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Andrew Richardson (born 14 March 1974) is a British former professional tennis player, and now a coach.

Andrew Richardson

Country (sports)	Great Britain
Residence	Bourne, England
Born	(1974-03-14) 14 March 1974 (age 48) Peterborough, England
Height	6 ft 7 in (201 cm)
Turned pro	1992
Retired	2000
Plays	Left-handed
Coach	David Sammel
Prize money	$246,675
Singles
Career record	6-14
Career titles	0 1 Challenger
Highest ranking	No. 133 (3 November 1997)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (1997, 1998)
French Open	Q1 (1997, 1998)
Wimbledon	3R (1997)
US Open	Q3 (1996)
Doubles
Career record	15-31
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 96 (21 October 1996)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1997)
French Open	1R (1996)
Wimbledon	2R (1992, 1995, 1996)
US Open	2R (1996)

Career

Richardson competed in the singles draw of a Grand Slam three times, all at Wimbledon and on each occasion as a wildcard. In both 1992 and 1998 he lost in the opening round, to Marc Rosset and Hicham Arazi respectively. However, in the 1997 Wimbledon Championships he reached the third round, with wins over Spanish qualifier Sergi Duran in straight sets and then another Spaniard Juan Albert Viloca, in five sets. He was eliminated by countryman Greg Rusedski in the third round.[1]

He was more successful as a doubles player, winning five tournaments on the ATP Challenger Tour. One of those, at Seoul in 1995, was with Tim Henman as his partner. The pair also reached the semi finals of the 1996 Czech Indoor tournament, an ATP Tour event. Richardson would later be a best man at Henman's wedding.[2]

In 1997, Richardson represented an understrength Great Britain Davis Cup team against Zimbabwe. He defeated Byron Black in a singles match, to level the tie at 1–1 but his second match, against Byron's brother Wayne, which Richardson lost, was a dead-rubber, with Zimbabwe having already secured the tie.[3]

He is now a tennis coach and has worked with British players Ross Hutchins, Miles Kasiri, Alan Mackin and Emma Raducanu.[4] Richardson worked with Raducanu during the 2021 US Open, in which she became the first qualifier to win a grand slam title, and the first British woman to do so since Virginia Wade's Wimbledon title in 1977.[5]

Challenger titles

Singles: (1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	1997	Urbana, U.S.	Hard	Cecil Mamiit	6–7, 7–6, 6–3

Doubles: (5)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
1.	1995	Seoul, South Korea	Clay	Tim Henman	Filippo Messori Vincenzo Santopadre	6–2, 6–1
2.	1995	Rogaška Slatina, Slovenia	Carpet	Mark Petchey	Patrick Baur Joost Winnink	6–7, 6–4, 6–4
3.	1996	Bristol, England	Grass	Petr Pala	Lionel Barthez Patrick Baur	6–2, 6–4
4.	1998	Lippstadt, Germany	Carpet	Myles Wakefield	Raemon Sluiter Peter Wessels	4–6, 7–6, 6–4
5.	1998	Lübeck, Germany	Carpet	Lorenzo Manta	Stephane Simian Tuomas Ketola	7–6, 6–2

References

External links

• Andrew Richardson at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Andrew Richardson at the International Tennis Federation
• Andrew Richardson at the Davis Cup

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