Mark Petchey

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Mark Petchey
Full nameMark Rodney James Petchey
Country (sports)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Residence Wimbledon, London, England
Born (1970-08-01) 1 August 1970 (age 54)
Loughton, Essex, England
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Turned pro1988
Retired1998
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money $657,776
Singles
Career record35–73
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 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 record34–55
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 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]

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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”.

Personal life

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.

Tennis career

Juniors

Junior Slam results:

Australian Open: -
French Open: 1R (1988)
Wimbledon: 2R (1988)
US Open: 3R (1987)

Pro tour

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.

As a coach

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.

Career finals

Doubles (1 win, 1 loss)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (1)
ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1.Aug 1994 Long Island, U.S.Hard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Florent Flag of France.svg Olivier Delaître
Flag of France.svg Guy Forget
4–6, 6–7
Win2.Jun 1996 Nottingham, United Kingdom Grass Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Danny Sapsford Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Neil Broad
Flag of South Africa.svg Piet Norval
6–7, 7–6, 6–4

References

  1. "Mark Petchey". ATP World Tour.
  2. Petchey, Mark. "My first coach". Tennis Space. Archived from the original on 13 August 2014.
  3. Henman, Tim (7 July 1996). "Four famous wins and a wedding". London: Independent.
  4. "Murray splits from coach Petchey". BBC News. 14 April 2006.