Mark Woodforde

Full name	Mark Raymond Woodforde
Country	Australia
Residence	Rancho Mirage, California, United States
Born	(1965-09-23) 23 September 1965 (age 47) Adelaide, Australia
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	88 kg (190 lb; 13.9 st)
Turned pro	1984
Retired	2000
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$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)
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)
Olympic Games	Gold Medal (1996) Silver Medal (2000)
Mixed Doubles
Career titles	5
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	W (1992, 1996)
French Open	W (1992)
Wimbledon	W (1993)
US Open	W (1992)
Last updated on: 7 November 2012.

Mark Raymond Woodforde, OAM^[1] (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.^[2] 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).

Woodforde's other career highlights included a gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, and a silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Woodforde played for the Australian Davis Cup Team in three Davis Cup finals, including teaming with Woodbridge to clinch the 1999 win over France in Paris to give Australia its first Davis Cup victory in 13 years.

Woodforde retired from professional tennis in 2000 after a Davis Cup final loss to Spain, and was appointed the coach of Australia's Fed Cup team in 2003.

In January 2010 on Australia Day, the Woodies were inducted to the Australian tennis hall of fame for their spectacular achievements in tennis. As a part of the induction ceremony their bronzed statues were placed with other great Australian tennis players at the Melbourne park.

Grand Slam finals [edit]

Men's doubles: 16 (12 titles, 4 runner-ups) [edit]

By winning the 2000 French Open, Woodforde completed the Career Grand Slam.

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1989	US Open	Hard	John McEnroe	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Winner	1992	Australian Open	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Kelly Jones Rick Leach	6–4, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	1993	Wimbledon	Grass	Todd Woodbridge	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	7–6, 6–3, 7–6
Winner	1994	Wimbledon	Grass	Todd Woodbridge	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	7–6, 6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	1994	US Open	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	3–6, 6–7(6)
Winner	1995	Wimbledon	Grass	Todd Woodbridge	Rick Leach Scott Melville	7–5, 7–6, 7–6
Winner	1995	US Open	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Alex O'Brien Sandon Stolle	6–3, 6–3
Winner	1996	Wimbledon	Grass	Todd Woodbridge	Byron Black Grant Connell	4–6, 6–1, 6–3, 6–2
Winner	1996	US Open	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	4–6, 7–6, 7–6
Winner	1997	Australian Open	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	4–6, 7–5, 7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	1997	French Open	Clay	Todd Woodbridge	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek	6–7(12), 6–4, 3–6
Winner	1997	Wimbledon	Grass	Todd Woodbridge	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	7–6, 7–6, 5–7, 6–3
Runner-up	1998	Australian Open	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Jonas Björkman Jacco Eltingh	2–6, 7–5, 6–2, 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	1998	Wimbledon	Grass	Todd Woodbridge	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6–2, 4–6, 6–7(3), 7–5, 8–10
Winner	2000	French Open	Clay	Todd Woodbridge	Paul Haarhuis Sandon Stolle	7–6, 6–4
Winner	2000	Wimbledon	Grass	Todd Woodbridge	Paul Haarhuis Sandon Stolle	6–3, 6–4, 6–1

Mixed doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups) [edit]

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1992	Australian Open	Hard	Nicole Provis	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Todd Woodbridge	6–3, 4–6, 11–9
Winner	1992	French Open	Clay	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	lori McNeil Bryan Shelton	6-2, 6-3
Winner	1992	US Open	Hard	Nicole Provis	Helena Suková Tom Nijssen	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Winner	1993	Wimbledon	Grass	Martina Navrátilová	Manon Bollegraf Tom Nijssen	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	1993	US Open	Hard	Martina Navrátilová	Helena Suková Todd Woodbridge	3–6, 6–7
Winner	1996	Australian Open	Hard	Nicole Provis	Larisa Savchenko Neiland Luke Jensen	4–6, 7–5, 6–0
Runner-up	1996	Wimbledon	Grass	Larisa Savchenko Neiland	Helena Suková Cyril Suk	6–1, 3–6, 2–6

Titles (67) [edit]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	29 July 1985	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Carl Limberger	Stefan Simonsson Hans Simonsson	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	12 January 1987	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Carl Limberger	Kelly Jones Brad Pearce	6–7, 6–7
Runner-up	3.	20 July 1987	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Darren Cahill	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	31 August 1987	Rye Brook, U.S.	Hard	Carl Limberger	Lloyd Bourne Jeff Klaparda	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	5.	4 January 1988	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Carl Limberger	Darren Cahill Mark Kratzmann	6–4, 2–6, 5–7
Winner	1.	26 September 1988	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	John McEnroe	Libor Pimek Michiel Schapers	6–4, 6–4
Winner	2.	3 October 1988	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	John McEnroe	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	6–4, 7–6
Winner	3.	1 May 1989	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Tomáš Šmíd	Paolo Canè Diego Nargiso	1–6, 6–4, 6–2
Winner	4.	1 May 1989	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	John McEnroe	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	6.	1 October 1990	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Brian Garrow	Jason Stoltenberg Todd Woodbridge	6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Winner	5.	18 February 1991	Brussels, Belgium	Carpet	Todd Woodbridge	Libor Pimek Michiel Schapers	6–3, 6–0
Winner	6.	11 March 1991	Copenhagen, Denmark	Carpet	Todd Woodbridge	Mansour Bahrami Andrei Olhovskiy	6–3, 6–1
Winner	7.	17 June 1991	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Todd Woodbridge	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	7–6, 6–4
Winner	8.	30 September 1991	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	John Fitzgerald Glenn Michibata	7–6, 6–3
Winner	9.	27 January 1992	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Kelly Jones Rick Leach	6–4, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	10.	17 February 1992	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Kevin Curren Gary Muller	7–6, 6–1
Winner	11.	24 February 1992	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet	Todd Woodbridge	Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg	6–4, 7–6
Winner	12.	6 April 1992	Singapore	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	6–7, 6–2, 6–4
Winner	13.	17 August 1992	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Patrick McEnroe Jonathan Stark	7–6, 6–4
Winner	14.	19 October 1992	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Hard (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg	7–6, 7–6
Winner	15.	2 November 1992	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet	Todd Woodbridge	Steve DeVries David Macpherson	6–3, 6–4
Winner	16.	29 November 1992	Doubles Championships, Johannesburg	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–2, 7–6, 5–7, 3–6, 6–3
Winner	17.	11 January 1993	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	John Fitzgerald Laurie Warder	6–4, 7–5
Winner	18.	15 February 1993	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Winner	19.	14 June 1993	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Todd Woodbridge	Neil Broad Gary Muller	6–4, 6–7, 6–3
Winner	20.	5 July 1993	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Todd Woodbridge	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	7–6, 6–3, 7–6
Winner	21.	1 November 1993	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet	Todd Woodbridge	Gary Muller Danie Visser	7–6, 5–7, 7–6
Runner-up	7.	28 November 1993	Doubles Championships, Johannesburg	Hard (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6–7, 6–7, 4–6
Winner	22.	7 February 1994	Dubai, UAE	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Darren Cahill John Fitzgerald	6–7, 6–4, 6–2
Winner	23.	18 April 1994	Nice, France	Clay	Javier Sánchez	Hendrik Jan Davids Piet Norval	7–5, 6–3
Winner	24.	9 May 1994	Pinehurst, U.S.	Clay	Todd Woodbridge	Jared Palmer Richey Reneberg	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Runner-up	8.	13 June 1994	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Todd Woodbridge	Jan Apell Jonas Björkman	7–5, 6–7, 4–6
Winner	25.	4 July 1994	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Todd Woodbridge	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	7–6, 6–3, 6–1
Winner	26.	8 August 1994	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	John Fitzgerald	Scott Davis Brian MacPhie	4–6, 6–2, 6–0
Winner	27.	22 August 1994	Indianapolis, U.S.	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	9.	12 September 1994	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	3–6, 6–7
Winner	28.	31 October 1994	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet	Todd Woodbridge	Jan Apell Jonas Björkman	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Runner-up	10.	28 November 1994	Doubles Championships, Jakarta	Hard (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Jan Apell Jonas Björkman	4–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–7, 6–7
Winner	29.	16 January 1995	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Trevor Kronemann David Macpherson	7–6, 6–4
Winner	30.	27 March 1995	Miami, U.S.	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Jim Grabb Patrick McEnroe	6–4, 3–6, 7–6
Winner	31.	15 May 1995	Pinehurst, U.S.	Clay	Todd Woodbridge	Alex O'Brien Sandon Stolle	6–2, 6–4
Winner	32	22 May 1995	Delray Beach, U.S.	Clay	Todd Woodbridge	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	6–3, 6–1
Winner	33.	10 July 1995	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Todd Woodbridge	Rick Leach Scott Melville	7–5, 7–6, 7–6
Winner	34.	14 August 1995	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–4, 6–4
Winner	35.	11 September 1995	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Alex O'Brien Sandon Stolle	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	11.	23 October 1995	Vienna, Austria	Carpet	Todd Woodbridge	Ellis Ferreira Jan Siemerink	4–6, 5–7
Winner	36.	8 January 1996	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Jonas Björkman Tommy Ho	7–5, 7–6
Runner-up	12.	26 February 1996	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	4–6, 5–7
Winner	37.	4 March 1996	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet	Todd Woodbridge	Byron Black Grant Connell	7–6, 6–2
Winner	38.	18 March 1996	Indian Wells, U.S.	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Brian MacPhie Michael Tebbutt	6–3, 6–4
Winner	39.	1 April 1996	Miami, U.S.	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith	6–3, 6–7, 7–6
Winner	40.	22 April 1996	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Mark Knowles Rick Leach	6–2, 6–3
Winner	41.	20 May 1996	Coral Springs, U.S.	Clay	Todd Woodbridge	Ivan Baron Brett Hansen-Dent	6–3, 6–3
Winner	42.	17 June 1996	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Todd Woodbridge	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	6–2, 6–7, 6–3
Winner	43.	8 July 1996	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Todd Woodbridge	Byron Black Grant Connell	4–6, 6–1, 6–3, 6–2
Winner	44.	29 July 1996	Atlanta Olympics, U.S.	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Neil Broad Tim Henman	6–4, 6–4, 6–2
Winner	45.	9 September 1996	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	4–6, 7–6, 7–6
Winner	46.	7 October 1996	Singapore	Carpet	Todd Woodbridge	Martin Damm Andrei Olhovskiy	7–6, 7–6
Winner	47.	17 November 1996	Doubles Championships, Hartford	Carpet	Todd Woodbridge	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 7–6
Runner-up	13.	6 January 1997	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Patrick Rafter Bryan Shelton	4–6, 6–1, 3–6
Winner	48.	27 January 1997	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	4–6, 7–5, 7–5, 6–3
Winner	49.	31 March 1997	Miami, U.S.	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Runner-up	14.	9 June 1997	French Open, Paris	Clay	Todd Woodbridge	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek	6–7, 6–4, 3–6
Winner	50.	7 July 1997	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Todd Woodbridge	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	7–6, 7–6, 5–7, 6–3
Winner	51.	11 August 1997	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Mark Philippoussis Patrick Rafter	6–4, 6–2
Winner	52.	27 October 1997	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Carpet	Todd Woodbridge	Rick Leach Jonathan Stark	7–6, 7–6
Winner	53.	19 January 1998	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Jacco Eltingh Daniel Nestor	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	15.	2 February 1998	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Jonas Björkman Jacco Eltingh	2–6, 7–5, 6–2, 4–6, 3–6
Winner	54.	16 February 1998	San Jose, U.S.	Hard (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Nelson Aerts André Sá	6–1, 7–5
Winner	55.	23 February 1998	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Ellis Ferreira David Roditi	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	16.	27 April 1998	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Todd Woodbridge	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	4–6, 2–6
Winner	56.	4 May 1998	Munich, Germany	Clay	Todd Woodbridge	Joshua Eagle Andrew Florent	6–0, 6–3
Runner-up	17.	6 July 1998	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Todd Woodbridge	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6–2, 4–6, 6–7, 7–5, 8–10
Runner-up	18.	12 October 1998	Shanghai, China	Carpet	Todd Woodbridge	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	4–6, 7–6, 6–7
Winner	57.	19 October 1998	Singapore	Carpet	Todd Woodbridge	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	6–2, 6–3
Winner	58.	15 February 1999	San Jose, U.S.	Hard (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Aleksandar Kitinov Nenad Zimonjić	7–5, 6–7, 6–4
Winner	59.	22 February 1999	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	19.	3 May 1999	Atlanta, U.S.	Clay	Todd Woodbridge	Patrick Galbraith Justin Gimelstob	7–5, 6–7, 3–6
Runner-up	20.	14 June 1999	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Todd Woodbridge	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	3–6, 6–7
Runner-up	21.	16 August 1999	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Byron Black Jonas Björkman	3–6, 6–7
Runner-up	22.	11 October 1999	Shanghai, China	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Sébastien Lareau Daniel Nestor	5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	23.	18 October 1999	Singapore	Carpet	Todd Woodbridge	Max Mirnyi Eric Taino	3–6, 4–6
Winner	60.	10 January 2000	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Lleyton Hewitt Sandon Stolle	6–4, 6–2
Winner	61.	17 January 2000	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Lleyton Hewitt Sandon Stolle	7–5, 6–4
Winner	62.	3 April 2000	Miami, U.S.	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Martin Damm Dominik Hrbatý	6–4, 6–1
Winner	63.	22 May 2000	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Todd Woodbridge	Wayne Arthurs Sandon Stolle	6–7, 6–4, 6–3
Winner	64.	12 June 2000	French Open, Paris	Clay	Todd Woodbridge	Paul Haarhuis Sandon Stolle	7–6, 6–4
Winner	65.	19 June 2000	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Todd Woodbridge	Jonathan Stark Eric Taino	7–6, 6–4
Winner	66.	10 July 2000	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Todd Woodbridge	Paul Haarhuis Sandon Stolle	6–3, 6–4, 6–1
Winner	67.	14 August 2000	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	7–6, 6–4
Runner-up	24.	2 October 2000	Sydney Olympics, Australia	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Sébastien Lareau Daniel Nestor	7–5, 3–6, 4–6, 6–7

Singles titles (4) [edit]

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	20 January 1986	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Bud Schultz	6–4, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Winner	2.	4 January 1988	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Wally Masur	6–2, 6–4
Winner	3.	9 January 1989	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Patrik Kühnen	7–5, 1–6, 7–5
Runner-up	1.	9 October 1989	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Nicklas Kroon	6–4, 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	10 August 1992	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Richard Krajicek	4–6, 6–2, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	16 November 1992	Antwerp, Belgium	Carpet	Richard Krajicek	2–6, 2–6
Winner	4.	22 February 1993	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet	Ivan Lendl	5–4, ret.
Runner-up	4.	8 August 1994	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Boris Becker	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	5.	19 October 1998	Singapore	Carpet	Marcelo Ríos	4–6, 2–6

Doubles performance timeline [edit]

References [edit]

External links [edit]

• Mark Woodforde at the Association of Tennis Professionals