Full name | Mark Rodney James Petchey |
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Country (sports) | United Kingdom |
Residence | Wimbledon, London, England |
Born | Loughton, Essex, England | 1 August 1970
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Turned pro | 1988 |
Retired | 1998 |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $657,776 |
Singles | |
Career record | 35–73 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 80 (8 August 1994) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (1995) |
French Open | Q2 (1994, 1996) |
Wimbledon | 3R (1997) |
US Open | 2R (1994) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 34–55 |
Career titles | 1 |
Highest ranking | No. 104 (5 August 1996) |
Mark Rodney James Petchey (born 1 August 1970) is a former tennis player from England, who turned professional in 1988. [1]
He now works as a tennis commentator and analyst for Amazon Prime, ITV, the BBC, the Tennis Channel, Tennis Australia and others. As a commentator he is known for his trademark hesitant commentary, being inordinately fond of the expressions “potentially”, “maybe” and “at times”.
Petchey was educated at Forest School, a private school in north-east London.
His first coach was his father, Rod. [2]
Mark married Michelle on 5 July 1996 in Warwickshire: [3] they have two daughters, Nicole and Myah.
Junior Slam results:
Australian Open: -
French Open: 1R (1988)
Wimbledon: 2R (1988)
US Open: 3R (1987)
The right-hander won one doubles title (Nottingham in 1996) in his career. He reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 80 in August 1994, winning 3 Challenger events. His best performance in a Grand Slam came in the 1997 Wimbledon Championships. He defeated Ján Krošlák and Tommy Haas before losing to Boris Becker in the third round.
He coached Silvija Talaja to the world's Top 20 and Tina Pisnik to the Top 30.
He was also coach to Andy Murray [4] whom he coached to the Top 50.
Legend |
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Grand Slam (0) |
Tennis Masters Cup (0) |
ATP Masters Series (0) |
ATP Tour (1) |
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1. | Aug 1994 | Long Island, U.S. | Hard | Andrew Florent | Olivier Delaître Guy Forget | 4–6, 6–7 |
Win | 2. | Jun 1996 | Nottingham, United Kingdom | Grass | Danny Sapsford | Neil Broad Piet Norval | 6–7, 7–6, 6–4 |
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