- The Woodies
The Woodies was a nickname given to the most successful men's
tennis doubles team in history. The two members of the team wereAustralia nsTodd Woodbridge andMark Woodforde .The Woodies combined Woodforde's left-hand baseline play with Woodbridge's swift volleying reflexes at the net. They were the ATP Doubles Team of the Year four times, and won 61 ATP doubles tournaments as a pair.
The Woodies won eleven Grand Slam doubles titles in their career—one
French Open , twoAustralian Open s, two U.S. Opens, and a record six Wimbledons.Their other career highlights included winning a gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, and a silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
The Woodies often teamed together to play for
Australia in theDavis Cup , and played for Australia in three Davis Cup finals. They helped give Australia its first Davis Cup victory in 13 years in 1999 with a win overFrance 's Olivier Delaitre and Fabrice Santoro inParis .The pairing ended in 2000 after Mark Woodforde retired from international tennis. Woodbridge continued his doubles success with Swede
Jonas Björkman until Björkman ended the partnership in2004 . Woodbridge then partnered withMahesh Bhupathi ofIndia before retiring in2005 .Titles (61)
*NH = tournament not held
*² held in Stockholm 1990-94, Essen in 1995
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