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
ball bottom coming easy great hitting level playing results since time won
It's not easy coming back from a long lay-off but it was great to be back playing. It was my first time back here since I won in 2003. I had great preparation and I've been hitting the ball well in practice, but at the level we are playing at results are the bottom line.
andy approach played time
It's the first time I've played Andy but I'm not going to approach it any differently,
feeling hang win
It's a better feeling to hang around this long and win than it is to lose.
bit quite sooner tempting
It was tempting to try to come back a bit sooner but my back wasn't quite right,
event great weekend
It's awesome, it's a big weekend of tennis. I've had a great event and I want to keep going.
option sleep today
They said, 'It's up to you. You don't have to play now. We're like, 'Now you tell us. What option have we got? If we don't play, we're not going to sleep before 3 or 4 o'clock, and then we've got to play today and Saturday.
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.
changing either guard hearing maybe mystery offended passing please supposed time welcome
I've been hearing about this. It's either the changing of the guard or I'm supposed to be passing him something. Is it a torch? Is it a flag? Maybe it's a baton. There's this mystery thing that I'm supposed to be passing to Andy, and he's welcome to it. Please pass it on to him. I won't be offended this time if you write that.
best bit confident court focus good hopefully lady last lucky needs possible practice solely suffering time treated worse year
I've been lucky to be able to see the same lady that treated me so well last year when I was suffering much worse than I am now, so I'm confident I'm in good hands. At least I know that it's still possible for me to do well, even if my time on the practice court needs to be limited. It's not the best way to prepare, but hopefully it will be a bit better and I'll be able to focus solely on winning.
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.
best last year
After having my best year in the slams last year, it's probably been one of my most disappointing,
australian coming enjoyed good offers open playing thinking winning
I've always enjoyed coming to Doha and playing here. The Qatar Open offers a good tune-up before the Australian Open but I am not thinking about winning it.
lose tough work
The work that I did to get through those two matches, to lose this is pretty tough to swallow.