Mark Petchey

Mark Rodney James Petchey (born 1 August 1970) is a former tennis player from England, who turned professional in 1988.

He now works as a tennis commentator and analyst for Amazon Prime, ITV, the BBC, the Tennis Channel, Tennis Australia and others. Since early 2025, he has been coaching Emma Raducanu.

Personal life Petchey was educated at Forest School, a private school in north-east London.

His first coach was his father, Rod.

Mark married Michelle on 5 July 1996 in Warwickshire: they have two daughters.

Tennis career Juniors

Junior Slam results:

Australian Open: - French Open: 1R (1988) Wimbledon: 2R (1988) US Open: 3R (1987)

Pro tour The right-hander won one doubles title (Nottingham in 1996) in his career. He reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 80 in August 1994, winning 3 Challenger events. His best performance in a Grand Slam came in the 1997 Wimbledon Championships. He defeated Ján Krošlák and Tommy Haas before losing to Boris Becker in the third round.

As a coach He coached Silvija Talaja to the world's Top 20 and Tina Pisnik to the Top 30.

He was also coach to Andy Murray whom he coached to the Top 50. Since 2025, Petchey coaches Emma Raducanu in-between his commentary work, this was an arrangement until at least Wimbledon.

Career finals Doubles (1 win, 1 loss)

Legend Grand Slam (0) Tennis Masters Cup (0) ATP Masters Series (0) ATP Tour (1) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1. Aug 1994 Long Island, U.S. Hard Andrew Florent Olivier Delaître Guy Forget 4–6, 6–7Win 2. Jun 1996 Nottingham, United Kingdom Grass Danny Sapsford Neil Broad Piet Norval 6–7, 7–6, 6–4