David Sherwood

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]

David Sherwood
Full nameDavid Sherwood
Country (sports) Great Britain
ResidenceSheffield, England
Born (1980-05-06) 6 May 1980
Sheffield, England
Height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Turned pro1998
Retired21 January 2008
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$126,338
Singles
Career record1–3
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 214 (25 July 2005)
Grand Slam Singles results
Wimbledon2R (2005)
US OpenQ1 (2005)
Doubles
Career record2–10
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 174 (1 December 2003)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon1R (1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005)
Team competitions
Davis CupWorld Group Play-Off (2005)
Last updated on: 6 March 2014.

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]

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". Telegraph. 21 February 2005.
  3. "Tennis: Prodigal son returns". Times. 27 February 2005.
  4. "Sherwood revival hits trouble". 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.


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