LTA PLAYER GUIDE 2013
LTA PLAYER GUIDE 2013
LTA PLAYER GUIDE 2013
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DAVID PHILLIPSON <strong>2013</strong><br />
CAREER:<br />
Born with Brittle Bone Disease, David is a former world No.2 junior player. In 2007 he was a<br />
member of the GB team that won junior World Team Cup. He won his first international singles<br />
title in 2006 and reached the second round of the Beijing 2008 Paralympics. In 2008 he played<br />
in the men’s wheelchair doubles at Wimbledon as he made his Grand Slam debut.<br />
David enjoyed a landmark season on the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Tour in 2010, reaching the<br />
quarter-finals of three of the four Super Series tournaments. In 2011 he went on to reach his first<br />
ITF 1 Series final at the Korea Open.<br />
In 2012 David beat world top 10 ranked players in the lead up to London 2012 where he reached<br />
the last 16 in the singles and doubles.<br />
After surgery in November 2012 to replace rods in his left leg, David recently made a successful<br />
return to action in Sheffield, where he was runner-up in the men’s singles to consolidate his current<br />
British No. 3 ranking and won the men’s doubles.<br />
YEAR END RANKINGS: SINGLES<br />
KEY FACTS<br />
Born: 01.01.89<br />
Plays: Right-handed, men’s division<br />
Lives: Bingham, Nottinghamshire<br />
Career Titles (singles): 5<br />
Career Titles (doubles): 10<br />
2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000<br />
22 19 13 22 37 28 65 163 - - - - -<br />
Coach: Matt Lowe<br />
Highest Ranking: 11 (August 2010)<br />
Twitter: @Dangerousdavegb<br />
<strong>LTA</strong> Player Guide<br />
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