Danny Sapsford Explained

Danny Sapsford
Residence:Weybridge, Surrey, England
Birth Date:3 April 1969
Birth Place:Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England
Turnedpro:1989
Retired:2000
Plays:Right-handed
Careerprizemoney:$450,722
Singlesrecord:18–32
Singlestitles:0
0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highestsinglesranking:No. 170 (15 April 1996)
Australianopenresult:Q3 (1989)
Frenchopenresult:Q1 (1996, 1997, 1998)
Wimbledonresult:3R (1999)
Usopenresult:2R (1991)
Doublesrecord:30–45
Doublestitles:1
8 Challenger, 1 Futures
Highestdoublesranking:No. 83 (12 October 1998)
Australianopendoublesresult:1R (1998)
Frenchopendoublesresult:2R (1998)
Wimbledondoublesresult:2R (1990, 1991, 1996)
Usopendoublesresult:3R (1998)
Wimbledonmixedresult:3R (1996, 1997)
Updated:8 February 2022

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.

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament198819891990199119921993199419951996199719981999SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAQ3AQ1AQ2AAQ1AQ1A0 / 00–0
French OpenAAAAAAAAQ1Q1Q1A0 / 00–0
WimbledonQ1Q11R1RQ1Q1Q11R2R2R1R3R0 / 74–7
US OpenAAA2RQ1AQ2Q3Q3Q1Q2A0 / 11–1
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–00–11–20–00–00–00–11–11–10–12–10 / 85–8
Olympic Games
Summer Olympicsstyle=background:#ecf2ffQ1Not HeldANot HeldANot Held0 / 00–0
ATP Tour Masters 1000
MiamiAAAAAAAAQ3AQ1A0 / 00–0
StuttgartAAAAAAAAQ1AAA0 / 00–0
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 00–0

Doubles

Tournament19891990199119921993199419951996199719981999SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAAAAAAAAA1RA0 / 10–1
French OpenAAAAAAAAA2RA0 / 11–1
WimbledonQ12R2R1RQ1Q11R2R1R1R1R0 / 83–8
US OpenAAAAAAA1RA3RA0 / 22–2
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–01–11–10–10–00–00–11–20–13–40–10 / 126–12
ATP Tour Masters 1000
MiamiAAAAAAAQ1A2RA0 / 11–1
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–01–10–00 / 11–1

ATP career finals

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand 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 surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–2)
Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Bordeaux, FranceWorld SeriesHard Henrik Holm Saša Hiršzon
Goran Ivanišević		3–6, 4–6
Win1–1Nottingham, United KingdomWorld SeriesGrass Mark Petchey Neil Broad
Piet Norval		6–7, 7–6, 6–4
Loss1–2Nottingham, United KingdomWorld SeriesGrass Chris Wilkinson Ellis Ferreira
Patrick Galbraith		6–4, 6–7, 6–7

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Doubles: 9 (9–0)

Legend
ATP Challenger (8–0)
ITF Futures (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (6–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (1–0)

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ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Azores, PortugalChallengerHard Chris Wilkinson Emanuel Couto
Eyal Ran		7–5, 6–1
Win2–0Dublin, IrelandChallengerCarpet Chris Wilkinson Arne Thoms
Fernon Wibier		7–6, 2–6, 6–3
Win3–0Jakarta, IndonesiaChallengerHard Andrew Foster Mahesh Bhupathi
Leander Paes		walkover
Win4–0Newcastle, United KingdomChallengerHard Andrew Foster Nebojsa Djordjevic
Lorenzo Manta		3–6, 6–1, 6–2
Win5–0Stockholm, SwedenChallengerHard Andrew Foster Lan Bale
Brent Haygarth		6–3, 6–1
Win6–0Istanbul, TurkeyChallengerHard Mark Petchey Oleg Ogorodov
Orlin Stanoytchev		6–3, 7–5
Win7–0Manchester, United KingdomChallengerGrass Mark Petchey Noam Behr
Filippo Veglio		6–3, 6–7, 7–6
Win8–0Portorož, SloveniaChallengerHard Chris Wilkinson Saša Hiršzon
Udo Plamberger		6–0, 3–6, 6–3
Win9–0Great Britain F5, HatfieldFuturesClay Simon Dickson Sébastien de Chaunac
Olivier Mutis		7–5, 6–0