| David Sherwood | |
| Fullname: | David Sherwood |
| Country: | Great Britain |
| Residence: | Sheffield, England |
| Birth Date: | 1980 5, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Sheffield, England |
| Height: | 6feet |
| Turnedpro: | 1998 |
| Retired: | 21 January 2008 |
| Plays: | Right-handed |
| Careerprizemoney: | $126,338 |
| Singlesrecord: | 1–3 |
| Singlestitles: | 0 |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 214 (25 July 2005) |
| Wimbledonresult: | 2R (2005) |
| Usopenresult: | Q1 (2005) |
| Doublesrecord: | 2–10 |
| Doublestitles: | 0 |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 174 (1 December 2003) |
| Wimbledondoublesresult: | 1R (1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005) |
| Wimbledonmixedresult: | 1R (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005) |
| Team: | yes |
| Daviscupresult: | World Group Play-Off (2005) |
| Updated: | 16 October 2021 |
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]
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.
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]
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score | |
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| Loss | 0–1 | India F1, Chennai | Futures | Hard |  Branislav Sekáč | 6–7(3–7), 3–6 | ||
| Loss | 0–2 | Great Britain F8, Sunderland | Futures | Hard |  Mark Hilton | 3–6, 5–7 | ||
| Win | 1–2 | Great Britain F11, Edinburgh | Futures | Hard | Mark Hilton | 6–4, 6–3 | ||
| Win | 2–2 | Great Britain F3, Wrexham | Futures | Hard | Mark Hilton | 7–6(7–5), 6–4 | ||
| Loss | 2–3 | France F15, Plaisir | Futures | Hard |  Julien Varlet | 3–6, 4–6 | ||
| Win | 3–3 | Great Britain F5, Edinburgh | Futures | Hard | Tom Burn | 6–4, 6–1 | ||
| Loss | 3–4 | Great Britain F6, Glasgow | Futures | Hard | Richard Bloomfield | 7–6(7–4), 2–6, 6–7(6–8) | ||
| Loss | 3–5 | Great Britain F7, Sunderland | Futures | Hard | Alexander Flock | 2–6, 3–6 | ||
| Loss | 3–6 | India F1, Mumbai | Futures | Hard | Simon Greul | 6–4, 3–6, 2–6 |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Great Britain F8, Glasgow | Futures | Hard | James Davidson | Ross Matheson Tom Spinks | 6–4, 5–7, 6–4 | ||
| Loss | 1–1 | Great Britain F10, Edinburgh | Futures | Hard | James Davidson |  Ashley Naumann  Andrew Rueb | 3–6, 2–6 | ||
| Loss | 1–2 | Great Britain F2, Chigwell | Futures | Carpet | Tom Spinks |  Leoš Friedl Borut Urh | 6–7, 1–6 | ||
| Loss | 1–3 | Great Britain F7, Hampstead | Futures | Hard | Simon Dickson | James Davidson Oliver Freelove | 2–4, 1–4, 0–4 | ||
| Win | 2–3 | India F1, Chennai | Futures | Hard | Jonathan Marray |  Rohan Bopanna Vijay Kannan | 3–6, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(10–8) | ||
| Loss | 2–4 | Jamaica F4, Montego Bay | Futures | Hard | Jonathan Marray | Konstantinos Economidis Nikos Rovas | 4–6, 2–6 | ||
| Win | 3–4 | Jamaica F6, Montego Bay | Futures | Hard | Jonathan Marray |  Simon Larose Kiantki Thomas | 4–6, 2–1 ret. | ||
| Loss | 3–5 | Great Britain F7, Glasgow | Futures | Hard | Jonathan Marray | Luke Bourgeois Alun Jones | 1–6, 2–6 | ||
| Win | 4–5 | Great Britain F8, Sunderland | Futures | Hard | Jonathan Marray |  Johannes Ager Alan Mackin | 7–6(7–2), 4–6, 6–4 | ||
| Loss | 4–6 | Great Britain F9, Edinburgh | Futures | Hard | Jonathan Marray | Jakub Hasek Wesley Moodie | 3–6, 6–3, 3–6 | ||
| Loss | 4–7 | USA F28, Costa Mesa | Futures | Hard | Richard Bloomfield | Prakash Amritraj Rajeev Ram | 2–6, 0–3 ret | ||
| Win | 5–7 | Great Britain F3, Southampton | Futures | Hard | Jonathan Marray |  Satoshi Iwabuchi Michihisa Onoda | 6–3, 7–5 | ||
| Loss | 5–8 | Qatar F1, Doha | Futures | Hard | Jonathan Marray | Benjamin Cassaigne Rogier Wassen | 6–3, 6–7(6–8), 3–6 | ||
| Win | 6–8 | Qatar F2, Doha | Futures | Hard | Jonathan Marray | Ivo Klec  Aisam Qureshi | 3–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–3) | ||
| Loss | 6–9 | Bristol, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | Daniel Kiernan | Jean-François Bachelot Nicolas Mahut | 6–7(4–7), 7–5, 6–7(5–7) | ||
| Loss | 6–10 | Manchester, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | Daniel Kiernan | Arvind Parmar Martin Lee | 3–6, 6–2, 2–6 | ||
| Win | 7–10 | Great Britain F8, London | Futures | Hard | Daniel Kiernan | Jonathan Marray Jamie Delgado | walkover | ||
| Loss | 7–11 | Great Britain F9, Sunderland | Futures | Hard | Daniel Kiernan | Jonathan Marray Mark Hilton | 3–6, 3–6 | ||
| Win | 8–11 | Great Britain F10, Glasgow | Futures | Hard | Daniel Kiernan | Andy Murray Guy Thomas | 6–7(2–7), 6–0, 6–0 | ||
| Win | 9–11 | Great Britain F11, Edinburgh | Futures | Hard | Daniel Kiernan | Aidan Graveson Thomas Greenland | 6–2, 6–3 | ||
| Win | 10–11 | Jamaica F10, Montego Bay | Futures | Hard | Daniel Kiernan |  György Balázs László Fonó | 7–6(7–5), 6–2 | ||
| Win | 11–11 | Jamaica F11, Montego Bay | Futures | Hard | Daniel Kiernan |  Dustin Brown Ryan Russell | 6–4, 2–0 ret. | ||
| Win | 12–11 | Jamaica F12, Montego Bay | Futures | Hard | Daniel Kiernan | Jonathan Marray Mark Hilton | 6–3, 6–4 | ||
| Loss | 12–12 | Great Britain F1, Bournemouth | Futures | Clay | Oliver Freelove | James Auckland Thomas Blake | 4–6, 3–6 | ||
| Win | 13–12 | France F14, Mulhouse | Futures | Hard | Jonathan Marray | Josselin Ouanna Alexandre Sidorenko | 6–2, 6–1 | ||
| Win | 14–12 | Great Britain F6, Glasgow | Futures | Hard | Daniel Kiernan | Richard Bloomfield Chris Lewis | 6–4, 6–4 | ||
| Win | 15–12 | Great Britain F7, Sunderland | Futures | Hard | Daniel Kiernan | Josh Goodall Miles Kasiri | 6–4, 6–4 | ||
| Win | 16–12 | France F4, Lille | Futures | Hard | Mustafa Ghouse | Patrice Atias Frederic Jeanclaude | 6–4, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–3) | ||
| Loss | 16–13 | France F16, Nevers | Futures | Hard | Kyle Spencer | Julien Jeanpierre Jean-Michel Pequery | 4–6, 7–6(9–7), 5–7 | ||
| Loss | 16–14 | Belgium F1, Sint-Katelijne-Waver | Futures | Hard | Richard Bloomfield |  Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky Denis Matsukevich | 5–7, 2–6 | ||
| Loss | 16–15 | Great Britain F4, Manchester | Futures | Hard | Martin Lee | Jean-François Bachelot Aisam Qureshi | 1–6, 6–3, 2–6 |