Andrew Richardson (tennis)

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Andrew Richardson
Country (sports) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
Residence Bourne, England
Born (1974-03-14) 14 March 1974 (age 50)
Peterborough, England
Height6 ft 7 in (201 cm)
Turned pro1992
Retired2000
PlaysLeft-handed
Coach David Sammel
Prize money $246,675
Singles
Career record6-14
Career titles0
1 Challenger
Highest rankingNo. 133 (3 November 1997)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Q3 (1997, 1998)
French Open Q1 (1997, 1998)
Wimbledon 3R (1997)
US Open Q3 (1996)
Doubles
Career record15-31
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 96 (21 October 1996)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 2R (1997)
French Open 1R (1996)
Wimbledon 2R (1992, 1995, 1996)
US Open 2R (1996)

Andrew Richardson (born 14 March 1974) is a British former professional tennis player, and now a coach.

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Career

Richardson competed in the singles draw of a Grand Slam three times, all at Wimbledon and on each occasion as a wildcard. In both 1992 and 1998 he lost in the opening round, to Marc Rosset and Hicham Arazi respectively. However, in the 1997 Wimbledon Championships he reached the third round, with wins over Spanish qualifier Sergi Duran in straight sets and then another Spaniard Juan Albert Viloca, in five sets. He was eliminated by countryman Greg Rusedski in the third round. [1]

He was more successful as a doubles player, winning five tournaments on the ATP Challenger Tour. One of those, at Seoul in 1995, was with Tim Henman as his partner. The pair also reached the semi-finals of the 1996 Czech Indoor tournament, an ATP Tour event. Richardson would later be a best man at Henman's wedding. [2]

In 1997, Richardson represented an understrength Great Britain Davis Cup team against Zimbabwe. He defeated Byron Black in a singles match, to level the tie at 1–1 but his second match, against Byron's brother Wayne, which Richardson lost, was a dead-rubber, with Zimbabwe having already secured the tie. [3]

He is now a tennis coach and has worked with British players Ross Hutchins, Miles Kasiri, Alan Mackin and Emma Raducanu. [4] Richardson worked with Raducanu during the 2021 US Open, in which she became the first qualifier to win a grand slam title, and the first British woman to do so since Virginia Wade's Wimbledon title in 1977. [5]

Challenger titles

Singles: (1)

No.YearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
1.1997 Urbana, U.S.Hard Flag of the United States.svg Cecil Mamiit 6–7, 7–6, 6–3

Doubles: (5)

No.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.1995 Seoul, South KoreaClay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tim Henman Flag of Italy.svg Filippo Messori
Flag of Italy.svg Vincenzo Santopadre 		6–2, 6–1
2.1995 Rogaška Slatina, SloveniaCarpet Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Petchey Flag of Germany.svg Patrick Baur
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Joost Winnink 		6–7, 6–4, 6–4
3.1996 Bristol, EnglandGrass Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr Pala Flag of France.svg Lionel Barthez
Flag of Germany.svg Patrick Baur 		6–2, 6–4
4.1998 Lippstadt, GermanyCarpet Flag of South Africa.svg Myles Wakefield Flag of the Netherlands.svg Raemon Sluiter
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Peter Wessels 		4–6, 7–6, 6–4
5.1998 Lübeck, GermanyCarpet Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Lorenzo Manta Flag of France.svg Stephane Simian
Flag of Finland.svg Tuomas Ketola 		7–6, 6–2

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References

  1. ↑ ITF Tennis Profile
  2. ↑ ATP World Tour Profile
  3. ↑ Davis Cup Profile
  4. ↑ "Emma Raducanu switches coach despite thrilling Wimbledon run". Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  5. ↑ Carayol, Tumaini (10 September 2021). "How Emma Raducanu's team combined to steer her to US Open final" . Retrieved 12 September 2021.
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