Joshua Jake Goodall (born 17 October 1985) is a retired English

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player, former British no 2 and Davis Cup player. He is currently Head of Racquet Sports at

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in Berkshire.

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

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. He and partner

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lost that match in three sets 6–4, 3–6, –10to

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and

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. Goodall was British no 2, behind

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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

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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