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Josh Goodall

b. 1985

British tennis player

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Born 1985. Josh Goodall is a British tennis player.

Joshua Jake Goodall (born 17 October 1985) is a retired English tennis player, former British no 2 and Davis Cup player. He is currently Head of Racquet Sports at Downe House School in Berkshire.

Personal life Goodall attended Cranbourne School, now called Cranbourne Business and Enterprise College. His parents remortgaged their house five times to support his tennis career.

Career On 23 June 2007 Goodall reached his only ATP (World) Tour final, in doubles, at the Nottingham Open. He and partner Ross Hutchins lost that match in three sets 6–4, 3–6, [5–10] to Eric Butorac and Jamie Murray.

Goodall was British no 2, behind Andy Murray from 13 August 2012 with a world ranking of 196, until 19 November 2012.

Goodall played Davis Cup twice, in the 2009 Europe/Africa Zone Group I first round against Ukraine and the 2012 Europe/Africa Zone Group I second round against Belgium. At the Belgium tie, Goodall was the British no 1, in the absence of Andy Murray.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)Titles by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–1)Titles by settingOutdoor (0–1)Indoor (0–0)

ITF Futures tournament wins

Singles: 20 No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score 1. 11 September 2005 Nottingham Hard Richard Bloomfield 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4) 2. 16 July 2006 Felixstowe Grass Luke Bourgeois 6–4, 5–7, 6–4 3. 3 December 2006 Vendryně Hard Sergei Bubka 6–4, 6–2 4. 29 September 2007 Nottingham Hard Jamie Baker 6–3, 6–4 5. 22 March 2008 Bath Hard Richard Bloomfield 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–4 6. 5 April 2008 Exmouth Carpet Conor Niland 6–4, 7–6(7–3) 7. 20 September 2009 Nottingham Hard David Rice 6–4, 6–3 8. 10 July 2010 Ilkley Grass David Rice 6–3, 7–6(7–2) 9. 9 July 2011 Ilkley Grass David Rice 7–5, 6–1 10. 16 July 2011 Frinton Grass Daniel Evans 6–3, 6–2 11. 16 July 2011 Wrexham Hard Sean Thornley 6–1, 6–2 12. 10 September 2011 Roehampton Hard Richard Bloomfield 7–6(7–4), 6–2 13. 22 October 2011 Glasgow Hard Jan Minář 7–6(7–3), 7–5 14. 15 January 2012 Schwieberdingen Carpet Bastian Knittel 2–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–4 15. 1 April 2012 Fällanden Carpet Philipp Oswald 6–4, 6–2 16. 22 April 2012 Heraklion Carpet Dieter Kindlmann 6–3, 6–0 17. 14 July 2012 Ilkley Grass Edward Corrie 6–4, 6–1 18. 28 July 2012 Dublin Grass Michael Look 7–6(8–6), 6–4 19. 4 August 2012 Wrexham Hard Mathieu Rodrigues 6–3, 6–3 20. 12 October 2013 Sunderland Hard Ashley Hewitt 6–3, 6–2

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Who is Josh Goodall?

British tennis player (1985-)

When was Josh Goodall born?

Josh Goodall was born on 17 October 1985 in Basingstoke.

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Josh Goodall is a tennis player.

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Josh Goodall is British.

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· Wikidata: Q178133

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