Joshua Jake Goodall (born 17 October 1985) is a retired English
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
player, former British no 2 and Davis Cup player. He is currently Director of Tennis.
Personal life
Goodall attended Cranbourne School, now called
Cranbourne Business and Enterprise College.
His parents remortgaged their house five times to support his tennis career.
Career
On 23 June 2007 Goodall reached his only
ATP (World) Tour final, in doubles, at the
Nottingham Open
The Nottingham Open was originally known as the Nottingham Championships or Nottingham Lawn Tennis Tournament (1887-1967), is a tennis tournament for men and women held in Nottingham, United Kingdom, played on outdoor grass courts at the Nottingh ...
. He and partner
Ross Hutchins
Ross Dan Hutchins (born 22 February 1985) is a retired British professional tennis player, known best as a doubles (tennis), doubles player, who achieved a highest doubles ranking of 26. He competed for England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in ...
lost that match in three sets 6–4, 3–6,
–10to
Eric Butorac and
Jamie Murray
Jamie Robert Murray, (born 13 February 1986) is a Scottish professional tennis player from Scotland who specialises in doubles. He is a seven-time Grand Slam doubles champion (five in mixed doubles and two in men's doubles), a Davis Cup win ...
.
Goodall was British no 2, behind
Andy Murray from 13 August 2012 with a world ranking of 196, until 19 November 2012.
Goodall played Davis Cup twice, in the
2009 Europe/Africa Zone Group I first round against Ukraine and the
2012 Europe/Africa Zone Group I second round against Belgium. At the Belgium tie, Goodall was the British no 1, in the absence of
Andy Murray.
ATP career finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
ITF Futures tournament wins
Singles: 20
Grand Slam performance timelines
Singles
Doubles
References
External links
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Goodall World Ranking History
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English male tennis players
Living people
Sportspeople from Basingstoke
1985 births
Tennis players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
British male tennis players
Tennis people from Hampshire
Commonwealth Games competitors for England