The Woodies

Last updated November 19, 2024

The Woodies was the nickname given to the tennis doubles pairing of Australians Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde, one of the most successful pairings in tennis history.^[1]

The Woodies combined Woodforde's left-handed baseline play with Woodbridge's right-handed net skills. They were the ATP Doubles Team of the Year five times, and won 61 ATP doubles titles. The pair won eleven major titles: one French Open, two Australian Opens, two US Opens, and a record six Wimbledons. They also won two Tour Finals titles in 1992 and 1996.

Representing Australia, the Woodies won an Olympic gold medal for Australia at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, and a silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. They often played for Australia in the Davis Cup, including in three finals. In 1999, they helped Australia to its first Davis Cup victory in 13 years.

The pairing ended in 2000, when Woodforde retired from professional tennis. Woodbridge continued his doubles success with Jonas Björkman,^[2] until Björkman ended the partnership in 2004; Woodbridge then partnered with Mahesh Bhupathi of India before retiring himself in 2005.

The Woodies were inducted into the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame on Australia Day in January 2010. Their bronzed statues were placed with those of other Australian tennis greats at Melbourne Park, site of the Australian Open.

Doubles titles (61)

Legend
Grand Slam (11)
Tennis Masters Cup (2)
ATP Masters Series (14)
Olympic Gold (1)
ATP International Series Gold (11)
ATP Tour (22)

Titles by surface
Hard (32)
Clay (7)
Grass (10)
Carpet (12)

No.	Date	Tournaments	Surface	Opponents	Score
1.	18 February 1991	Brussels, Belgium	Carpet	Libor Pimek Michiel Schapers	6–3, 6–0
2.	11 March 1991	Copenhagen, Denmark	Carpet	Mansour Bahrami Andrei Olhovskiy	6–3, 6–1
3.	17 June 1991	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	6–4, 7–6
4.	30 September 1991	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	John Fitzgerald Glenn Michibata	7–6, 6–3
5.	27 January 1992	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Kelly Jones Rick Leach	6–4, 6–3, 6–4
6.	17 February 1992	Memphis, US	Hard (i)	Kevin Curren Gary Muller	7–5, 4–6, 7–6
7.	24 February 1992	Philadelphia, US	Carpet	Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg	6–4, 7–6
8.	6 April 1992	Singapore	Hard	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	6–7, 6–2, 6–4
9.	17 August 1992	Cincinnati, US	Hard	Patrick McEnroe Jonathan Stark	6–3, 1–6, 6–3
10.	19 October 1992	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg	7–6, 6–4
11.	2 November 1992	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet	Steve DeVries David Macpherson	6–3, 6–4
12.	29 November 1992	Doubles Championship, Johannesburg	Hard	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–2, 7–6^(7–4), 5–7, 3–6, 6–3
13.	11 January 1993	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	John Fitzgerald Laurie Warder	6–4, 7–5
14.	15 February 1993	Memphis, US	Hard (i)	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	7–5, 6–2
15.	14 June 1993	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Neil Broad Gary Muller	6–7, 6–3, 6–4
16.	5 July 1993	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	7–5, 6–3, 7–6^(7–4)
17.	1 November 1993	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet	Gary Muller Danie Visser	6–1, 3–6, 6–2
18.	7 February 1994	Dubai, UAE	Hard	John Fitzgerald Darren Cahill	6–7, 6–4, 6–2
19.	9 May 1994	Pinehurst, US	Clay	Jared Palmer Richey Reneberg	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
20.	4 July 1994	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	7–6^(7–3), 6–3, 6–1
21.	22 August 1994	Indianapolis, US	Hard	Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg	6–3, 6–4
22.	31 October 1994	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet	Jan Apell Jonas Björkman	6–3, 6–4
23.	16 January 1995	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Hard	Trevor Kronemann David Macpherson	7–6, 6–4
24.	27 March 1995	Key Biscayne, US	Hard	Jim Grabb Patrick McEnroe	6–3, 7–6
25.	15 May 1995	Pinehurst, US	Clay	Alex O'Brien Sandon Stolle	6–2, 6–4
26.	22 May 1995	Coral Springs, US	Clay	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	6–3, 6–1
27.	10 July 1995	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Rick Leach Scott Melville	7–5, 7–6^(10–8), 7–6^(7–5)
28.	14 August 1995	Cincinnati, US	Hard	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–2, 3–0, ret.
29.	11 September 1995	US Open, US	Hard	Alex O'Brien Sandon Stolle	6–3, 6–3
30.	8 January 1996	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Jonas Björkman Tommy Ho	7–5, 7–6
31.	4 March 1996	Philadelphia, US	Carpet	Byron Black Grant Connell	7–6, 6–2
32.	18 March 1996	Indian Wells, US	Hard	Brian MacPhie Michael Tebbutt	1–6, 6–2, 6–2
33.	1 April 1996	Key Biscayne, US	Hard	Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith	6–1, 6–3
34.	22 April 1996	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Mark Knowles Rick Leach	6–2, 6–3
35.	20 May 1996	Coral Springs, US	Clay	Ivan Baron Brett Hansen-Dent	6–3, 6–3
36.	17 June 1996	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	6–3, 7–6
37.	8 July 1996	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Byron Black Grant Connell	4–6, 6–1, 6–3, 6–2
38.	29 July 1996	Atlanta Olympics, US	Hard	Neil Broad Tim Henman	6–4, 6–4, 6–2
39.	9 September 1996	US Open, New York	Hard	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	4–6, 7–6, 7–6
40.	7 October 1996	Singapore	Carpet	Martin Damm Andrei Olhovskiy	7–6, 7–6
41.	17 November 1996	Doubles Championship, Hartford	Carpet	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 7–6^(7–3)
42.	27 January 1997	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	4–6, 7–5, 7–5, 6–3
43.	31 March 1997	Key Biscayne, US	Hard	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	7–6, 7–6
44.	7 July 1997	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(9–7), 5–7, 6–3
45.	11 August 1997	Cincinnati, US	Hard	Mark Philippoussis Patrick Rafter	7–6, 4–6, 6–4
46.	27 October 1997	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Carpet	Rick Leach Jonathan Stark	6–3, 6–3
47.	19 January 1998	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Hard	Jacco Eltingh Daniel Nestor	6–3, 7–5
48.	16 February 1998	San Jose, US	Hard (i)	Nelson Aerts André Sá	6–1, 7–5
49.	23 February 1998	Memphis, US	Hard (i)	Ellis Ferreira David Roditi	6–3, 6–4
50.	4 May 1998	Munich, Germany	Clay	Joshua Eagle Andrew Florent	6–0, 6–3
51.	19 October 1998	Singapore	Carpet	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	6–2, 6–3
52.	15 February 1999	San Jose, US	Hard (i)	Aleksandar Kitinov Nenad Zimonjić	7–5, 6–7^(3–7), 6–4
53.	22 February 1999	Memphis, US	Hard (i)	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	6–3, 6–4
54.	10 January 2000	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Lleyton Hewitt Sandon Stolle	6–4, 6–2
55.	17 January 2000	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Lleyton Hewitt Sandon Stolle	7–5, 6–4
56.	3 April 2000	Miami, US	Hard	Martin Damm Dominik Hrbatý	6–3, 6–4
57.	22 May 2000	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Wayne Arthurs Sandon Stolle	6–7^(4–7), 6–4, 6–3
58.	12 June 2000	French Open, Paris	Clay	Paul Haarhuis Sandon Stolle	7–6^(9–7), 6–4
59.	19 June 2000	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Jonathan Stark Eric Taino	6–7^(5–7), 6–3, 7–6^(7–1)
60.	10 July 2000	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Paul Haarhuis Sandon Stolle	6–3, 6–4, 6–1
61.	14 August 2000	Cincinnati, US	Hard	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	7–6^(8–6), 6–4

Runners-up (18)

No.	Date	Tournaments	Surface	Opponents	Score
1.	28 November 1993	Doubles Championship, Johannesburg	Hard (i)	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6–7^(4–7), 6–7^(5–7), 4–6
2.	13 June 1994	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Jan Apell Jonas Björkman	6–3, 6–7, 4–6
3.	12 September 1994	US Open, New York	Hard	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	3–6, 6–7^(1–7)
4.	28 November 1994	Doubles Championship, Jakarta	Hard (i)	Jan Apell Jonas Björkman	4–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–7^(5–7), 6–7^(6–8)
5.	23 October 1995	Vienna, Austria	Carpet	Ellis Ferreira Jan Siemerink	4–6, 5–7
6.	26 February 1996	Memphis, US	Hard (i)	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	4–6, 5–7
7.	6 January 1997	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Patrick Rafter Bryan Shelton	4–6, 6–1, 3–6
8.	9 June 1997	French Open, Paris	Clay	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek	6–7^(12–14), 6–4, 3–6
9.	2 February 1998	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Jonas Björkman Jacco Eltingh	2–6, 7–5, 6–2, 4–6, 3–6
10.	27 April 1998	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	4–6, 2–6
11.	6 July 1998	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6–2, 4–6, 6–7^(3–7), 7–5, 8–10
12.	12 October 1998	Shanghai, China	Carpet	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	4–6, 7–6^(7–2), 6–7^(4–7)
13.	3 May 1999	Atlanta, US	Clay	Patrick Galbraith Justin Gimelstob	7–5, 6–7, 3–6
14.	14 June 1999	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	3–6, 6–7^(3–7)
15.	16 August 1999	Cincinnati, US	Hard	Byron Black Jonas Björkman	3–6, 6–7^(6–8)
16.	11 October 1999	Shanghai, China	Hard	Sébastien Lareau Daniel Nestor	5–7, 3–6
17.	18 October 1999	Singapore	Hard (i)	Max Mirnyi Eric Taino	3–6, 4–6
18.	2 October 2000	Sydney Olympics, Australia	Hard	Sébastien Lareau Daniel Nestor	7–5, 3–6, 4–6, 6–7^(2–7)

Team competition titles (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	3–5 December 1999	Davis Cup, Nice, France	Clay (i)	Lleyton Hewitt / Mark Philippoussis	Sébastien Grosjean / Fabrice Santoro / Cédric Pioline / Olivier Delaître	3–2

Runners-up (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	3–5 December 1993	Davis Cup, Düsseldorf, Germany	Clay (i)	Richard Fromberg / Jason Stoltenberg	Michael Stich / Patrik Kühnen / Marc-Kevin Goellner / Carl-Uwe Steeb	1–4

Doubles performance timeline

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(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.

Tournament	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	Career SR
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	SF	W	1R	QF	3R	1R	W	F	SF	SF	2 / 10
French Open	3R	3R	SF	QF	1R	SF	F	3R	1R	W	1 / 10
Wimbledon	QF	SF	W	W	W	W	W	F	QF	W	6 / 10
US Open	SF	SF	3R	F	W	W	1R	3R	QF	2R	2 / 10
Grand Slam SR	0 / 4	1 / 4	1 / 4	1 / 4	2 / 4	2 / 4	2 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	2 / 4	11 / 40
Year-end championship
Tennis Masters Cup	SF	W	F	F	SF	W	RR	RR	SF	-	2 / 9
Olympic Games
Summer Olympic Games	NH	-	Not Held			W	Not Held			F	1 / 2
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells Masters	-	QF	-	QF	SF	W	SF	1R	2R	QF	1 / 8
Miami Masters	-	-	-	2R	W	W	W	1R	3R	W	4 / 7
Monte-Carlo Masters	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	F	-	-	0 / 1
Rome Masters	1R	1R	-	-	-	-	1R	1R	-	-	0 / 4
Hamburg Masters	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	W	1 / 1
Canada Masters	-	-	-	-	-	QF	-	-	1R	-	0 / 2
Cincinnati Masters	1R	W	-	SF	W	QF	W	QF	F	W	4 / 9
Stuttgart Masters ²	-	W	W	W	SF	QF	W	QF	SF	1R	4 / 9
Paris Masters	QF	1R	QF	SF	SF	SF	1R	QF	QF	-	0 / 9
Masters Series SR	0 / 3	2 / 5	1 / 2	1 / 5	2 / 5	2 / 6	3 / 6	0 / 7	0 / 6	3 / 5	14 / 50
Doubles team ranking	5	1	3	2	1	1	1	3	3	1

² held in Stockholm 1990–94, Essen in 1995

↑ "Great Olympic duos: tennis champions Mark Woodforde and Todd Woodbridge". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
↑ Newman, Paul (15 January 2018). "Woodbridge and Wimbledon". www.wimbledon.com. Retrieved 18 November 2024.

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[Olympics-1] "Great Olympic duos: tennis champions Mark Woodforde and Todd Woodbridge". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2024.

[Wimbledon_2018-2] Newman, Paul (15 January 2018). "Woodbridge and Wimbledon". www.wimbledon.com. Retrieved 18 November 2024.

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