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Mark Woodforde (born 23 September, 1965) was a
professional tennis player from Australia. He is
most famously remembered as one half of "The
Woodies", a doubles partnership with Todd
Woodbridge.

Woodforde was born in Adelaide, and joined the
men's professional tennis Association of Tennis
Professionals|ATP Tour in 1984. Woodforde won four
singles titles, including his hometown Adelaide
tournament twice. Woodforde won twelve Grand Slam
doubles titles in his career - one French Open,
two Australian Opens, three U.S. Open
(tennis)|U.S. Opens, and a record six Wimbledon
Championships|Wimbledons. Eleven of these
victories came as a member of the Woodies, and he
won the 1989 U.S. Open doubles with John McEnroe.

He enjoyed the greatest success of his career when
playing doubles with Woodbridge, combining his
left-hand baseline play with Woodbridge's swift
volleying reflexes at the net. They were the
ATP_Awards#Doubles_Team_of_the_Year|ATP Doubles
Team of the Year four times, and all together the
Woodies won 61 ATP doubles tournaments (Woodforde
won 67 in his career).

Woodforde's other career highlights included a
gold medal at the Tennis at the 1996 Summer
Olympics|1996 Atlanta Olympics, and a silver medal
at the
Tennis_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics#Men.27s_Doubles
|2000 Sydney Olympics. He also won five Grand Slam
mixed doubles titles - one French Open, two
Australian Opens, one U.S. Open (tennis)|U.S.
Open, and one Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon.

Woodforde played for Australia in three Davis Cup
finals, including teaming with Woodbridge to
clinch the 1999 win over France in Paris to give
Australia its first Davis Cup victory in 13 years.

Mark Woodforde retired from professional tennis in
2000 after a Davis Cup final loss to Spain, and
was appointed the coach of Australia's Fed Cup
team in 2003.