Danny Sapsford (born 3 April 1969) is a former professional tennis player from Great Britain, who turned professional in 1989. He won one doubles title (1996, Nottingham) during his career. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 15 April 1996, when he became World No. 170. In 1999, he reached the third round of Wimbledon Championships, defeating Julián Alonso and Galo Blanco before losing to then world number one Pete Sampras in straight sets. This was Sapsford's last singles match as a professional. After retiring, Sapsford became a tennis coach, and runs a tennis charity.
Performance timelines
Singles Tournament198819891990199119921993199419951996199719981999SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAQ3AQ1AQ2AAQ1AQ1A0 / 00–0French OpenAAAAAAAAQ1Q1Q1A0 / 00–0WimbledonQ1Q11R1RQ1Q1Q11R2R2R1R3R0 / 74–7US OpenAAA2RQ1AQ2Q3Q3Q1Q2A0 / 11–1Win–loss0–00–00–11–20–00–00–00–11–11–10–12–10 / 85–8Olympic GamesSummer OlympicsQ1Not HeldANot HeldANot Held0 / 00–0ATP Tour Masters 1000MiamiAAAAAAAAQ3AQ1A0 / 00–0StuttgartAAAAAAAAQ1AAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 00–0
Doubles Tournament19891990199119921993199419951996199719981999SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAAAAAAA1RA0 / 10–1French OpenAAAAAAAAA2RA0 / 11–1WimbledonQ12R2R1RQ1Q11R2R1R1R1R0 / 83–8US OpenAAAAAAA1RA3RA0 / 22–2Win–loss0–01–11–10–10–00–00–11–20–13–40–10 / 126–12ATP Tour Masters 1000MiamiAAAAAAAQ1A2RA0 / 11–1Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–01–10–00 / 11–1
ATP career finals
Doubles: 3 (1 title, 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 (1–2)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (0–0)Grass (1–1)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (1–2)Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Bordeaux, FranceWorld SeriesHard Henrik Holm Saša Hiršzon Goran Ivanišević3–6, 4–6Win1–1Nottingham, United KingdomWorld SeriesGrass Mark Petchey Neil Broad Piet Norval6–7, 7–6, 6–4Loss1–2Nottingham, United KingdomWorld SeriesGrass Chris Wilkinson Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith6–4, 6–7, 6–7
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Doubles: 9 (9–0) LegendATP Challenger (8–0)ITF Futures (1–0)Finals by surfaceHard (6–0)Clay (1–0)Grass (1–0)Carpet (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Azores, PortugalChallengerHard Chris Wilkinson Emanuel Couto Eyal Ran7–5, 6–1Win2–0Dublin, IrelandChallengerCarpet Chris Wilkinson Arne Thoms Fernon Wibier7–6, 2–6, 6–3Win3–0Jakarta, IndonesiaChallengerHard Andrew Foster Mahesh Bhupathi Leander PaeswalkoverWin4–0Newcastle, United KingdomChallengerHard Andrew Foster Nebojsa Djordjevic Lorenzo Manta3–6, 6–1, 6–2Win5–0Stockholm, SwedenChallengerHard Andrew Foster Lan Bale Brent Haygarth6–3, 6–1Win6–0Istanbul, TurkeyChallengerHard Mark Petchey Oleg Ogorodov Orlin Stanoytchev6–3, 7–5Win7–0Manchester, United KingdomChallengerGrass Mark Petchey Noam Behr Filippo Veglio6–3, 6–7, 7–6Win8–0Portorož, SloveniaChallengerHard Chris Wilkinson Saša Hiršzon Udo Plamberger6–0, 3–6, 6–3Win9–0Great Britain F5, HatfieldFuturesClay Simon Dickson Sébastien de Chaunac Olivier Mutis7–5, 6–0
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