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The Woodies

Australian tennis doubles team

Summary

Australian tennis doubles team

The Woodies was the nickname given to the tennis doubles pairing of Australians Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde, one of the most successful doubles pairings in tennis history.

The Woodies combined Woodforde's left-handed baseline play with Woodbridge's right-handed net skills. They were the ATP Doubles Team of the Year five times, and won 61 ATP doubles titles together. The pair won eleven major titles: one French Open, two Australian Opens, two US Opens, and a record six Wimbledons. They also won two Tour Finals titles in 1992 and 1996.

Representing Australia, the Woodies won an Olympic gold medal for Australia at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, and a silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. They often played for Australia in the Davis Cup, including in three finals. In 1999, they helped Australia to its first Davis Cup victory in 13 years.

The pairing ended in 2000, when Woodforde retired from professional tennis. Woodbridge continued his doubles success with Swede Jonas Björkman, until Björkman ended the partnership in 2004; Woodbridge then partnered with Mahesh Bhupathi of India before retiring himself in 2005.

The Woodies were inducted into the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame on Australia Day in January 2010. Their bronzed statues were placed with those of other Australian tennis greats at Melbourne Park, site of the Australian Open. Later that summer, they were honored with induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame, in Newport, Rhode Island.

Doubles titles (61)

Legend
Grand Slam (11)
Tennis Masters Cup (2)
ATP Masters Series (14)
Olympic Gold (1)
ATP International Series Gold (11)
ATP Tour (22)

Titles by surface
Hard (32)
Clay (7)
Grass (10)
Carpet (12)

No.	Date	Tournaments	Surface	Opponents
1.	18 February 1991	Brussels, Belgium	Carpet	CZE Libor Pimek
NED Michiel Schapers	6–3, 6–0
2.	11 March 1991	Copenhagen, Denmark	Carpet	IRI Mansour Bahrami
URS Andrei Olhovskiy	6–3, 6–1
3.	17 June 1991	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	CAN Grant Connell
CAN Glenn Michibata	6–4, 7–6
4.	30 September 1991	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	AUS John Fitzgerald
CAN Glenn Michibata	7–6, 6–3
5.	27 January 1992	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	USA Kelly Jones
USA Rick Leach	6–4, 6–3, 6–4
6.	17 February 1992	Memphis, US	Hard (i)	USA Kevin Curren
South Africa Gary Muller	7–5, 4–6, 7–6
7.	24 February 1992	Philadelphia, US	Carpet	USA Jim Grabb
USA Richey Reneberg	6–4, 7–6
8.	6 April 1992	Singapore	Hard	CAN Grant Connell
CAN Glenn Michibata	6–7, 6–2, 6–4
9.	17 August 1992	Cincinnati, US	Hard	USA Patrick McEnroe
USA Jonathan Stark	6–3, 1–6, 6–3
10.	19 October 1992	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	USA Jim Grabb
USA Richey Reneberg	7–6, 6–4
11.	2 November 1992	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet	USA Steve DeVries
AUS David Macpherson	6–3, 6–4
12.	29 November 1992	Doubles Championship, Johannesburg	Hard	AUS John Fitzgerald
SWE Anders Järryd	6–2, 7–6(7–4), 5–7, 3–6, 6–3
13.	11 January 1993	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	AUS John Fitzgerald
AUS Laurie Warder	6–4, 7–5
14.	15 February 1993	Memphis, US	Hard (i)	NED Jacco Eltingh
NED Paul Haarhuis	7–5, 6–2
15.	14 June 1993	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	GBR Neil Broad
South Africa Gary Muller	6–7, 6–3, 6–4
16.	5 July 1993	Wimbledon, London	Grass	CAN Grant Connell
USA Patrick Galbraith	7–5, 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
17.	1 November 1993	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet	South Africa Gary Muller
South Africa Danie Visser	6–1, 3–6, 6–2
18.	7 February 1994	Dubai, UAE	Hard	AUS John Fitzgerald
AUS Darren Cahill	6–7, 6–4, 6–2
19.	9 May 1994	Pinehurst, US	Clay	USA Jared Palmer
USA Richey Reneberg	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
20.	4 July 1994	Wimbledon, London	Grass	CAN Grant Connell
USA Patrick Galbraith	7–6(7–3), 6–3, 6–1
21.	22 August 1994	Indianapolis, US	Hard	USA Jim Grabb
USA Richey Reneberg	6–3, 6–4
22.	31 October 1994	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet	SWE Jan Apell
SWE Jonas Björkman	6–3, 6–4
23.	16 January 1995	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Hard	USA Trevor Kronemann
AUS David Macpherson	7–6, 6–4
24.	27 March 1995	Key Biscayne, US	Hard	USA Jim Grabb
USA Patrick McEnroe	6–3, 7–6
25.	15 May 1995	Pinehurst, US	Clay	USA Alex O'Brien
AUS Sandon Stolle	6–2, 6–4
26.	22 May 1995	Coral Springs, US	Clay	ESP Sergio Casal
ESP Emilio Sánchez	6–3, 6–1
27.	10 July 1995	Wimbledon, London	Grass	USA Rick Leach
USA Scott Melville	7–5, 7–6(10–8), 7–6(7–5)
28.	14 August 1995	Cincinnati, US	Hard	BAH Mark Knowles
CAN Daniel Nestor	6–2, 3–0, ret.
29.	11 September 1995	US Open, US	Hard	USA Alex O'Brien
AUS Sandon Stolle	6–3, 6–3
30.	8 January 1996	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	SWE Jonas Björkman
USA Tommy Ho	7–5, 7–6
31.	4 March 1996	Philadelphia, US	Carpet	ZIM Byron Black
CAN Grant Connell	7–6, 6–2
32.	18 March 1996	Indian Wells, US	Hard	USA Brian MacPhie
AUS Michael Tebbutt	1–6, 6–2, 6–2
33.	1 April 1996	Key Biscayne, US	Hard	RSA Ellis Ferreira
USA Patrick Galbraith	6–1, 6–3
34.	22 April 1996	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	BAH Mark Knowles
USA Rick Leach	6–2, 6–3
35.	20 May 1996	Coral Springs, US	Clay	USA Ivan Baron
USA Brett Hansen-Dent	6–3, 6–3
36.	17 June 1996	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	CAN Sébastien Lareau
USA Alex O'Brien	6–3, 7–6
37.	8 July 1996	Wimbledon, London	Grass	ZIM Byron Black
CAN Grant Connell	4–6, 6–1, 6–3, 6–2
38.	29 July 1996	Atlanta Olympics, US	Hard	GBR Neil Broad
GBR Tim Henman	6–4, 6–4, 6–2
39.	9 September 1996	US Open, New York	Hard	NED Jacco Eltingh
NED Paul Haarhuis	4–6, 7–6, 7–6
40.	7 October 1996	Singapore	Carpet	CZE Martin Damm
RUS Andrei Olhovskiy	7–6, 7–6
41.	17 November 1996	Doubles Championship, Hartford	Carpet	CAN Sébastien Lareau
USA Alex O'Brien	6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 7–6(7–3)
42.	27 January 1997	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	CAN Sébastien Lareau
USA Alex O'Brien	4–6, 7–5, 7–5, 6–3
43.	31 March 1997	Key Biscayne, US	Hard	BAH Mark Knowles
CAN Daniel Nestor	7–6, 7–6
44.	7 July 1997	Wimbledon, London	Grass	NED Jacco Eltingh
NED Paul Haarhuis	7–6(7–4), 7–6(9–7), 5–7, 6–3
45.	11 August 1997	Cincinnati, US	Hard	AUS Mark Philippoussis
AUS Patrick Rafter	7–6, 4–6, 6–4
46.	27 October 1997	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Carpet	USA Rick Leach
USA Jonathan Stark	6–3, 6–3
47.	19 January 1998	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Hard	NED Jacco Eltingh
CAN Daniel Nestor	6–3, 7–5
48.	16 February 1998	San Jose, US	Hard (i)	BRA Nelson Aerts
BRA André Sá	6–1, 7–5
49.	23 February 1998	Memphis, US	Hard (i)	RSA Ellis Ferreira
MEX David Roditi	6–3, 6–4
50.	4 May 1998	Munich, Germany	Clay	AUS Joshua Eagle
AUS Andrew Florent	6–0, 6–3
51.	19 October 1998	Singapore	Carpet	IND Mahesh Bhupathi
IND Leander Paes	6–2, 6–3
52.	15 February 1999	San Jose, US	Hard (i)	MKD Aleksandar Kitinov
FR Yugoslavia Nenad Zimonjić	7–5, 6–7(3–7), 6–4
53.	22 February 1999	Memphis, US	Hard (i)	CAN Sébastien Lareau
USA Alex O'Brien	6–3, 6–4
54.	10 January 2000	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	AUS Lleyton Hewitt
AUS Sandon Stolle	6–4, 6–2
55.	17 January 2000	Sydney, Australia	Hard	AUS Lleyton Hewitt
AUS Sandon Stolle	7–5, 6–4
56.	3 April 2000	Miami, US	Hard	CZE Martin Damm
SVK Dominik Hrbatý	6–3, 6–4
57.	22 May 2000	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	AUS Wayne Arthurs
AUS Sandon Stolle	6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–3
58.	12 June 2000	French Open, Paris	Clay	NED Paul Haarhuis
AUS Sandon Stolle	7–6(9–7), 6–4
59.	19 June 2000	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	USA Jonathan Stark
USA Eric Taino	6–7(5–7), 6–3, 7–6(7–1)
60.	10 July 2000	Wimbledon, London	Grass	NED Paul Haarhuis
AUS Sandon Stolle	6–3, 6–4, 6–1
61.	14 August 2000	Cincinnati, US	Hard	RSA Ellis Ferreira
USA Rick Leach	7–6(8–6), 6–4

Runners-up (18)

No.	Date	Tournaments	Surface	Opponents
1.	28 November 1993	Doubles Championship, Johannesburg	Hard (i)	NED Jacco Eltingh
NED Paul Haarhuis	6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7), 4–6
2.	13 June 1994	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	SWE Jan Apell
SWE Jonas Björkman	6–3, 6–7, 4–6
3.	12 September 1994	US Open, New York	Hard	NED Jacco Eltingh
NED Paul Haarhuis	3–6, 6–7(1–7)
4.	28 November 1994	Doubles Championship, Jakarta	Hard (i)	SWE Jan Apell
SWE Jonas Björkman	4–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(6–8)
5.	23 October 1995	Vienna, Austria	Carpet	RSA Ellis Ferreira
NED Jan Siemerink	4–6, 5–7
6.	26 February 1996	Memphis, US	Hard (i)	BAH Mark Knowles
CAN Daniel Nestor	4–6, 5–7
7.	6 January 1997	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	AUS Patrick Rafter
USA Bryan Shelton	4–6, 6–1, 3–6
8.	9 June 1997	French Open, Paris	Clay	RUS Yevgeny Kafelnikov
CZE Daniel Vacek	6–7(12–14), 6–4, 3–6
9.	2 February 1998	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	SWE Jonas Björkman
NED Jacco Eltingh	2–6, 7–5, 6–2, 4–6, 3–6
10.	27 April 1998	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	NED Jacco Eltingh
NED Paul Haarhuis	4–6, 2–6
11.	6 July 1998	Wimbledon, London	Grass	NED Jacco Eltingh
NED Paul Haarhuis	6–2, 4–6, 6–7(3–7), 7–5, 8–10
12.	12 October 1998	Shanghai, China	Carpet	IND Mahesh Bhupathi
IND Leander Paes	4–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–7(4–7)
13.	3 May 1999	Atlanta, US	Clay	USA Patrick Galbraith
USA Justin Gimelstob	7–5, 6–7, 3–6
14.	14 June 1999	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	CAN Sébastien Lareau
USA Alex O'Brien	3–6, 6–7(3–7)
15.	16 August 1999	Cincinnati, US	Hard	ZIM Byron Black
SWE Jonas Björkman	3–6, 6–7(6–8)
16.	11 October 1999	Shanghai, China	Hard	CAN Sébastien Lareau
CAN Daniel Nestor	5–7, 3–6
17.	18 October 1999	Singapore	Hard (i)	BLR Max Mirnyi
USA Eric Taino	3–6, 4–6
18.	2 October 2000	Sydney Olympics, Australia	Hard	CAN Sébastien Lareau
CAN Daniel Nestor	7–5, 3–6, 4–6, 6–7(2–7)

Team competition titles (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	3–5 December 1999	Davis Cup, Nice, France	Clay (i)	AUS Lleyton Hewitt / AUS Mark Philippoussis	FRA Sébastien Grosjean / FRA Fabrice Santoro / FRA Cédric Pioline / FRA Olivier Delaître	3–2

Runners-up (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	3–5 December 1993	Davis Cup, Düsseldorf, Germany	Clay (i)	AUS Richard Fromberg / AUS Jason Stoltenberg	GER Michael Stich / GER Patrik Kühnen / GER Marc-Kevin Goellner / GER Carl-Uwe Steeb	1–4

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	Career SR
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	SF	W	1R	QF	3R	1R	W	F	SF	SF	2 / 10
French Open	3R	3R	SF	QF	1R	SF	F	3R	1R	W	1 / 10
Wimbledon	QF	SF	W	W	W	W	W	F	QF	W	6 / 10
US Open	SF	SF	3R	F	W	W	1R	3R	QF	2R	2 / 10
Grand Slam SR	0 / 4	1 / 4	1 / 4	1 / 4	2 / 4	2 / 4	2 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	2 / 4	11 / 40
Year-end championship
Tennis Masters Cup	SF	W	F	F	SF	W	RR	RR	SF	-	2 / 9
Olympic Games
Summer Olympic Games	NH	-	Not Held	W	Not Held	F	1 / 2
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells Masters	-	QF	-	QF	SF	W	SF	1R	2R	QF	1 / 8
Miami Masters	-	-	-	2R	W	W	W	1R	3R	W	4 / 7
Monte-Carlo Masters	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	F	-	-	0 / 1
Rome Masters	1R	1R	-	-	-	-	1R	1R	-	-	0 / 4
Hamburg Masters	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	W	1 / 1
Canada Masters	-	-	-	-	-	QF	-	-	1R	-	0 / 2
Cincinnati Masters	1R	W	-	SF	W	QF	W	QF	F	W	4 / 9
Stuttgart Masters ²	-	W	W	W	SF	QF	W	QF	SF	1R	4 / 9
Paris Masters	QF	1R	QF	SF	SF	SF	1R	QF	QF	-	0 / 9
Masters Series SR	0 / 3	2 / 5	1 / 2	1 / 5	2 / 5	2 / 6	3 / 6	0 / 7	0 / 6	3 / 5	14 / 50
Doubles team ranking	5	1	3	2	1	1	1	3	3	1

² held in Stockholm 1990–94, Essen in 1995

References

(10 July 2019). "Great Olympic duos: tennis champions Mark Woodforde and Todd Woodbridge". International Olympic Committee.
(15 January 2018). "Woodbridge and Wimbledon". www.wimbledon.com.
(2010-07-11). "Woodies into Tennis Hall of Fame". ABC News.

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