Andrew Foster (tennis)

Andrew Foster
Country (sports)	United Kingdom
Residence	Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
Born	16 March 1972; Stoke-on-Trent, England, United Kingdom
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$168,329
Singles
Career record	4–6 (at ATP Tour level and Grand Slam level, in and Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 ; 0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 184 (17 January 1994)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (1994)
French Open	Q2 (1993, 1994)
Wimbledon	4R (1993)
Doubles
Career record	8–21 (at ATP Tour level and Grand Slam level, in and Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 ; 4 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 174 (15 November 1993)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (1993, 1994)
	Last updated on: 20 May 2023.

Andrew Foster (born 16 March 1972, in Stoke-on-Trent) is a former tennis player from Great Britain.

The right-hander reached the fourth round of Wimbledon in 1993, in only his second appearance at the All England Club. There, he posted his first ever Tour wins over Thomas Enqvist, Luis Herrera and Andrei Olhovskiy. His run ended in the round of 16 at the tournament, losing to the eventual winner, Pete Sampras.[1]

Foster reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles ranking of World No. 184 in January 1994. In doubles, Foster won four Challenger events, reaching as high as No. 174 in November 1993.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–1)
ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 1995	Bristol, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Jeremy Bates	7–6, 4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 6 (4–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (4–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 1992	Bangalore, India	Challenger	Clay	Nick Brown	Xavier Daufresne Cesar Kist	7–6, 3–6, 7–5
Loss	1–1	Nov 1992	Launceston, Australia	Challenger	Carpet	Nick Brown	Richard Fromberg Patrick Rafter	5–7, 6–7
Loss	1–2	Oct 1993	Gothenburg, Sweden	Challenger	Hard	Ross Matheson	Jeremy Bates Chris Wilkinson	6–7, 3–6
Win	2–2	Oct 1994	Jakarta, Indonesia	Challenger	Hard	Danny Sapsford	Leander Paes Mahesh Bhupathi	walkover
Win	3–2	Jul 1995	Newcastle, United Kingdom	Challenger	Hard	Danny Sapsford	Nebojsa Djordjevic Lorenzo Manta	3–6, 6–1, 6–2
Win	4–2	Mar 1996	Stockholm, Sweden	Challenger	Hard	Danny Sapsford	Lan Bale Brent Haygarth	6–3, 6–1

References

Askey, Steven (9 June 2004). "A Comparative Study of the Tennis Systems in Great Britain, the USA and Germany: Explaining the Lack of International Success in British Tennis" (pdf). ITF. Retrieved 27 November 2007.

External links

Andrew Foster at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Andrew Foster at the International Tennis Federation

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[1] Askey, Steven (9 June 2004). "A Comparative Study of the Tennis Systems in Great Britain, the USA and Germany: Explaining the Lack of International Success in British Tennis" (pdf). ITF. Retrieved 27 November 2007.