John Lloyd (tennis)
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$598,092 | |
Singles | |
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Career record | 210–259 |
Career titles | 1 |
Highest ranking | No. 21 (23 July 1978) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | F (1977Dec) |
French Open | 3R (1978, 1982) |
Wimbledon | 3R (1973, 1984, 1985) |
US Open | QF (1984) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 206–239 |
Career titles | 2 |
Highest ranking | No. 34 (8 September 1986) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (1984, 1985) |
French Open | QF (1986) |
Wimbledon | QF (1982) |
US Open | QF (1984) |
Mixed doubles | |
Career titles | 3 |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (1989) |
French Open | W (1982) |
Wimbledon | W (1983, 1984) |
John Lloyd (born 27 August 1954) is a British former professional tennis player. Lloyd reached an ATP world ranking of 21 in July 1978, and was ranked as UK number 1 in 1984 and 1985. He now works as a tennis commentator.
During his career, he reached one
He was the first husband of the former top woman player Chris Evert and is the younger brother of the former British Davis Cup captain David Lloyd. He served as the British Davis Cup captain himself from August 2006 until March 2010.[1] He is a member of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.
Education
Lloyd was educated at Southend High School for Boys, a state grammar school in Southend-on-Sea in Essex, in southeast England.[2]
Life and career
At the
Though he did not win a Grand Slam singles title, Lloyd won three Grand Slam mixed doubles titles partnering Australia's Wendy Turnbull, beginning with the French Open mixed doubles in 1982. The pair finished runners-up in the mixed doubles at Wimbledon that year, and then went on to win the Wimbledon mixed doubles crown in both 1983 and 1984.
Lloyd's career-high singles ranking was World No. 21 in 1978. He was a member of the British team that reached the final of the Davis Cup that year with Lloyd himself losing in straight sets in the singles to Brian Gottfried and to a 19-year-old John McEnroe.[3] As a player, he represented the British Davis Cup team for 11 years. His career-high doubles ranking was World No. 34 in 1986. As his playing career came to an end, Lloyd stayed within the tennis world, finding work as a coach and television commentator, and appearing on the veterans circuit.
In 2006, Lloyd was appointed the captain of Great Britain's Davis Cup team, replacing Jeremy Bates.[4] Lloyd's reign started very well, with successive victories taking the team back into the World Group, but after the retirement of both Greg Rusedski and Tim Henman in 2007 the team suffered five successive defeats, their worst run in Davis Cup history, to drop back down to the third tier of the competition. Lloyd resigned as coach in mid-2010.[5]
Commentator
Since the 1990s, Lloyd has been a commentator and analyst for the
He worked for Sky Sports on their coverage of the 2009 US Open.[citation needed]
Personal life
In 1979, Lloyd married the World No. 1 woman player, American Chris Evert (who became Chris Evert-Lloyd). The media-styled "golden couple" of tennis enjoyed several years in the limelight before a separation, a short-lived reconciliation, and eventual divorce in 1987. Because of Evert's higher profile tennis career, Lloyd was sometimes jokingly referred to in the press as "Mr. Evert".[6] Aware of this negative impact on his psyche, Evert attempted to boost Lloyd's standing by the couple always insisting on being billed or announced as "International tennis star John Lloyd and his wife Chris" whenever they made personal appearances together in the UK or Australia. Their biographer Carol Thatcher (a friend of the couple) observed that this was akin to the ridiculousness of her own parents being announced as "International business executive Denis Thatcher and his wife Margaret".[7][page needed]
In 1987, Lloyd married Deborah Taylor-Bellman, an American dancing teacher, their marriage lasting 30 years, until 2017. They have two children, Aiden and Hayley. Lloyd has recounted how getting a divorce may have unintentionally helped saved his life since on moving to Florida in the US following his divorce he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, which then could be treated in time. Lloyd currently lives in Palm Beach, Florida, with his girlfriend Svetlana Carroll, a Russian-born estate agent.[8]
Lloyd is a supporter of the football team
Grand Slam finals
Singles (1 runner-up)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1977 | Australian Open (Dec.) | Grass | ![]() |
3–6, 6–7(4–7), 7–5, 6–3, 2–6 |
Mixed doubles (3 titles, 1 runner-up)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1982 | French Open | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 7–6 |
Loss | 1982 | Wimbledon |
Grass | ![]() |
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6–2, 3–6, 5–7 |
Win | 1983 | Wimbledon |
Grass | ![]() |
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6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), 7–5 |
Win | 1984 | Wimbledon (2) |
Grass | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–3 |
Grand Slam tournament performance timeline
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Singles
Tournament | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | SR | |
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Australian Open | A | A | A | 2R | A | 2R | A | F | A | A | A | Q1 | 1R | 4R | 2R | QF | NH | 0 / 7 |
French Open | A | Q3 | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 2R | A | A | 3R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 0 / 12 | |
Wimbledon
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Q1 | Q2 | 3R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 3R | 1R | 0 / 14 | |
US Open | A | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 3R | 3R | A | 1R | A | 4R | QF | 2R | A | 0 / 11 | |
Strike rate | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 44 |
Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.
Career finals
Singles: 5 (1 title, 4 runners-up)
Result | W-L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Aug 1974 | Haverford, U.S. | Grass | ![]() |
6–0, 4–6, 6–3, 7–5 |
Loss | 1–1 | Oct 1977 | Basel, Switzerland | Hard (i) | ![]() |
4–6, 2–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 1–2 | Nov 1977 | Wembley, UK | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
4–6, 4–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 1–3 | Dec 1977 | Australian Open | Grass | ![]() |
3–6, 6–7, 7–5, 6–3, 2–6 |
Loss | 1–4 | Aug 1979 | South Orange, U.S. | Clay | ![]() |
7–6(7–1), 4–6, 0–6 |
Doubles: 10 (2 titles, 8 runners-up)
Result | W-L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Feb 1974 | London, UK | Hard | ![]() |
6–7, 3–6 | |
Loss | 0–2 | Jul 1975 | Hilversum, Netherlands | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 0–3 | Aug 1975 | South Orange, U.S. | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 3–6 |
Win | 1–3 | Nov 1976 | London , UK
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Carpet (i) | ![]() |
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6–4, 3–6, 6–2 |
Loss | 1–4 | Mar 1977 | Helsinki, Finland | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–7, 4–6 |
Loss | 1–5 | Jun 1977 | Queen's Club, London, UK | Grass | ![]() |
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1–6, 2–6 |
Win | 2–5 | Oct 1979 | Maui, U.S. | Hard | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–4 |
Loss | 2–6 | Nov 1979 | Paris, France | Hard | ![]() |
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6–7, 6–7 |
Loss | 2–7 | Feb 1982 | La Quinta , U.S.
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Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–3, 2–6 |
Loss | 2–8 | Jul 1983 | South Orange, U.S. | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 5–7 |
References and notes
- ^ "John Lloyd resigns as Great Britain Davis Cup captain". BBC Sport. 18 March 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
- ^ "John Lloyd: My new life as an estate agent". TheTennisSpace.com. 10 February 2012. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
- ^ Jewell, Alan (25 November 2015). "Davis Cup final: Buster Mottram & story of Britain's 1978 campaign". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ "Lloyd is new GB Davis Cup captain" BBC Sport, 9 August 2006
- ^ "Lloyd resigns as GB Cup captain". BBC Sport. 18 March 2010.
- ^ "Lloyd's Fond Memories Of Old Neighborhood Dim With Loss". Sun Sentinel. 22 July 1988. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- ISBN 978-0825303746
- ^ "Former tennis ace John Lloyd says getting divorced "may have saved my life" after surviving prostate cancer". 2 July 2017.
- ^ "Andy Murray's backs Hibs in Scottish Cup final as he gears up for French Open". 21 May 2016.
- ^ "Guess Who?". andymurray.com. 4 February 2009. Archived from the original on 30 April 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2009.