Mark Petchey Explained

Mark Petchey
Fullname:Mark Rodney James Petchey
Residence:Wimbledon, London, England
Birth Date:1970 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Loughton, Essex, England
Turnedpro:1988
Retired:1998
Plays:Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:$657,776
Singlesrecord:35–73
Singlestitles:0
Highestsinglesranking:No. 80 (8 August 1994)
Australianopenresult:1R (1995)
Frenchopenresult:Q2 (1994, 1996)
Wimbledonresult:3R (1997)
Usopenresult:2R (1994)
Doublesrecord:34–55
Doublestitles:1
Highestdoublesranking:No. 104 (5 August 1996)

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)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (1)
ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1.Aug 1994Long Island, U.S.Hard Andrew Florent Olivier Delaître
Guy Forget
4–6, 6–7
Win2.Jun 1996Nottingham, United KingdomGrass Danny Sapsford Neil Broad
Piet Norval
6–7, 7–6, 6–4

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mark Petchey. ATP World Tour.
  2. Web site: Petchey. Mark. My first coach. Tennis Space. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140813120943/http://www.thetennisspace.com/mark-petchey-my-first-coach/. 2014-08-13.
  3. News: Henman. Tim. Four famous wins and a wedding. Independent. London. 7 July 1996.
  4. News: Murray splits from coach Petchey . BBC News . 14 April 2006.