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| Full name | Timothy Henry Henman | |||||||||||
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| Country (sports) |  Great Britain | |||||||||||
| Residence | Aston Tirrold, Oxfordshire, England | |||||||||||
| Born | 6 September 1974 Oxford, England | |||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |||||||||||
| Turned pro | 1993 (amateur tour from 1992) | |||||||||||
| Retired | 23 September 2007 | |||||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) | |||||||||||
| Coach | David Felgate (1992–2001) Larry Stefanki (2001–2003) Paul Annacone (2003–2007) | |||||||||||
| Prize money | $11,635,542 | |||||||||||
| Singles | ||||||||||||
| Career record | 496–274 | |||||||||||
| Career titles | 11 | |||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 4 (8 July 2002) | |||||||||||
| Grand Slam singles results | ||||||||||||
| Australian Open | 4R (2000, 2001, 2002) | |||||||||||
| French Open | SF (2004) | |||||||||||
| Wimbledon | SF (1998, 1999, 2001, 2002) | |||||||||||
| US Open | SF (2004) | |||||||||||
| Other tournaments | ||||||||||||
| Tour Finals | SF (1998) | |||||||||||
| Grand Slam Cup | SF (1996) | |||||||||||
| Olympic Games | 2R (1996) | |||||||||||
| Doubles | ||||||||||||
| Career record | 89–81 | |||||||||||
| Career titles | 4 | |||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 62 (21 February 2000) | |||||||||||
| Grand Slam doubles results | ||||||||||||
| Australian Open | 1R (1996, 1997, 1998) | |||||||||||
| French Open | 3R (1996) | |||||||||||
| Wimbledon | 2R (1994) | |||||||||||
| US Open | 2R (1996) | |||||||||||
| Other doubles tournaments | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Timothy Henry Henman OBE (born 6 September 1974) is a British former professional tennis player. Henman played a serve-and-volley style of tennis. He was the first British man to reach the singles semifinals of Wimbledon since Roger Taylor in the 1970s. Henman reached six major semifinals and won 15 career ATP Tour titles (eleven in singles and four in doubles), including the 2003 Paris Masters. He also earned a 40–14 win-loss record with the Great Britain Davis Cup team.
Henman was the British No. 1 player in 1996 and again from 1999 to 2005, at which point he was overtaken by Andy Murray. He reached a career-high ranking of world No. 4 three different times between July 2002 and October 2004.[1] He is one of the most successful British players of the Open Era, winning $11,635,542 prize money. In the 2004 New Year Honours, he was appointed an OBE.[2]
Henman started playing tennis before the age of three, and began systematic training in the Slater Squad at eleven.[citation needed] After suffering a serious injury which affected him for the better part of two years, he began touring internationally as a junior and achieved some successes. He rose quickly up the ATP rankings, and by 1996 had reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon. For most of his career, Henman was considered a grass court specialist, reaching four Wimbledon semifinals in the five years between 1998 and 2002. He also achieved considerable success on hard courts early in his career, with his first title on the top tier ATP tour won in Sydney with a straight sets win over Carlos Moya. He became comfortable on clay only later in his career, when in 2004 he reached the semifinals of the French. Henman retired from professional tennis in late 2007, but remains active on the ATP Champions Tour (a tour for former professional tennis players).
- ^ "Tim Henman: Player Profile". atpworldtour.com. Archived from the original on 12 June 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
- ^ "No. 57155". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2003. p. 11.