The Woodies


The Woodies was the nickname given the professional tennis doubles pairing of Australians Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde, one of the most successful pairings in tennis history.
The Woodies combined Woodforde's left-handed baseline play with Woodbridge's swift volleying reflexes at the net. They were the ATP Doubles Team of the Year five times, and won 61 ATP doubles tournaments. They won eleven Grand Slam doubles titles: one French Open, two Australian Opens, two US Opens, and a record six Wimbledons. They won a gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, and a silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
The Woodies often played for Australia in the Davis Cup, including three finals. In 1999, they helped Australia's first Davis Cup victory in 13 years with a win over France's Olivier Delaitre and Fabrice Santoro in Paris.
The pairing ended in 2000 when Woodforde retired from international tennis. Woodbridge continued his doubles success with Swede Jonas Björkman until Björkman ended the partnership in 2004. Woodbridge then partnered with Mahesh Bhupathi of India before retiring in 2005.
The Woodies were inducted into the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame on Australia Day in January, 2010. Their bronzed statues were placed with those of other Australian tennis greats at Melbourne Park.

Doubles titles (61)

No.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponent in the finalScore
1.18 February 1991Brussels, BelgiumCarpet Libor Pimek / Michiel Schapers6–3, 6–0
2.11 March 1991Copenhagen, DenmarkCarpet Mansour Bahrami / Andrei Olhovskiy6–3, 6–1
3.17 June 1991London/Queen's Club, EnglandGrass Grant Connell / Glenn Michibata6–4, 7–6
4.30 September 1991Brisbane, AustraliaHard John Fitzgerald / Glenn Michibata7–6, 6–3
5.27 January 1992Australian Open, MelbourneHard Kelly Jones / Rick Leach6–4, 6–3, 6–4
6.17 February 1992Memphis, USHard Kevin Curren / Gary Muller7–5, 4–6, 7–6
7.24 February 1992Philadelphia, USCarpet Jim Grabb / Richey Reneberg6–4, 7–6
8.6 April 1992SingaporeHard Grant Connell / Glenn Michibata6–7, 6–2, 6–4
9.17 August 1992Cincinnati, USHard Patrick McEnroe / Jonathan Stark6–3, 1–6, 6–3
10.19 October 1992Tokyo Indoor, JapanCarpet Jim Grabb / Richey Reneberg7–6, 6–4
11.2 November 1992Stockholm, SwedenCarpet Steve DeVries / David Macpherson6–3, 6–4
12.29 November 1992Doubles Championship, JohannesburgHard John Fitzgerald / Anders Järryd6–2, 7–6, 5–7, 3–6, 6–3
13.11 January 1993Adelaide, AustraliaHard John Fitzgerald / Laurie Warder6–4, 7–5
14.15 February 1993Memphis, USHard Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis7–5, 6–2
15.14 June 1993London/Queen's Club, EnglandGrass Neil Broad / Gary Muller6–7, 6–3, 6–4
16.5 July 1993Wimbledon, LondonGrass Grant Connell / Patrick Galbraith7–5, 6–3, 7–6
17.1 November 1993Stockholm, SwedenCarpet Gary Muller / Danie Visser6–1, 3–6, 6–2
18.7 February 1994Dubai, UAEHard John Fitzgerald / Darren Cahill6–7, 6–4, 6–2
19.9 May 1994Pinehurst, USClay Jared Palmer / Richey Reneberg6–2, 3–6, 6–3
20.4 July 1994Wimbledon, LondonGrass Grant Connell / Patrick Galbraith7–6, 6–3, 6–1
21.22 August 1994Indianapolis, USHard Jim Grabb / Richey Reneberg6–3, 6–4
22.31 October 1994Stockholm, SwedenCarpet Jan Apell / Jonas Björkman6–3, 6–4
23.16 January 1995Sydney Outdoor, AustraliaHard Trevor Kronemann / David Macpherson7–6, 6–4
24.27 March 1995Key Biscayne, USHard Jim Grabb / Patrick McEnroe6–3, 7–6
25.15 May 1995Pinehurst, USClay Alex O'Brien / Sandon Stolle6–2, 6–4
26.22 May 1995Coral Springs, USClay Sergio Casal / Emilio Sánchez6–3, 6–1
27.10 July 1995Wimbledon, LondonGrass Rick Leach / Scott Melville7–5, 7–6, 7–6
28.14 August 1995Cincinnati, USHard Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor6–2, 3–0, ret.
29.11 September 1995US Open, USHard Alex O'Brien / Sandon Stolle6–3, 6–3
30.8 January 1996Adelaide, AustraliaHard Jonas Björkman / Tommy Ho7–5, 7–6
31.4 March 1996Philadelphia, USCarpet Byron Black / Grant Connell7–6, 6–2
32.18 March 1996Indian Wells, USHard Brian MacPhie / Michael Tebbutt1–6, 6–2, 6–2
33.1 April 1996Key Biscayne, USHard Ellis Ferreira / Patrick Galbraith6–1, 6–3
34.22 April 1996Tokyo, JapanHard Mark Knowles / Rick Leach6–2, 6–3
35.20 May 1996Coral Springs, USClay Ivan Baron / Brett Hansen-Dent6–3, 6–3
36.17 June 1996London/Queen's Club, EnglandGrass Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien6–3, 7–6
37.8 July 1996Wimbledon, LondonGrass Byron Black / Grant Connell4–6, 6–1, 6–3, 6–2
38.29 July 1996Atlanta Olympics, USHard Neil Broad / Tim Henman6–4, 6–4, 6–2
39.9 September 1996US Open, New YorkHard Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis4–6, 7–6, 7–6
40.7 October 1996SingaporeCarpet Martin Damm / Andrei Olhovskiy7–6, 7–6
41.17 November 1996Doubles Championship, HartfordCarpet Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 7–6
42.27 January 1997Australian Open, MelbourneHard Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien4–6, 7–5, 7–5, 6–3
43.31 March 1997Key Biscayne, USHard Mark Knowles / Daniel Nestor7–6, 7–6
44.7 July 1997Wimbledon, LondonGrass Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis7–6, 7–6, 5–7, 6–3
45.11 August 1997Cincinnati, USHard Mark Philippoussis / Patrick Rafter7–6, 4–6, 6–4
46.27 October 1997Stuttgart Indoor, GermanyCarpet Rick Leach / Jonathan Stark6–3, 6–3
47.19 January 1998Sydney Outdoor, AustraliaHard Jacco Eltingh / Daniel Nestor6–3, 7–5
48.16 February 1998San Jose, USHard Nelson Aerts / André Sá6–1, 7–5
49.23 February 1998Memphis, USHard Ellis Ferreira / David Roditi6–3, 6–4
50.4 May 1998Munich, GermanyClay Joshua Eagle / Andrew Florent6–0, 6–3
51.19 October 1998SingaporeCarpet Mahesh Bhupathi / Leander Paes6–2, 6–3
52.15 February 1999San Jose, USHard Aleksandar Kitinov / Nenad Zimonjić7–5, 6–7, 6–4
53.22 February 1999Memphis, USHard Sébastien Lareau / Alex O'Brien6–3, 6–4
54.10 January 2000Adelaide, AustraliaHard Lleyton Hewitt / Sandon Stolle6–4, 6–2
55.17 January 2000Sydney, AustraliaHard Lleyton Hewitt / Sandon Stolle7–5, 6–4
56.3 April 2000Miami, USHard Martin Damm / Dominik Hrbatý6–3, 6–4
57.22 May 2000Hamburg, GermanyClay Wayne Arthurs / Sandon Stolle6–7, 6–4, 6–3
58.12 June 2000French Open, ParisClay Paul Haarhuis / Sandon Stolle7–6, 6–4
59.19 June 2000London/Queen's Club, EnglandGrass Jonathan Stark / Eric Taino6–7, 6–3, 7–6
60.10 July 2000Wimbledon, LondonGrass Paul Haarhuis / Sandon Stolle6–3, 6–4, 6–1
61.14 August 2000Cincinnati, USHard Ellis Ferreira / Rick Leach7–6, 6–4

Runners-up (18)

Team competition titles (1)

No.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.December 3–5, 1999Davis Cup, Nice, FranceClay Lleyton Hewitt / Mark Philippoussis Sébastien Grosjean / Fabrice Santoro / Cédric Pioline / Olivier Delaître3–2

Runners-up (1)

Doubles performance timeline