Josh Goodall (tennis)

Joshua Goodall

Country (sports)	Great Britain England
Residence	Basingstoke, England, United Kingdom
Born	(1985-10-17) 17 October 1985 (age 38) Basingstoke, England
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	2004
Retired	2 October 2015
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$428,956
Singles
Career record	1–15
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 184 (13 July 2009)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2009)
French Open	Q1 (2007, 2008, 2009, 2012)
Wimbledon	1R (2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012)
US Open	1R (2006)
Doubles
Career record	5–9
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 114 (25 June 2007)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	2R (2006, 2010)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	Europe/Africa Zone Group I 2R (2012)
Last updated on: 18 January 2017.

Joshua Jake Goodall (born 17 October 1985) is a retired English tennis 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.^[1] His parents remortgaged their house five times to support his tennis career.^[2]

Career

On 23 June 2007 Goodall reached his only ATP (World) Tour final, in doubles, at the Nottingham Open. He and partner Ross Hutchins lost that match in three sets 6–4, 3–6, [5–10] to Eric Butorac and Jamie Murray.

Goodall was British no 2, behind Andy Murray from 13 August 2012 with a world ranking of 196,^[3] until 19 November 2012.^[4]

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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2007	Nottingham Open, United Kingdom	Intl Series	Grass	Ross Hutchins	Eric Butorac Jamie Murray	6–4, 3–6, [5–10]

ITF Futures tournament wins

Singles: 20

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	11 September 2005	Nottingham	Hard	Richard Bloomfield	7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4)
2.	16 July 2006	Felixstowe	Grass	Luke Bourgeois	6–4, 5–7, 6–4
3.	3 December 2006	Vendryně	Hard	Sergei Bubka	6–4, 6–2
4.	29 September 2007	Nottingham	Hard	Jamie Baker	6–3, 6–4
5.	22 March 2008	Bath	Hard	Richard Bloomfield	4–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–4
6.	5 April 2008	Exmouth	Carpet	Conor Niland	6–4, 7–6(7–3)
7.	20 September 2009	Nottingham	Hard	David Rice	6–4, 6–3
8.	10 July 2010	Ilkley	Grass	David Rice	6–3, 7–6(7–2)
9.	9 July 2011	Ilkley	Grass	David Rice	7–5, 6–1
10.	16 July 2011	Frinton	Grass	Daniel Evans	6–3, 6–2
11.	16 July 2011	Wrexham	Hard	Sean Thornley	6–1, 6–2
12.	10 September 2011	Roehampton	Hard	Richard Bloomfield	7–6(7–4), 6–2
13.	22 October 2011	Glasgow	Hard	Jan Minář	7–6(7–3), 7–5
14.	15 January 2012	Schwieberdingen	Carpet	Bastian Knittel	2–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–4
15.	1 April 2012	Fällanden	Carpet	Philipp Oswald	6–4, 6–2
16.	22 April 2012	Heraklion	Carpet	Dieter Kindlmann	6–3, 6–0
17.	14 July 2012	Ilkley	Grass	Edward Corrie	6–4, 6–1
18.	28 July 2012	Dublin	Grass	Michael Look	7–6(8–6), 6–4
19.	4 August 2012	Wrexham	Hard	Mathieu Rodrigues	6–3, 6–3
20.	12 October 2013	Sunderland	Hard	Ashley Hewitt	6–3, 6–2

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

References

External links

• Josh Goodall at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Josh Goodall at the International Tennis Federation
• Josh Goodall at the Davis Cup
• Goodall World Ranking History