Christopher Wilkinson (born 5 January 1970) is a former tennis player from England.

Career Born and bred in Southampton, Chris Wilkinson has achieved much in the world of tennis. But it could have been very different as his first passion was football in which he excelled for Southampton and had trials for Aston Villa and Coventry. Wilkinson started his winning ways with tennis tournament success as a 10-year-old junior. From there Wilkinson went on to win national and overseas tournaments and represented Great Britain in the World Championships at all junior age groups.

On the main Tour Wilkinson played some of his best tennis at Wimbledon where he reached the 3rd round in Singles on four occasions and made the quarter finals of Doubles. Wilkinson had the privilege of playing on Centre and No. 1 court on many occasions. He will probably be best remembered for his Centre Court battle in 1993 against Stefan Edberg, in which he broke the champion's serve no less than seven times before faltering on his own and succumbing to defeat in three close sets. His best win was over Goran Ivanišević in 1993 at Queen's. Wilkinson has recorded many notable wins over several top 20 world ranked players. Wimbledon continues to be a special place for the former British No. 1 and he is regularly invited to compete in the Gentleman's senior invitational event.

In 1993 Wilkinson achieved his ambition of becoming British No. 1 Singles player. He represented Great Britain in the Davis Cup and the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Wilkinson retired from the main tour in 1999 but kept up his competitive play in the following years and in 2005 became the British and world over-35 champion.

Wilkinson is still very much involved with the sport, working with the LTA as a National Performance Coach/captain for the 12 to 16-year-old boys. In February 2018, he was appointed as County Performance Manager for Hampshire and Isle of Wight LTA.

Wilkinson also remains very busy in the media world, including TV commentating for Eurosport, ATP media and ITV4. He also has a regular column with ESPN.

As for playing tennis, Wilkinson is regularly invited to exhibition events where he often plays with some of the all-time greats of the tennis world.

Wilkinson currently resides in Hampshire with his wife Amanda and their two daughters, Alice born in 1998 and Emily born in 2001.

In 1984 he featured in an advert shown in the UK and Ireland for Bisto gravy.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (0–0)ATP World Series (0–2)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–1)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (0–2)Indoors (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Nottingham, United KingdomWorld SeriesGrass Danny Sapsford Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith6–4, 6–7, 6–7Loss0–2Bournemouth, United KingdomWorld SeriesClay Alberto Martín Kent Kinnear Aleksandar Kitinov6–7, 2–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 8 (3–5) LegendATP Challenger (3–5)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (1–3)Clay (0–0)Grass (2–1)Carpet (0–1)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaChallengerHard Roger Smith6–3, 6–1Loss1–1Bronx, United StatesChallengerHard Jean-Philippe Fleurian6–3, 5–7, 2–6Loss1–2Singapore, SingaporeChallengerHard Tommy Ho3–6, 4–6Loss1–3Hambühren, GermanyChallengerCarpet Ján Krošlák6–7, 3–6Win2–3Manchester, United KingdomChallengerGrass Christian Saceanu6–4, 6–4Loss2–4Charleroi, BelgiumChallengerHard Juan-Luis Rascon-Lope7–6, 3–6, 6–7Win3–4Manchester, United KingdomChallengerGrass Stefano Pescosolido6–3, 6–4Loss3–5Bristol, United KingdomChallengerGrass Raemon Sluiter3–6, 7–6, 6–7

Doubles: 15 (7–8) LegendATP Challenger (7–7)ITF Futures (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (5–3)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (2–4)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreCancelled0–0Bristol, United KingdomChallengerGrass Paul Hand Jeremy Bates Mark Petchey6–7, 6–4, abandonedWin1–0Gothenburg, SwedenChallengerHard Jeremy Bates Andrew Foster Ross Matheson7–6, 6–3Win2–0Azores, PortugalChallengerHard Danny Sapsford Emanuel Couto Eyal Ran7–5, 6–1Win3–0Dublin, IrelandChallengerCarpet Danny Sapsford Arne Thoms Fernon Wibier7–6, 2–6, 6–3Loss3–1Hambühren, GermanyChallengerCarpet Brent Larkham Bret Garnett T. J. Middleton2–6, 0–3 ret.Loss3–2Azores, PortugalChallengerHard Nuno Marques Tim Henman Christian Saceanu2–6, 2–6Win4–2Singapore, SingaporeChallengerHard Martin Zumpft Nicola Bruno Mosé Navarra4–6, 6–1, 6–4Loss4–3Bronx, United StatesChallengerHard Chris Haggard David Di Lucia Scott Humphries4–6, 1–6Loss4–4Lübeck, GermanyChallengerCarpet Trey Phillips Mathias Huning Joost Winnink6–7, 6–7Win5–4Magdeburg, GermanyChallengerCarpet Trey Phillips Tomas Anzari Petr Luxa6–3, 6–4Win6–4Portorož, SloveniaChallengerHard Danny Sapsford Saša Hiršzon Udo Plamberger6–0, 3–6, 6–3Loss6–5Magdeburg, GermanyChallengerCarpet Marcos Ondruska Eyal Erlich Mosé Navarra6–4, 1–6, 4–6Loss6–6Istanbul, TurkeyChallengerHard Todd Larkham Eyal Ran Petr Luxa4–6, 6–7Loss6–7Edinburgh, United KingdomChallengerClay Marcos Ondruska Peter Wessels Edwin Kempes7–6, 3–6, 2–6Win7–7Olbia, ItalyChallengerHard Todd Larkham Thomas Shimada Filippo Veglio3–6, 6–3, 7–6Loss7–8France F3, MelunFuturesCarpet Tom Spinks Aleksandar Kitinov Gerald Mandl3–6, 2–6

Performance timelines

Singles Tournament198819891990199119921993199419951996199719981999SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAAAA1RAAAQ1A0 / 10–1French OpenAAAAAQ1AAQ1Q1Q1Q10 / 00–0WimbledonQ2AQ31R2R3R3R3R2R2R3R1R0 / 911–9US OpenAAAAAQ1AQ1Q2AAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–11–12–12–22–11–11–12–10–10 / 1011–10Olympic GamesSummer OlympicsANot Held1RNot HeldANot Held0 / 10–1ATP Tour Masters 1000MiamiAAAAAA1RA1RAQ1A0 / 20–2CanadaAAAAA1RAAAAAA0 / 10–1CincinnatiAAAAAQ2AAAAAA0 / 00–0StuttgartAAAAAAAAQ2AAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–10–10–00–10–00–00–00 / 30–3

Doubles Tournament1990199119921993199419951996199719981999SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAAAAAA1RA0 / 10–1French OpenAAAAAAAA2RA0 / 11–1Wimbledon1R1R1RQF1R1R2R1R1R1R0 / 104–10US OpenAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–10–10–13–10–10–11–10–11–30–10 / 125–12Olympic GamesSummer OlympicsNH1RNot HeldANot Held0 / 10–1ATP Tour Masters 1000CanadaAAA2RAAAAAA0 / 11–1Win–loss0–00–00–01–10–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 11–1

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