Danny Sapsford

Danny Sapsford (born 3 April 1969) is a former professional tennis player from Great Britain, who turned professional in 1989. He won one doubles title (1996, Nottingham) during his career. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 15 April 1996, when he became World No. 170. In 1999, he reached the third round of Wimbledon Championships, defeating Julián Alonso and Galo Blanco before losing to then world number one Pete Sampras in straight sets. This was Sapsford's last singles match as a professional. After retiring, Sapsford became a tennis coach, and runs a tennis charity.

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	Q3	A	Q1	A	Q2	A	A	Q1	A	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	Q1	Q1	1R	1R	Q1	Q1	Q1	1R	2R	2R	1R	3R	0 / 7	4–7	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	A	A	A	2R	Q1	A	Q2	Q3	Q3	Q1	Q2	A	0 / 1	1–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	0 / 8	5–8	Template:Tennis win percentage
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	Q1	Not Held			A	Not Held			A	Not Held			0 / 0	0–0	Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Miami	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q3	A	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0	Template:Tennis win percentage
Stuttgart	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 0	0–0	Template:Tennis win percentage

Doubles

Tournament	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	0 / 1	1–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	Q1	2R	2R	1R	Q1	Q1	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	0 / 8	3–8	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	3R	A	0 / 2	2–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	0–1	3–4	0–1	0 / 12	6–12	Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Miami	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	2R	A	0 / 1	1–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0 / 1	1–1	Template:Tennis win percentage

ATP career finals

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters Series (0–0) ATP Championship Series (0–0) ATP World Series (1–2)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (1–1) Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting Outdoors (1–2) Indoors (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	[[1995 Grand Prix Passing Shot|Template:Dts]]	Bordeaux, France	World Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Henrik Holm	Template:Flagicon Saša Hiršzon Template:Flagicon Goran Ivanišević	3–6, 4–6
Win	1–1	[[1996 Nottingham Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Nottingham, United Kingdom	World Series	Grass	Template:Flagicon Mark Petchey	Template:Flagicon Neil Broad Template:Flagicon Piet Norval	6–7, 7–6, 6–4
Loss	1–2	[[1997 Nottingham Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Nottingham, United Kingdom	World Series	Grass	Template:Flagicon Chris Wilkinson	Template:Flagicon Ellis Ferreira Template:Flagicon Patrick Galbraith	6–4, 6–7, 6–7

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Doubles: 9 (9–0)

Legend ATP Challenger (8–0) ITF Futures (1–0)

Finals by surface Hard (6–0) Clay (1–0) Grass (1–0) Carpet (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Template:Dts	Azores, Portugal	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Chris Wilkinson	Template:Flagicon Emanuel Couto Template:Flagicon Eyal Ran	7–5, 6–1
Win	2–0	Template:Dts	Dublin, Ireland	Challenger	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Chris Wilkinson	Template:Flagicon Arne Thoms Template:Flagicon Fernon Wibier	7–6, 2–6, 6–3
Win	3–0	Template:Dts	Jakarta, Indonesia	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Andrew Foster	Template:Flagicon Mahesh Bhupathi Template:Flagicon Leander Paes	walkover
Win	4–0	Template:Dts	Newcastle, United Kingdom	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Andrew Foster	Template:Flagicon Nebojsa Djordjevic Template:Flagicon Lorenzo Manta	3–6, 6–1, 6–2
Win	5–0	Template:Dts	Stockholm, Sweden	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Andrew Foster	Template:Flagicon Lan Bale Template:Flagicon Brent Haygarth	6–3, 6–1
Win	6–0	Template:Dts	Istanbul, Turkey	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Mark Petchey	Template:Flagicon Oleg Ogorodov Template:Flagicon Orlin Stanoytchev	6–3, 7–5
Win	7–0	Template:Dts	Manchester, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Template:Flagicon Mark Petchey	Template:Flagicon Noam Behr Template:Flagicon Filippo Veglio	6–3, 6–7, 7–6
Win	8–0	Template:Dts	Portorož, Slovenia	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Chris Wilkinson	Template:Flagicon Saša Hiršzon Template:Flagicon Udo Plamberger	6–0, 3–6, 6–3
Win	9–0	Template:Dts	Great Britain F5, Hatfield	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Simon Dickson	Template:Flagicon Sébastien de Chaunac Template:Flagicon Olivier Mutis	7–5, 6–0

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