Tim Henman
Tim Henman
Timothy Henry "Tim" Henman OBEis a retired English professional tennis player. Henman played a serve-and-volley style of tennis. 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 semifinals and won 15 career ATP titles, including the Paris Masters in 2003. Also, he scored 40 wins and 14 losses with...
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth6 September 1974
difficult dominated doubt months problems results
There's no doubt it's been a difficult 15 or 16 months and that's been probably dominated more by back problems than my results on the court.
chances difficult match middle period
I started the match really well but had a difficult period in the middle and had my chances at the end. That's the way it goes, that's sport.
begun confident difficult foundation months pay six
After a difficult first six months of the year, I've begun to put some foundation into my game, ... It didn't pay off tonight. I'm confident it will down the road.
difficult frustrated last year
I had difficult times last year and I was pretty frustrated with everything.
attacking coming difficult felt forward good huge obviously passing picking record result returning style time
As my record states, he's the most difficult for me to play if I'm attacking and coming forward all the time because he's so good at returning and then picking off the passing shots. It was good that I felt much more comfortable with a different style today, and obviously to get the result is a huge boost.
difficult doubts purpose results summer terms
It's been a difficult summer for me. I haven't had any results at all. Actually, in terms of the purpose that I've had, it's been much, much better. That's why when I keep doing the right things, I've got no doubts my results will get better.
fortnight great
It has been a great fortnight for me,
few fit focusing staying
I still feel I have a few more years left. I am focusing on staying fit as I want to play more tournaments.
burnt number time
I think for the first time I was a little burnt out after a number of years playing.
bit couple games
Just in the first couple of games I did feel I was a little bit rigid,
bug french fresh rest sure
I think it's a bug of some sort, probably nothing serious. Now I need to rest and make sure I feel fresh for the French Open.
dropped serve skirt
I think I said I would put on a skirt if I dropped serve again.
believer certainly hard hard-work pay results shown somewhere work
It certainly hasn't shown in my results yet, but I'm a big believer the hard work you put in will pay off somewhere down the line.
certainly deny nature opponents surface tough wimbledon
Wimbledon is certainly getting harder, I can't deny that. With the nature of my opponents and the nature of the surface it's going to be a tough challenge.