Mark Woodforde

Mark Woodforde

Born: September 23, 1965
Age: 59
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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).

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.

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Grand Slam finals

Men's doubles: 16 (12 titles, 4 runners-up)

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: 7 (5 titles, 2 runners-up)

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 US Open Hard Nicole Provis Helena Suková
Tom Nijssen
4-6, 6-3, 6-3
Winner 1993 Wimbledon Grass Martina Navratilova Manon Bollegraf
Tom Nijssen
6-3, 6-4
Runner-up 1993 US Open Hard Martina Navratilova Helena Suková
Todd Woodbridge
3-6, 6-7
Winner 1995 French Open Clay Larisa Savchenko-Neiland Jill Hetherington
John-Laffnie de Jager
7-6(10-8), 7-6(7-4)
Winner 1996 Australian Open Hard Larisa Savchenko Neiland Nicole Arendt
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

Career finals

Doubles (67-24)

Legend
Grand Slam (12)
Tennis Masters Cup (2)
Olympic Gold (1)
ATP Masters Series (14)
ATP Championship Series (11)
ATP Tour (27)
Titles by Surface
Hard (36)
Clay (9)
Grass (10)
Carpet (12)
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 (4-5)

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

Tournament 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 SR W-L
Grand Slams
Australian Open 1R 1R NH 1R 2R SF 2R SF W 1R QF 3R 1R W F SF SF 2 / 16 40-14
French Open A A 2R 2R SF 3R A 3R 3R SF QF 1R SF F 3R 1R W 1 / 14 36-13
Wimbledon A A 3R QF QF 2R A QF SF W W W W W F QF W 6 / 14 59-8
US Open A A A 1R 2R W 1R SF SF 3R F W W 1R 3R QF 2R 3 / 14 39-11
SR 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 4 1 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 4 1 / 4 1 / 4 1 / 4 2 / 4 2 / 4 2 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 2 / 4 12 / 58 N/A
Win-Loss 0-1 0-1 3-2 4-4 9-4 13-3 1-2 13-4 16-3 12-3 16-3 14-2 16-2 17-2 14-4 9-4 17-2 N/A 174-46
Year End Championships
Tennis Masters Cup A A A A A A A SF W F F SF W RR RR SF A 2 / 9 25-13
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells Not

Masters Series Events

Before 1990
A A QF A QF SF W SF 2R 2R QF 1 / 8 11-7
Miami A A A A 3R W W W 2R 3R W 4 / 7 17-3
Monte Carlo A 2R A A 2R 2R A A F 2R A 0 / 5 5-5
Rome A 1R 1R A A A A 1R 1R A 2R 0 / 5 1-5
Hamburg A 1R A A A A A A A A W 1 / 2 5-1
Canada 2R SF A A A A QF A A 1R A 0 / 4 5-4
Cincinnati 1R 1R W 1R SF W QF W QF F W 4 / 11 25-7
Stuttgart (Stockholm) A A W W W SF QF W QF SF 1R 4 / 9 20-5
Paris A QF 2R QF SF SF SF 2R QF QF A 0 / 9 10-9
SR N/A 0 / 2 0 / 6 2 / 5 1 / 3 1 / 6 2 / 6 2 / 6 3 / 6 0 / 7 0 / 7 3 / 6 14 / 60 N/A
Win-Loss N/A 1-2 5-6 9-3 5-2 10-5 13-4 14-4 15-3 6-7 8-7 18-3 N/A 99-46
Ranking 193 141 140 53 18 6 118 11 1 8 3 2 1 2 6 11 1

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