Born and bred in Southampton, Chris Wilkinson has achieved much in the world of tennis. But it could have been very different as his first passion was football in which he excelled for Southampton and had trials for Aston Villa and Coventry. Wilkinson started his winning ways with tennis tournament success as a 10-year-old junior. From there Wilkinson went on to win national and overseas tournaments and represented Great Britain in the World Championships at all junior age groups.
On the main Tour Wilkinson played some of his best tennis at Wimbledon where he reached the 3rd round in Singles on four occasions and made the quarter finals of Doubles. Wilkinson had the privilege of playing on Centre and No. 1 court on many occasions. He will probably be best remembered for his Centre Court battle in 1993 against Stefan Edberg, in which he broke the champion's serve no less than seven times before faltering on his own and succumbing to defeat in three close sets.[1] His best win was over Goran Ivanišević in 1993 at Queen's. Wilkinson has recorded many notable wins over several top 20 world ranked players. Wimbledon continues to be a special place for the former British No. 1 and he is regularly invited to compete in the Gentleman's senior invitational event.
In 1993 Wilkinson achieved his ambition of becoming British No. 1 Singles player. He has represented Great Britain in the Davis Cup and the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Wilkinson retired from the main tour in 1999 but kept up his competitive play in the following years and in 2005 became the British and world over-35 champion.
Wilkinson is still very much involved with the sport, working with the LTA as a National Performance Coach/captain for the 12 to 16-year-old boys. In February 2018, he was appointed as County Performance Manager for Hampshire and Isle of Wight LTA.[2]
Wilkinson also remains very busy in the media world, including TV commentating for Eurosport, ATP media and ITV4. He also has a regular column with ESPN.[3]
As for playing tennis, Wilkinson is regularly invited to exhibition events where he often plays with some of the all-time greats of the tennis world.
Wilkinson currently resides in Hampshire with his wife Amanda and their two daughters, Alice born in 1998 and Emily born in 2001.
In 1984 he featured in an advert shown in the UK and Ireland for Bisto gravy.
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For other people named Chris Wilkinson see Chris Wilkinson disambiguation This article includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations January 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message Christopher Wilkinson born 5 January 1970 is a former tennis player from England Chris WilkinsonCountry sports Great BritainResidenceRowlands Castle EnglandBorn 1970 01 05 5 January 1970 age 52 Southampton EnglandHeight1 80 m 5 ft 11 in Turned pro1989Retired1999PlaysRight handed one handed backhand Prize money 631 641SinglesCareer record28 52Career titles0 0 Challenger 0 FuturesHighest rankingNo 114 13 September 1993 Grand Slam singles resultsAustralian Open1R 1994 French OpenQ1 1993 1996 1997 1998 1999 Wimbledon3R 1993 1994 1995 1998 US OpenQ2 1996 Other tournamentsOlympic Games1R 1992 DoublesCareer record19 38Career titles0 7 Challenger 0 FuturesHighest rankingNo 86 16 February 1998 Grand Slam doubles resultsAustralian Open1R 1998 French Open2R 1998 WimbledonQF 1993 Grand Slam mixed doubles resultsWimbledon2R 1993 1998 Last updated on 6 February 2022 Contents 1 Career 2 ATP career finals 2 1 Doubles 2 2 runner ups 3 ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals 3 1 Singles 8 3 5 3 2 Doubles 15 7 8 4 Performance timelines 4 1 Singles 4 2 Doubles 5 External linksCareer EditBorn and bred in Southampton Chris Wilkinson has achieved much in the world of tennis But it could have been very different as his first passion was football in which he excelled for Southampton and had trials for Aston Villa and Coventry Wilkinson started his winning ways with tennis tournament success as a 10 year old junior From there Wilkinson went on to win national and overseas tournaments and represented Great Britain in the World Championships at all junior age groups On the main Tour Wilkinson played some of his best tennis at Wimbledon where he reached the 3rd round in Singles on four occasions and made the quarter finals of Doubles Wilkinson had the privilege of playing on Centre and No 1 court on many occasions He will probably be best remembered for his Centre Court battle in 1993 against Stefan Edberg in which he broke the champion s serve no less than seven times before faltering on his own and succumbing to defeat in three close sets 1 His best win was over Goran Ivanisevic in 1993 at Queen s Wilkinson has recorded many notable wins over several top 20 world ranked players Wimbledon continues to be a special place for the former British No 1 and he is regularly invited to compete in the Gentleman s senior invitational event In 1993 Wilkinson achieved his ambition of becoming British No 1 Singles player He has represented Great Britain in the Davis Cup and the 1992 Barcelona Olympics Wilkinson retired from the main tour in 1999 but kept up his competitive play in the following years and in 2005 became the British and world over 35 champion Wilkinson is still very much involved with the sport working with the LTA as a National Performance Coach captain for the 12 to 16 year old boys In February 2018 he was appointed as County Performance Manager for Hampshire and Isle of Wight LTA 2 Wilkinson also remains very busy in the media world including TV commentating for Eurosport ATP media and ITV4 He also has a regular column with ESPN 3 As for playing tennis Wilkinson is regularly invited to exhibition events where he often plays with some of the all time greats of the tennis world Wilkinson currently resides in Hampshire with his wife Amanda and their two daughters Alice born in 1998 and Emily born in 2001 In 1984 he featured in an advert shown in the UK and Ireland for Bisto gravy ATP career finals EditDoubles 2 2 runner ups Edit LegendGrand Slam Tournaments 0 0 ATP World Tour Finals 0 0 ATP Masters Series 0 0 ATP Championship Series 0 0 ATP World Series 0 2 Finals by surfaceHard 0 0 Clay 0 1 Grass 0 1 Carpet 0 0 Finals by settingOutdoors 0 2 Indoors 0 0 Result W L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents ScoreLoss 0 1 Jun 1997 Nottingham United Kingdom World Series Grass Danny Sapsford Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith 6 4 6 7 6 7Loss 0 2 Sep 1997 Bournemouth United Kingdom World Series Clay Alberto Martin Kent Kinnear Aleksandar Kitinov 6 7 2 6ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals EditSingles 8 3 5 Edit LegendATP Challenger 3 5 ITF Futures 0 0 Finals by surfaceHard 1 3 Clay 0 0 Grass 2 1 Carpet 0 1 Result W L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent ScoreWin 1 0 Nov 1992 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Challenger Hard Roger Smith 6 3 6 1Loss 1 1 Aug 1993 Bronx United States Challenger Hard Jean Philippe Fleurian 6 3 5 7 2 6Loss 1 2 Sep 1994 Singapore Singapore Challenger Hard Tommy Ho 3 6 4 6Loss 1 3 Feb 1995 Hambuhren Germany Challenger Carpet Jan Kroslak 6 7 3 6Win 2 3 Jul 1995 Manchester United Kingdom Challenger Grass Christian Saceanu 6 4 6 4Loss 2 4 Oct 1995 Charleroi Belgium Challenger Hard Juan Luis Rascon Lope 7 6 3 6 6 7Win 3 4 Jul 1998 Manchester United Kingdom Challenger Grass Stefano Pescosolido 6 3 6 4Loss 3 5 Jul 1999 Bristol United Kingdom Challenger Grass Raemon Sluiter 3 6 7 6 6 7Doubles 15 7 8 Edit LegendATP Challenger 7 7 ITF Futures 0 1 Finals by surfaceHard 5 3 Clay 0 1 Grass 0 0 Carpet 2 4 Result W L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents ScoreCancelled 0 0 Jul 1993 Bristol United Kingdom Challenger Grass Paul Hand Jeremy Bates Mark Petchey 6 7 6 4 abandonedWin 1 0 Oct 1993 Gothenburg Sweden Challenger Hard Jeremy Bates Andrew Foster Ross Matheson 7 6 6 3Win 2 0 Sep 1994 Azores Portugal Challenger Hard Danny Sapsford Emanuel Couto Eyal Ran 7 5 6 1Win 3 0 Oct 1994 Dublin Ireland Challenger Carpet Danny Sapsford Arne Thoms Fernon Wibier 7 6 2 6 6 3Loss 3 1 Feb 1995 Hambuhren Germany Challenger Carpet Brent Larkham Bret Garnett T J Middleton 2 6 0 3 ret Loss 3 2 Sep 1995 Azores Portugal Challenger Hard Nuno Marques Tim Henman Christian Saceanu 2 6 2 6Win 4 2 Sep 1995 Singapore Singapore Challenger Hard Martin Zumpft Nicola Bruno Mose Navarra 4 6 6 1 6 4Loss 4 3 Aug 1996 Bronx United States Challenger Hard Chris Haggard David Di Lucia Scott Humphries 4 6 1 6Loss 4 4 Feb 1997 Lubeck Germany Challenger Carpet Trey Phillips Mathias Huning Joost Winnink 6 7 6 7Win 5 4 Mar 1997 Magdeburg Germany Challenger Carpet Trey Phillips Tomas Anzari Petr Luxa 6 3 6 4Win 6 4 Nov 1997 Portoroz Slovenia Challenger Hard Danny Sapsford Sasa Hirszon Udo Plamberger 6 0 3 6 6 3Loss 6 5 Mar 1998 Magdeburg Germany Challenger Carpet Marcos Ondruska Eyal Erlich Mose Navarra 6 4 1 6 4 6Loss 6 6 Aug 1998 Istanbul Turkey Challenger Hard Todd Larkham Eyal Ran Petr Luxa 4 6 6 7Loss 6 7 Sep 1998 Edinburgh United Kingdom Challenger Clay Marcos Ondruska Peter Wessels Edwin Kempes 7 6 3 6 2 6Win 7 7 Oct 1998 Olbia Italy Challenger Hard Todd Larkham Thomas Shimada Filippo Veglio 3 6 6 3 7 6Loss 7 8 Apr 1999 France F3 Melun Futures Carpet Tom Spinks Aleksandar Kitinov Gerald Mandl 3 6 2 6Performance timelines EditKey W F SF QF R RR Q DNQ A NH W winner F finalist SF semifinalist QF quarterfinalist R rounds 4 3 2 1 RR round robin stage Q qualification round DNQ did not qualify A absent NH not held SR strike rate events won competed W L win loss record Singles Edit Tournament 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 SR W L Win Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian Open A A A A A A 1R A A A Q1 A 0 1 0 1 0 French Open A A A A A Q1 A A Q1 Q1 Q1 Q1 0 0 0 0 Wimbledon Q2 A Q3 1R 2R 3R 3R 3R 2R 2R 3R 1R 0 9 11 9 55 US Open A A A A A Q1 A Q1 Q2 A A A 0 0 0 0 Win loss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 10 11 10 52 Olympic GamesSummer Olympics A Not Held 1R Not Held A Not Held 0 1 0 1 0 ATP Tour Masters 1000Miami A A A A A A 1R A 1R A Q1 A 0 2 0 2 0 Canada A A A A A 1R A A A A A A 0 1 0 1 0 Cincinnati A A A A A Q2 A A A A A A 0 0 0 0 Stuttgart A A A A A A A A Q2 A A A 0 0 0 0 Win loss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 Doubles Edit Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 SR W L Win Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian Open A A A A A A A A 1R A 0 1 0 1 0 French Open A A A A A A A A 2R A 0 1 1 1 50 Wimbledon 1R 1R 1R QF 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 0 10 4 10 29 US Open A A A A A A A A A A 0 0 0 0 Win loss 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 12 5 12 29 Olympic GamesSummer Olympics NH 1R Not Held A Not Held 0 1 0 1 0 ATP Tour Masters 1000Canada A A A 2R A A A A A A 0 1 1 1 50 Win loss 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 50 Reuters 26 June 1993 UK Edberg ends Wilkinson hopes at Wimbledon Reuters County Performance Manager Chris Wilkinson LTA www3 lta org uk Retrieved 13 July 2019 Chris Wilkinson Memories of SW19 ESPN co uk Retrieved 13 July 2019 External links EditChris Wilkinson at the Association of Tennis Professionals Chris Wilkinson at the International Tennis Federation Chris Wilkinson at the Davis Cup Chris Wilkinson at Olympics at Sports Reference com archived Retrieved 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