Country (sports) | Great Britain |
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Residence | East Horsley Surrey, England, UK |
Born | Guildford, Surrey, England | 27 November 1987
Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)[1] |
Turned pro | 2007 |
Retired | 2012 |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $169,080 |
Singles | |
Career record | 2–2 (in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draws, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 317 (15 June 2009) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Wimbledon | 2R (2008) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 3–5 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draws, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 147 (2 May 2011) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Wimbledon | 3R (2010) |
Team competitions | |
Davis Cup | Euro/Africa Zone Group I 1R (2009) |
Last updated on: 17 June 2021. |
Christopher Philip Eaton (born 27 November 1987) is a British retired tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 317 in June 2009, and his career-high doubles ranking of World No. 147 in May 2011. Eaton is currently the assistant coach at Wake Forest University.
In February 2009, Eaton played what was then the longest tennis match in history, lasting 6 hours and 40 minutes, eventually beating James Ward 21–19 in the fifth set. This was a playoff match to decide the Davis Cup team, but it was not sanctioned by the ATP, so was not an official record, and it was later broken.[2]