Biography

Tim Henman is a British professional tennis player.

He was the first male player from the United Kingdom since Roger Taylor in the 1970s to reach the semi-finals of the Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship. Henman never reached the finals of any Grand Slam but reached six Grand Slam semi-finals and won 15 career ATP titles (11 in singles and 4 in doubles), including the Paris Masters in 2003. Also, he scored 40 wins and 14 losses with the Great Britain Davis Cup team.

Henman was ranked British number 1 in 1996 and from 1999 to 2005, from which point he was succeeded by Andy Murray. He reached a career high ranking of World No. 4 during three different periods between July 2002 and October 2004. He is one of Britain's most successful open era male tennis players.

Throughout his career, Henman was a noted grass specialist, only becoming truly comfortable on clay and hard court near the end of his career, when in 2004 he reached the semi-finals in both the French and US Open. The year 2005 began a decline for Henman, and from that year on-wards he never managed to pass through the third round in a Grand Slam tournament. Henman retired from professional tennis in late 2007, but he remains active in the ATP Champions Tour (a tour for former professional tennis players).
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[June 2004] I don't think there were too many that heard [me uttering a profanity in the heat of battle]. Hopefully not.

[June 2004] I'd be the first to admit that I give the 'right answer' rather than the honest answer because I know that the extra attention ... well, I'm not interested in all that. I want to be as good a player as I can be and, aside from that, I want to be with my family and friends. All the other rubbish that goes with it, it's never been a motivating factor. If people perceive me as boring, it doesn't concern me. The people who know me best know there's two different people - there's the one that's in the public eye but I've always tried to deflect as much of that as possible. Then there's a different person that very few people get to see because that's the real me, the person I am with family and friends. If you ask people, they'd say I have a pretty good sense of humour and [I am] fun to be around.

[June 2004] [You have been known to smoke the odd cigarette. Is this evidence of a wilder side?] Well, I am into wine and I've just built a wine cellar at my house. I'm not saying I'm going to turn into an alcoholic when I've finished playing but certainly I've always liked drinking wine and champagne. I would definitely like to collect wine and enjoy it with friends.