Neil Broad is a tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

 player who represented Great Britain for most of his playing career. He won 7 ATP tour

Association of Tennis Professionals

The Association of Tennis Professionals or ATP was formed in 1972 by Donald Dell, Jack Kramer, and Cliff Drysdale to protect the interests of male professional tennis players. Since 1990, the association has organized the worldwide tennis tour for men and linked the title of the tour with the...

 doubles titles in his career, and won the Silver Medal in doubles at the 1996 Summer Olympics

1996 Summer Olympics

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Playing career overview

The right-hander played primarily doubles in his career. He achieved his highest doubles ranking of No. 9 on 9 April 1990. Broad achieved his best Grand Slam

Grand Slam (tennis)

The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and...

 doubles result a the 1990 Australian Open

1990 Australian Open

The 1990 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Flinders Park in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 78th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 15 through 28 January 1990.-Men's Singles:...

, reaching the semifinals while partnering Gary Muller

Gary Muller

Gary Muller is a South African tennis player.In February 1987, he returned from a four and a half month break after damaging his knee cartilage to defeat Marcel Freeman in the first round of the United States Pro Indoor tennis championship.-External links:* at the New York Times** ]...

 of South Africa. Broad played on the Great Britain Davis Cup team

Great Britain Davis Cup team

The Great Britain Davis Cup team represents the United Kingdom in Davis Cup tennis competition and is controlled by the Lawn Tennis Association. The United Kingdom played in the very first International Lawn Tennis Challenge...

 from 1992 to 2000, achieving a doubles record of 4–7. He won a silver medal for Great Britain at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996

1996 Summer Olympics

The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....

, partnering Tim Henman

Tim Henman

Timothy Henry "Tim" Henman OBE is a retired English professional tennis player and former British Number One. Henman played a serve-and-volley style of tennis that suited the grass courts of Wimbledon. He was the first player from the United Kingdom since Roger Taylor in the 1970s to reach the...

. He retired from the tour in 2000.

Titles (7)

Legend Grand Slam (0) Tennis Masters Cup (0) Olympic Games (0) ATP Masters Series (0) ATP Championship Series (0) Grand Prix / ATP Tour (7)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	8 January 1989	Adelaide, Australia	hard	Stefan Kruger Stefan Kruger Stefan Kruger is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 3 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 5 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No...	Mark Kratzmann Mark Kratzmann Mark Edward Kratzmann is a former Australian professional tennis player.As the world's #1 ranked junior player in 1984, he won the Boys Australian, the Boys Wimbeldon and the Boys US Open...   Glenn Layendecker Glenn Layendecker Glenn Layendecker is a former professional tennis player from the United States. His highest singles ranking was World No. 48 in 1990. His highest doubles ranking was World No. 32....	6–2 7–6
2.	30 July 1989	Washington Legg Mason Tennis Classic The Legg Mason Tennis Classic is an annual late-summer men's tennis tournament played in Washington, D.C. as part of the ATP Tour. It was first held in 1969. It was later known as the Sovran Bank Classic. . Originally an event of the Grand Prix Tennis Tour and part of the Grand Prix Championship... , United States	hard	Gary Muller Gary Muller Gary Muller is a South African tennis player.In February 1987, he returned from a four and a half month break after damaging his knee cartilage to defeat Marcel Freeman in the first round of the United States Pro Indoor tennis championship.-External links:* at the New York Times** ]...	Jim Grabb Jim Grabb Jim Grabb is a 6' 4" former professional tennis player.Grabb was twice ranked the World No. 1 doubles player, in 1989 and in 1993. A right-handed serve-and-volleyer, Grabb's best singles ranking was World No. 24, a ranking he achieved in February 1990.-College:Grabb is Jewish, and was born in...   Patrick McEnroe Patrick McEnroe Patrick John McEnroe is a former professional tennis player and the former captain of the United States Davis Cup team.Born in Manhasset, New York, he is the younger brother of John McEnroe...	6–7 7–6 6–4
3.	7 October 1990	Toulouse, France	hard	Gary Muller	Michael Mortensen Michael Mortensen Michael Mortensen , is a former professional tennis player from Denmark.Mortensen achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 34 in 1988 and a career-high singles ranking of World No. 301 in 1984...   Michiel Schapers Michiel Schapers Michiel Schapers is a former tennis player from The Netherlands.Turning professional in 1982, Schapers represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where he was defeated in quarter-finals by eventual winner Miloslav Mečíř of Slovakia.The right-hander Schapers reached his...	7–6 6–4
4.	9 February 1992	Milan Internazionali di Lombardia The Milan Indoor is a defunct professional tennis... , Italy	carpet (i)	David Macpherson David Macpherson (tennis) ----David Macpherson is a former professional male tennis player on the ATP tour.A product of player and coach, Tony Roche's junior tennis academy, he played lefthanded and turned professional in 1985. As a junior player Macpherson was one of Australia's top prospects in his peer group, reaching...	Sergio Casal Sergio Casal Sergio Casal Martínez is a former professional tennis player from Spain. During his career, he won three Grand Slam doubles titles, as well as the men's doubles Silver Medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics....   Emilio Sánchez Emilio Sánchez Emilio Ángel Sánchez Vicario is a former professional tennis player from Spain. He won three Grand Slam doubles titles and the men's doubles silver medal at the 1988 Olympic Games...	5–7 7–5 6–4
5.	14 August 1994	San Marino	clay	Greg Van Emburgh Greg Van Emburgh Greg Van Emburgh , is a former professional tennis player from the United States.Van Emburgh enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 6 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 38 in 1993.-Doubles titles :-Runner-ups...	Jordi Arrese Jordi Arrese Jordi Arrese i Castañé is a former professional tennis player from Spain.Born in Barcelona, Arrese won the men's singles Silver Medal at the 1992 Olympic Games in his home-town of Barcelona...   Renzo Furlan Renzo Furlan Renzo Furlan is a former tennis player from Italy.Having turned professional in 1988, Furlan represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the quarter finals by India's Leander Paes...	6–4 7–6
6.	2 August 1998	Umag Croatia Open Umag The ATP Studena Croatia Open is a tennis tournament held in Umag, Croatia that is part of the 250 series of the ATP Tour.The first Croatia Open was held in 1990 as the Yugoslavia Open and has been played every year since. It is played on red clay courts. Carlos Moyá has won the tournament a record... , Croatia Croatia Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...	clay	Piet Norval Piet Norval Pieter Norval is a former tennis player from South Africa, who turned professional in 1988. The right-hander represented his native country in the doubles competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he partnered Wayne Ferreira...	Jiří Novák Jirí Novák Jiří Novák is a former Czech tennis player, who was born in Zlín, Czechoslovakia but resides nowadays in Monte Carlo, Monaco.-Career:Novák turned professional in 1993 and won 7 singles and 18 doubles titles during his career, winning $7,614,063 in prize money. For six years, he was the...   David Rikl David Rikl David Rikl is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. The left-handed Rikl turned professional in 1989. The Czech's success came mostly in doubles, having been a runner-up at the 2004 US Open and 2001 Wimbledon Championships. However, Rikl did achieve a top-100 singles...	6–1 3–6 6–3
7.	20 September 1998	Bournemouth Brighton International The Brighton International was a tennis tournament held in Brighton, UK. It was a WTA Tour event from 1978-1995 and an ATP Tour event from 1996-2000, upon the discontinuation of the women's tournament. The women's event was held in October.... , UK	clay	Kevin Ullyett Kevin Ullyett Kevin Ullyett is a former professional tennis player from Zimbabwe. His primary success on the tour has been in men's doubles. He has won 24 doubles titles, including the 2001 US Open and the 2005 Australian Open, both with Wayne Black...	Wayne Arthurs   Alberto Berasategui Alberto Berasategui Alberto Berasategui is a former professional tennis player from Spain. He reached the men's singles final at the French Open in 1994....	7–6 6–3

Runners-up (17)

Legend Grand Slam (0) Tennis Masters Cup (0) Olympic Games (1) ATP Masters Series (1) ATP Championship Series (3) Grand Prix / ATP Tour (12)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	16 July 1989	Newport, U.S.	grass	Stefan Kruger Stefan Kruger Stefan Kruger is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 3 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 5 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No...	Patrick Galbraith Patrick Galbraith Patrick Galbraith is a former professional tennis player from the United States.A doubles specialist, Galbraith reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1993. During his career he won 38 top-level doubles titles. He was a mixed doubles champion at the US Open in 1994 and 1996...   Brian Garrow Brian Garrow Brian Garrow , is a former professional tennis player from the United States.Garrow enjoyed more success on tour playing doubles, winning 2 doubles title and reaching a career-high ranking of World No. 42 in 1991. He competed in doubles events from 1988 through 1992.Garrow's career high singles...	6–2 5–7 3–6
2.	18 February 1990	Toronto Indoor Toronto Indoor The Toronto Indoor was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit and later, for one year, the ATP Championship Series of the ATP Tour... , Canada	carpet (i)	Kevin Curren Kevin Curren ----Kevin Melvyn Curren is a former professional tennis player. He played in two Grand Slam singles finals and won four Grand Slam doubles titles.-Career:...	Patrick Galbraith   David Macpherson David Macpherson (tennis) ----David Macpherson is a former professional male tennis player on the ATP tour.A product of player and coach, Tony Roche's junior tennis academy, he played lefthanded and turned professional in 1985. As a junior player Macpherson was one of Australia's top prospects in his peer group, reaching...	6–2 4–6 3–6
3.	12 August 1990	Cincinnati Cincinnati Masters The Cincinnati Open is an annual outdoor hardcourts tennis event held in the Cincinnati suburb of Mason, Ohio, USA. The event started on September 18, 1899 and is the oldest tennis tournament in the United States played in its original city., Between... , U.S.	hard	Gary Muller Gary Muller Gary Muller is a South African tennis player.In February 1987, he returned from a four and a half month break after damaging his knee cartilage to defeat Marcel Freeman in the first round of the United States Pro Indoor tennis championship.-External links:* at the New York Times** ]...	Darren Cahill Darren Cahill Darren Cahill is a tennis coach and former professional tennis player from Australia.Nicknamed "Killer", Cahill turned professional in 1984...   Mark Kratzmann Mark Kratzmann Mark Edward Kratzmann is a former Australian professional tennis player.As the world's #1 ranked junior player in 1984, he won the Boys Australian, the Boys Wimbeldon and the Boys US Open...	6–7 2–6
4.	30 September 1990	Basel Davidoff Swiss Indoors The Swiss Indoors is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. Originally an event of the Grand Prix tennis circuit between 1970 and 1989. It is currently part of the World Tour 500 Series of the ATP Tour. It is held annually at the St... , Switzerland	hard (i)	Gary Muller	Stefan Kruger   Christo van Rensburg Christo Van Rensburg Christo van Rensburg is a former professional tennis player from South Africa.Van Rensburg turned professional in 1983...	6–4 6–7 3–6
5.	25 October 1992	Lyon Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon The Open Sud de France is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour. It was held annually at the Palais des Sports de Gerland in Lyon, France, in October, from 1987 through to 2009, before being relocated to... , France	carpet (i)	Stefan Kruger	Jakob Hlasek Jakob Hlasek Jakob Hlasek is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland.-Career:The major highlights of Hlasek's career came in 1992. He won the French Open men's doubles title that year...   Marc Rosset Marc Rosset Marc Rosset is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland who is best remembered for winning the men's singles Gold Medal at the 1992 Olympic Games....	1–6 3–6
6.	25 April 1993	Seoul ATP Seoul The Seoul Open is a defunct Grand Prix and ATP Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1987 to 1996. It was held at the Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center in Seoul in South Korea and played on outdoor hard courts.-Singles:-Doubles:-External links:*... , South Korea	hard	Gary Muller	Jan Apell Jan Apell Jan Apell is a former tennis player from Sweden, who won the Davis Cup in 1994 in doubles. The left-hander has retired from tennis unbeaten in Davis cup after five matches, and played most of his career with Jonas Björkman....   Peter Nyborg Peter Nyborg Peter Nyborg , is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 5 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 38 in 1996.-Wins :-Runner-ups :-External links:...	7–5 6–7 2–6
7.	13 June 1993	London / Queen's Club Queen's Club Championships The Queen's Club Championships is an annual tournament for male tennis players, held on grass courts at the Queen's Club in West Kensington, London. Between 1970 and 1989 it was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit. The event is now an ATP World Tour 250 series tournament on the Association of... , UK	grass	Gary Muller	Todd Woodbridge Todd Woodbridge Todd Andrew Woodbridge is an Australian former tennis player. He was born in Sydney and turned professional in 1988. He is best known for his successful Doubles partnerships with Mark Woodforde and later Jonas Björkman...   Mark Woodforde Mark Woodforde Mark Woodforde is a former professional tennis player from Australia. He is best known as one half of "The Woodies", a doubles partnership with Todd Woodbridge....	7–6 3–6 4–6
8.	12 June 1994	Florence ATP Florence This is a defunct tennis tournament that was played on the Grand Prix tennis circuit from 1973 through 1989 and the ATP Tour 1990 through 1994. The tournament was held in Florence, Italy and was competed on outdoor clay courts... , Italy	clay	Greg Van Emburgh Greg Van Emburgh Greg Van Emburgh , is a former professional tennis player from the United States.Van Emburgh enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 6 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 38 in 1993.-Doubles titles :-Runner-ups...	Jon Ireland Jon Ireland Jon Ireland , is a former professional tennis player from Australia.Ireland enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 1 doubles title. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 90 in 1995.-Doubles titles :-Runner-ups :-External links:...   Kenny Thorne Kenny Thorne Kenny Thorne , is a former professional tennis player from the United States.Thorne enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 2 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 67 in 1995.-Doubles titles :-External links:...	6–7 3–6
9.	2 October 1994	Palermo Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia The Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia was a tennis tournament held annually in Palermo in Italy. Held from 1935 until 2006, the tournament was played on outdoor clay courts and was a part of the ATP Tour schedule from 1979 to 2006.-Singles:-Doubles:... , Italy	clay	Greg Van Emburgh	Tom Kempers Tom Kempers Tom Kempers , is a former Dutch tennis player.Kempers won 4 doubles titles during his professional career. The right-hander reached his highest doubles ATP ranking on August 10, 1998, when he became the number 42 in the world, though he never won a singles title in his career. He participated ones...   Jack Waite Jack Waite Jack Waite , is a former American tennis player.Waite won 3 doubles titles during his professional career. The right-hander reached his highest doubles ATP ranking on September, 1997, when he became the number 44 in the world.-Doubles titles :-Runner-ups :-External links:...	6–7 4–6
10.	30 July 1995	Amsterdam, Netherlands	clay	Wayne Arthurs	Marcelo Ríos Marcelo Ríos Marcelo Andrés Ríos Mayorga is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Chile. Nicknamed El Chino and El zurdo de Vitacura , he became the first Latin American player to reach the top position on the Association of Tennis Professionals singles rankings in 1998. He held the World No...   Sjeng Schalken Sjeng Schalken Sjeng Schalken is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.-Playing style:A right-handed baseliner with a single-handed backhand, Schalken's game is characterised by his consistency of both wings and his continental technique on both the forehand and backhand...	6–7 2–6
11.	21 April 1996	Barcelona, Spain	clay	Piet Norval Piet Norval Pieter Norval is a former tennis player from South Africa, who turned professional in 1988. The right-hander represented his native country in the doubles competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he partnered Wayne Ferreira...	Luis Lobo Luis Lobo Luis Lobo is a professional male tennis player from Argentina, who won the gold medal in the men's doubles competition at the 1995 Pan American Games....   Javier Sánchez Javier Sánchez Javier Sánchez Vicario is a former professional tennis player from Spain.Sánchez won the US Open junior title in 1986, and then turned professional. He won his first professional doubles titles in 1987. His first top-level singles title came in 1988 at Buenos Aires. During his career he won a...	1–6 3–6
12.	23 June 1996	Nottingham Nottingham Open The Slazenger Nottingham Open was a tennis tournament on the ATP Tour that was held in Nottingham, Great Britain... , UK	grass	Piet Norval	Mark Petchey Mark Petchey Mark Dave Petchey is a former tennis player from England, who turned professional in 1988. The right-hander won one doubles title in his career. He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 8 August 1994, when he became the number 80 of the world...   Danny Sapsford Danny Sapsford Danny Sapsford is a tennis player from Great Britain, who turned professional in 1989. He won one doubles title during his career. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 15 April 1996, when he became the number 170 of the world.-Wins :-External links:...	7–6 6–7 4–6
13.	28 July 1996	Atlanta Olympics Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, the host nation United States won 3 of the 4 gold medals in tennis. For the first time at the Olympics, a single bronze medal was awarded in each event.-Medal table:-Events:-References:*... , U.S.	hard	Tim Henman Tim Henman Timothy Henry "Tim" Henman OBE is a retired English professional tennis player and former British Number One. Henman played a serve-and-volley style of tennis that suited the grass courts of Wimbledon. He was the first player from the United Kingdom since Roger Taylor in the 1970s to reach the...	Todd Woodbridge   Mark Woodforde	4–6 4–6 2–6
14.	6 October 1996	Lyon Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon The Open Sud de France is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour. It was held annually at the Palais des Sports de Gerland in Lyon, France, in October, from 1987 through to 2009, before being relocated to... , France	carpet (i)	Piet Norval	Jim Grabb Jim Grabb Jim Grabb is a 6' 4" former professional tennis player.Grabb was twice ranked the World No. 1 doubles player, in 1989 and in 1993. A right-handed serve-and-volleyer, Grabb's best singles ranking was World No. 24, a ranking he achieved in February 1990.-College:Grabb is Jewish, and was born in...   Richey Reneberg Richey Reneberg Richey Reneberg was an American professional male tennis player.He attended Southern Methodist University, where he was a three-time All-American and reached the 1986 National Collegiate Athletics Association finals....	2–6 1–6
15.	11 May 1997	Hamburg Hamburg Masters The German Open Hamburg, established in 1892, is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Hamburg, Germany and part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour. Originally a Grand Prix Tennis Tour event between 1978 and 1989 it was part of the Grand Prix Championship... , Germany	clay	Piet Norval	Luis Lobo Luis Lobo Luis Lobo is a professional male tennis player from Argentina, who won the gold medal in the men's doubles competition at the 1995 Pan American Games....   Javier Sánchez Javier Sánchez Javier Sánchez Vicario is a former professional tennis player from Spain.Sánchez won the US Open junior title in 1986, and then turned professional. He won his first professional doubles titles in 1987. His first top-level singles title came in 1988 at Buenos Aires. During his career he won a...	3–6 6–7
16.	8 March 1998	Rotterdam ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament The ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the 500 series of the ATP Tour... , Netherlands	carpet	Piet Norval	Jacco Eltingh Jacco Eltingh Jacco Folkert Eltingh is a former professional male tennis player and former World No. 1 doubles player from the Netherlands.He is best remembered for his success in doubles with fellow countryman Paul Haarhuis...   Paul Haarhuis Paul Haarhuis Paul Vincent Nicholas Haarhuis is a Dutch former professional tennis player. He is a former World No. 1 doubles player. He won six Grand Slam men's doubles titles, five with Jacco Eltingh and one with Yevgeny Kafelnikov.-Personal life:...	6–7 3–6
17.	21 February 1999	Rotterdam ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament The ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the 500 series of the ATP Tour... , Netherlands	carpet	Peter Tramacchi Peter Tramacchi Peter Tramacchi , is a former professional tennis player from Australia.Tramacchi enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 1 doubles title. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No...	David Adams David Adams (tennis) David Adams is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. He turned pro in 1989. During his career he won 19 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 33 times, including at the French Open in 1992. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No...   John-Laffnie de Jager John-Laffnie de Jager John-Laffnie de Jager is a South African former tour professional tennis player. A doubles specialist, de Jager reached the semi-finals for three different grand slam tournaments three times in three different years partnering three different fellow South African players...	7–6 3–6 4–6

After the tour

Since retirement, Broad has helped coach South African Paralympic tennis player Tim Hubbard in preparation for the 2004 Paralympic Games. Broad is currently coaching Brad Williams, a player at Texas A&M University

Texas A&M University

Texas A&M University is a coeducational public research university located in College Station, Texas . It is the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System. The sixth-largest university in the United States, A&M's enrollment for Fall 2011 was over 50,000 for the first time in school...

. Broad also plays tennis on the Senior tour. He is also coaching a very promising young player, Chloe Heerden.

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