Todd Woodbridge
Australian tennis player (born 1971) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Todd Andrew Woodbridge, OAM[2] (born 2 April 1971) is an Australian broadcaster and former professional tennis player. During his playing career, he formed multiple Grand-Slam winning doubles partnerships with Mark Woodforde (nicknamed "The Woodies") and later Jonas Björkman.
Full name | Todd Andrew Woodbridge | ||||||||||||||
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Country (sports) | Australia | ||||||||||||||
Residence | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1971-04-02) 2 April 1971 (age 53) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||
Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Turned pro | 1988 | ||||||||||||||
Retired | 2005 | ||||||||||||||
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) | ||||||||||||||
Prize money | US$ 10,078,820 | ||||||||||||||
Int. Tennis HoF | 2010 (member page) | ||||||||||||||
Singles | |||||||||||||||
Career record | 244–236 | ||||||||||||||
Career titles | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 19 (14 July 1997) | ||||||||||||||
Grand Slam singles results | |||||||||||||||
Australian Open | 4R (1991, 1998) | ||||||||||||||
French Open | 3R (1992, 1996, 1998) | ||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | SF (1997) | ||||||||||||||
US Open | 3R (1991, 1994, 1995) | ||||||||||||||
Other tournaments | |||||||||||||||
Grand Slam Cup | QF (1991) | ||||||||||||||
Olympic Games | 3R (1996) | ||||||||||||||
Doubles | |||||||||||||||
Career record | 782–260 | ||||||||||||||
Career titles | 83 | ||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 1 (6 July 1992) | ||||||||||||||
Grand Slam doubles results | |||||||||||||||
Australian Open | W (1992, 1997, 2001) | ||||||||||||||
French Open | W (2000) | ||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | W (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004) | ||||||||||||||
US Open | W (1995, 1996, 2003) | ||||||||||||||
Other doubles tournaments | |||||||||||||||
Tour Finals | W (1992, 1996) | ||||||||||||||
Mixed doubles | |||||||||||||||
Career titles | 6 | ||||||||||||||
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |||||||||||||||
Australian Open | W (1993) | ||||||||||||||
French Open | W (1992) | ||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | W (1994) | ||||||||||||||
US Open | W (1990, 1993, 2001) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He is among the most successful doubles players of all time, having won 16 Grand Slam men's doubles titles (nine Wimbledons, three US Opens, three Australian Opens and one French Open), and a further six Grand Slam mixed doubles titles (three US Opens, one French Open, one Wimbledon, one Australian Open). Additionally, he was a gold medalist with Woodforde at the 1996 Summer Olympics to complete a career Golden Slam. In total he has won 83 ATP doubles titles. Woodbridge reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in July 1992. [citation needed]
Woodbridge was awarded the Medal of the Order of the Australia in the 1997 Australia Day Honours "for service to sport as gold medallist at the Atlanta Olympic Games, 1996".[3] In 2002, he was inducted into the Australian Institute of Sport 'Best of the Best'.[4] In 2014, alongside Woodforde, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) presented him with its highest accolade, the Philippe Chatrier Award, for his contributions to tennis.[5]