David Sherwood

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David Sherwood
Full nameDavid Sherwood
Country (sports)United Kingdom Great Britain
ResidenceSheffield, England
Born (1980-05-06) 6 May 1980 (age 43)
Sheffield, England
Height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Turned pro1998
Retired21 January 2008
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$126,338
Singles
Career record1–3
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 214 (25 July 2005)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon2R (2005)
US OpenQ1 (2005)
Doubles
Career record2–10
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 174 (1 December 2003)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon1R (1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon1R (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005)
Team competitions
Davis CupWorld Group Play-Off (2005)
Last updated on: 16 October 2021.

David Sherwood is a British tennis coach and retired tennis player. In his only live Davis Cup match, Sherwood played doubles with Andy Murray beating the Israeli World No 4 doubles team of Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram,[1]

Early and personal life[edit]

Sherwood is the son of Sheila Sherwood who won a silver medal in the long jump at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City and John Sherwood, who won a bronze medal in the 400m hurdles, and at the same Olympics.

Career[edit]

In 1997 he won the Australian Open boys' doubles title with fellow Brit James Trotman. They defeated South African pairing Jaco van der Westhuizen and Wesley Whitehouse 7–6, 6–3 in the final.

Sherwood, won futures tournaments in Wrexham and Edinburgh, and also reached the semi-final in Mulhouse and the final in Plaisir, France.[2]

By 2003, Sherwood had acquired a reputation for a lackadaisical attitude, a party loving life style and negatively influencing younger players. While at a Jamaica Futures event in November 2003, Sherwood delivered an on-court barrage at his Lawn Tennis Association coach. Back in the UK, he missed a training session claiming he was ill, despite living five minutes away from the LTA's headquarters with an on-site doctor. Next day, the LTA's team manager Mark Petchey expelled him from the LTA.[3][4]

With the support of his parents, Sherwood put his tennis career back on track. By November 2004, Mark Petchey was funding his coaching throughout the winter.[3]

In March 2005 Sherwood played doubles with Andy Murray in their joint Davis Cup debuts for the Europe/Africa Zone Group I match against Israel. Surprisingly, Sherwood/Murray beat the World No 4 doubles team of Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram,[1][5] to help Great Britain win 3–2. He entered the singles at Wimbledon in 2005, and defeated Ricardo Mello in the first round[6] before losing to Feliciano López.[7]

In September 2005, at the World Group Play-off against Switzerland, Sherwood was beaten in the first singles dead rubber, with Great Britain losing 5–0.

Since retiring from playing in 2008, Sherwood became a nationally recognised Lawn Tennis Association coach, coaching top performance players in the country.[1]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals[edit]

Singles: 9 (3–6)[edit]

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (3–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–6)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 2002 India F1, Chennai Futures Hard Slovakia Branislav Sekáč 6–7(3–7), 3–6
Loss 0–2 Sep 2002 Great Britain F8, Sunderland Futures Hard United Kingdom Mark Hilton 3–6, 5–7
Win 1–2 Oct 2003 Great Britain F11, Edinburgh Futures Hard United Kingdom Mark Hilton 6–4, 6–3
Win 2–2 Aug 2004 Great Britain F3, Wrexham Futures Hard United Kingdom Mark Hilton 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss 2–3 Sep 2004 France F15, Plaisir Futures Hard France Julien Varlet 3–6, 4–6
Win 3–3 Oct 2004 Great Britain F5, Edinburgh Futures Hard United Kingdom Tom Burn 6–4, 6–1
Loss 3–4 Oct 2004 Great Britain F6, Glasgow Futures Hard United Kingdom Richard Bloomfield 7–6(7–4), 2–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss 3–5 Oct 2004 Great Britain F7, Sunderland Futures Hard Germany Alexander Flock 2–6, 3–6
Loss 3–6 Jan 2005 India F1, Mumbai Futures Hard Germany Simon Greul 6–4, 3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 31 (16–15)[edit]

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–2)
ITF Futures (16–13)
Finals by surface
Hard (16–11)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–2)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Oct 1998 Great Britain F8, Glasgow Futures Hard United Kingdom James Davidson United Kingdom Ross Matheson
United Kingdom Tom Spinks
6–4, 5–7, 6–4
Loss 1–1 Oct 1998 Great Britain F10, Edinburgh Futures Hard United Kingdom James Davidson Australia Ashley Naumann
United States Andrew Rueb
3–6, 2–6
Loss 1–2 Feb 1999 Great Britain F2, Chigwell Futures Carpet United Kingdom Tom Spinks Czech Republic Leoš Friedl
Slovenia Borut Urh
6–7, 1–6
Loss 1–3 Aug 2000 Great Britain F7, Hampstead Futures Hard United Kingdom Simon Dickson United Kingdom James Davidson
United Kingdom Oliver Freelove
2–4, 1–4, 0–4
Win 2–3 Mar 2002 India F1, Chennai Futures Hard United Kingdom Jonathan Marray India Rohan Bopanna
India Vijay Kannan
3–6, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(10–8)
Loss 2–4 May 2002 Jamaica F4, Montego Bay Futures Hard United Kingdom Jonathan Marray Greece Konstantinos Economidis
Greece Nikos Rovas
4–6, 2–6
Win 3–4 May 2002 Jamaica F6, Montego Bay Futures Hard United Kingdom Jonathan Marray Canada Simon Larose
United States Kiantki Thomas
4–6, 2–1 ret.
Loss 3–5 Sep 2002 Great Britain F7, Glasgow Futures Hard United Kingdom Jonathan Marray Australia Luke Bourgeois
Australia Alun Jones
1–6, 2–6
Win 4–5 Sep 2002 Great Britain F8, Sunderland Futures Hard United Kingdom Jonathan Marray Austria Johannes Ager
United Kingdom Alan Mackin
7–6(7–2), 4–6, 6–4
Loss 4–6 Oct 2002 Great Britain F9, Edinburgh Futures Hard United Kingdom Jonathan Marray Czech Republic Jakub Hasek
South Africa Wesley Moodie
3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss 4–7 Nov 2002 USA F28, Costa Mesa Futures Hard United Kingdom Richard Bloomfield United States Prakash Amritraj
United States Rajeev Ram
2–6, 0–3 ret
Win 5–7 Feb 2003 Great Britain F3, Southampton Futures Hard United Kingdom Jonathan Marray Japan Satoshi Iwabuchi
Japan Michihisa Onoda
6–3, 7–5
Loss 5–8 Apr 2003 Qatar F1, Doha Futures Hard United Kingdom Jonathan Marray France Benjamin Cassaigne
Netherlands Rogier Wassen
6–3, 6–7(6–8), 3–6
Win 6–8 Apr 2003 Qatar F2, Doha Futures Hard United Kingdom Jonathan Marray Germany Ivo Klec
Pakistan Aisam Qureshi
3–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Loss 6–9 Jul 2003 Bristol, United Kingdom Challenger Grass United Kingdom Daniel Kiernan France Jean-François Bachelot
France Nicolas Mahut
6–7(4–7), 7–5, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 6–10 Jul 2003 Manchester, United Kingdom Challenger Grass United Kingdom Daniel Kiernan United Kingdom Arvind Parmar
United Kingdom Martin Lee
3–6, 6–2, 2–6
Win 7–10 Aug 2003 Great Britain F8, London Futures Hard United Kingdom Daniel Kiernan United Kingdom Jonathan Marray
United Kingdom Jamie Delgado
walkover
Loss 7–11 Sep 2003 Great Britain F9, Sunderland Futures Hard United Kingdom Daniel Kiernan United Kingdom Jonathan Marray
United Kingdom Mark Hilton
3–6, 3–6
Win 8–11 Sep 2003 Great Britain F10, Glasgow Futures Hard United Kingdom Daniel Kiernan United Kingdom Andy Murray
United Kingdom Guy Thomas
6–7(2–7), 6–0, 6–0
Win 9–11 Oct 2003 Great Britain F11, Edinburgh Futures Hard United Kingdom Daniel Kiernan United Kingdom Aidan Graveson
United Kingdom Thomas Greenland
6–2, 6–3
Win 10–11 Oct 2003 Jamaica F10, Montego Bay Futures Hard United Kingdom Daniel Kiernan Hungary György Balázs
Hungary László Fonó
7–6(7–5), 6–2
Win 11–11 Oct 2003 Jamaica F11, Montego Bay Futures Hard United Kingdom Daniel Kiernan Jamaica Dustin Brown
Jamaica Ryan Russell
6–4, 2–0 ret.
Win 12–11 Nov 2003 Jamaica F12, Montego Bay Futures Hard United Kingdom Daniel Kiernan United Kingdom Jonathan Marray
United Kingdom Mark Hilton
6–3, 6–4
Loss 12–12 May 2004 Great Britain F1, Bournemouth Futures Clay United Kingdom Oliver Freelove United Kingdom James Auckland
United States Thomas Blake
4–6, 3–6
Win 13–12 Sep 2004 France F14, Mulhouse Futures Hard United Kingdom Jonathan Marray France Josselin Ouanna
France Alexandre Sidorenko
6–2, 6–1
Win 14–12 Oct 2004 Great Britain F6, Glasgow Futures Hard United Kingdom Daniel Kiernan United Kingdom Richard Bloomfield
United Kingdom Chris Lewis
6–4, 6–4
Win 15–12 Oct 2004 Great Britain F7, Sunderland Futures Hard United Kingdom Daniel Kiernan United Kingdom Josh Goodall
United Kingdom Miles Kasiri
6–4, 6–4
Win 16–12 Mar 2005 France F4, Lille Futures Hard India Mustafa Ghouse France Patrice Atias
France Frederic Jeanclaude
6–4, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–3)
Loss 16–13 Oct 2005 France F16, Nevers Futures Hard United Kingdom Kyle Spencer France Julien Jeanpierre
France Jean-Michel Pequery
4–6, 7–6(9–7), 5–7
Loss 16–14 Nov 2005 Belgium F1, Sint-Katelijne-Waver Futures Hard United Kingdom Richard Bloomfield Russia Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky
Russia Denis Matsukevich
5–7, 2–6
Loss 16–15 Mar 2006 Great Britain F4, Manchester Futures Hard United Kingdom Martin Lee France Jean-François Bachelot
Pakistan Aisam Qureshi
1–6, 6–3, 2–6

Junior Grand Slam finals[edit]

Doubles: 1 (1 title)[edit]

Result Year Tournament Surface Partnet Opponents Score
Win 1997 Australian Open Hard United Kingdom James Trotman South Africa Jaco Van Der Westhuizen
South Africa Wesley Whitehouse
7–6, 6–3

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Remembering the day Andy Murray's Davis Cup adventure began". Herald Scotland. 23 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Bates calls up rookie to replace Henman". The Daily Telegraph. 21 February 2005.
  3. ^ a b "Tennis: Prodigal son returns". Times. 27 February 2005. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Sherwood revival hits trouble". The Telegraph. 23 June 2005.
  5. ^ "GB pair take stunning doubles win". BBC Sport. 5 March 2005.
  6. ^ "Briton Sherwood lands famous win". BBC. 20 June 2005. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Sherwood challenge ended by Lopez". BBC. 22 June 2005. Retrieved 13 July 2017.

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