Full name | Mark Raymond Woodforde | ||||||||||||
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Country (sports) | Australia | ||||||||||||
Residence | Rancho Mirage, California, United States | ||||||||||||
Born |
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
23 September 1965 ||||||||||||
Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||
Turned pro | 1984 | ||||||||||||
Retired | 2000 | ||||||||||||
Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) | ||||||||||||
Prize money | US$ 8,571,605 | ||||||||||||
Int. Tennis HoF | 2010 (member page) | ||||||||||||
Singles | |||||||||||||
Career record | 319–312 | ||||||||||||
Career titles | 4 | ||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 19 (22 April 1996) | ||||||||||||
Grand Slam Singles results | |||||||||||||
Australian Open | SF (1996) | ||||||||||||
French Open | 4R (1997) | ||||||||||||
Wimbledon | 4R (1988, 1990, 1997) | ||||||||||||
US Open | 4R (1987, 1988) | ||||||||||||
Other tournaments | |||||||||||||
Grand Slam Cup | QF (1996) | ||||||||||||
Doubles | |||||||||||||
Career record | 647–248 | ||||||||||||
Career titles | 67 | ||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 1 (16 November 1992) | ||||||||||||
Grand Slam Doubles results | |||||||||||||
Australian Open | W (1992, 1997) | ||||||||||||
French Open | W (2000) | ||||||||||||
Wimbledon | W (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000) | ||||||||||||
US Open | W (1989, 1995, 1996) | ||||||||||||
Other doubles tournaments | |||||||||||||
Tour Finals | W (1992, 1996) | ||||||||||||
Mixed doubles | |||||||||||||
Career titles | 5 | ||||||||||||
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |||||||||||||
Australian Open | W (1992, 1996) | ||||||||||||
French Open | W (1995) | ||||||||||||
Wimbledon | W (1993) | ||||||||||||
US Open | W (1992) | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mark Raymond Woodforde, OAM (born 23 September 1965) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. He is best known as one half of "The Woodies", a doubles partnership with Todd Woodbridge.
Woodforde was born in Adelaide, and joined the men's professional tennis ATP Tour in 1984. Woodforde won four singles titles, including his hometown Adelaide tournament twice. His best result in a Grand Slam was reaching the semi-final of the Australian Open in 1996, his 38th Grand Slam singles tournament, which remains a record for the longest time taken to reach a maiden semi-final. Woodforde is best known for his doubles success, having won twelve Grand Slam doubles titles in his career – one French Open, two Australian Opens, three U.S. Opens, and a record six Wimbledons. Eleven of these victories came as a member of the Woodies, and he won the 1989 U.S. Open doubles with John McEnroe. He also won five Grand Slam mixed doubles titles – one French Open, two Australian Opens, one U.S. Open, and one Wimbledon; thus making an overall total of 17 Grand Slam doubles titles. He reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in November 1992.
He enjoyed the greatest success of his career when playing men's doubles with Woodbridge, combining his left-hand baseline play with Woodbridge's swift volleying reflexes at the net. They were the ATP Doubles Team of the Year four times, and all together the Woodies won 61 ATP doubles tournaments (Woodforde won 67 in his career).