David Sherwood

David Sherwood

Full name	David Sherwood
Country (sports)	Great Britain
Residence	Sheffield, England
Born	(1980-05-06) 6 May 1980 (age 45) Sheffield, England
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Turned pro	1998
Retired	21 January 2008
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$126,338
Singles
Career record	1–3
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 214 (25 July 2005)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon	2R (2005)
US Open	Q1 (2005)
Doubles
Career record	2–10
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 174 (1 December 2003)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	World Group Play-Off (2005)
Last updated on: 16 October 2021.

David Sherwood is a British tennis coach and retired tennis player. In his only live Davis Cup match, Sherwood played doubles with Andy Murray beating the Israeli World No 4 doubles team of Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram, ^[1]

Early and personal life

Sherwood is the son of Sheila Sherwood who won a silver medal in the long jump at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City and John Sherwood, who won a bronze medal in the 400m hurdles, and at the same Olympics.

Career

In 1997 he won the Australian Open boys' doubles title with fellow Brit James Trotman. They defeated South African pairing Jaco van der Westhuizen and Wesley Whitehouse 7–6, 6–3 in the final.

Sherwood, won futures tournaments in Wrexham and Edinburgh, and also reached the semi-final in Mulhouse and the final in Plaisir, France. ^[2]

By 2003, Sherwood had acquired a reputation for a lackadaisical attitude, a party loving life style and negatively influencing younger players. While at a Jamaica Futures event in November 2003, Sherwood delivered an on-court barrage at his Lawn Tennis Association coach. Back in the UK, he missed a training session claiming he was ill, despite living five minutes away from the LTA's headquarters with an on-site doctor. Next day, the LTA's team manager Mark Petchey expelled him from the LTA. ^{[3] [4]}

With the support of his parents, Sherwood put his tennis career back on track. By November 2004, Mark Petchey was funding his coaching throughout the winter. ^[3]

In March 2005 Sherwood played doubles with Andy Murray in their joint Davis Cup debuts for the Europe/Africa Zone Group I match against Israel. Surprisingly, Sherwood/Murray beat the World No 4 doubles team of Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram, ^{[1] [5]} to help Great Britain win 3–2. He entered the singles at Wimbledon in 2005, and defeated Ricardo Mello in the first round ^[6] before losing to Feliciano López. ^[7]

In September 2005, at the World Group Play-off against Switzerland, Sherwood was beaten in the first singles dead rubber, with Great Britain losing 5–0.

Since retiring from playing in 2008, Sherwood became a nationally recognised Lawn Tennis Association coach, coaching top performance players in the country. ^[1]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 9 (3–6)

Legend ATP Challenger (0–0) ITF Futures (3–6)

Finals by surface Hard (3–6) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 2002	India F1, Chennai	Futures	Hard	Branislav Sekáč	6–7(3–7), 3–6
Loss	0–2	Sep 2002	Great Britain F8, Sunderland	Futures	Hard	Mark Hilton	3–6, 5–7
Win	1–2	Oct 2003	Great Britain F11, Edinburgh	Futures	Hard	Mark Hilton	6–4, 6–3
Win	2–2	Aug 2004	Great Britain F3, Wrexham	Futures	Hard	Mark Hilton	7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss	2–3	Sep 2004	France F15, Plaisir	Futures	Hard	Julien Varlet	3–6, 4–6
Win	3–3	Oct 2004	Great Britain F5, Edinburgh	Futures	Hard	Tom Burn	6–4, 6–1
Loss	3–4	Oct 2004	Great Britain F6, Glasgow	Futures	Hard	Richard Bloomfield	7–6(7–4), 2–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss	3–5	Oct 2004	Great Britain F7, Sunderland	Futures	Hard	Alexander Flock	2–6, 3–6
Loss	3–6	Jan 2005	India F1, Mumbai	Futures	Hard	Simon Greul	6–4, 3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 31 (16–15)

Legend ATP Challenger (0–2) ITF Futures (16–13)

Finals by surface Hard (16–11) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–2) Carpet (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 1998	Great Britain F8, Glasgow	Futures	Hard	James Davidson	Ross Matheson Tom Spinks	6–4, 5–7, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Oct 1998	Great Britain F10, Edinburgh	Futures	Hard	James Davidson	Ashley Naumann Andrew Rueb	3–6, 2–6
Loss	1–2	Feb 1999	Great Britain F2, Chigwell	Futures	Carpet	Tom Spinks	Leoš Friedl Borut Urh	6–7, 1–6
Loss	1–3	Aug 2000	Great Britain F7, Hampstead	Futures	Hard	Simon Dickson	James Davidson Oliver Freelove	2–4, 1–4, 0–4
Win	2–3	Mar 2002	India F1, Chennai	Futures	Hard	Jonathan Marray	Rohan Bopanna Vijay Kannan	3–6, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(10–8)
Loss	2–4	May 2002	Jamaica F4, Montego Bay	Futures	Hard	Jonathan Marray	Konstantinos Economidis Nikos Rovas	4–6, 2–6
Win	3–4	May 2002	Jamaica F6, Montego Bay	Futures	Hard	Jonathan Marray	Simon Larose Kiantki Thomas	4–6, 2–1 ret.
Loss	3–5	Sep 2002	Great Britain F7, Glasgow	Futures	Hard	Jonathan Marray	Luke Bourgeois Alun Jones	1–6, 2–6
Win	4–5	Sep 2002	Great Britain F8, Sunderland	Futures	Hard	Jonathan Marray	Johannes Ager Alan Mackin	7–6(7–2), 4–6, 6–4
Loss	4–6	Oct 2002	Great Britain F9, Edinburgh	Futures	Hard	Jonathan Marray	Jakub Hasek Wesley Moodie	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	4–7	Nov 2002	USA F28, Costa Mesa	Futures	Hard	Richard Bloomfield	Prakash Amritraj Rajeev Ram	2–6, 0–3 ret
Win	5–7	Feb 2003	Great Britain F3, Southampton	Futures	Hard	Jonathan Marray	Satoshi Iwabuchi Michihisa Onoda	6–3, 7–5
Loss	5–8	Apr 2003	Qatar F1, Doha	Futures	Hard	Jonathan Marray	Benjamin Cassaigne Rogier Wassen	6–3, 6–7(6–8), 3–6
Win	6–8	Apr 2003	Qatar F2, Doha	Futures	Hard	Jonathan Marray	Ivo Klec Aisam Qureshi	3–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Loss	6–9	Jul 2003	Bristol, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Daniel Kiernan	Jean-François Bachelot Nicolas Mahut	6–7(4–7), 7–5, 6–7(5–7)
Loss	6–10	Jul 2003	Manchester, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Daniel Kiernan	Arvind Parmar Martin Lee	3–6, 6–2, 2–6
Win	7–10	Aug 2003	Great Britain F8, London	Futures	Hard	Daniel Kiernan	Jonathan Marray Jamie Delgado	walkover
Loss	7–11	Sep 2003	Great Britain F9, Sunderland	Futures	Hard	Daniel Kiernan	Jonathan Marray Mark Hilton	3–6, 3–6
Win	8–11	Sep 2003	Great Britain F10, Glasgow	Futures	Hard	Daniel Kiernan	Andy Murray Guy Thomas	6–7(2–7), 6–0, 6–0
Win	9–11	Oct 2003	Great Britain F11, Edinburgh	Futures	Hard	Daniel Kiernan	Aidan Graveson Thomas Greenland	6–2, 6–3
Win	10–11	Oct 2003	Jamaica F10, Montego Bay	Futures	Hard	Daniel Kiernan	György Balázs László Fonó	7–6(7–5), 6–2
Win	11–11	Oct 2003	Jamaica F11, Montego Bay	Futures	Hard	Daniel Kiernan	Dustin Brown Ryan Russell	6–4, 2–0 ret.
Win	12–11	Nov 2003	Jamaica F12, Montego Bay	Futures	Hard	Daniel Kiernan	Jonathan Marray Mark Hilton	6–3, 6–4
Loss	12–12	May 2004	Great Britain F1, Bournemouth	Futures	Clay	Oliver Freelove	James Auckland Thomas Blake	4–6, 3–6
Win	13–12	Sep 2004	France F14, Mulhouse	Futures	Hard	Jonathan Marray	Josselin Ouanna Alexandre Sidorenko	6–2, 6–1
Win	14–12	Oct 2004	Great Britain F6, Glasgow	Futures	Hard	Daniel Kiernan	Richard Bloomfield Chris Lewis	6–4, 6–4
Win	15–12	Oct 2004	Great Britain F7, Sunderland	Futures	Hard	Daniel Kiernan	Josh Goodall Miles Kasiri	6–4, 6–4
Win	16–12	Mar 2005	France F4, Lille	Futures	Hard	Mustafa Ghouse	Patrice Atias Frederic Jeanclaude	6–4, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–3)
Loss	16–13	Oct 2005	France F16, Nevers	Futures	Hard	Kyle Spencer	Julien Jeanpierre Jean-Michel Pequery	4–6, 7–6(9–7), 5–7
Loss	16–14	Nov 2005	Belgium F1, Sint-Katelijne-Waver	Futures	Hard	Richard Bloomfield	Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky Denis Matsukevich	5–7, 2–6
Loss	16–15	Mar 2006	Great Britain F4, Manchester	Futures	Hard	Martin Lee	Jean-François Bachelot Aisam Qureshi	1–6, 6–3, 2–6

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partnet	Opponents	Score
Win	1997	Australian Open	Hard	James Trotman	Jaco Van Der Westhuizen Wesley Whitehouse	7–6, 6–3

References

1. "Remembering the day Andy Murray's Davis Cup adventure began". Herald Scotland. 23 November 2015.
2. "Bates calls up rookie to replace Henman". The Daily Telegraph. 21 February 2005.
3. "Tennis: Prodigal son returns". Times. 27 February 2005. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017.
4. "Sherwood revival hits trouble". The Telegraph. 23 June 2005.
5. "GB pair take stunning doubles win". BBC Sport. 5 March 2005.
6. "Briton Sherwood lands famous win". BBC. 20 June 2005. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
7. "Sherwood challenge ended by Lopez". BBC. 22 June 2005. Retrieved 13 July 2017.

External links

• David Sherwood at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• David Sherwood at the International Tennis Federation
• David Sherwood at the Davis Cup (archived)