biography
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1974– )
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| biography:
| Tennis player, born in Oxford, Oxfordshire, SC England, UK. He turned professional in 1993, and his achievements include the British National Championships (singles and men's doubles, 1995–6, singles 1996), an Olympic silver medal in the men's doubles (1996), and the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour title at Sydney (1997). He had become Britain's No 1 player by early 1997, and reached the quarter-finals at Wimbledon that year, the first to produce two home players in the last eight of the men's singles since the Second World War. Although he lost his No 1 position to Greg Rusedski later in 1997, he regained it during 1998, and reached seventh in the world rankings, the highest ever position for a Briton. In 1999 his performance continued to improve, reaching the semi-finals at Wimbledon for the second year in succession, a feat he repeated in 2001 and 2002, and fourth in the world rankings. As such, he is the most successful British tennis player of modern times. |
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