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Mark Woodforde
OAM

Full name	Mark Raymond Woodforde
Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Rancho Mirage, California, U.S.
Born	(1965-09-23) 23 September 1965 (age 59) Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Turned pro	1984
Retired	2000
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$8,551,305
Int. Tennis HoF	2010 (member page)
Singles
Career record	319–312
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 19 (22 April 1996)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	SF (1996)
French Open	4R (1997)
Wimbledon	4R (1988, 1990, 1997)
US Open	4R (1987, 1988)
Other tournaments
Grand Slam Cup	QF (1996)
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)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	W (1992, 1996)
Mixed doubles
Career titles	5
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	W (1992, 1996)
French Open	W (1995)
Wimbledon	W (1993)
US Open	W (1992)
Medal record Representing  Australia Olympic Games Gold 1996 Atlanta Doubles Silver 2000 Sydney Doubles

Mark Raymond Woodforde, OAM (born 23 September 1965) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. He is best known as one half of "The Woodies", a doubles partnership with Todd Woodbridge.

Woodforde was born in Adelaide, and joined the men's professional tennis ATP Tour in 1984. Woodforde won four singles titles, including his hometown Adelaide tournament twice. His best singles result in a Grand Slam was reaching the semi-final of the Australian Open in 1996, his 38th Grand Slam singles tournament, which remains a record for the longest time taken to reach a maiden semi-final. Woodforde is best known for his doubles success, having won twelve Grand Slam doubles titles in his career – one French Open, two Australian Opens, three US Opens, and a record six Wimbledons. Eleven of these victories came as a member of the Woodies, and he won the 1989 US Open doubles with John McEnroe. He also won five Grand Slam mixed doubles titles – one French Open, two Australian Opens, one US Open, and one Wimbledon; thus making an overall total of 17 Grand Slam doubles titles. He reached the world No. 1 doubles ranking in November 1992.

He enjoyed the greatest success of his career when playing men's doubles with Woodbridge, combining his left-hand baseline play with Woodbridge's swift volleying reflexes at the net. They were the ATP Doubles Team of the Year four times, and all together the Woodies won 61 ATP doubles tournaments (Woodforde won 67 in his career).

Woodforde's other career highlights included a gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, and a silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Woodforde 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".

Woodforde played for the Australian Davis Cup Team in three Davis Cup finals, including teaming with Woodbridge to clinch the 1999 win over France in Paris to give Australia its first Davis Cup victory in 13 years.

Woodforde retired from professional tennis in 2000 after a Davis Cup final loss to Spain, and was appointed the coach of Australia's Fed Cup team in 2003. He has since provided commentary for tennis on Fox Sports and ESPN.

In January 2010 on Australia Day, the Woodies were inducted to the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame for their achievements in tennis. As a part of the induction ceremony, their bronzed statues were placed with other great Australian tennis players at Melbourne Park.

In 2014, alongside Woodbridge, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) presented him with its highest accolade, the Philippe Chatrier Award, for his contributions to tennis.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 16 (12 titles, 4 runners-up)

By winning the 2000 French Open, Woodforde completed the career Grand Slam.

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1989	US Open	Hard	John McEnroe	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win	1992	Australian Open	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Kelly Jones Rick Leach	6–4, 6–3, 6–4
Win	1993	Wimbledon	Grass	Todd Woodbridge	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	7–6, 6–3, 7–6
Win	1994	Wimbledon	Grass	Todd Woodbridge	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	7–6, 6–3, 6–1
Loss	1994	US Open	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	3–6, 6–7(6)
Win	1995	Wimbledon	Grass	Todd Woodbridge	Rick Leach Scott Melville	7–5, 7–6, 7–6
Win	1995	US Open	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Alex O'Brien Sandon Stolle	6–3, 6–3
Win	1996	Wimbledon	Grass	Todd Woodbridge	Byron Black Grant Connell	4–6, 6–1, 6–3, 6–2
Win	1996	US Open	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	4–6, 7–6, 7–6
Win	1997	Australian Open	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	4–6, 7–5, 7–5, 6–3
Loss	1997	French Open	Clay	Todd Woodbridge	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek	6–7(12), 6–4, 3–6
Win	1997	Wimbledon	Grass	Todd Woodbridge	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	7–6, 7–6, 5–7, 6–3
Loss	1998	Australian Open	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Jonas Björkman Jacco Eltingh	2–6, 7–5, 6–2, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	1998	Wimbledon	Grass	Todd Woodbridge	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6–2, 4–6, 6–7(3), 7–5, 8–10
Win	2000	French Open	Clay	Todd Woodbridge	Paul Haarhuis Sandon Stolle	7–6, 6–4
Win	2000	Wimbledon	Grass	Todd Woodbridge	Paul Haarhuis Sandon Stolle	6–3, 6–4, 6–1

Mixed doubles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runners-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1992	Australian Open	Hard	Nicole Provis	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Todd Woodbridge	6–3, 4–6, 11–9
Win	1992	US Open	Hard	Nicole Provis	Helena Suková Tom Nijssen	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win	1993	Wimbledon	Grass	Martina Navratilova	Manon Bollegraf Tom Nijssen	6–3, 6–4
Loss	1993	US Open	Hard	Martina Navratilova	Helena Suková Todd Woodbridge	3–6, 6–7
Win	1995	French Open	Clay	Larisa Savchenko-Neiland	Jill Hetherington John-Laffnie de Jager	7–6(10–8), 7–6(7–4)
Win	1996	Australian Open	Hard	Larisa Savchenko Neiland	Nicole Arendt Luke Jensen	4–6, 7–5, 6–0
Loss	1996	Wimbledon	Grass	Larisa Savchenko Neiland	Helena Suková Cyril Suk	6–1, 3–6, 2–6

Career finals

Doubles (67–24)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	Jul 1985	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Carl Limberger	Stefan Simonsson Hans Simonsson	3–6, 4–6
Loss	2.	Jan 1987	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Carl Limberger	Kelly Jones Brad Pearce	6–7, 6–7
Loss	3.	Jul 1987	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Darren Cahill	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	3–6, 3–6
Loss	4.	Aug 1987	Rye Brook, U.S.	Hard	Carl Limberger	Lloyd Bourne Jeff Klaparda	3–6, 3–6
Loss	5.	Jan 1988	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Carl Limberger	Darren Cahill Mark Kratzmann	6–4, 2–6, 5–7
Win	1.	Sep 1988	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	John McEnroe	Libor Pimek Michiel Schapers	6–4, 6–4
Win	2.	Oct 1988	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	John McEnroe	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	6–4, 7–6
Win	3.	May 1989	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Tomáš Šmíd	Paolo Canè Diego Nargiso	1–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win	4.	May 1989	US Open	Hard	John McEnroe	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	6.	Oct 1990	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Brian Garrow	Jason Stoltenberg Todd Woodbridge	6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Win	5.	Feb 1991	Brussels, Belgium	Carpet	Todd Woodbridge	Libor Pimek Michiel Schapers	6–3, 6–0
Win	6.	Mar 1991	Copenhagen, Denmark	Carpet	Todd Woodbridge	Mansour Bahrami Andrei Olhovskiy	6–3, 6–1
Win	7.	Jun 1991	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Todd Woodbridge	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	7–6, 6–4
Win	8.	Sep 1991	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	John Fitzgerald Glenn Michibata	7–6, 6–3
Win	9.	Jan 1992	Australian Open	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Kelly Jones Rick Leach	6–4, 6–3, 6–4
Win	10.	Feb 1992	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Kevin Curren Gary Muller	7–6, 6–1
Win	11.	Feb 1992	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg	6–4, 7–6
Win	12.	Apr 1992	Singapore	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	6–7, 6–2, 6–4
Win	13.	Aug 1992	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Patrick McEnroe Jonathan Stark	7–6, 6–4
Win	14.	Oct 1992	Tokyo, Japan	Hard (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg	7–6, 7–6
Win	15.	Nov 1992	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Steve DeVries David Macpherson	6–3, 6–4
Win	16.	Nov 1992	Doubles Championships, Johannesburg	Hard (i)	Todd Woodbridge	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–2, 7–6, 5–7, 3–6, 6–3
Win	17.	Jan 1993	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	John Fitzgerald Laurie Warder	6–4, 7–5
Win	18.	Feb 1993	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Win	19.	Jun 1993	London/Queen's Club, UK	Grass	Todd Woodbridge	Neil Broad Gary Muller	6–4, 6–7, 6–3
Win	20.	Jul 1993	Wimbledon, UK	Grass	Todd Woodbridge	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	7–6, 6–3, 7–6
Win	21.	Nov 1993	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Gary Muller Danie Visser	7–6, 5–7, 7–6
Loss	7.	Nov 1993	Doubles Championships, Johannesburg	Hard (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6–7, 6–7, 4–6
Win	22.	Feb 1994	Dubai, UAE	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Darren Cahill John Fitzgerald	6–7, 6–4, 6–2
Win	23.	Apr 1994	Nice, France	Clay	Javier Sánchez	Hendrik Jan Davids Piet Norval	7–5, 6–3
Win	24.	May 1994	Pinehurst, U.S.	Clay	Todd Woodbridge	Jared Palmer Richey Reneberg	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	8.	Jun 1994	London/Queen's Club, UK	Grass	Todd Woodbridge	Jan Apell Jonas Björkman	7–5, 6–7, 4–6
Win	25.	Jul 1994	Wimbledon, UK	Grass	Todd Woodbridge	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	7–6, 6–3, 6–1
Win	26.	Aug 1994	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	John Fitzgerald	Scott Davis Brian MacPhie	4–6, 6–2, 6–0
Win	27.	Aug 1994	Indianapolis, U.S.	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg	6–4, 6–2
Loss	9.	Sep 1994	US Open	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	3–6, 6–7
Win	28.	Oct 1994	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Jan Apell Jonas Björkman	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Loss	10.	Nov 1994	Doubles Championships, Jakarta	Hard (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Jan Apell Jonas Björkman	4–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–7, 6–7
Win	29.	Jan 1995	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Trevor Kronemann David Macpherson	7–6, 6–4
Win	30.	Mar 1995	Miami, U.S.	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Jim Grabb Patrick McEnroe	6–4, 3–6, 7–6
Win	31.	May 1995	Pinehurst, U.S.	Clay	Todd Woodbridge	Alex O'Brien Sandon Stolle	6–2, 6–4
Win	32	May 1995	Delray Beach, U.S.	Clay	Todd Woodbridge	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	6–3, 6–1
Win	33.	Jul 1995	Wimbledon, UK	Grass	Todd Woodbridge	Rick Leach Scott Melville	7–5, 7–6, 7–6
Win	34.	Aug 1995	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–4, 6–4
Win	35.	Sep 1995	US Open	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Alex O'Brien Sandon Stolle	6–3, 6–3
Loss	11.	Oct 1995	Vienna, Austria	Carpet	Todd Woodbridge	Ellis Ferreira Jan Siemerink	4–6, 5–7
Win	36.	Jan 1996	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Jonas Björkman Tommy Ho	7–5, 7–6
Loss	12.	Feb 1996	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	4–6, 5–7
Win	37.	Mar 1996	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Byron Black Grant Connell	7–6, 6–2
Win	38.	Mar 1996	Indian Wells, U.S.	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Brian MacPhie Michael Tebbutt	6–3, 6–4
Win	39.	Apr 1996	Miami Masters, U.S.	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith	6–3, 6–7, 7–6
Win	40.	Apr 1996	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Mark Knowles Rick Leach	6–2, 6–3
Win	41.	May 1996	Coral Springs, U.S.	Clay	Todd Woodbridge	Ivan Baron Brett Hansen-Dent	6–3, 6–3
Win	42.	Jun 1996	London/Queen's Club, UK	Grass	Todd Woodbridge	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	6–2, 6–7, 6–3
Win	43.	Jul 1996	Wimbledon, UK	Grass	Todd Woodbridge	Byron Black Grant Connell	4–6, 6–1, 6–3, 6–2
Win	44.	Jul 1996	Summer Olympics, Atlanta	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Neil Broad Tim Henman	6–4, 6–4, 6–2
Win	45.	Sep 1996	US Open	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	4–6, 7–6, 7–6
Win	46.	Oct 1996	Singapore	Carpet	Todd Woodbridge	Martin Damm Andrei Olhovskiy	7–6, 7–6
Win	47.	Nov 1996	Doubles Championships, Hartford	Carpet	Todd Woodbridge	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 7–6
Loss	13.	Jan 1997	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Patrick Rafter Bryan Shelton	4–6, 6–1, 3–6
Win	48.	Jan 1997	Australian Open	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	4–6, 7–5, 7–5, 6–3
Win	49.	Mar 1997	Miami, U.S.	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	14.	Jun 1997	French Open	Clay	Todd Woodbridge	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek	6–7, 6–4, 3–6
Win	50.	Jul 1997	Wimbledon, England	Grass	Todd Woodbridge	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	7–6, 7–6, 5–7, 6–3
Win	51.	Aug 1997	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Mark Philippoussis Patrick Rafter	6–4, 6–2
Win	52.	Oct 1997	Stuttgart, Germany	Carpet (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Rick Leach Jonathan Stark	7–6, 7–6
Win	53.	Jan 1998	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Jacco Eltingh Daniel Nestor	6–3, 7–5
Loss	15.	Feb 1998	Australian Open	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Jonas Björkman Jacco Eltingh	2–6, 7–5, 6–2, 4–6, 3–6
Win	54.	Feb 1998	San Jose, U.S.	Hard (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Nelson Aerts André Sá	6–1, 7–5
Win	55.	Feb 1998	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Ellis Ferreira David Roditi	6–4, 6–2
Loss	16.	Apr 1998	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Todd Woodbridge	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	4–6, 2–6
Win	56.	May 1998	Munich, Germany	Clay	Todd Woodbridge	Joshua Eagle Andrew Florent	6–0, 6–3
Loss	17.	Jul 1998	Wimbledon, England	Grass	Todd Woodbridge	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6–2, 4–6, 6–7, 7–5, 8–10
Loss	18.	Oct 1998	Shanghai, China	Carpet (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	4–6, 7–6, 6–7
Win	57.	Oct 1998	Singapore	Carpet (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	6–2, 6–3
Win	58.	Feb 1999	San Jose, U.S.	Hard (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Aleksandar Kitinov Nenad Zimonjić	7–5, 6–7, 6–4
Win	59.	Feb 1999	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	6–4, 7–5
Loss	19.	May 1999	Atlanta, U.S.	Clay	Todd Woodbridge	Patrick Galbraith Justin Gimelstob	7–5, 6–7, 3–6
Loss	20.	Jun 1999	London/Queen's Club, UK	Grass	Todd Woodbridge	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	3–6, 6–7
Loss	21.	Aug 1999	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Byron Black Jonas Björkman	3–6, 6–7
Loss	22.	Oct 1999	Shanghai, China	Hard (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Sébastien Lareau Daniel Nestor	5–7, 3–6
Loss	23.	Oct 1999	Singapore	Carpet (i)	Todd Woodbridge	Max Mirnyi Eric Taino	3–6, 4–6
Win	60.	Jan 2000	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Lleyton Hewitt Sandon Stolle	6–4, 6–2
Win	61.	Jan 2000	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Lleyton Hewitt Sandon Stolle	7–5, 6–4
Win	62.	Apr 2000	Miami, U.S.	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Martin Damm Dominik Hrbatý	6–4, 6–1
Win	63.	May 2000	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Todd Woodbridge	Wayne Arthurs Sandon Stolle	6–7, 6–4, 6–3
Win	64.	Jun 2000	French Open, Paris	Clay	Todd Woodbridge	Paul Haarhuis Sandon Stolle	7–6, 6–4
Win	65.	Jun 2000	London/Queen's Club, UK	Grass	Todd Woodbridge	Jonathan Stark Eric Taino	7–6, 6–4
Win	66.	Jul 2000	Wimbledon, UK	Grass	Todd Woodbridge	Paul Haarhuis Sandon Stolle	6–3, 6–4, 6–1
Win	67.	Aug 2000	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	7–6, 6–4
Loss	24.	Oct 2000	Summer Olympics, Sydney	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Sébastien Lareau Daniel Nestor	7–5, 3–6, 4–6, 6–7

Singles (4 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 1986	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Bud Schultz	6–4, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Win	2–0	Jan 1988	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Wally Masur	6–2, 6–4
Win	3–0	Jan 1989	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Patrik Kühnen	7–5, 1–6, 7–5
Loss	3–1	Oct 1989	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Niclas Kroon	6–4, 2–6, 4–6
Loss	3–2	Aug 1992	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Richard Krajicek	4–6, 6–2, 4–6
Loss	3–3	Nov 1992	Antwerp, Belgium	Carpet (i)	Richard Krajicek	2–6, 2–6
Win	4–3	Feb 1993	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Ivan Lendl	5–4 ret.
Loss	4–4	Aug 1994	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Boris Becker	2–6, 2–6
Loss	4–5	Oct 1998	Singapore	Carpet (i)	Marcelo Ríos	4–6, 2–6

Doubles performance timeline

See also

In Spanish: Mark Woodforde para niños