Tim Henman
Timothy Henry Henman ( born September 6, 1974 in Oxford), generally known as Tim Henman, is a former British tennis player who currently participates in the ATP Senior Tour of invitation tournaments.
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Career
His greatest success Henman with good results, including several semi-finals with their home tournament at Wimbledon. A victory not succeed there, however. But his role as a local hero at Wimbledon but gave him considerable popularity. Before the Court No.1 on the site in Wimbledon is the named after him Henman Hill, which is used as a resting place and also as a site, to see the important matches of the tournament on a big screen. Given the ongoing success of the Scot Andy Murray but this proposal was renamed Murray Mountain. In addition, Henman reached the semi-finals at the French Open and the U.S. Open. The right hand plays one handed backhand and preferred mainly variants of the game serve and volley. Henman won 11 tournaments on the ATP Tour in his career, including 8 on hard court and carpet 3. He achieved his best World Ranking position in July 2002 with 4th place
His biggest success in Grand Slam tournaments were the semi-finals at the French Open in 2004 ( losing to Guillermo Coria 6-3, 4:6, 0:6, 5:7 ), the four-time Wimbledon semi-final in 1998 ( losing to Pete Sampras with 3:6, 6:4, 5:7, 3:6 ), 1999 ( losing to Pete Sampras 6:3, 4:6, 3:6, 4:6 ), 2001 ( loss to Goran Ivanisevic 5:7, 7:6, 6:0, 6:7, 3:6 ) and 2002 ( losing to Lleyton Hewitt with 5:7, 1:6, 5:7 ) and reaching the semi-finals at the U.S. Open 2004 ( losing to Roger Federer 3:6, 4:6, 4:6 ). In 1996 he won at the Olympic Games along with Neil Broad silver in doubles.
Tim Henman announced in August 2007 to his resignation in September 2007. His last game he has contested at Wimbledon at the Davis Cup.
Private
Tim Henman lives in London, is married to his wife Lucy and has three daughters.