Mark Woodforde Country (sports) Australia Residence Rancho Mirage , CA Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1+ 1 ⁄2 in) Turned pro 1984 Retired 2000 Plays Left-handed; one-handed backhand Prize money US$ 8,571,605Career record 319–312 Career titles 4 Highest ranking No. 19 (22 April 1996) Australian Open SF (1996) French Open 4R (1997) Wimbledon 4R (1988, 1990, 1997) US Open 4R (1987, 1988) Career record 647–248 Career titles 67 Highest ranking No. 1 (16 November 1992) Last updated on: 16 July 2008.
Mark Woodforde (born 23 September 1965) is a retired professional tennis player from Australia. He is most famously remembered as one half of "The Woodies ", a doubles partnership with Todd Woodbridge .
Woodforde was born in Adelaide , and joined the men's professional tennis ATP Tour in 1984. Woodforde won four singles titles, including his hometown Adelaide tournament twice. Woodforde won twelve Grand Slam doubles titles in his career - one French Open , two Australian Opens , three U.S. Opens , and a record six Wimbledons . Eleven of these victories came as a member of the Woodies, and he won the 1989 U.S. Open doubles with John McEnroe . He also won five Grand Slam mixed doubles titles - one French Open , two Australian Opens , one U.S. Open , and one Wimbledon ; thus making an overall total of 17 Grand Slam doubles titles.
He enjoyed the greatest success of his career when playing men's doubles with Woodbridge, combining his left-hand baseline play with Woodbridge's swift volleying reflexes at the net. They were the ATP Doubles Team of the Year four times, and all together the Woodies won 61 ATP doubles tournaments (Woodforde won 67 in his career).
Woodforde's other career highlights included a gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics , and a silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics .
Woodforde played for the Australian Davis Cup Team in three Davis Cup finals, including teaming with Woodbridge to clinch the 1999 win over France in Paris to give Australia its first Davis Cup victory in 13 years.
Mark Woodforde retired from professional tennis in 2000 after a Davis Cup final loss to Spain, and was appointed the coach of Australia's Fed Cup team in 2003.
Grand Slam finals
Men's doubles: 16 (12 titles, 4 runner-ups)
By winning the 2000 French Open, Woodforde completed the Career Grand Slam.
Outcome
Year
Championship
Surface
Partner
Opponents in the final
Score in the final
Winner
1989
US Open
Hard
John McEnroe
Ken Flach Robert Seguso
6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Winner
1992
Australian Open
Hard
Todd Woodbridge
Kelly Jones Rick Leach
6–4, 6–3, 6–4
Winner
1993
Wimbledon
Grass
Todd Woodbridge
Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith
7–6, 6–3, 7–6
Winner
1994
Wimbledon
Grass
Todd Woodbridge
Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith
7–6, 6–3, 6–1
Runner-up
1994
US Open
Hard
Todd Woodbridge
Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis
6–3, 7–6(6)
Winner
1995
Wimbledon
Grass
Todd Woodbridge
Rick Leach Scott Melville
7–5, 7–6, 7–6
Winner
1995
US Open
Hard
Todd Woodbridge
Alex O'Brien Sandon Stolle
6–3, 6–3
Winner
1996
Wimbledon
Grass
Todd Woodbridge
Byron Black Grant Connell
4–6, 6–1, 6–3, 6–2
Winner
1996
US Open
Hard
Todd Woodbridge
Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis
4–6, 7–6, 7–6
Winner
1997
Australian Open
Hard
Todd Woodbridge
Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien
4–6, 7–5, 7–5, 6–3
Runner-up
1997
French Open
Clay
Todd Woodbridge
Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek
7–6(12), 4–6, 6–3
Winner
1997
Wimbledon
Grass
Todd Woodbridge
Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis
7–6, 7–6, 5–7, 6–3
Runner-up
1998
Australian Open
Hard
Todd Woodbridge
Jonas Björkman Jacco Eltingh
6–2, 5–7, 2–6, 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up
1998
Wimbledon
Grass
Todd Woodbridge
Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis
2–6, 6–4, 7–6(3), 5–7, 10–8
Winner
2000
French Open
Clay
Todd Woodbridge
Paul Haarhuis Sandon Stolle
7–6, 6–4
Winner
2000
Wimbledon
Grass
Todd Woodbridge
Paul Haarhuis Sandon Stolle
6–3, 6–4, 6–1
Mixed doubles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner-ups)
Outcome
Year
Championship
Surface
Partner
Opponents in the final
Score in the final
Winner
1992
Australian Open
Hard
Nicole Provis
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Todd Woodbridge
6–3, 4–6, 11–9
Winner
1992
French Open
Clay
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Lori McNeil Bryan Shelton
6–2, 6–3
Winner
1992
US Open
Hard
Nicole Provis
Helena Suková Tom Nijssen
4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Winner
1993
Wimbledon
Grass
Martina Navrátilová
Manon Bollegraf Tom Nijssen
6–3, 6–4
Runner-up
1993
US Open
Hard
Martina Navrátilová
Helena Suková Todd Woodbridge
6–3, 7–6
Winner
1996
Australian Open
Hard
Nicole Provis
Larisa Savchenko Neiland Luke Jensen
4–6, 7–5, 6–0
Runner-up
1996
Wimbledon
Grass
Larisa Savchenko Neiland
Helena Suková Cyril Suk
1–6, 6–3, 6–2
Titles (67)
Legend
Grand Slam (12)
Tennis Masters Cup (2)
Olympic Gold (1)
ATP Masters Series (14)
ATP Championship Series (11)
ATP Tour (27)
Titles by Surface
Hard (36)
Clay (9)
Grass (10)
Carpet (12)
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partnering
Opponent in the final
Score
1.
26 September 1988
Los Angeles , U.S.
Hard
John McEnroe
Libor Pimek Michiel Schapers
6–4, 6–4
2.
3 October 1988
San Francisco , U.S.
Carpet
John McEnroe
Rick Leach Jim Pugh
6–4, 7–6
3.
1 May 1989
Monte Carlo , Monaco
Clay
Tomáš Šmíd
Paolo Canè Diego Nargiso
1–6, 6–4, 6–2
4.
1 May 1989
U.S. Open , New York
Hard
John McEnroe
Ken Flach Robert Seguso
6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3
5.
18 February 1991
Brussels , Belgium
Carpet
Todd Woodbridge
Libor Pimek Michiel Schapers
6–3, 6–0
6.
11 March 1991
Copenhagen , Denmark
Carpet
Todd Woodbridge
Mansour Bahrami Andrei Olhovskiy
6–3, 6–1
7.
17 June 1991
London/Queen's Club , England
Grass
Todd Woodbridge
Grant Connell Glenn Michibata
7–6, 6–4
8.
30 September 1991
Brisbane , Australia
Hard
Todd Woodbridge
John Fitzgerald Glenn Michibata
7–6, 6–3
9.
27 January 1992
Australian Open , Melbourne
Hard
Todd Woodbridge
Kelly Jones Rick Leach
6–4, 6–3, 6–4
10.
17 February 1992
Memphis , U.S.
Hard (i)
Todd Woodbridge
Kevin Curren Gary Muller
7–6, 6–1
11.
24 February 1992
Philadelphia , U.S.
Carpet
Todd Woodbridge
Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg
7–5, 1–0, ret.
12.
6 April 1992
Singapore
Hard
Todd Woodbridge
Grant Connell Glenn Michibata
6–7, 6–2, 6–4
13.
17 August 1992
Cincinnati , U.S.
Hard
Todd Woodbridge
Patrick McEnroe Jonathan Stark
7–6, 6–4
14.
19 October 1992
Tokyo Indoor , Japan
Hard (i)
Todd Woodbridge
Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg
7–6, 7–6
15.
2 November 1992
Stockholm , Sweden
Carpet
Todd Woodbridge
Steve DeVries David Macpherson
6–3, 6–4
16.
29 November 1992
Doubles Championships , Johannesburg
Hard
Todd Woodbridge
John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd
6–2, 7–6, 5–7, 3–6, 6–3
17.
11 January 1993
Adelaide , Australia
Hard
Todd Woodbridge
John Fitzgerald Laurie Warder
6–4, 7–5
18.
15 February 1993
Memphis , U.S.
Hard (i)
Todd Woodbridge
Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis
6–4, 4–6, 6–3
19.
14 June 1993
London/Queen's Club , England
Grass
Todd Woodbridge
Neil Broad Gary Muller
6–4, 6–7, 6–3
20.
5 July 1993
Wimbledon , London
Grass
Todd Woodbridge
Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith
7–6, 6–3, 7–6
21.
1 November 1993
Stockholm , Sweden
Carpet
Todd Woodbridge
Gary Muller Danie Visser
7–6, 5–7, 7–6
22.
7 February 1994
Dubai , UAE
Hard
Todd Woodbridge
Darren Cahill John Fitzgerald
6–7, 6–4, 6–2
23.
18 April 1994
Nice , France
Clay
Javier Sánchez
Hendrik Jan Davids Piet Norval
7–5, 6–3
24.
9 May 1994
Pinehurst , U.S.
Clay
Todd Woodbridge
Jared Palmer Richey Reneberg
6–2, 3–6, 6–3
25.
4 July 1994
Wimbledon , London
Grass
Todd Woodbridge
Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith
7–6, 6–3, 6–1
26.
8 August 1994
Los Angeles , U.S.
Hard
John Fitzgerald
Scott Davis Brian MacPhie
4–6, 6–2, 6–0
27.
22 August 1994
Indianapolis , U.S.
Hard
Todd Woodbridge
Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg
6–4, 6–2
28.
31 October 1994
Stockholm , Sweden
Carpet
Todd Woodbridge
Jan Apell Jonas Björkman
6–4, 4–6, 6–3
29.
16 January 1995
Sydney Outdoor , Australia
Hard
Todd Woodbridge
Trevor Kronemann David Macpherson
7–6, 6–4
30.
27 March 1995
Miami , U.S.
Hard
Todd Woodbridge
Jim Grabb Patrick McEnroe
6–4, 3–6, 7–6
31.
15 May 1995
Pinehurst , U.S.
Clay
Todd Woodbridge
Alex O'Brien Sandon Stolle
6–2, 6–4
32
22 May 1995
Delray Beach , U.S.
Clay
Todd Woodbridge
Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez
6–3, 6–1
33.
10 July 1995
Wimbledon , London
Grass
Todd Woodbridge
Rick Leach Scott Melville
7–5, 7–6, 7–6
34.
14 August 1995
Cincinnati , U.S.
Hard
Todd Woodbridge
Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor
6–4, 6–4
35.
11 September 1995
U.S. Open , New York
Hard
Todd Woodbridge
Alex O'Brien Sandon Stolle
6–3, 6–3
36.
8 January 1996
Adelaide , Australia
Hard
Todd Woodbridge
Jonas Björkman Tommy Ho
7–5, 7–6
37.
4 March 1996
Philadelphia , U.S.
Carpet
Todd Woodbridge
Byron Black Grant Connell
7–6, 6–2
38.
18 March 1996
Indian Wells , U.S.
Hard
Todd Woodbridge
Brian MacPhie Michael Tebbutt
6–3, 6–4
39.
1 April 1996
Miami , U.S.
Hard
Todd Woodbridge
Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith
6–3, 6–7, 7–6
40.
22 April 1996
Tokyo , Japan
Hard
Todd Woodbridge
Mark Knowles Rick Leach
6–1, 7–6
41.
20 May 1996
Coral Springs , U.S.
Clay
Todd Woodbridge
Ivan Baron Brett Hansen-Dent
6–3, 6–3
42.
17 June 1996
London/Queen's Club , England
Grass
Todd Woodbridge
Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien
6–2, 6–7, 6–3
43.
8 July 1996
Wimbledon , London
Grass
Todd Woodbridge
Byron Black Grant Connell
4–6, 6–1, 6–3, 6–2
44.
29 July 1996
Atlanta Olympics , U.S.
Hard
Todd Woodbridge
Neil Broad Tim Henman
6–4, 6–4, 6–2
45.
9 September 1996
U.S. Open , New York
Hard
Todd Woodbridge
Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis
4–6, 7–6, 7–6
46.
7 October 1996
Singapore
Carpet
Todd Woodbridge
Martin Damm Andrei Olhovskiy
7–6, 7–6
47.
17 November 1996
Doubles Championships , Hartford
Carpet
Todd Woodbridge
Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien
6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 7–6
48.
27 January 1997
Australian Open , Melbourne
Hard
Todd Woodbridge
Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien
4–6, 7–5, 7–5, 6–3
49.
31 March 1997
Miami , U.S.
Hard
Todd Woodbridge
Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor
6–4, 3–6, 6–3
50.
7 July 1997
Wimbledon , London
Grass
Todd Woodbridge
Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis
7–6, 7–6, 5–7, 6–3
51.
11 August 1997
Cincinnati , U.S.
Hard
Todd Woodbridge
Mark Philippoussis Patrick Rafter
6–4, 6–2
52.
27 October 1997
Stuttgart Indoor , Germany
Carpet
Todd Woodbridge
Rick Leach Jonathan Stark
7–6, 7–6
53.
19 January 1998
Sydney Outdoor , Australia
Hard
Todd Woodbridge
Jacco Eltingh Daniel Nestor
6–3, 7–5
54.
16 February 1998
San Jose , U.S.
Hard (i)
Todd Woodbridge
Nelson Aerts André Sá
6–1, 7–5
55.
23 February 1998
Memphis , U.S.
Hard (i)
Todd Woodbridge
Ellis Ferreira David Roditi
6–4, 6–2
56.
4 May 1998
Munich , Germany
Clay
Todd Woodbridge
Joshua Eagle Andrew Florent
6–0, 6–3
57.
19 October 1998
Singapore
Carpet
Todd Woodbridge
Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes
6–2, 6–3
58.
15 February 1999
San Jose , U.S.
Hard (i)
Todd Woodbridge
Aleksandar Kitinov Nenad Zimonjić
7–5, 6–7, 6–4
59.
22 February 1999
Memphis , U.S.
Hard (i)
Todd Woodbridge
Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien
6–4, 7–5
60.
10 January 2000
Adelaide , Australia
Hard
Todd Woodbridge
Lleyton Hewitt Sandon Stolle
6–4, 6–2
61.
17 January 2000
Sydney , Australia
Hard
Todd Woodbridge
Lleyton Hewitt Sandon Stolle
7–5, 6–4
62.
3 April 2000
Miami , U.S.
Hard
Todd Woodbridge
Martin Damm Dominik Hrbatý
6–4, 6–1
63.
22 May 2000
Hamburg , Germany
Clay
Todd Woodbridge
Wayne Arthurs Sandon Stolle
6–7, 6–4, 6–3
64.
12 June 2000
French Open , Paris
Clay
Todd Woodbridge
Paul Haarhuis Sandon Stolle
7–6, 6–4
65.
19 June 2000
London/Queen's Club , England
Grass
Todd Woodbridge
Jonathan Stark Eric Taino
7–6, 6–4
66.
10 July 2000
Wimbledon , London
Grass
Todd Woodbridge
Paul Haarhuis Sandon Stolle
6–3, 6–4, 6–1
67.
14 August 2000
Cincinnati , U.S.
Hard
Todd Woodbridge
Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach
7–6, 6–4
Runner-ups (24)
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partnering
Opponent in the final
Score
1.
29 July 1985
Hilversum , Netherlands
Clay
Carl Limberger
Stefan Simonsson Hans Simonsson
6–3, 6–4
2.
12 January 1987
Auckland , New Zealand
Hard
Carl Limberger
Kelly Jones Brad Pearce
7–6, 7–6
3.
20 July 1987
Bordeaux , France
Clay
Darren Cahill
Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez
6–3, 6–3
4.
31 August 1987
Rye Brook , U.S.
Hard
Carl Limberger
Lloyd Bourne Jeff Klaparda
6–3, 6–3
5.
4 January 1988
Adelaide , Australia
Hard
Carl Limberger
Darren Cahill Mark Kratzmann
4–6, 6–2, 7–5
6.
1 October 1990
Brisbane , Australia
Hard
Brian Garrow
Jason Stoltenberg Todd Woodbridge
2–6, 6–4, 6–4
7.
28 November 1993
Doubles Championships , Johannesburg
Hard (i)
Todd Woodbridge
Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis
7–6, 7–6, 6–4
8.
13 June 1994
London/Queen's Club , England
Grass
Todd Woodbridge
Jan Apell Jonas Björkman
5–7, 7–6, 6–4
9.
12 September 1994
U.S. Open , New York
Hard
Todd Woodbridge
Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis
6–3, 7–6
10.
28 November 1994
Doubles Championships , Jakarta
Hard (i)
Todd Woodbridge
Jan Apell Jonas Björkman
6–4, 4–6, 4–6, 7–6, 7–6
11.
23 October 1995
Vienna , Austria
Carpet
Todd Woodbridge
Ellis Ferreira Jan Siemerink
6–4, 7–5
12.
26 February 1996
Memphis , U.S.
Hard (i)
Todd Woodbridge
Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor
7–6, 1–6, 6–4
13.
6 January 1997
Adelaide , Australia
Hard
Todd Woodbridge
Patrick Rafter Bryan Shelton
6–4, 1–6, 6–3
14.
9 June 1997
French Open , Paris
Clay
Todd Woodbridge
Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek
7–6, 4–6, 6–3
15.
2 February 1998
Australian Open , Melbourne
Hard
Todd Woodbridge
Jonas Björkman Jacco Eltingh
6–2, 5–7, 2–6, 6–4, 6–3
16.
27 April 1998
Monte Carlo , Monaco
Clay
Todd Woodbridge
Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis
6–4, 6–2
17.
6 July 1998
Wimbledon , London
Grass
Todd Woodbridge
Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis
2–6, 6–4, 7–6, 5–7, 10–8
18.
12 October 1998
Shanghai, China
Carpet
Todd Woodbridge
Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes
6–4, 6–7, 7–6
19.
3 May 1999
Atlanta , U.S.
Clay
Todd Woodbridge
Patrick Galbraith Justin Gimelstob
5–7, 7–6, 6–3
20.
14 June 1999
London/Queen's Club , England
Grass
Todd Woodbridge
Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien
6–3, 7–6
21.
16 August 1999
Cincinnati , U.S.
Hard
Todd Woodbridge
Byron Black Jonas Björkman
6–3, 7–6
22.
11 October 1999
Shanghai, China
Hard
Todd Woodbridge
Sébastien Lareau Daniel Nestor
7–5, 6–3
23.
18 October 1999
Singapore
Carpet
Todd Woodbridge
Max Mirnyi Eric Taino
6–3, 6–4
24.
2 October 2000
Sydney Olympics , Australia
Hard
Todd Woodbridge
Sébastien Lareau Daniel Nestor
5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 7–6
Singles titles (4)
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Opponent in the final
Score
1.
20 January 1986
Auckland , New Zealand
Hard
Bud Schultz
6–4, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
2.
4 January 1988
Adelaide , Australia
Hard
Wally Masur
6–2, 6–4
3.
9 January 1989
Adelaide , Australia
Hard
Patrik Kühnen
7–5, 1–6, 7–5
4.
22 February 1993
Philadelphia , U.S.
Carpet
Ivan Lendl
5–4, ret.
Runner-ups (5)
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Opponent in the final
Score
1.
9 October 1989
Brisbane , Australia
Hard
Nicklas Kroon
4–6, 6–2, 6–4
2.
10 August 1992
Los Angeles , U.S.
Hard
Richard Krajicek
6–4, 2–6, 6–4
3.
16 November 1992
Antwerp , Belgium
Carpet
Richard Krajicek
6–2, 6–2
4.
8 August 1994
Los Angeles , U.S.
Hard
Boris Becker
6–2, 6–2
5.
19 October 1998
Singapore
Carpet
Marcelo Ríos
6–4, 6–2
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