David Sherwood
| Full name | David Sherwood |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) |
 Great Britain
|
| Residence | Sheffield, England |
| Born |
6 May 1980 Sheffield, England |
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Turned pro | 1998 |
| Retired | 21 January 2008 |
| Plays | Right-handed |
| Prize money | $126,338 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 1–3 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 214 (25 July 2005) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2005) |
| US Open | Q1 (2005) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 2–10 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 174 (1 December 2003) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | 1R (1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005) |
| Team competitions | |
| Davis Cup | World Group Play-Off (2005) |
| Last updated on: 6 March 2014. | |
David Sherwood is a tennis coach and former British 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,
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.
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.
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.
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.
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, to help Great Britain win 3-2.
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