Neil Broad

Neil Broad

Country (sports)	South Africa  United Kingdom
Residence	Cape Town, South Africa
Born	20 November 1966 Cape Town, South Africa
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	1986
Retired	2000
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$1,205,610
Singles
Career record	7–19 (at ATP Tour, Grand Prix tour, and Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 84 (8 May 1989)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (1989)
French Open	1R (1989)
Wimbledon	2R (1990)
US Open	2R (1989)
Doubles
Career record	283–273 (at ATP Tour, Grand Prix tour, and Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	7
Highest ranking	No. 9 (9 April 1990)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	SF (1990)
French Open	2R (1989, 1992, 1995, 1997)
Wimbledon	QF (1997)
US Open	QF (1998)
Medal record Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Doubles

Neil Broad (born 20 November 1966) is a former professional tennis player who represented Great Britain for most of his playing career. He is a former UK number 1 who won seven ATP tour doubles titles in his career, and won the Silver Medal in doubles at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Playing career overview

The right-hander played primarily doubles in his career. He achieved his highest doubles ranking of No. 9 on 9 April 1990. Broad achieved his best Grand Slam doubles result at the 1990 Australian Open, reaching the semifinals while partnering Gary Muller of South Africa. Broad played on the Great Britain Davis Cup team from 1992 to 2000, achieving a doubles record of 4–7. He won a silver medal for Great Britain at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, partnering Tim Henman. He retired from the tour in 2000.

Major finals

Olympic finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Silver	1996	Atlanta	Hard	Tim Henman	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	4–6, 4–6, 2–6

Career finals

Doubles (7 titles, 17 runners-up)

Legend Grand Slam (0) Tennis Masters Cup (0) Olympic Games (0) ATP Masters Series (0) ATP Championship Series (0) Grand Prix / ATP Tour (7)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	8 January 1989	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Stefan Kruger	Mark Kratzmann Glenn Layendecker	6–2, 7–6
Runner-up	1.	16 July 1989	Newport, U.S.	Grass	Stefan Kruger	Patrick Galbraith Brian Garrow	6–2, 5–7, 3–6
Winner	2.	30 July 1989	Washington, U.S.	Hard	Gary Muller	Jim Grabb Patrick McEnroe	6–7, 7–6, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	18 February 1990	Toronto Indoor, Canada	Carpet (i)	Kevin Curren	Patrick Galbraith David Macpherson	6–2, 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	12 August 1990	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Gary Muller	Darren Cahill Mark Kratzmann	6–7, 2–6
Runner-up	4.	30 September 1990	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Gary Muller	Stefan Kruger Christo van Rensburg	6–4, 6–7, 3–6
Winner	3.	7 October 1990	Toulouse, France	Hard	Gary Muller	Michael Mortensen Michiel Schapers	7–6, 6–4
Winner	4.	9 February 1992	Milan, Italy	Carpet (i)	David Macpherson	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	5–7, 7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	25 October 1992	Lyon, France	Carpet (i)	Stefan Kruger	Jakob Hlasek Marc Rosset	1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	6.	25 April 1993	Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Gary Muller	Jan Apell Peter Nyborg	7–5, 6–7, 2–6
Runner-up	7.	13 June 1993	London/Queen's Club, U.K.	Grass	Gary Muller	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	7–6, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	8.	12 June 1994	Florence, Italy	Clay	Greg Van Emburgh	Jon Ireland Kenny Thorne	6–7, 3–6
Winner	5.	14 August 1994	San Marino	Clay	Greg Van Emburgh	Jordi Arrese Renzo Furlan	6–4, 7–6
Runner-up	9.	2 October 1994	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Greg Van Emburgh	Tom Kempers Jack Waite	6–7, 4–6
Runner-up	10.	30 July 1995	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Clay	Wayne Arthurs	Marcelo Ríos Sjeng Schalken	6–7, 2–6
Runner-up	11.	21 April 1996	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Piet Norval	Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez	1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	12.	23 June 1996	Nottingham, U.K.	Grass	Piet Norval	Mark Petchey Danny Sapsford	7–6, 6–7, 4–6
Runner-up	13.	28 July 1996	Atlanta Olympics, U.S.	Hard	Tim Henman	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	4–6, 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	14.	6 October 1996	Lyon, France	Carpet (i)	Piet Norval	Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg	2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	15.	11 May 1997	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Piet Norval	Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez	3–6, 6–7
Runner-up	16.	8 March 1998	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Piet Norval	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6–7, 3–6
Winner	6.	2 August 1998	Umag, Croatia	Clay	Piet Norval	Jiří Novák David Rikl	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Winner	7.	20 September 1998	Bournemouth, U.K.	Clay	Kevin Ullyett	Wayne Arthurs Alberto Berasategui	7–6, 6–3
Runner-up	17.	21 February 1999	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Peter Tramacchi	David Adams John-Laffnie de Jager	7–6, 3–6, 4–6

After the tour

Since retirement, Broad has helped coach South African Paralympic tennis player Tim Hubbard in preparation for the 2004 Paralympic Games.^[1] Broad is currently coaching Brad Williams, a player at Texas A&M University.^[2] Broad also plays tennis on the Senior tour. He is also coaching a very promising young player, Chloe Heerden.

References

1. ITF Tennis - Paralympics 2008 - News Article
2. Texas A&M Athletics Athlete Bios

External links

• Neil Broad at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Neil Broad at the International Tennis Federation
• Neil Broad at the Davis Cup