The Open Era
Australia · born Sydney, 1971 · nine times Wimbledon doubles champion, a record
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9
Wimbledon men's doubles titles, a record
5
Wimbledon doubles titles in a row, 1993 to 1997
16
Major men's doubles titles, plus six mixed
204
Weeks as world No. 1 in doubles
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Wimbledon singles semi-final, 1997
Born in Sydney in 1971, Woodbridge turned professional in 1988 and first reached No. 1 in doubles in July 1992. With Mark Woodforde, as the Woodies, he won 61 ATP doubles titles, eleven majors and Olympic gold at Atlanta in 1996, with silver at Sydney in 2000. After Woodforde retired in 2000 he won five more majors with Jonas Björkman, for a total of 16 in men's doubles, and he won six mixed titles with four partners. He spent 204 weeks as doubles No. 1. In singles he rose to No. 19 after reaching the Wimbledon semi-finals in 1997. He played Davis Cup for 14 years and was on the winning sides of 1999 and 2003. He retired at Wimbledon in 2005, moved into television commentary and entered the Hall of Fame with Woodforde in 2010.
| Major singles finals lost | 2: Australian (1987); Wimbledon (1989) |
|---|---|
| Major doubles titles | 3: Wimbledon (1987, 1988); Australian (1987) |
| Wimbledon doubles | 9 titles: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 and 2000 with Mark Woodforde; 2002, 2003 and 2004 with Jonas Björkman. Final lost 1998 |
| Wimbledon mixed | Won 1994 with Helena Suková, beat T. J. Middleton and Lori McNeil 3-6, 7-5, 6-3. Final lost 2004 with Alicia Molik to Wayne and Cara Black, after six match points |
| Wimbledon singles | Semi-final 1997, lost to Pete Sampras |
| Other grass doubles titles | Queen's Club 1991, 1993, 1996 and 2000; Halle 2003 with Björkman; Nottingham 2004 with Paul Hanley |
| Finals to remember | 1997: with Woodforde beat Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis 7-6, 7-6, 5-7, 6-3 for a fifth title in a row. 1998: lost to the same pair 6-2, 4-6, 6-7, 7-5, 8-10 |
| Davis Cup on grass | 2003 final against Spain, on grass laid in Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne: with Wayne Arthurs beat Àlex Corretja and Feliciano López 6-3, 6-1, 6-3 as Australia won the Cup |
| Wimbledon | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Men's doubles | with Mark Woodforde |
| 1994 | Men's doubles | with Mark Woodforde |
| 1994 | Mixed doubles | with Helena Suková |
| 1995 | Men's doubles | with Mark Woodforde |
| 1996 | Men's doubles | with Mark Woodforde |
| 1997 | Men's doubles | with Mark Woodforde |
| 2000 | Men's doubles | with Mark Woodforde |
| 2002 | Men's doubles | with Jonas Björkman |
| 2003 | Men's doubles | with Jonas Björkman |
| 2004 | Men's doubles | with Jonas Björkman |
| Queen's Club | ||
| 1991 | Men's doubles | with Mark Woodforde |
| 1993 | Men's doubles | with Mark Woodforde |
| 1996 | Men's doubles | with Mark Woodforde |
| 2000 | Men's doubles | with Mark Woodforde |
| Halle | ||
| 2003 | Men's doubles | with Jonas Björkman |
| Nottingham | ||
| 2004 | Men's doubles | with Paul Hanley |
Leading grass titles only: the grass majors, tour-level grass events since 1968 and the leading grass championships before 1968. † single source; ‡ sources disagree. Roll of champions
"I felt I had so many good, strong memories here, it was the right place to do it."
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Wimbledon 1989 · First round
In the first round in 1989 he beat a young Pete Sampras, who was playing his first match at Wimbledon. Eight years later the two met again, in the 1997 semi-finals, and this time Sampras won. It was the best singles result of Woodbridge's career and lifted him to No. 19 in the world.
Source: WikipediaEarly 1990s
Mark Woodforde later admitted the partnership began badly: "We got our butts kicked so badly we were thinking 'there's nothing here between us.'" At their second tournament together they beat a seeded team, and he decided: "There was something there." They went on to win 61 ATP titles, ten of them on grass.
Source: Yahoo Sport AustraliaWimbledon 1997
Seeded first, he and Woodforde beat Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis 7-6, 7-6, 5-7, 6-3 for their fifth Wimbledon title in a row. That equalled the five straight won by Reggie and Laurie Doherty from 1897 to 1901. The Dutch pair had their revenge a year later, winning the 1998 final 10-8 in the fifth set.
Source: The Spokesman-ReviewWimbledon 2001 · Qualifying
Already the holder of six Wimbledon doubles titles, he played singles qualifying in 2001 and beat Johan Örtegren 6-0, 6-0, 6-0. A triple bagel is rare at any level, and by 2017 only 17 players of the Open Era had recorded one.
Source: WikipediaWimbledon 2004
With Jonas Björkman he won a ninth men's doubles title and passed the Doherty brothers, whose last Wimbledon title came in 1905. A tenth Wimbledon title was on offer the same weekend in the mixed with Alicia Molik, but they failed to convert six match points against Wayne and Cara Black, who came back from 2-6 in a second-set tiebreak.
Source: The Spokesman-ReviewWimbledon 2005
He and Mahesh Bhupathi lost in the second round of the doubles, and at 34 he announced his retirement on the spot. "I didn't even come to this tournament planning to retire," he said, explaining that Australia's Davis Cup team needed to know where it stood before its quarter-final against Argentina.
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