Bryan Woodroffe

{{Short description|South African tennis player}}

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{{Use South African English|date=October 2023}}

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| fullname = Bryan Maxwell Woodroffe

| country_represented = {{flagu|South Africa|1928}}

| birth_date = {{birth date|1929|12|06|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Johannesburg, South Africa

| death_date = {{death date and age|1993|10|24|1929|12|06|df=yes}}

| death_place = Durban, South Africa

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| FrenchOpenresult = 2R (1953)

| Wimbledonresult = 3R (1953)

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Bryan Maxwell Woodroffe (6 December 1929 – 24 October 1993) was a South African tennis player.

Born in Johannesburg, Woodroffe was active on tour in the 1950s and was a South African Davis Cup representative. His style of play was described as being similar to that of Eric Sturgess.{{cite news |title=Hare Beaten for Speed |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/821233918 |work=Birmingham Post |date=24 June 1952}} He featured twice at Wimbledon and during his first visit to England in 1952 won the singles title at the Essex Championships.{{cite news |title=Wins Essex Tourney |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/253401215 |work=Press and Sun-Bulletin |date=20 July 1952}} In 1953 he made the Wimbledon third round, losing in four sets to Kurt Nielsen. He played his only Davis Cup rubber in doubles against Germany in Berlin in 1953, where he and Russell Seymour came from two sets down to win over Rolf Göpfert and Horst Hermann.{{cite news |title=Germany Defeated In Doubles |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/138829595 |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |date=17 May 1953}}

Woodroffe was a chairman for the national selection committee.{{cite news |title=South Africa Names Team |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/771666194 |work=The Commercial Appeal |date=9 July 1975}}