Mark Woodforde

Mark Woodforde
Mark Woodforde in 2010 Champions Team Tennis at the US Open
Nation:	Australia
Birthday:	September 23, 1965
Size:	188 cm
1st professional season:	1984
Resignation:	2000
Playing hand:	Left
Prize money:	$ 8,551,305
singles
Career record:	319: 312
Career title:	4th
Highest ranking:	19 (April 22 1996)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	647: 248
Career title:	67
Highest ranking:	1 (November 16 1992)
Weeks as No. 1:	84
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Olympic games
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Mark Raymond Woodforde , OAM (born September 23, 1965 in Adelaide ) is a retired Australian tennis player .

Career

Woodforde began his career in 1984. During his career, he won four singles titles, including twice the professional tournament in his hometown of Adelaide. At the Australian Open 1996 he reached the semifinals without setting, in which he was defeated by Boris Becker in three sets. His best placement in the world rankings in individual on April 22, 1996 with rank 19.

In doubles, he won twelve Grand Slam tournaments , eleven of them alongside Todd Woodbridge , and in 1989 he triumphed with John McEnroe in the doubles competition at the US Open . With their only win at the French Open in 2000 , he and Woodbridge completed the career grand slam both individually and as a team . Together with Todd Woodbridge, he formed one of the most successful men's doubles in tennis history. The two were called The Woodies in public . He won 61 doubles tournaments with partner Woodbridge. In addition, the two won the gold medal at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and the silver medal at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney . On November 16, 1992, he took the lead in the world rankings for the first time , at the top of which he stood with multiple interruptions for a total of 84 weeks.

In mixed, Mark Woodforde won another five Grand Slam titles. Here, too, he succeeded in completing the career grand slam by winning the French Open in 1995 .

With Australia he was able to move into three Davis Cup finals and in 1999 he won the final against France. It was the first victory for Australia after a 13 year dry spell. He played the last tennis game of his career in 2000 in the Davis Cup final against Spain . The double game against Sandon Stolles ended in a defeat against Juan Balcells and Àlex Corretja .

After his career, Mark Woodforde was coach of the Australian Fed Cup team . From 2007 he temporarily looked after Novak Đoković . Since 2009 he has been tournament director of the World Tennis Challenge invitation tournament in Adelaide.

For his Olympic victory in 1996, he received the Order of Australia on January 26, 1997 . In 2010, Woodforde and his long-time double partner Woodbridge were officially inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame . He is married and has two children.

Tournament victories

Legend (victories in brackets) Grand Slam (17) Olympic Games (1) Tennis Masters Cup (2) ATP Masters Series (14) ATP Championship Series ATP International Series Gold (12) ATP World Series ATP International Series (30)

Title after covering Hard Court (42) Sand (10) Grass (11) Carpet (13)

singles

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	January 20, 1986	Auckland	Hard court	Bud Schultz	6: 4, 6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 4
2.	4th January 1988	Adelaide	Hard court	Wally Masur	6: 2, 6: 4
3.	January 9, 1989	Adelaide	Hard court	Patrik Kühnen	7: 5, 1: 6, 7: 5
4th	February 22, 1993	Philadelphia	carpet	Ivan Lendl	5: 4 task

Double

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Bottom line
1.	September 26, 1988	los Angeles	Hard court	John McEnroe	Libor Pimek Michiel Schapers	6: 4, 6: 4
2.	3rd October 1988	San Francisco	carpet	John McEnroe	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	6: 4, 7: 6
3.	May 1, 1989	Monte Carlo	sand	Tomáš Šmíd	Paolo Canè Diego Nargiso	1: 6, 6: 4, 6: 2
4th	September 10, 1989	US Open	Hard court	John McEnroe	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3
5.	February 18, 1991	Brussels	Carpet (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Libor Pimek Michiel Schapers	6: 3, 6: 0
6th	March 11, 1991	Copenhagen	Carpet (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Mansour Bahrami Andrei Olchowski	6: 3, 6: 1
7th	June 17, 1991	Queen's Club	race	Todd Woodbridge	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	7: 4, 7: 6
8th.	September 30, 1991	Brisbane	Hard court	Todd Woodbridge	John Fitzgerald Glenn Michibata	7: 6, 6: 3
9.	January 27, 1992	Australian Open	Hard court	Todd Woodbridge	Kelly Jones Rick Leach	6: 4, 6: 3, 6: 4
10.	17th February 1992	Memphis	Hard court (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Kevin Curren Gary Muller	7: 5, 4: 6, 7: 6
11.	February 24, 1992	Philadelphia	Carpet (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg	6: 4, 7: 6
12.	April 6, 1992	Singapore	Hard court	Todd Woodbridge	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	6: 7, 6: 2, 6: 4
13.	17th August 1992	Cincinnati	Hard court	Todd Woodbridge	Patrick McEnroe Jonathan Stark	6: 3, 1: 6, 6: 3
14th	October 19, 1992	Tokyo	Hard court (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg	7: 6, 6: 4
15th	2nd November 1992	Stockholm	Carpet (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Steve DeVries David Macpherson	6: 4, 6: 4
16.	November 29, 1992	Johannesburg	Hard court	Todd Woodbridge	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6: 2, 7: 6, 5: 7, 3: 6, 6: 3
17th	January 11, 1993	Adelaide	Hard court	Todd Woodbridge	John Fitzgerald Laurie Warder	6: 4, 7: 5
18th	February 15, 1993	Memphis	Hard court (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	7: 5, 6: 2
19th	June 14, 1993	Queen's Club	race	Todd Woodbridge	Neil Broad Gary Muller	6: 7, 6: 3, 6: 4
20th	5th July 1993	Wimbledon	race	Todd Woodbridge	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	7: 6, 6: 3, 7: 6
21st	November 1, 1993	Stockholm	Carpet (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Gary Muller Danie Visser	6: 1, 3: 6, 6: 2
22nd	February 7, 1994	Dubai	Hard court	Todd Woodbridge	John Fitzgerald Darren Cahill	6: 7, 6: 4, 6: 2
23.	April 18, 1994	Nice	sand	Javier Sánchez	Hendrik Jan David's Piet Norval	7: 5, 6: 3
24.	May 9, 1994	Pinehurst	sand	Todd Woodbridge	Jared Palmer Richey Reneberg	6: 2, 3: 6, 6: 3
25th	4th July 1994	Wimbledon	race	Todd Woodbridge	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	7: 6, 6: 3, 6: 1
26th	August 8, 1994	los Angeles	Hard court	John Fitzgerald	Scott Davis Brian MacPhie	4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 0
27.	August 22, 1994	Indianapolis	Hard court	Todd Woodbridge	Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg	6: 3, 6: 4
28.	October 31, 1994	Stockholm	Carpet (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Jan Apell Jonas Björkman	6: 3, 6: 4
29	January 16, 1995	Sydney	Hard court	Todd Woodbridge	Trevor Kronemann David Macpherson	7: 6, 6: 4
30th	March 27, 1995	Miami	Hard court	Todd Woodbridge	Jim Grabb Patrick McEnroe	6: 3, 7: 6
31.	May 15, 1995	Pinehurst	sand	Todd Woodbridge	Sandon Stolle Alex O'Brien	6: 2, 6: 4
32.	May 22, 1995	Coral Springs	sand	Todd Woodbridge	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez Vicario	6: 3, 6: 1
33.	July 10, 1995	Wimbledon	race	Todd Woodbridge	Rick Leach Scott Melville	7: 5, 7: 6, 7: 6
34.	August 14, 1995	Cincinnati	Hard court	Todd Woodbridge	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6: 2, 3: 0 task
35.	September 11, 1995	US Open	Hard court	Todd Woodbridge	Alex O'Brien Sandon Stolle	6: 3, 6: 3
36.	January 8, 1996	Adelaide	Hard court	Todd Woodbridge	Jonas Björkman Tommy Ho	7: 5, 7: 6
37.	March 4, 1996	Philadelphia	Carpet (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Byron Black Grant Connell	7: 6, 6: 2
38.	March 18, 1996	Indian Wells	Hard court	Todd Woodbridge	Brian MacPhie Michael Tebbutt	1: 6, 6: 2, 6: 2
39.	April 1, 1996	Miami	Hard court	Todd Woodbridge	Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith	6: 1, 6: 3
40.	April 22, 1996	Tokyo	Hard court	Todd Woodbridge	Mark Knowles Rick Leach	6: 2, 6: 3
41.	May 20, 1996	Coral Springs	sand	Todd Woodbridge	Ivan Baron Brett Hansen-Dent	6: 3, 6: 3
42.	June 17, 1996	Queen's Club	race	Todd Woodbridge	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	6: 3, 7: 6
43.	July 8, 1996	Wimbledon	race	Todd Woodbridge	Byron Black Grant Connell	4: 6, 6: 1, 6: 3, 6: 2
44.	July 29, 1996	Atlanta	Hard court	Todd Woodbridge	Neil Broad Tim Henman	6: 4, 6: 4, 6: 2
45.	September 9, 1996	US Open	Hard court	Todd Woodbridge	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	4: 6, 7: 6, 7: 6
46.	October 7, 1996	Singapore	Carpet (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Martin Damm Andrei Olchowski	7: 6, 7: 6
47.	November 17, 1996	Hartford	Carpet (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	6: 4, 5: 7, 6: 2, 7: 6
48.	January 27, 1997	Australian Open	Hard court	Todd Woodbridge	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	4: 6, 7: 5, 7: 5, 6: 3
49.	March 31, 1997	Miami	Hard court	Todd Woodbridge	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	7: 6, 7: 6
50.	July 7, 1997	Wimbledon	race	Todd Woodbridge	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	7: 6, 7: 6, 5: 7, 6: 3
51.	August 11, 1997	Cincinnati	Hard court	Todd Woodbridge	Mark Philippoussis Patrick Rafter	7: 6, 4: 6, 6: 4
52.	October 27, 1997	Stuttgart	Carpet (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Rick Leach Jonathan Stark	6: 3, 6: 3
53.	January 19, 1998	Sydney	Hard court	Todd Woodbridge	Jacco Eltingh Daniel Nestor	6: 3, 7: 5
54.	February 16, 1998	San Jose	Hard court (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Nelson Aerts André Sá	6: 1, 7: 5
55.	February 23, 1998	Memphis	Hard court (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Ellis Ferreira David Roditi	6: 3, 6: 4
56.	May 4, 1998	Munich	sand	Todd Woodbridge	Joshua Eagle Andrew Florent	6: 0, 6: 3
57.	October 19, 1998	Singapore	Carpet (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	6: 2, 6: 3
58.	February 15, 1999	San Jose	Hard court (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Aleksandar Kitinov Nenad Zimonjić	7: 5, 6: 7, 6: 4
59.	February 22, 1999	Memphis	Hard court (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	6: 3, 6: 4
60.	January 10, 2000	Adelaide	Hard court	Todd Woodbridge	Lleyton Hewitt Sandon Stolle	6: 4, 6: 2
61.	January 17, 2000	Sydney	Hard court	Todd Woodbridge	Lleyton Hewitt Sandon Stolle	7: 5, 6: 4
62.	April 3, 2000	Miami	Hard court	Todd Woodbridge	Martin Dam Dominik Hrbatý	6: 3, 6: 4
63.	May 22, 2000	Hamburg	sand	Todd Woodbridge	Wayne Arthurs Sandon Stolle	6: 7, 6: 4, 6: 3
64.	June 12, 2000	French Open	sand	Todd Woodbridge	Paul Haarhuis Sandon Stolle	7: 6, 6: 4
65.	June 19, 2000	Queen's Club	race	Todd Woodbridge	Jonathan Stark Eric Taino	6: 7, 6: 3, 7: 6
66.	July 10, 2000	Wimbledon	race	Todd Woodbridge	Paul Haarhuis Sandon Stolle	6: 3, 6: 4, 6: 1
67.	August 14, 2000	Cincinnati	Hard court	Todd Woodbridge	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	7: 6, 6: 4

Mixed

No.	date	competition	Topping	Partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	1992	Australian Open	Hard court	Nicole Provis	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Todd Woodbridge	6: 3, 4: 6, 11: 9
2.	1992	US Open	Hard court	Nicole Provis	Helena Suková Tom Nijssen	4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3
3.	1993	Wimbledon Championships	race	Martina Navrátilová	Manon Bollegraf Tom Nijssen	6: 3, 6: 4
4th	1995	French Open	sand	Larisa Savchenko-Neiland	Jill Hetherington John-Laffnie de Jager	7: 6 8 , 7: 6 4
5.	1996	Australian Open	Hard court	Larisa Savchenko-Neiland	Nicole Arendt Luke Jensen	4: 6, 7: 5, 6: 0

Web links

Commons : Mark Woodforde  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• ATP profile of Mark Woodforde (English)
• ITF Profile of Mark Woodforde (English)
• Davis Cup stats by Mark Woodforde (English)
• Profile of Mark Woodforde on "tennis.com.au" (English)
• Mark Woodforde in the "International Tennis Hall of Fame" (English; with picture)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Interview with Mark Woodforde: “Kyrgios can win majors!” , Tennismagazin.de of July 23, 2015. Accessed on June 27, 2016.
2. ^ Woodforde, Mark Raymond , itsanhonour.gov.au. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
3. ↑ ATP World Tour: Woodies, Davidson Inducted Into International Hall Of Fame. July 10, 2010, archived from the original on July 14, 2010 ; accessed on June 27, 2016 (English).