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Henman never reached the finals of any Grand Slam but having reached six Grand Slam semi-finals, won 15 career ATP titles ( 11 in singles and 4 in doubles ), and been ranked World No. 4, Henman was one of Britain's most successful open era male tennis players.
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Henman and never
The year 2005 began a decline for Henman, and from that year onwards he never managed to pass through the third round in a Grand Slam tournament.
Rusedski also reached the final of the US Open in 1997 while Henman never made it past the semi-finals of a Grand Slam tournament.
Henman reached the semifinals of the French Open while Rusedski never made it past the fourth round at that tournament.
Henman and reached
Throughout his career, Henman would be a noted grass specialist, not becoming truly comfortable on clay and hard court before the end of his career, when in 2004 he reached the semi-finals in both the French and US Open.
Henman reached the quarter-finals in the New South Wales Championship with Richardson, and won the Midland Bank Junior Championship in doubles with Jamie Delgado, an associate from the Slater Squad days.
At the Manila Open, another satellite tournament, Henman reached the final but was defeated by 5th seed Michael Tebbutt 2 – 6, 2 – 6.
Henman reached the semi-finals at the Bristol Open and the fourth round at the Winnetka Open ( in Illinois ).
That year's grass season would prove highly successful for Henman ; he reached the semi-finals at the Annenheim Open, later at the Queen's Club Championship he reached the second round after defeating German Martin Sinner, and in Nottingham he reached the quarter-finals, his first quarter-final in the ATP tour.
The rest of the grass season was fairly successful for Henman, he appeared at the Manchester Open and reached the semi-final at the Newcastle Open.
In 2001, Henman reached the semi-finals at the Wimbledon, losing to Goran Ivanišević.
In 2002, Henman reached the 4th round at the Australian Open and the semi-finals at Wimbledon for the last time in his career.
Henman did not participate in the 2003 Australian Open, reached the third round in the French Open, his best so far, reached the quarter-finals at the Wimbledon Championship and lost in the first round at the US Open.
However, Henman reached, to the surprise of commentators, the semi-finals of the French Open and later, the semi-finals of the US Open.
His early defeat in the Australian Open was followed by success in the Zagreb Open ; Henman reached the semi-finals, but was defeated by Stefan Koubek 3 – 6, 6 – 3, 2 – 6.
At the Dubai Open Henman reached the quarter-finals, but lost the match to the Spanish world no.
At the US Open, Henman reached the second round where he was defeated by Roger Federer ; 3 – 6, 4 – 6, 5 – 7.
Starting in Bangkok, Henman reached the Quarter Finals where he lost to Paradorn Srichaphan 6 – 7 6 – 4 7 – 6.
Henman then reached his first final since 2004 at the AIG Open in Tokyo, losing to Roger Federer 6 – 3 6 – 3.
He won his third and final Grand Slam doubles title at Australian Open with Petr Korda. He reached Quarterfinals of his last US open after Defeating Richard Krajeck & Tim Henman but lost the QF to Goran Ivansevic.
In February 2002, González won his second career ATP title in Viña del Mar by defeating Nicolás Lapentti in the final, and later that year he won his third title in Palermo, Italy and reached the semifinals at the Cincinnati Masters ( defeating seeded Tim Henman and Andy Roddick en route ), and the quarterfinals at the US Open.
Henman and finals
1992 began well, with Henman reaching the finals in Nottingham after defeating Delgado in straight sets in the semi-final.
But Henman was defeated in the finals by top-seed Mark Schofield, and in the junior French Open by Bjorn Jacob in three sets ; 6 – 7, 6 – 1, 9 – 7.
Henman met Nick Baglin in the finals, and won the match 3 – 6, 7 – 5, 6 – 4, 6 – 4.
Henman came to the attention of the wider tennis world in 1996 when he came from match point down to beat reigning French Open champion Yevgeny Kafelnikov in the first round at Wimbledon, going on to reach the quarter finals before losing to Todd Martin.
Henman made it to four finals on the ATP Tour and won three of them, none of these, however, were part of the ATP 500 or ATP Masters event series.
At the ATP tour, Henman was the runner-up at three finals ; at one ATP Masters Series, at one ATP 500 Series and at one normal ATP tournament.
He made the semi finals of the Italian Open defeating Tim Henman and Nicolás Massú who were both in the top 15 at the time, before losing to Carlos Moyà.
Henman and Grand
In his first Grand Slam bid, Henman failed to qualify in the 1994 French Open ; losing the first qualifier round to Australian Wayne Arthurs.
Henman received a wildcard for the Manchester Open, where he lost in the first round to American Alex O ' Brien, and the Wimbledon Championship, the first Grand Slam he had ever played ( he failed to qualify to Wimbledon in 1993 ).
To make matters better for Henman, he won his first match ever in a Grand Slam event at the Wimbledon Championship over Kenyan Paul Wekesa in straight sets ; 7 – 6, 6 – 0, 6 – 4.
Henman played three more tournaments before retiring ; at his last Grand Slam appearance ever, he lost in the second round to Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in four sets ; 6 – 7, 6 – 2, 5 – 7, 4 – 6.
However, Henman reached six Grand Slam semi-finals and an additional four quarter-finals, whereas Rusedski reached just two Grand Slam quarter-finals in total – his US Open final performance, and at Wimbledon ( also in 1997 ), a venue where he consistently under-performed.
Henman and six
From July 1992 to July 1993, Henman grew six inches to six foot one, and went from 7 stone to 9 stone in weight.
Henman defeated his rival Dmitry Tursunov ( who had won five of their six previous matches ) in the 1st round of the US Open 6 – 4, 3 – 6, 6 – 3, 6 – 4 in what many had assumed would be his final grand slam match.
Henman and semi-finals
In the semi-finals Henman met Schofield, and defeated him in four sets ; 2 – 6, 6 – 3, 7 – 6, 6 – 2.
Henman came close to reaching the final on a number of occasions, losing in the semi-finals in 1998, 1999, 2001 ( when just two points from victory at one point ) and 2002.
In 2004, Henman failed to reach the fourth round of the Australian Open and failed to reach the semi-finals at the Wimbledon Championships.
His run at the Queen's Club Championships was far more successful, with Henman losing to Lleyton Hewitt 6 – 3, 3 – 6, 6 – 2 in the semi-finals.
Henman and won
As 1993 drew to a close, Henman played one last tournament in Israel, which he won.
In 2006, Henman won 31, and lost 20 matches in total.
Rusedski won more singles titles than compatriot Henman, with 15 singles titles compared to Henman's 11.
In their head-to-head encounters, Henman won 8 – 2.
During Wimbledon, Moyá lost in the first round to Tim Henman in a five-set thriller, the fifth set stretching to 24 games ( Henman won 13 – 11 ).
He won his first doubles title with Argentine Martín García in Amersfoort and achieved his best ever performance at the French Open making the third round and defeating the seeded Tim Henman in the second round before losing to Victor Hănescu.
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