Chris Pridham

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Chris Pridham
Country (sports)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Residence Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Born (1965-04-11) April 11, 1965 (age 58)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Turned pro1985
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $431,272
Singles
Career record54–78
Career titles0
2 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 75 (14 March 1988)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 3R (1989)
French Open 2R (1992)
Wimbledon 3R (1988)
US Open 2R (1992)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games 1R (1988)
Doubles
Career record2–8
Career titles0
1 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 234 (25 November 1991)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon Q3 (1991, 1992)
Last updated on: 16 December 2021.

Chris Pridham (born April 11, 1965) is a former touring professional tennis player.

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Pridham had a career Grand Prix / ATP tour win–loss record of 54 and 78. His career high singles ranking was World No. 75, which he attained in March 1988. The 6'0 right-hander's best tournament results were a semi-finals appearance in the 1987 Wellington Classic, and 1992 Johannesburg Grand Prix events. His best Grand Slam event showings was reaching the third rounds of the 1988 Wimbledon championships and the 1989 Australian Open.

1985

Pridham played his first professional match in March 1985 at the Montreal Challenger, going down in 3 sets to World No. 60 Leif Shiras 3–6, 6–3, 3–6. He played one other tour event that year, the Player's International, also in Montreal, where he also fell in the first round, this time to World No. 130 Jonathan Canter 0–6, 6–7.

1986

Pridham played in 8 challenger tennis events and one grand prix event for the 1986, going 4 wins, 8 losses at the challenger level and 0 and 1 in grand prix events. He won his first match of his touring year over World No. 151 Huub Van Boeckel 7–5, 7–6 before losing in the next round, at the Benin City-1 Challenger in February. The following week at the Enugu Challenger he lost in the first round. The following month Pridham fell in the first round at the Rio de Janeiro-1 Challenger and two weeks later he had the same result at the San Luis Potosi Challenger.

Pridham resumed tour play in September, defeating World No. 127 Jon Levine in the first round at the West Palm, FL Challenger before falling to World No. 246 Marc Flur in straight sets. The following week in Athens, Greece he lost World No. 241 Brian Levine in the first round in three sets. Then in November he played in only grand prix event of the year, the Stockholm Open, losing there in the first round as well, to World No. 167 Shahar Perkiss three and three. Pridham then went 1 and 1 the following week at the Helsinki Challenger and again the next week at the Benin-2 Challenger. He finished the year World No. 263 in singles and No. 408 in doubles.

Most notable win defeating Bjorn Borg in 1992. (to come)

Davis Cup

As a Davis Cup player for Canada between 1988 and 1990, Pridham had a career singles win-lose record of 4 and 5.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 5 (2–3)

Legend
ATP Challenger (2–3)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–3)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Apr 1989 Setúbal, PortugalChallengerHard Flag of Sweden.svg Rikard Bergh 6–4, 6–1
Loss1–1Oct 1989 Coquitlam, CanadaChallengerHard Flag of Sweden.svg Ville Jansson 4–6, 2–6
Loss1–2Sep 1990 Azores, PortugalChallengerHard Flag of Spain.svg Francisco Roig 3–6, 6–2, 4–6
Loss1–3Oct 1990 Ponte Vedra, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Tommy Ho 6–7, 4–6
Win2–3Sep 1991 Bloomfield Hills, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Tommy Ho 6–3, 6–4

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–0)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Nov 1991 Munich, GermanyChallengerCarpet Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tom Kempers Flag of Germany.svg Rudiger Haas
Flag of Germany.svg Arne Thoms
7–6, 6–4

Performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(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.

Singles

Tournament 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q1 A Q3 2R 3R 1R A Q1 2R 0 / 44–450%
French Open AAA 1R AAA 2R A0 / 21–233%
Wimbledon AAA 3R 1R Q1 A 1R Q2 0 / 32–340%
US Open AAA 1R AAA 2R Q1 0 / 21–233%
Win–loss0–00–00–03–42–20–10–02–31–10 / 118–1142%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics Not Held 1R Not HeldANH0 / 10–10%
ATP Masters Series
Miami AAA 2R AAAAA0 / 11–150%
Canada 1R A 2R A 1R 1R 2R 3R 2R 0 / 75–742%
Cincinnati AAAAAAAA Q3 0 / 00–0  
Win–loss0–10–01–11–10–10–11–12–11–10 / 86–843%

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