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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.
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Henman and reached
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.
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.
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.
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 and quarter-finals
At the Miami Masters Henman again lost in the quarter-finals, this time to Swiss world no.
In contrast to the clay season, the grass season began well, with Henman reaching the quarter-finals at the Queen's Club Championships, losing to Swedish Thomas Johanson 4 – 6, 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 New
From the age of eight until his introduction to the Slater Squad, Henman received coaching from the David Lloyd Tennis Centre, where he was given personal lessons by former professional player Onny Parun from New Zealand.
Henman and South
At the age of seventeen, Henman toured South America for eight weeks.
Henman and Championship
Henman travelled to the Far East with Bates, and qualified for his first ATP tournament in April, at the Japan Tennis Championship.
However, not all was bad, and Henman, ranked 161st at the time, received a wildcard to qualify for the Stella Artois Championship.
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 and with
Henman grew up in Weston-on-the-Green, Oxfordshire, a village with an estimated population of 500.
Henman began playing tennis before the age of three with a shortened squash racket.
Henman, along with Marc Moreso and David Loosemore, did not drop, and was given the scholarship.
None of his fellow players in the Slater Squad saw Henman as a potential British Number 1, with most believing Marc Moreso to be the group's brightest hope.
Not long after becoming a member of the Slater Squad, Henman was diagnosed with osteochondritis, a bone disease.
As Henman notes in retrospect, " I passed the others with a few As, a few Bs and a few Cs.
But Henman disagreed with the Slater Squad leadership and began playing for the LTA in 1991.
1992 began well, with Henman reaching the finals in Nottingham after defeating Delgado in straight sets in the semi-final.
Henman ended an eight-match losing streak against Lleyton Hewitt on 25 March 2006, with a 7 – 6, 6 – 3 victory at the Miami Masters tournament, but lost in the third round to unseeded German Simon Greul in three sets ; 6 – 0, 1 – 6, 5 – 7.
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.
An early loss at a grass court event in Nottingham was followed up with a poor showing at Wimbledon, with Henman losing in the second round to Feliciano López in five sets.
The match put Great Britain in an unassailable 3 – 0 lead and back in the World Group, with the doubles win being added to singles wins the previous day from Henman and Andy Murray.
Henman took part in a test event for the adoption of the centre court roof in May 2009 and played mixed doubles with Kim Clijsters against husband and wife team Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf.
Rusedski won more singles titles than compatriot Henman, with 15 singles titles compared to Henman's 11.
Henman shares a birthday with Rusedski-Henman is exactly a year younger.
In 2009, Tim Henman stated on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross that he had agreed with Andy Murray it is still " Henman Hill ".
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