David Sherwood
Full name | David Sherwood |
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Country (sports) | Great Britain |
Residence | Sheffield, England |
Born | Sheffield, England | 6 May 1980
Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
Turned pro | 1998 |
Retired | 21 January 2008 |
Plays | Right-handed |
Prize money | $126,338 |
Singles | |
Career record | 1–3 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 214 (25 July 2005) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Wimbledon | 2R (2005) |
US Open | Q1 (2005) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 2–10 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 174 (1 December 2003) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Wimbledon | 1R (1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005) |
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
Wimbledon | 1R (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005) |
Team competitions | |
Davis Cup | World Group Play-Off (2005) |
Last updated on: 16 October 2021. |
David Sherwood is a British tennis coach and retired tennis player. In his only live Davis Cup match, Sherwood played doubles with Andy Murray beating the Israeli World No 4 doubles team of Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram,[1]
Early and personal life[]
Sherwood is the son of Sheila Sherwood who won a silver medal in the long jump at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City and John Sherwood, who won a bronze medal in the 400m hurdles, and at the same Olympics.
Career[]
In 1997 he won the Australian Open boys' doubles title with fellow Brit James Trotman. They defeated South African pairing Jaco van der Westhuizen and Wesley Whitehouse 7-6, 6-3 in the final.
Sherwood, won futures tournaments in Wrexham and Edinburgh, and also reached the semi-final in Mulhouse and the final in Plaisir, France. [2]
By 2003, Sherwood had acquired a reputation for a lackadaisical attitude, a party loving life style and negatively influencing younger players. While at a Jamaica Futures event in November 2003, Sherwood delivered an on-court barrage at his Lawn Tennis Association coach. Back in the UK, he missed a training session claiming he was ill, despite living five minutes away from the LTA's headquarters with an on-site doctor. Next day, the LTA's team manager Mark Petchey expelled him from the LTA.[3][4]
With the support of his parents, Sherwood put his tennis career back on track. By November 2004, Mark Petchey was funding his coaching throughout the winter.[3]
In March 2005 Sherwood played doubles with Andy Murray in their joint Davis Cup debuts for the Europe/Africa Zone Group I match against Israel. Surprisingly, Sherwood/Murray beat the World No 4 doubles team of Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram,[1][5] to help Great Britain win 3-2. He entered the singles at Wimbledon in 2005, and defeated Ricardo Mello in the first round[6] before losing to Feliciano López.[7]
In September 2005, at the World Group Play-off against Switzerland, Sherwood was beaten in the first singles dead rubber, with Great Britain losing 5-0.
Since retiring from playing in 2008, Sherwood became a nationally recognised Lawn Tennis Association coach, coaching top performance players in the country.[1]
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals[]
Singles: 9 (3–6)[]
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Mar 2002 | India F1, Chennai | Futures | Hard | Branislav Sekac | 6–7(3–7), 3–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | Sep 2002 | Great Britain F8, Sunderland | Futures | Hard | Mark Hilton | 3–6, 5–7 |
Win | 1–2 | Oct 2003 | Great Britain F11, Edinburgh | Futures | Hard | Mark Hilton | 6–4, 6–3 |
Win | 2–2 | Aug 2004 | Great Britain F3, Wrexham | Futures | Hard | Mark Hilton | 7–6(7–5), 6–4 |
Loss | 2–3 | Sep 2004 | France F15, Plaisir | Futures | Hard | Julien Varlet | 3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 3–3 | Oct 2004 | Great Britain F5, Edinburgh | Futures | Hard | Tom Burn | 6–4, 6–1 |
Loss | 3–4 | Oct 2004 | Great Britain F6, Glasgow | Futures | Hard | Richard Bloomfield | 7–6(7–4), 2–6, 6–7(6–8) |
Loss | 3–5 | Oct 2004 | Great Britain F7, Sunderland | Futures | Hard | Alexander Flock | 2–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 3–6 | Jan 2005 | India F1, Mumbai | Futures | Hard | Simon Greul | 6–4, 3–6, 2–6 |
Doubles: 31 (16–15)[]
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Oct 1998 | Great Britain F8, Glasgow | Futures | Hard | James Davidson | Ross Matheson Tom Spinks |
6–4, 5–7, 6–4 |
Loss | 1–1 | Oct 1998 | Great Britain F10, Edinburgh | Futures | Hard | James Davidson | Ashley Naumann Andrew Rueb |
3–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 1–2 | Feb 1999 | Great Britain F2, Chigwell | Futures | Carpet | Tom Spinks | Leos Friedl Borut Urh |
6–7, 1–6 |
Loss | 1–3 | Aug 2000 | Great Britain F7, Hampstead | Futures | Hard | Simon Dickson | James Davidson Oliver Freelove |
2–4, 1–4, 0–4 |
Win | 2–3 | Mar 2002 | India F1, Chennai | Futures | Hard | Jonathan Marray | Rohan Bopanna Vijay Kannan |
3–6, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(10–8) |
Loss | 2–4 | May 2002 | Jamaica F4, Montego Bay | Futures | Hard | Jonathan Marray | Konstantinos Economidis Nikos Rovas |
4–6, 2–6 |
Win | 3–4 | May 2002 | Jamaica F6, Montego Bay | Futures | Hard | Jonathan Marray | Simon Larose Kiantki Thomas |
4–6, 2–1 ret. |
Loss | 3–5 | Sep 2002 | Great Britain F7, Glasgow | Futures | Hard | Jonathan Marray | Luke Bourgeois Alun Jones |
1–6, 2–6 |
Win | 4–5 | Sep 2002 | Great Britain F8, Sunderland | Futures | Hard | Jonathan Marray | Johannes Ager Alan Mackin |
7–6(7–2), 4–6, 6–4 |
Loss | 4–6 | Oct 2002 | Great Britain F9, Edinburgh | Futures | Hard | Jonathan Marray | Jakub Hasek Wesley Moodie |
3–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
Loss | 4–7 | Nov 2002 | USA F28, Costa Mesa | Futures | Hard | Richard Bloomfield | Prakash Amritraj Rajeev Ram |
2–6, 0–3 ret |
Win | 5–7 | Feb 2003 | Great Britain F3, Southampton | Futures | Hard | Jonathan Marray | Satoshi Iwabuchi Michihisa Onoda |
6–3, 7–5 |
Loss | 5–8 | Apr 2003 | Qatar F1, Doha | Futures | Hard | Jonathan Marray | Benjamin Cassaigne Rogier Wassen |
6–3, 6–7(6–8), 3–6 |
Win | 6–8 | Apr 2003 | Qatar F2, Doha | Futures | Hard | Jonathan Marray | Ivo Klec Aisam Qureshi |
3–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–3) |
Loss | 6–9 | Jul 2003 | Bristol, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | Daniel Kiernan | Jean-Francois Bachelot Nicolas Mahut |
6–7(4–7), 7–5, 6–7(5–7) |
Loss | 6–10 | Jul 2003 | Manchester, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | Daniel Kiernan | Arvind Parmar Martin Lee |
3–6, 6–2, 2–6 |
Win | 7–10 | Aug 2003 | Great Britain F8, London | Futures | Hard | Daniel Kiernan | Jonathan Marray Jamie Delgado |
walkover |
Loss | 7–11 | Sep 2003 | Great Britain F9, Sunderland | Futures | Hard | Daniel Kiernan | Jonathan Marray Mark Hilton |
3–6, 3–6 |
Win | 8–11 | Sep 2003 | Great Britain F10, Glasgow | Futures | Hard | Daniel Kiernan | Andy Murray Guy Thomas |
6–7(2–7), 6–0, 6–0 |
Win | 9–11 | Oct 2003 | Great Britain F11, Edinburgh | Futures | Hard | Daniel Kiernan | Aidan Graveson Thomas Greenland |
6–2, 6–3 |
Win | 10–11 | Oct 2003 | Jamaica F10, Montego Bay | Futures | Hard | Daniel Kiernan | Gyorgy Balazs Laszlo Fono |
7–6(7–5), 6–2 |
Win | 11–11 | Oct 2003 | Jamaica F11, Montego Bay | Futures | Hard | Daniel Kiernan | Dustin Brown Ryan Russell |
6–4, 2–0 ret. |
Win | 12–11 | Nov 2003 | Jamaica F12, Montego Bay | Futures | Hard | Daniel Kiernan | Jonathan Marray Mark Hilton |
6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 12–12 | May 2004 | Great Britain F1, Bournemouth | Futures | Clay | Oliver Freelove | James Auckland Thomas Blake |
4–6, 3–6 |
Win | 13–12 | Sep 2004 | France F14, Mulhouse | Futures | Hard | Jonathan Marray | Josselin Ouanna Alexandre Sidorenko |
6–2, 6–1 |
Win | 14–12 | Oct 2004 | Great Britain F6, Glasgow | Futures | Hard | Daniel Kiernan | Richard Bloomfield Chris Lewis |
6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 15–12 | Oct 2004 | Great Britain F7, Sunderland | Futures | Hard | Daniel Kiernan | Josh Goodall Miles Kasiri |
6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 16–12 | Mar 2005 | France F4, Lille | Futures | Hard | Mustafa Ghouse | Patrice Atias Frederic Jeanclaude |
6–4, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–3) |
Loss | 16–13 | Oct 2005 | France F16, Nevers | Futures | Hard | Kyle Spencer | Julien Jeanpierre Jean-Michel Pequery |
4–6, 7–6(9–7), 5–7 |
Loss | 16–14 | Nov 2005 | Belgium F1, Sint-Katelijne-Waver | Futures | Hard | Richard Bloomfield | Kirill Ivanov-Smolenskii Denis Matsukevitch |
5–7, 2–6 |
Loss | 16–15 | Mar 2006 | Great Britain F4, Manchester | Futures | Hard | Martin Lee | Jean-Francois Bachelot Aisam Qureshi |
1–6, 6–3, 2–6 |
Junior Grand Slam finals[]
Doubles: 1 (1 title)[]
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partnet | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1997 | Australian Open | Hard | James Trotman | Jaco Van Der Westhuizen Wesley Whitehouse |
7–6, 6–3 |
References[]
- ^ a b c "Remembering the day Andy Murray's Davis Cup adventure began". Herald Scotland. 23 November 2015.
- ^ "Bates calls up rookie to replace Henman". Telegraph. 21 February 2005.
- ^ a b "Tennis: Prodigal son returns". Times. 27 February 2005.
- ^ "Sherwood revival hits trouble". Telegraph. 23 June 2005.
- ^ "GB pair take stunning doubles win". BBC Sport. 5 March 2005.
- ^ "Briton Sherwood lands famous win". BBC. 20 June 2005. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ^ "Sherwood challenge ended by Lopez". BBC. 22 June 2005. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
External links[]
- David Sherwood at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- David Sherwood at the International Tennis Federation
- David Sherwood at the Davis Cup
- English male tennis players
- Sportspeople from Sheffield
- British male tennis players
- Living people
- 1980 births
- Tennis people from South Yorkshire
- Australian Open (tennis) junior champions
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles
- English tennis biography stubs