David Sherwood

David Sherwood
Full name David Sherwood
Country (sports) United Kingdom Great Britain
Residence Sheffield, England
Born (1980-05-06) 6 May 1980
Sheffield, England
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
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)
Team competitions
Davis Cup World Group Play-Off (2005)
Last updated on: 6 March 2014.

David Sherwood is a tennis coach and former British 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 John Sherwood, who won a bronze medal in the 400m hurdles at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, and Sheila Sherwood who won a silver medal in the long jump 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]

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][3] to help Great Britain win 3-2.

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

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