Mark Wooldridge
{{short description|American tennis player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
| name = Mark Wooldridge
| image =
| fullname = Mark Wooldridge
| country_represented = {{USA}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|7|7}}
| birth_place = Los Angeles, California
| death_date =
| death_place =
| plays = Right-handed
| careerprizemoney = $38,454
| singlesrecord = 3–11
| singlestitles = 0
| highestsinglesranking = No. 148 (February 25, 1985)
| currentsinglesranking =
| AustralianOpenresult = 1R (1985)
| FrenchOpenresult =
| Wimbledonresult =
| USOpenresult =
| doublesrecord = 4–16
| doublestitles = 0
| highestdoublesranking = No. 101 (July 8, 1985)
| currentdoublesranking =
| AustralianOpenDoublesresult = 1R (1985)
| FrenchOpenDoublesresult =
| WimbledonDoublesresult =
| USOpenDoublesresult = 1R (1985)
}}
Mark Wooldridge (born July 7, 1962) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.
Biography
Wooldridge, the son of a physicist, comes from Santa Barbara in California.
He went to the University of California at Berkeley and played No. 2 singles, before joining the tour full-time in 1983 and playing professionally for four years.{{cite news|url=http://presidiosports.com/2015/07/john-zant-dan-goldie-returns-to-championship-tennis/|title=Dan Goldie Returns to Championship Tennis|last=Zant|first=John|date=July 16, 2015|work=Presidio Sports|accessdate=May 28, 2016}} He won the men's singles in the Ojai Tennis Tournament in 1984.{{cite web |title=OJAI Records of Events Index |url=http://ojaitourney.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Past_Champions-070513.pdf |publisher=The Ojai Tennis Tournament |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922202728/http://ojaitourney.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Past_Champions-070513.pdf |archive-date=September 22, 2022 |url-status=dead}}
At the 1985 US Open he competed in the main draw of the men's doubles with Egan Adams, who he also partnered with to win a Challenger tournament that year in Lagos. He made his only Grand Slam singles appearance at the 1985 Australian Open and was beaten in the first round by local player Brad Drewett. In the men's doubles he and partner Menno Oosting were defeated in the opening round.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/73142939/|title=Australian Open|date=November 29, 1985|work=The Pantagraph|page=47|accessdate=May 28, 2016}}
Now living in Manhattan Beach, Wooldridge still plays competitive tennis, in over 50s events.{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.com/news/2015/jul/11/goldie-comes-gold-senior-mens-tennis/|title=Goldie Comes Up Gold in Senior Men's Tennis|last=Zant|first=John|date=July 11, 2015|work=Santa Barbara Independent|accessdate=May 28, 2016}}
Challenger titles
=Doubles: (1)=
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1985
|Lagos, Nigeria |Clay |{{flagicon|USA}} Egan Adams |{{flagicon|FRG}} Peter Elter |6–4, 6–4 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{ATP|w037}}
- {{ITF profile}}
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Category:American male tennis players
Category:Sportspeople from Santa Barbara County, California
Category:Tennis players from California