Henman celebrated his greatest successes with good results, including several semi-finals, at the domestic tournament in Wimbledon . However, he did not succeed there. However, his role as local hero gave him considerable popularity. Before Court No. 1 on the grounds in Wimbledon is Henman Hill, named after him, which is used as a resting place and also as an area to watch the important games of the tournament on a big screen. However, given the continued success of Scotsman Andy Murray , it was renamed Murray Mountain. Henman also reached the semifinals at the French Open and the US Open .
The right-handed player plays a one-handed backhand and prefers the Serve & Volley game variant . Henman was able to win eleven tournaments on the ATP Tour in the course of his career , eight on hard courts and three on carpet. He reached his best world ranking position in July 2002 with 4th place.
His greatest successes in Grand Slam tournaments were the semi-finals at the French Open 2004 (defeat to Guillermo Coria 6: 3, 4: 6, 0: 6, 5: 7), the four-time semi-finals at Wimbledon in 1998 (defeat to Pete Sampras 3: 6, 6: 4, 5: 7, 3: 6), 1999 (loss to Pete Sampras 6: 3, 4: 6, 3: 6, 4: 6), 2001 (loss to Goran Ivanišević with 5: 7, 7: 6, 6: 0, 6: 7, 3: 6) and 2002 (loss to Lleyton Hewitt 5: 7, 1: 6, 5: 7) and reaching the semifinals at the 2004 US Open (Defeat to Roger Federer 3: 6, 4: 6, 4: 6). In 1996 he won the silver medal in doubles with Neil Broad at the Olympic Games .
Tim Henman announced in August 2007 that he would step down in September 2007. His last appearance was at Wimbledon at a Davis Cup encounter.
Private
Tim Henman lives in London with his wife Lucy and the couple have three daughters.