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,

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.

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.

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.

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, to help Great Britain win 3–2. He entered the singles at Wimbledon in 2005, and defeated Ricardo Mello in the first round before losing to Feliciano López.

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 many prominent players in the country.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 9 (3–6) LegendATP Challenger (0–0)ITF Futures (3–6)Finals by surfaceHard (3–6)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1India F1, ChennaiFuturesHard Branislav Sekáč6–7(3–7), 3–6Loss0–2Great Britain F8, SunderlandFuturesHard Mark Hilton3–6, 5–7Win1–2Great Britain F11, EdinburghFuturesHard Mark Hilton6–4, 6–3Win2–2Great Britain F3, WrexhamFuturesHard Mark Hilton7–6(7–5), 6–4Loss2–3France F15, PlaisirFuturesHard Julien Varlet3–6, 4–6Win3–3Great Britain F5, EdinburghFuturesHard Tom Burn6–4, 6–1Loss3–4Great Britain F6, GlasgowFuturesHard Richard Bloomfield7–6(7–4), 2–6, 6–7(6–8)Loss3–5Great Britain F7, SunderlandFuturesHard Alexander Flock2–6, 3–6Loss3–6India F1, MumbaiFuturesHard Simon Greul6–4, 3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 31 (16–15) LegendATP Challenger (0–2)ITF Futures (16–13)Finals by surfaceHard (16–11)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–2)Carpet (0–1)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Great Britain F8, GlasgowFuturesHard James Davidson Ross Matheson Tom Spinks6–4, 5–7, 6–4Loss1–1Great Britain F10, EdinburghFuturesHard James Davidson Ashley Naumann Andrew Rueb3–6, 2–6Loss1–2Great Britain F2, ChigwellFuturesCarpet Tom Spinks Leoš Friedl Borut Urh6–7, 1–6Loss1–3Great Britain F7, HampsteadFuturesHard Simon Dickson James Davidson Oliver Freelove2–4, 1–4, 0–4Win2–3India F1, ChennaiFuturesHard Jonathan Marray Rohan Bopanna Vijay Kannan3–6, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(10–8) Loss2–4Jamaica F4, Montego BayFuturesHard Jonathan Marray Konstantinos Economidis Nikos Rovas4–6, 2–6Win3–4Jamaica F6, Montego BayFuturesHard Jonathan Marray Simon Larose Kiantki Thomas4–6, 2–1 ret.Loss3–5Great Britain F7, GlasgowFuturesHard Jonathan Marray Luke Bourgeois Alun Jones1–6, 2–6Win4–5Great Britain F8, SunderlandFuturesHard Jonathan Marray Johannes Ager Alan Mackin7–6(7–2), 4–6, 6–4Loss4–6Great Britain F9, EdinburghFuturesHard Jonathan Marray Jakub Hasek Wesley Moodie3–6, 6–3, 3–6Loss4–7USA F28, Costa MesaFuturesHard Richard Bloomfield Prakash Amritraj Rajeev Ram2–6, 0–3 retWin5–7Great Britain F3, SouthamptonFuturesHard Jonathan Marray Satoshi Iwabuchi Michihisa Onoda6–3, 7–5Loss5–8Qatar F1, DohaFuturesHard Jonathan Marray Benjamin Cassaigne Rogier Wassen6–3, 6–7(6–8), 3–6Win6–8Qatar F2, DohaFuturesHard Jonathan Marray Ivo Klec Aisam Qureshi3–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–3)Loss6–9Bristol, United KingdomChallengerGrass Daniel Kiernan Jean-François Bachelot Nicolas Mahut6–7(4–7), 7–5, 6–7(5–7)Loss6–10Manchester, United KingdomChallengerGrass Daniel Kiernan Arvind Parmar Martin Lee3–6, 6–2, 2–6Win7–10Great Britain F8, LondonFuturesHard Daniel Kiernan Jonathan Marray Jamie DelgadowalkoverLoss7–11Great Britain F9, SunderlandFuturesHard Daniel Kiernan Jonathan Marray Mark Hilton3–6, 3–6Win8–11Great Britain F10, GlasgowFuturesHard Daniel Kiernan Andy Murray Guy Thomas6–7(2–7), 6–0, 6–0Win9–11Great Britain F11, EdinburghFuturesHard Daniel Kiernan Aidan Graveson Thomas Greenland6–2, 6–3Win10–11Jamaica F10, Montego BayFuturesHard Daniel Kiernan György Balázs László Fonó7–6(7–5), 6–2Win11–11Jamaica F11, Montego BayFuturesHard Daniel Kiernan Dustin Brown Ryan Russell6–4, 2–0 ret.Win12–11Jamaica F12, Montego BayFuturesHard Daniel Kiernan Jonathan Marray Mark Hilton6–3, 6–4Loss12–12Great Britain F1, BournemouthFuturesClay Oliver Freelove James Auckland Thomas Blake4–6, 3–6Win13–12France F14, MulhouseFuturesHard Jonathan Marray Josselin Ouanna Alexandre Sidorenko6–2, 6–1Win14–12Great Britain F6, GlasgowFuturesHard Daniel Kiernan Richard Bloomfield Chris Lewis6–4, 6–4Win15–12Great Britain F7, SunderlandFuturesHard Daniel Kiernan Josh Goodall Miles Kasiri6–4, 6–4Win16–12France F4, LilleFuturesHard Mustafa Ghouse Patrice Atias Frederic Jeanclaude6–4, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–3)Loss16–13France F16, NeversFuturesHard Kyle Spencer Julien Jeanpierre Jean-Michel Pequery4–6, 7–6(9–7), 5–7Loss16–14Belgium F1, Sint-Katelijne-WaverFuturesHard Richard Bloomfield Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky Denis Matsukevich5–7, 2–6Loss16–15Great Britain F4, ManchesterFuturesHard Martin Lee Jean-François Bachelot Aisam Qureshi1–6, 6–3, 2–6

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnetOpponentsScoreWin1997Australian OpenHard James Trotman Jaco Van Der Westhuizen Wesley Whitehouse7–6, 6–3

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