British tennis player
Mark Rodney James Petchey (born 1 August 1970) is a former tennis player from England, who turned professional in 1988.[1]
He now works as a tennis commentator and analyst for Amazon Prime, ITV, the BBC, the Tennis Channel, Tennis Australia and others. As a commentator he is known for his trademark hesitant commentary, being inordinately fond of the expressions “potentially”, “maybe” and “at times”.
Personal life
Petchey was educated at Forest School, a private school in north-east London.
His first coach was his father, Rod.[2]
Mark married Michelle on 5 July 1996 in Warwickshire:[3] they have two daughters, Nicole and Myah.
Tennis career
Juniors
Junior Slam results:
Australian Open: -
French Open: 1R (1988)
Wimbledon: 2R (1988)
US Open: 3R (1987)
Pro tour
The right-hander won one doubles title (Nottingham in 1996) in his career. He reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 80 in August 1994, winning 3 Challenger events. His best performance in a Grand Slam came in the 1997 Wimbledon Championships. He defeated Ján Krošlák and Tommy Haas before losing to Boris Becker in the third round.
As a coach
He coached Silvija Talaja to the world's Top 20 and Tina Pisnik to the Top 30.
He was also coach to Andy Murray[4] whom he coached to the Top 50.
Career finals
Doubles (1 win, 1 loss)
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| Grand Slam (0)
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| Tennis Masters Cup (0)
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| ATP Masters Series (0)
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| ATP Tour (1)
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