Chris Woodruff

Chris Woodruff (born January 3, 1973) is an American former professional tennis player and current head coach at the University of Tennessee. He won the 1997 Canada Masters, reached the quarterfinals of the 2000 Australian Open and attained a career-high ranking of world No. 29 in August 1997.

Chris Woodruff

Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Knoxville, Tennessee
Born	(1973-01-02) January 2, 1973 (age 52) Knoxville, Tennessee
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	1993
Retired	2001
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,900,659
Singles
Career record	109–104 (Grand Slam, ATP Tour-level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 29 (25 August 1997)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	QF (2000)
French Open	3R (1996, 1997, 1999)
Wimbledon	2R (1999, 2001)
US Open	3R (1999)
Doubles
Career record	38–61 (Grand Slam, ATP Tour-level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 73 (11 November 1996)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (1997)
French Open	2R (1996)
Wimbledon	1R (1997)
US Open	2R (1996, 1997, 2000)
Last updated on: 6 September 2021.

He hails from Knoxville, Tennessee and was trained at the Knoxville Racquet Club. Since 2002, he has served as an assistant coach with the University of Tennessee men's tennis program, before being named the head coach on May 19, 2017.

College career

Woodruff attended the hometown University of Tennessee where in 1993 he won the NCAA single's title by defeating Wade McGuire of Georgia. He remains the only individual champion the school has ever had. He was also an All-American in 1992.

After winning the collegiate crown,^[1] Woodruff began his professional career.

Professional career

Woodruff won two singles titles during his career, and his first was also his biggest: The Canadian Open in 1997, an ATP Masters Series event.^[1] After winning that title he posted the highest ranking of his career: World No. 29 on August 25, 1997. He also won the 1999 Newport, Rhode Island event at the Tennis Hall of Fame.^[2]

He was named to the United States Davis Cup team in 2000, joining Andre Agassi after Pete Sampras and Todd Martin both were forced to drop out, and won his match against Wayne Black to help erase a 2–1 deficit and advance to the second round. He reached the quarterfinals at the Australian Open in the year 2000 before losing to Pete Sampras in straight sets.^[3]

Coaching career

In the summer of 2002, Woodruff returned to the University of Tennessee as a volunteer assistant coach.^[4] He served first as an assistant tennis coach before being promoted to associate head coach in 2006 when Sam Winterbotham was hired as head coach. Since Woodruff has been back at Tennessee, the Vols have had 18 All-America and 29 All-Southeastern Conference selections.

Tennessee has steadily improved their record and ranking since Woodruff and Winterbotham began coaching together. The Vols have won 178 dual matches in their first eight seasons and have ended the year ranked in the top 10 nationally five of those years.^[5] In 2010, the Vols won the Southeastern Conference regular season and tournament titles and also reached the NCAA Tennis Championship final for the third time in program history. The team finished with 31 victories, the second-most in a season in Tennessee history.^[6]

Woodruff was named the 2013 National Assistant Coach of the Year by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association for his track record of player development and keeping the Vols ranked in the top 10 for five of the last six seasons. Since 2008, he has been responsible for coaching three players to the No. 1 national singles ranking: John-Patrick Smith (2010), Rhyne Williams (2011) and Miķelis Lībietis (2013).^[7]

In 2014, Woodruff served as the on-court coach for the Vols' first NCAA doubles title in 34 years. Libietis and Hunter Reese defeated Ohio State's Peter Kobelt and Kevin Metka in the final.^[8]

Career finals

Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam (0-0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0-0)
ATP Masters Series (1-0)
ATP Tour (1-2)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 1996	Philadelphia	Carpet (i)	Jim Courier	4–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	May 1996	Coral Springs	Clay	Jason Stoltenberg	6–7(4–7), 6–2, 5–7
Win	1–2	Jul 1997	Montreal	Hard	Gustavo Kuerten	7–5, 4–6, 6–3
Win	2–2	Jul 1999	Newport	Grass	Kenneth Carlsen	6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam (0-0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0-0)
ATP Masters Series (0-0)
ATP Tour (0-3)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 1996	Washington	Hard	Doug Flach	Grant Connell Scott Davis	6–7, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Nov 1996	Stockholm	Hard (i)	Todd Martin	Patrick Galbraith Jonathan Stark	6–7, 4–6
Loss	0–3	Jul 1999	Newport	Grass	Sargis Sargsian	Wayne Arthurs Leander Paes	7–6(8–6), 6–7(7–9), 3–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 4 (2–2)

Legend ATP Challenger (2–2) ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (1–2) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 1994	Bronx, United States	Challenger	Hard	Alejo Mancisidor	2–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Jul 1995	Aptos, United States	Challenger	Hard	Daniel Nestor	3–6, 7–5, 2–6
Win	1–2	Sep 1995	Aruba, Aruba	Challenger	Hard	Jim Pugh	6–4, 6–2
Win	2–2	Jan 1996	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Gianluca Pozzi	6–3, 6–3

Doubles: 9 (4–5)

Legend ATP Challenger (4–5) ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (3–3) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 1994	Binghamton, United States	Challenger	Hard	David Di Lucia	Neville Godwin Scott Sigerseth	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Jun 1995	Eisenach, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Sébastien Leblanc	Dirk Dier Lars Koslowski	6–3, 3–6, 6–7
Win	2–1	Aug 1995	Lexington, United States	Challenger	Hard	Fernon Wibier	Jamie Morgan Andrew Painter	7–5, 6–2
Loss	2–2	Nov 1995	Nantes, France	Challenger	Hard	Nicola Bruno	Sébastien Lareau Kent Kinnear	2–6, 6–3, 6–7
Loss	2–3	Nov 1995	Andorra la Vella, Andorra	Challenger	Hard	Fernon Wibier	Ken Flach Kelly Jones	4–6, 3–6
Win	3–3	Feb 1996	Lippstadt, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	T. J. Middleton	Jeff Belloli Aleksandar Kitinov	7–5, 7–5
Loss	3–4	Nov 1996	Aachen, Germany	Challenger	Hard	Dave Randall	Robbie Koenig Oleg Ogorodov	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	3–5	Jan 1999	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Justin Gimelstob	Michael Kohlmann Filippo Veglio	4–6, 7–6, 5–7
Win	4–5	Nov 2001	Burbank, United States	Challenger	Hard	Scott Humphries	Jeff Coetzee Tuomas Ketola	7–5, 1–6, 6–4

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Tournament	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	3R	A	A	QF	3R	Q1	0 / 3	8–3	73%
French Open	A	A	A	3R	3R	A	3R	1R	1R	A	0 / 5	6–5	55%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	2R	1R	2R	A	0 / 5	2–5	29%
US Open	1R	Q1	1R	1R	2R	A	3R	2R	2R	A	0 / 7	5–7	42%
Win–loss	0–1	0–0	0–1	2–3	5–3	0–0	5–3	5–4	4–4	0–0	0 / 20	21–19	53%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	Q1	A	A	3R	1R	SF	1R	1R	A	0 / 5	6–5	55%
Miami	A	Q2	A	1R	3R	A	1R	1R	2R	A	0 / 5	3–5	38%
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Rome	A	A	A	A	2R	A	1R	1R	A	A	0 / 3	1–3	25%
Canada	A	A	A	2R	W	A	1R	1R	1R	A	1 / 5	7–4	64%
Cincinnati	A	A	A	3R	2R	A	3R	2R	1R	A	0 / 5	6–5	55%
Madrid/Stuttgart1	A	A	A	A	2R	A	2R	A	A	A	0 / 2	2–2	50%
Paris	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	2R	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–2	13–6	0–1	7–6	2–8	1–4	0–0	1 / 29	26–28	48%
Year-end ranking	337	300	135	43	30	1324	51	67	118	496

Doubles

Tournament	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	3R	A	A	A	1R	0 / 2	2–2	50%
French Open	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
US Open	1R	Q2	1R	2R	2R	A	1R	2R	1R	0 / 7	3–7	30%
Win–loss	0–1	0–0	0–1	2–2	3–4	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–2	0 / 12	6–12	33%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	QF	A	0 / 3	2–3	40%
Miami	A	A	A	Q1	1R	A	A	2R	2R	0 / 3	2–3	40%
Rome	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Canada	A	A	A	2R	Q2	A	A	QF	A	0 / 2	3–2	60%
Cincinnati	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	1R	2R	1R	0 / 5	0–5	29%
Paris	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	0–3	0–0	0–2	6–4	1–2	0 / 13	9–13	41%

References

1. "Woodruff benefits from his hard work". The Independent. August 4, 1997. Retrieved January 24, 2010.
2. "Woodruff bags singles crown". Rediff On The NeT. July 12, 1999. Retrieved January 24, 2010.
3. "Agassi, Sampras To Renew Rivalry in Australian semis". Sun Journal (Lewiston). January 24, 2000. p. 50.
4. Associate head coach Chris Woodruff Biography Archived July 8, 2016, at the Wayback Machine.
5. "Sam Winterbotham Bio". University of Tennessee. Retrieved June 10, 2013.
6. It All Adds Up Archived May 26, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Tennessee Tennis Athletics Site.
7. "ITA Announces 2013 NCAA Division I National Award Winners". Intercollegiate Tennis Association. Archived from the original on September 18, 2013. Retrieved June 10, 2013.
8. Frierson, John. "UT's Hunter Reese and Mikelis Libietis have 'something special' in NCAA doubles championship". GoVolsXtra. Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved June 17, 2014.

External links

• Chris Woodruff at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Chris Woodruff at the International Tennis Federation
• Chris Woodruff at the Davis Cup