Mark Woodforde

Tennis Player Profiles

Singles
Country	Australia
Residence	Rancho Mirage, CA
Date of birth	23 September 1965 (1965-09-23) (age 44)
Place of birth	Adelaide
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	1984
Retired	2000
Plays	Left-handed (one-handed backhand)
Career prize money	US$8,571,605
Career record	319–312
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 19 (22 April 1996)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	SF (1996)
French Ovpen	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)
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: 16 July 2008.

Most popularly memorized as one half of "The Woodies", a doubles partnership with Todd Woodbridge as they won together 61 matches. But Mark Woodforde alone achieved 67 in his career.

PERSONAL DETAILS

Mark Woodforde a retired professional tennis player from Australia was born in Adelaide and Tour in 1984 he joined the men's professional tennis ATP.

AWARDS

Woodforde achieved four singles titles along with his hometown Adelaide tournament twice.

Woodforde also captured twelve Grand Slam doubles titles in his career which includes , two Australian Opens, one French Openthree U.S. Opens, and a record six Wimbledons.

He also caputured the 1989 U.S. Open doubles with John McEnroe partnership.

He was awarded with gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, and a silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

He also achieved five Grand Slam mixed doubles titles - two Australian Opens, one U.S. Open, one French Open and one Wimbledon.

Men's Tennis
Olympic medal record
Gold	1996 Atlanta	Doubles
Silver	2000 Sydney	Doubles

Grand Slam finals

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

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	6–3, 7–6(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	7–6(12), 4–6, 6–3
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	6–2, 5–7, 2–6, 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	1998	Wimbledon	Grass	Todd Woodbridge	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	2–6, 6–4, 7–6(3), 5–7, 10–8
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 runner-ups)

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	6–3, 7–6
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	1–6, 6–3, 6–2

Titles (67)

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

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

Runner-ups (24)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	29 July 1985	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Carl Limberger	Stefan Simonsson Hans Simonsson	6–3, 6–4
2.	12 January 1987	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Carl Limberger	Kelly Jonves Brad Pearce	7–6, 7–6
3.	20 July 1987	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Darren Cahill	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	6–3, 6–3
4.	31 August 1987	Rye Brook, U.S.	Hard	Carl Limberger	Lloyd Bourne Jeff Klaparda	6–3, 6–3
5.	4 January 1988	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Carl Limberger	Darren Cahill Mark Kratzmann	4–6, 6–2, 7–5
6.	1 October 1990	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Brian Garrow	Jason Stoltenberg Todd Woodbridge	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
7.	28 November 1993	Doubles Championships, Johannesburg	Hard (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	7–6, 7–6, 6–4
8.	13 June 1994	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Todd Woodbridge	Jan Apell Jonas Björkman	5–7, 7–6, 6–4
9.	12 September 1994	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6–3, 7–6
10.	28 November 1994	Doubles Championships, Jakarta	Hard (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Jan Apell Jonas Björkman	6–4, 4–6, 4–6, 7–6, 7–6
11.	23 October 1995	Vienna, Austria	Carpet	Todd Woodbridge	Ellis Ferreira Jan Siemerink	6–4, 7–5
12.	26 February 1996	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	7–6, 1–6, 6–4
13.	6 January 1997	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Patrick Rafter Bryan Shelton	6–4, 1–6, 6–3
14.	9 June 1997	French Open, Paris	Clay	Todd Woodbridge	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek	7–6, 4–6, 6–3
15.	2 February 1998	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Jonas Björkman Jacco Eltingh	6–2, 5–7, 2–6, 6–4, 6–3
16.	27 April 1998	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Todd Woodbridge	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6–4, 6–2
17.	6 July 1998	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Todd Woodbridge	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	2–6, 6–4, 7–6, 5–7, 10–8
18.	12 October 1998	Shanghai, China	Carpet	Todd Woodbridge	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	6–4, 6–7, 7–6
19.	3 May 1999	Atlanta, U.S.	Clay	Todd Woodbridge	Patrick Galbraith Justin Gimelstob	5–7, 7–6, 6–3
20.	14 June 1999	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Todd Woodbridge	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	6–3, 7–6
21.	16 August 1999	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Byron vBlack Jonas Björkman	6–3, 7–6
22.	11 October 1999	Shanghai, China	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Sébastien Lareau Daniel Nestor	7–5, 6–3
23.	18 October 1999	Singapore	Carpet	Todd Woodbridge	Max Mirnyi Eric Taino	6–3, 6–4
24.	2 October 2000	Sydney Olympics, Australia	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Sébastien Lareau Daniel Nestor	5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 7–6

Singles titles (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	20 January 1986	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Bud Schultz	6–4, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
2.	4 January 1988	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Wally Masur	6–2, 6–4
3.	9 January 1989	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Patrik Kühnen	7–5, 1–6, 7–5
4.	22 February 1993	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet	Ivan Lendl	5–4, ret.

Runner-ups (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	9 October 1989	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Nicklas Kroon	4–6, 6–2, 6–4
2.	10 August 1992	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Richard Krajicek	6–4, 2–6, 6–4
3.	16 November 1992	Antwerp, Belgium	Carpet	Richard Krajicek	6–2, 6–2
4.	8 August 1994	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Boris Becker	6–2, 6–2
5.	19 October 1998	Singapore	Carpet	Marcelo Ríos	6–4, 6–2

Mark Woodforde

Tennis Player Profiles

PERSONAL DETAILS

AWARDS

Grand Slam finals

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

Mixed doubles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Titles (67)

Runner-ups (24)

Singles titles (4)

Runner-ups (5)

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