David Felgate (tennis)

David Felgate
Country (sports) United Kingdom Great Britain
Residence Barnes, London
Born (1964-03-19) 19 March 1964
Essex, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Turned pro 1983
Retired 1989
Plays Right-handed
Singles
Career record 1–4
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 301 (11 July 1988)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 1R (1988)
Wimbledon 1R (1988)
Doubles
Career record 9–25
Career titles 1
Highest ranking No. 83 (5 May 1986)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 1R (1987, 1988)
French Open 1R (1986)
Wimbledon 2R (1985, 1986, 1988)
US Open 1R (1988)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
French Open 2R (1986)
Wimbledon 1R (1986, 1989)

David Felgate (born 19 March 1964) is a former English professional tennis player who competed for Great Britain in the 1980s.[1]

Career

Felgate was principally a doubles player and it was in doubles that he made the semi-finals of the boys' event at the 1982 US Open, partnering Stuart Bale.[2]

He and fellow Englishman Steve Shaw were doubles champions in the 1985 Bordeaux Open.[3] It would be his only title on the Grand Prix tennis circuit. Also that year, in Wimbledon, Felgate won his first Grand Slam doubles match. Felgate and Nick Brown, wild card entrants, upset third seeds Ken Flach and Robert Seguso in the first round. They didn't progress past the second round. He also reached the second round at Wimbledon in 1986, with Shaw, and in 1988, with Nick Fulwood.

It wasn't until 1988 that he made a Grand Slam singles appearance.[3] After going through qualifying, Felgate played against Eddie Edwards in the first round of the 1988 Australian Open.[3] He lost to the South African convincingly, only able to win three games for the match.[3] It was however a step up for him, as he had previously only played singles on the Challenger circuit, never in a Grand Prix event.[3] When he did debut at a Grand Prix tournament, in the 1988 Stella Artois Championships (Queen's), Felgate performed well, having a win over world number 72 Jérôme Potier.[3] He was given a wild card at Wimbledon that year, but had to play the top seed in the first round, Ivan Lendl, who won in straight sets.[3]

In 1992, Felgate started coaching Tim Henman and remained with him for nine years. During this time Henman made two Wimbledon semi-finals and won seven ATP titles.[4] They decided to part way early in 2001 and Felgate then began working with Xavier Malisse. He has also spent time coaching Naomi Cavaday and Nicole Vaidišová.[3]

He has had a long association with the Lawn Tennis Association.[3] He was Manager of Men's National Training there from 1992 until 1996 and their Performance Director from 2003 to 2006.[3]

Grand Prix career finals

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Outcome No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Winner 1. 1985 France Bordeaux, France Clay United Kingdom Steve Shaw Czechoslovakia Libor Pimek
United States Blaine Willenborg		 6–4, 5–7, 6–4

Challenger titles

Doubles: (4)

No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
1. 1986 Kenya Nairobi, Kenya Clay United Kingdom Nick Fulwood United States Marcel Freeman
United States Jacques Manset		 6–2, 7–6
2. 1986 Portugal Lisbon, Portugal Clay New Zealand Bruce Derlin Italy Alessandro de Minicis
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Marko Ostoja		 5–7, 6–3, 6–4
3. 1987 South Africa Bloemfontein, South Africa Hard United Kingdom Nick Fulwood United States Mike Bauer
United States Peter Palandjian		 6–1, 3–6, 6–4
4. 1988 Portugal Madeira, Portugal Hard United Kingdom Nick Fulwood United States Jon Levine
Nigeria Nduka Odizor		 7–5, 7–5

References

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