At the age of four, he attended a tennis fun-day with his brother. This sparked an interest that culminated in him, at the age of 15, being the top junior tennis player in the world and Youth Olympics gold medalist in 1996. Unfortunately, a severe bout of glandular fever between 1998 and 2000 threatened to end his promising career. However, despite his illness, and despite being the only senior British tennis player not funded by the LTA (something he is harshly critical of), Flanagan fought back.
In 2004, Flanagan staged a shock upset when he beat Mark Philippoussis 7–6, 7–6, in the opening round of the Stella Artois Championship at Queen's Club.[1] Despite also beating the world no. 35, Victor Hănescu, in the second round of the tournament, before succumbing to Sébastien Grosjean in the last 16, Flanagan was denied a wildcard into Wimbledon.[2] The victory raised his profile, and put him on a tennis players' special Weakest Link.
flanagan, english, cricketer, cricketer, born, january, 1982, welsh, former, professional, tennis, player, country, sports, united, kingdomborn, 1982, january, 1982, prize, money, 354singlescareer, record2, grand, slam, tour, level, davis, career, titles0highe. For the English cricketer see Ian Flanagan cricketer Ian Flanagan born 15 January 1982 is a Welsh former professional tennis player Ian FlanaganCountry sports United KingdomBorn 1982 01 15 15 January 1982 age 42 Prize money 46 354SinglesCareer record2 1 Grand Slam ATP Tour level and Davis Cup Career titles0Highest rankingNo 503 11 November 2004 DoublesCareer record1 1 Grand Slam ATP Tour level and Davis Cup Career titles0Highest rankingNo 366 26 November 2007 Last updated on 20 August 2018 Biography editFlanagan grew up in the village of Graianrhyd and attended Ysgol Brynhyfryd between 1993 and 1997 At the age of four he attended a tennis fun day with his brother This sparked an interest that culminated in him at the age of 15 being the top junior tennis player in the world and Youth Olympics gold medalist in 1996 Unfortunately a severe bout of glandular fever between 1998 and 2000 threatened to end his promising career However despite his illness and despite being the only senior British tennis player not funded by the LTA something he is harshly critical of Flanagan fought back In 2004 Flanagan staged a shock upset when he beat Mark Philippoussis 7 6 7 6 in the opening round of the Stella Artois Championship at Queen s Club 1 Despite also beating the world no 35 Victor Hănescu in the second round of the tournament before succumbing to Sebastien Grosjean in the last 16 Flanagan was denied a wildcard into Wimbledon 2 The victory raised his profile and put him on a tennis players special Weakest Link External links editIan Flanagan at the Association of Tennis ProfessionalsReferences edit Bierley Stephen 9 June 2004 Tennis Ian Flanagan shocks Australia s Mark Philippoussis The Guardian Retrieved 5 September 2010 Robins Paul Ian Flanagan talks tennis BBC Online BBC Nottingham Sport Retrieved 5 September 2010 nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to Welsh sports is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to British tennis is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ian Flanagan amp oldid 1132075780, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
