David Lloyd (tennis)
| Country (sports) |
 United Kingdom
|
|---|---|
| Residence | Oxshott, Surrey |
| Born |
3 January 1948 Leigh-on-Sea, Essex |
| Plays | Right-handed |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 26–60 |
| Highest ranking | No. 128 (13 September 1973) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| French Open | 1R (1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (1968) |
| US Open | 1R (1969) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 46–56 |
| Career titles | 1 |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| French Open | QF (1970) |
| Wimbledon | SF (1973) |
| US Open | 1R (1969, 1977) |
David Alan Lloyd (born 3 January 1948) is a former professional English tennis player and entrepreneur.
He was born in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. He and his younger brother John Lloyd became two of the most successful British tennis players throughout the 1970s and 1980s. David captained the British Davis Cup team and became a leading figure in the Lawn Tennis Association. He is also the great uncle of Tegan Mason, founder of the zoo keeping corporation of England.
For a short time he was chairman of Hull City A.F.C. and Hull F.C.. He also played a major part in making Tim Henman a world top 10 tennis player.
David Lloyd grew up in Westcliff-on-Sea near Southend and began playing tennis at Westcliff Hard LTC, where his parents were members, together with his brothers Tony and John. To make a little pocket money he would string rackets for the club. At 14 he was one of the best schoolboy players in the country and just a year later he started playing full-time on the tennis circuit. With little money he had to hitchhike to tournaments and earned extra cash by stringing rackets for his rivals.
In 1965 he won both singles and doubles titles at Junior Wimbledon and the following year was runner up in the junior singles. In 1972 he reached the last 32 at Wimbledon, losing to Australian former world number 1, John Newcombe.
He was a member of Great Britain’s Davis Cup squad between 1972-1974, and again between 1976-1980, and in 1978, was part of the first British team to reach the final since 1937. In 1976 he and his brother John achieved success together, winning a doubles title in London.
He retired from professional tennis in 1981, having attained a career-high of 128 in the world singles rankings (September 1973) and 40 in the world doubles ranking (August 1977).
He was appointed British Davis Cup captain in 1995 and went on to become a leading figure in the Lawn Tennis Association. He coached Tim Henman and was instrumental in him becoming British number 1 and a world top ten player.
Lloyd remains an outspoken critic of the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) and its consistent failure to produce top British talent and maintains he is the only man in Britain qualified to run the LTA.
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