Paul Hand (born 3 July 1965) is a British sports broadcaster and former professional

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player. He was born in Berkshire, England.

Tennis career

Hand played on the professional tour primarily as a doubles specialist, with a best ranking of 171 in the world. As a singles player he was joint winner of the Scottish Championships in 1992. Hand regularly featured as a doubles player at the Wimbledon Championships in the 1990s. Most notably he made the quarter-finals of the men's doubles at the

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as a wildcard pairing with

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. They had a win en route over the ninth seeded Jensen brothers,

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and

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, then in the quarter-finals were beaten in five sets, by

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and

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. In addition to his six main draw appearances in men's doubles at Wimbledon he played in the mixed doubles four times, all with

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. He also played in mixed doubles qualifying with his younger sister Kaye Hand.

Post tennis

Hand works as a tennis coach and a sports broadcaster for

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and

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hand, Paul 1965 births Living people English male tennis players British male tennis players English sports broadcasters BBC sports presenters and reporters Tennis players from Berkshire