Neil Broad

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**Neil Broad**

Country	South Africa United Kingdom
Residence	Wimbledon, London
Date of birth	November 20, 1966
Place of birth	Cape Town, South Africa
Height	190 cm
Weight	87 kg
Turned pro	1986
Retired	2000
Plays	Right-handed
Career prize money	$1,205,610
Singles
Career record:	7-19
Career titles:	0
Highest ranking:	84 (8 May 1989)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	2r (1989)
French Open	1r (1989)
Wimbledon	2r (1990)
US Open	2r (1989)
Doubles
Career record:	283-273
Career titles:	7
Highest ranking:	9 (9 April 1990)

Men's Tennis
Olympic medal record
Silver	1996 Atlanta	Doubles

Neil Broad (born November 20, 1966 in Cape Town, South Africa) is a retired tennis player who represented Great Britain. He won 7 ATP tour doubles title in his career, and won the Silver Medal in doubles at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

1 Playing career
2 After the tour
3 ATP Tour finals (24)
- 3.1 Doubles winner (7)
- 3.2 Doubles runner-up (17)
4 Notes
5 External links

[edit] Playing career

The right-hander played primarily doubles in his career. He achieved his highest doubles ranking of No. 9 on April 9, 1990. Broad achieved his best Grand Slam doubles result a the 1990 Australian Open, reaching the semifinals while partnering Gary Muller of South Africa. Broad played on the Great Britain Davis Cup team from 1992 to 2000, achieving a doubles record of 4–7. He retired from the tour in 2000.

[edit] After the tour

Since retirement, Broad has helped coach South African Paralympic tennis player Tim Hubbard in preparation for the 2004 Paralympic Games.^[1] Broad is currently coaching Brad Williams, a player at Texas A&M University.^[2] Broad also plays tennis on the Senior tour.

[edit] ATP Tour finals (24)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
Olympic Games (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (7)

[edit] Doubles winner (7)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	8 January 1989	Adelaide, Australia	hard	Stefan Kruger	Mark Kratzmann Glenn Layendecker	6–2 7–6
2.	30 July 1989	Washington, United States	hard	Gary Muller	Jim Grabb Patrick McEnroe	6–7 7–6 6–4
3.	7 October 1990	Toulouse, France	hard	Gary Muller	Michael Mortensen Michiel Schapers	7–6 6–4
4.	9 February 1992	Milan, Italy	carpet (i)	David Macpherson	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	5–7 7–5 6–4
5.	14 August 1994	San Marino	clay	Greg Van Emburgh	Jordi Arrese Renzo Furlan	6–4 7–6
6.	2 August 1998	Umag, Croatia	clay	Piet Norval	Jiří Novák David Rikl	6–1 3–6 6–3
7.	20 September 1998	Bournemouth, UK	clay	Kevin Ullyett	Wayne Arthurs Alberto Berasategui	7–6 6–3

[edit] Doubles runner-up (17)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	16 July 1989	Newport, U.S.	grass	Stefan Kruger	Patrick Galbraith Brian Garrow	6–2 5–7 3–6
2.	18 February 1990	Toronto, Canada	carpet (i)	Kevin Curren	Patrick Galbraith David Macpherson	6–2 4–6 3–6
3.	12 August 1990	Cincinnati, U.S.	hard	Gary Muller	Darren Cahill Mark Kratzmann	6–7 2–6
4.	30 September 1990	Basel, Switzerland	hard (i)	Gary Muller	Stefan Kruger Christo Van Rensburg	6–4 6–7 3–6
5.	25 October 1992	Lyon, France	carpet (i)	Stefan Kruger	Jakob Hlasek Marc Rosset	1–6 3–6
6.	25 April 1993	Seoul, South Korea	hard	Gary Muller	Jan Apell Peter Nyborg	7–5 6–7 2–6
7.	13 June 1993	London / Queen's Club, UK	grass	Gary Muller	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	7–6 3–6 4–6
8.	12 June 1994	Florence, Italy	clay	Greg Van Emburgh	Jon Ireland Kenny Thorne	6–7 3–6
9.	2 October 1994	Palermo, Italy	clay	Greg Van Emburgh	Tom Kempers Jack Waite	6–7 4–6
10.	30 July 1995	Amsterdam, Netherlands	clay	Wayne Arthurs	Marcelo Ríos Sjeng Schalken	6–7 2–6
11.	21 April 1996	Barcelona, Spain	clay	Piet Norval	Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez	1–6 3–6
12.	23 June 1996	Nottingham, UK	grass	Piet Norval	Mark Petchey Danny Sapsford	7–6 6–7 4–6
13.	28 July 1996	Atlanta Olympics, U.S.	hard	Tim Henman	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	4–6 4–6 2–6
14.	6 October 1996	Lyon, France	carpet (i)	Piet Norval	Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg	2–6 1–6
15.	11 May 1997	Hamburg, Germany	clay	Piet Norval	Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez	3–6 6–7
16.	8 March 1998	Rotterdam, Netherlands	carpet	Piet Norval	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6–7 3–6
17.	21 February 1999	Rotterdam, Netherlands	carpet	Peter Tramacchi	David Adams John-Laffnie de Jager	7–6 3–6 4–6