# David Sherwood

David Sherwood is a British tennis coach and retired tennis player. In his only live Davis Cup match, Sherwood played doubles with Andy Murray beating the Israeli World No 4 doubles team of Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram,

## Early and personal life

Sherwood is the son of Sheila Sherwood who won a silver medal in the long jump at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City and John Sherwood, who won a bronze medal in the 400m hurdles, and at the same Olympics.

## Career

In 1997 he won the Australian Open boys' doubles title with fellow Brit James Trotman. They defeated South African pairing Jaco van der Westhuizen and Wesley Whitehouse 7–6, 6–3 in the final.
Sherwood, won futures tournaments in Wrexham and Edinburgh, and also reached the semi-final in Mulhouse and the final in Plaisir, France.
By 2003, Sherwood had acquired a reputation for a lackadaisical attitude, a party loving life style and negatively influencing younger players. While at a Jamaica Futures event in November 2003, Sherwood delivered an on-court barrage at his Lawn Tennis Association coach. Back in the UK, he missed a training session claiming he was ill, despite living five minutes away from the LTA's headquarters with an on-site doctor. Next day, the LTA's team manager Mark Petchey expelled him from the LTA.
With the support of his parents, Sherwood put his tennis career back on track. By November 2004, Mark Petchey was funding his coaching throughout the winter.
In March 2005 Sherwood played doubles with Andy Murray in their joint Davis Cup debuts for the Europe/Africa Zone Group I match against Israel. Surprisingly, Sherwood/Murray beat the World No 4 doubles team of Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram, to help Great Britain win 3–2. He entered the singles at Wimbledon in 2005, and defeated Ricardo Mello in the first round before losing to Feliciano López.
In September 2005, at the World Group Play-off against Switzerland, Sherwood was beaten in the first singles dead rubber, with Great Britain losing 5–0.
Since retiring from playing in 2008, Sherwood became a nationally recognised Lawn Tennis Association coach, coaching top performance players in the country.

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
### Singles: 9 (3–6)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (0–0)
* ITF Futures (3–6)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (3–6)
* Clay (0–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Mar 2002 | India F1, Chennai | Futures | Hard | Branislav Sekáč | 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 3–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Sep 2002 | Great Britain F8, Sunderland | Futures | Hard | Mark Hilton | 3–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 1–2 | Oct 2003 | Great Britain F11, Edinburgh | Futures | Hard | Mark Hilton | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 2–2 | Aug 2004 | Great Britain F3, Wrexham | Futures | Hard | Mark Hilton | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Sep 2004 | France F15, Plaisir | Futures | Hard | Julien Varlet | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 3–3 | Oct 2004 | Great Britain F5, Edinburgh | Futures | Hard | Tom Burn | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Loss | 3–4 | Oct 2004 | Great Britain F6, Glasgow | Futures | Hard | Richard Bloomfield | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 2–6, 6–7$^{(6–8)}$ |
| Loss | 3–5 | Oct 2004 | Great Britain F7, Sunderland | Futures | Hard | Alexander Flock | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 3–6 | Jan 2005 | India F1, Mumbai | Futures | Hard | Simon Greul | 6–4, 3–6, 2–6 |

### Doubles: 31 (16–15)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (0–2)
* ITF Futures (16–13)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (16–11)
* Clay (0–1)
* Grass (0–2)
* Carpet (0–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Oct 1998 | Great Britain F8, Glasgow | Futures | Hard | James Davidson | Ross Matheson Tom Spinks | 6–4, 5–7, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Oct 1998 | Great Britain F10, Edinburgh | Futures | Hard | James Davidson | Ashley Naumann Andrew Rueb | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Feb 1999 | Great Britain F2, Chigwell | Futures | Carpet | Tom Spinks | Leoš Friedl Borut Urh | 6–7, 1–6 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Aug 2000 | Great Britain F7, Hampstead | Futures | Hard | Simon Dickson | James Davidson Oliver Freelove | 2–4, 1–4, 0–4 |
| Win | 2–3 | Mar 2002 | India F1, Chennai | Futures | Hard | Jonathan Marray | Rohan Bopanna Vijay Kannan | 3–6, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 7–6$^{(10–8)}$ |
| Loss | 2–4 | May 2002 | Jamaica F4, Montego Bay | Futures | Hard | Jonathan Marray | Konstantinos Economidis Nikos Rovas | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 3–4 | May 2002 | Jamaica F6, Montego Bay | Futures | Hard | Jonathan Marray | Simon Larose Kiantki Thomas | 4–6, 2–1 ret. |
| Loss | 3–5 | Sep 2002 | Great Britain F7, Glasgow | Futures | Hard | Jonathan Marray | Luke Bourgeois Alun Jones | 1–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 4–5 | Sep 2002 | Great Britain F8, Sunderland | Futures | Hard | Jonathan Marray | Johannes Ager Alan Mackin | 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 4–6, 6–4 |
| Loss | 4–6 | Oct 2002 | Great Britain F9, Edinburgh | Futures | Hard | Jonathan Marray | Jakub Hasek Wesley Moodie | 3–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
| Loss | 4–7 | Nov 2002 | USA F28, Costa Mesa | Futures | Hard | Richard Bloomfield | Prakash Amritraj Rajeev Ram | 2–6, 0–3 ret |
| Win | 5–7 | Feb 2003 | Great Britain F3, Southampton | Futures | Hard | Jonathan Marray | Satoshi Iwabuchi Michihisa Onoda | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Loss | 5–8 | Apr 2003 | Qatar F1, Doha | Futures | Hard | Jonathan Marray | Benjamin Cassaigne Rogier Wassen | 6–3, 6–7$^{(6–8)}$, 3–6 |
| Win | 6–8 | Apr 2003 | Qatar F2, Doha | Futures | Hard | Jonathan Marray | Ivo Klec Aisam Qureshi | 3–6, 6–2, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ |
| Loss | 6–9 | Jul 2003 | Bristol, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | Daniel Kiernan | Jean-François Bachelot Nicolas Mahut | 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 7–5, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$ |
| Loss | 6–10 | Jul 2003 | Manchester, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | Daniel Kiernan | Arvind Parmar Martin Lee | 3–6, 6–2, 2–6 |
| Win | 7–10 | Aug 2003 | Great Britain F8, London | Futures | Hard | Daniel Kiernan | Jonathan Marray Jamie Delgado | walkover |
| Loss | 7–11 | Sep 2003 | Great Britain F9, Sunderland | Futures | Hard | Daniel Kiernan | Jonathan Marray Mark Hilton | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 8–11 | Sep 2003 | Great Britain F10, Glasgow | Futures | Hard | Daniel Kiernan | Andy Murray Guy Thomas | 6–7$^{(2–7)}$, 6–0, 6–0 |
| Win | 9–11 | Oct 2003 | Great Britain F11, Edinburgh | Futures | Hard | Daniel Kiernan | Aidan Graveson Thomas Greenland | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 10–11 | Oct 2003 | Jamaica F10, Montego Bay | Futures | Hard | Daniel Kiernan | György Balázs László Fonó | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–2 |
| Win | 11–11 | Oct 2003 | Jamaica F11, Montego Bay | Futures | Hard | Daniel Kiernan | Dustin Brown Ryan Russell | 6–4, 2–0 ret. |
| Win | 12–11 | Nov 2003 | Jamaica F12, Montego Bay | Futures | Hard | Daniel Kiernan | Jonathan Marray Mark Hilton | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 12–12 | May 2004 | Great Britain F1, Bournemouth | Futures | Clay | Oliver Freelove | James Auckland Thomas Blake | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 13–12 | Sep 2004 | France F14, Mulhouse | Futures | Hard | Jonathan Marray | Josselin Ouanna Alexandre Sidorenko | 6–2, 6–1 |
| Win | 14–12 | Oct 2004 | Great Britain F6, Glasgow | Futures | Hard | Daniel Kiernan | Richard Bloomfield Chris Lewis | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 15–12 | Oct 2004 | Great Britain F7, Sunderland | Futures | Hard | Daniel Kiernan | Josh Goodall Miles Kasiri | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 16–12 | Mar 2005 | France F4, Lille | Futures | Hard | Mustafa Ghouse | Patrice Atias Frederic Jeanclaude | 6–4, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ |
| Loss | 16–13 | Oct 2005 | France F16, Nevers | Futures | Hard | Kyle Spencer | Julien Jeanpierre Jean-Michel Pequery | 4–6, 7–6$^{(9–7)}$, 5–7 |
| Loss | 16–14 | Nov 2005 | Belgium F1, Sint-Katelijne-Waver | Futures | Hard | Richard Bloomfield | Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky Denis Matsukevich | 5–7, 2–6 |
| Loss | 16–15 | Mar 2006 | Great Britain F4, Manchester | Futures | Hard | Martin Lee | Jean-François Bachelot Aisam Qureshi | 1–6, 6–3, 2–6 |

## Junior Grand Slam finals
### Doubles: 1 (1 title)

| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partnet | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1997 | Australian Open | Hard | James Trotman | Jaco Van Der Westhuizen Wesley Whitehouse | 7–6, 6–3 |