-1 Challenger and two weeks later he had the same result at the [[San Luis Potosi]] Challenger.
Pridham played in 8 [[challenger tennis events]] and one grand prix event for the 1986, going 4 wins, 8 losses at the challenger level and 0 and 1 in grand prix events. He won his first match of his touring year over World No. 151 [[Huub Van Boeckel]] 7–5, 7–6 before losing in the next round, at the [[Benin City]]-1 Challenger in February. The following week at the [[Enugu]] Challenger he lost in the first round. The following month Pridham fell in the first round at the [[Rio de Janeiro]]-1 Challenger and two weeks later he had the same result at the [[San Luis Potosi]] Challenger.


Pridham resumed tour play in September, defeating World No. 127 [[Jon Levine (tennis)|Jon Levine]] in the first round at the [[West Palm, FL]] Challenger before falling to World No. 246 [[Marc Flur]] in straight sets. The following week in [[Athens, Greece]] he lost World No. 241 [[Brian Levine]] in the first round in three sets. Then in November he played in only grand prix event of the year, the [[Stockholm Open]], losing there in the first round as well, to World No. 167 [[Shahar Perkiss]] three and three. Pridham then went 1 and 1 the following week at the [[Helsinki]] Challenger and again the next week at the Benin-2 Challenger. He finished the year World No. 263 in singles and No. 408 in doubles.
Pridham resumed tour play in September, defeating World No. 127 [[Jon Levine (tennis)|Jon Levine]] in the first round at the [[West Palm, FL]] Challenger before falling to World No. 246 [[Marc Flur]] in straight sets. The following week in [[Athens, Greece]] he lost World No. 241 [[Brian Levine]] in the first round in three sets. Then in November he played in only grand prix event of the year, the [[Stockholm Open]], losing there in the first round as well, to World No. 167 [[Shahar Perkiss]] three and three. Pridham then went 1 and 1 the following week at the [[Helsinki]] Challenger and again the next week at the Benin-2 Challenger. He finished the year World No. 263 in singles and No. 408 in doubles.
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==Davis Cup==
==Davis Cup==
As a [[Davis Cup]] player for [[Canada Davis Cup team|Canada]] between 1988 and 1990, Pridham had a career singles win-lose record of 4 and 5.
As a [[Davis Cup]] player for [[Canada Davis Cup team|Canada]] between 1988 and 1990, Pridham had a career singles win-lose record of 4 and 5.

==ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals==

===Singles: 5 (2–3)===
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|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Francisco Roig]]
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|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Tommy Ho]]
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|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>2–3</small>
|{{dts|Sep 1991}}
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Bloomfield Hills, Michigan|Bloomfield Hills]], United States
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Hard
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Tommy Ho]]
|6–3, 6–4
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===Doubles: 1 (1–0)===
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|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Munich]], Germany
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
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|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Tom Kempers]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Rudiger Haas]] <br> {{flagicon|GER}} [[Arne Thoms]]
|7–6, 6–4
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==Performance timeline==

{{Performance key|short=yes|active=no}}

===Singles===
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!Tournament!![[1985 Grand Prix (tennis)|1985]]!![[1986 Grand Prix (tennis)|1986]]!![[1987 Grand Prix (tennis)|1987]]!![[1988 ATP Tour|1988]]!![[1989 ATP Tour|1989]]!![[1990 ATP Tour|1990]]!![[1991 ATP Tour|1991]]!![[1992 ATP Tour|1992]]!![[1993 ATP Tour|1993]]!!SR!!W–L!!Win %
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|colspan=23 align=left|'''[[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam tournaments]]'''
|-
|align=left|[[Australian Open]]
|bgcolor=ecf2ff|[[1985 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying|Q1]]
|A
|bgcolor=ecf2ff|[[1987 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying|Q3]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1988 Australian Open – Men's singles|2R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1989 Australian Open – Men's singles|3R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1990 Australian Open – Men's singles|1R]]
|A
|bgcolor=ecf2ff|[[1992 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying|Q1]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1993 Australian Open – Men's singles|2R]]
!0 / 4
!4–4
!{{tennis win percentage|won=4|lost=4|integer=yes}}
|-
|align=left|[[French Open]]
|A
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1988 French Open – Men's singles|1R]]
|A
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1992 French Open – Men's singles|2R]]
|A
!0 / 2
!1–2
!{{tennis win percentage|won=1|lost=2|integer=yes}}
|-
|align=left|[[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]]
|A
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1988 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|3R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1989 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=ecf2ff|[[1990 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying|Q1]]
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1992 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=ecf2ff|[[1993 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying|Q2]]
!0 / 3
!2–3
!{{tennis win percentage|won=2|lost=3|integer=yes}}
|-
|align=left|[[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]
|A
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1988 US Open – Men's singles|1R]]
|A
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1992 US Open – Men's singles|2R]]
|bgcolor=ecf2ff|[[1993 US Open – Men's singles qualifying|Q1]]
!0 / 2
!1–2
!{{tennis win percentage|won=1|lost=2|integer=yes}}
|-
!style=text-align:left|Win–loss
!0–0
!0–0
!0–0
!3–4
!2–2
!0–1
!0–0
!2–3
!1–1
!0 / 11
!8–11
!{{tennis win percentage|won=8|lost=11|integer=yes}}
|-
|colspan=22 align=left|'''Olympic Games'''
|-
|align=left|[[Tennis at the Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]]
|colspan=3 style=color:#cccccc|Not Held
|style=background:#afeeee|[[Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|1R]]
|colspan=3 style=color:#cccccc|Not Held
|A
|colspan=1 style=color:#cccccc|NH
!0 / 1
!0–1
!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=1|integer=yes}}
|-
|colspan=23 align=left|'''ATP Masters Series'''
|-
|align=left|[[Miami Masters|Miami]]
|A
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1988 Lipton International Players Championships – Men's singles|2R]]
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
!0 / 1
!1–1
!{{tennis win percentage|won=1|lost=1|integer=yes}}
|-
|align=left|[[Canada Masters|Canada]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1985 Player's Canadian Open – Men's singles|1R]]
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1987 Player's Canadian Open – Men's singles|2R]]
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1989 Player's Canadian Open – Men's singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1990 Canadian Open – Men's singles|1R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1991 Canadian Open – Men's singles|2R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1992 Canadian Open – Men's singles|3R]]
|bgcolor=afeeee|[[1993 Canadian Open – Men's singles|2R]]
!0 / 7
!5–7
!{{tennis win percentage|won=5|lost=7|integer=yes}}
|-
|align=left|[[Cincinnati Masters|Cincinnati]]
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|bgcolor=ecf2ff|[[1993 Thriftway ATP Championships – Singles|Q3]]
!0 / 0
!0–0
!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=0|integer=yes}}
|-
!style=text-align:left|Win–loss
!0–1
!0–0
!1–1
!1–1
!0–1
!0–1
!1–1
!2–1
!1–1
!0 / 8
!6–8
!{{tennis win percentage|won=6|lost=8|integer=yes}}
|}


==External links==
==External links==
*{{ATP|id=P048}}
* {{ATP}}
* {{ITF}}
* {{Davis Cup player}}


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Latest revision as of 16:49, 25 May 2023

Chris Pridham
Country (sports) Canada
ResidenceOakville, Ontario, Canada
Born (1965-04-11) April 11, 1965 (age 59)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Turned pro1985
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$431,272
Singles
Career record54–78
Career titles0
2 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 75 (14 March 1988)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (1989)
French Open2R (1992)
Wimbledon3R (1988)
US Open2R (1992)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games1R (1988)
Doubles
Career record2–8
Career titles0
1 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 234 (25 November 1991)
Grand Slam doubles results
WimbledonQ3 (1991, 1992)
Last updated on: 16 December 2021.

Chris Pridham (born April 11, 1965) is a former touring professional tennis player.

Pridham had a career Grand Prix / ATP tour win–loss record of 54 and 78. His career high singles ranking was World No. 75, which he attained in March 1988. The 6'0 right-hander's best tournament results were a semi-finals appearance in the 1987 Wellington Classic, and 1992 Johannesburg Grand Prix events. His best Grand Slam event showings was reaching the third rounds of the 1988 Wimbledon championships and the 1989 Australian Open.

1985[edit]

Pridham played his first professional match in March 1985 at the Montreal Challenger, going down in 3 sets to World No. 60 Leif Shiras 3–6, 6–3, 3–6. He played one other tour event that year, the Player's International, also in Montreal, where he also fell in the first round, this time to World No. 130 Jonathan Canter 0–6, 6–7.

1986[edit]

Pridham played in 8 challenger tennis events and one grand prix event for the 1986, going 4 wins, 8 losses at the challenger level and 0 and 1 in grand prix events. He won his first match of his touring year over World No. 151 Huub Van Boeckel 7–5, 7–6 before losing in the next round, at the Benin City-1 Challenger in February. The following week at the Enugu Challenger he lost in the first round. The following month Pridham fell in the first round at the Rio de Janeiro-1 Challenger and two weeks later he had the same result at the San Luis Potosi Challenger.

Pridham resumed tour play in September, defeating World No. 127 Jon Levine in the first round at the West Palm, FL Challenger before falling to World No. 246 Marc Flur in straight sets. The following week in Athens, Greece he lost World No. 241 Brian Levine in the first round in three sets. Then in November he played in only grand prix event of the year, the Stockholm Open, losing there in the first round as well, to World No. 167 Shahar Perkiss three and three. Pridham then went 1 and 1 the following week at the Helsinki Challenger and again the next week at the Benin-2 Challenger. He finished the year World No. 263 in singles and No. 408 in doubles.

Most notable win defeating Bjorn Borg in 1992. (to come)

Davis Cup[edit]

As a Davis Cup player for Canada between 1988 and 1990, Pridham had a career singles win-lose record of 4 and 5.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals[edit]

Singles: 5 (2–3)[edit]

Legend
ATP Challenger (2–3)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–3)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Apr 1989 Setúbal, Portugal Challenger Hard Sweden Rikard Bergh 6–4, 6–1
Loss 1–1 Oct 1989 Coquitlam, Canada Challenger Hard Sweden Ville Jansson 4–6, 2–6
Loss 1–2 Sep 1990 Azores, Portugal Challenger Hard Spain Francisco Roig 3–6, 6–2, 4–6
Loss 1–3 Oct 1990 Ponte Vedra, United States Challenger Hard United States Tommy Ho 6–7, 4–6
Win 2–3 Sep 1991 Bloomfield Hills, United States Challenger Hard United States Tommy Ho 6–3, 6–4

Doubles: 1 (1–0)[edit]

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–0)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Nov 1991 Munich, Germany Challenger Carpet Netherlands Tom Kempers Germany Rudiger Haas
Germany Arne Thoms 		7–6, 6–4

Performance timeline[edit]

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles[edit]

Tournament 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q1 A Q3 2R 3R 1R A Q1 2R 0 / 4 4–4 50%
French Open A A A 1R A A A 2R A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Wimbledon A A A 3R 1R Q1 A 1R Q2 0 / 3 2–3 40%
US Open A A A 1R A A A 2R Q1 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–4 2–2 0–1 0–0 2–3 1–1 0 / 11 8–11 42%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics Not Held 1R Not Held A NH 0 / 1 0–1 0%
ATP Masters Series
Miami A A A 2R A A A A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Canada 1R A 2R A 1R 1R 2R 3R 2R 0 / 7 5–7 42%
Cincinnati A A A A A A A A Q3 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 0 / 8 6–8 43%

External links[edit]

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