Plays with one-handed backhand…Nickname is "Jonny"…Father, Kevin, is a retired IT systems manager, and mother, Kathleen, is a retired nurse…Brother, David, is a tennis coach and his physical trainer and sister, Siobhan, is a bank mortgage adviser…Started playing tennis aged 10, when his Mum took family to local club after watching Wimbledon on television…Favourite surface is grass…Favourite shot is volley…Favourite tournament is Wimbledon…Idols growing up were Boris Becker and Andre Agassi…Hobbies include football, golf, reading and cinema…Supports Liverpool Football Club and like Steven Gerrard…If he wasn’t a tennis player, "I would be a property developer or tennis coach…I love tennis, so I would always like to be involved in it"…Charitable efforts include helping St. Luke’s Hospice in Sheffield…Tennis goals are to play Davis Cup for Great Britain, finish the year in the Top 10 and compete at an Olympics…Best memory so far is "winning 2012 Wimbledon doubles with Freddy Nielsen and playing at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London"…Trains occasionally in Sheffield and also at the LTA National Tennis Centre in London…
2012 -- The top British player in doubles finished a year-end best No. 17 individually (from No. 86 in ’11) and No. 9 in ATP Doubles Team Rankings (w/Nielsen)...Made debut at Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London and reached SF (l. to eventual champs Granollers-M. Lopez). Qualified for season finale as a result of their Wimbledon crown. They compiled a 10-6 match record in 6 tournaments...In June in their 1st pairing of year leading into Wimbledon, they reached Nottingham Challenger final (l. to Huey-Inglot)...Then as a wild card team at the All England Club began with a 5-set 1R win over Granollers-M. Lopez, 1 of 4 teams they beat en route that qualified for Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. In 3R, they edged out Qureshi-Rojer 7-5 in 5th set, followed with another 5-set victory over Cerretani-Roger-Vasselin in QF, beat No. 2 seeds Bryans in 4 sets and No. 5 seeds Lindstedt-Tecau in 5-set title match. He was 1st British doubles champion at Wimbledon since 1936 and Nielsen was 1st Dane to win doubles crown...He wore one match shirt throughout the tournament, washing it after each round...Following Wimbledon, they played together in 4 tournaments (2-4 record), losing in 1R in Winston-Salem, 2R at US Open (l. to Levine-Matosevic) and QF in Basel (l. to Fyrstenberg-Matkowski)...In final tournament of regular season, reached 1st ATP Masters 1000 SF in Paris (w/Hanley) and afterwards broke Top 20 (at No. 20)...Earned a career-high $347,492...
2011 -- Teamed w/J. Delgado to win 5 Challenger titles, reach 2 other finals and 3R at US Open...
2010 -- Won 2 Challengers w/J. Murray. Reached 4 other finals with 2 partners...
2009 -- Reached Wimbledon 3R w/J.Delgado.Won 2 Challenger titles w/J. Murray, and 1 w/Goodall. Also won 1 Futures title...
2008 -- Doubles winner at 2 Futures events w/Fleming...
2007 -- Limited to just 4 events. Reached 3R at Wimbledon...
2006 -- Won 3 Challenger and 1 Futures doubles titles, all with different partners. Also won last Futures singles title of career...
2005 -- Won 3 Challenger doubles titles, all w/Hilton and all in the U.K. Also won 1 Futures title...
2004 -- Claimed 2 Futures singles titles and won 3 Futures doubles titles with as many partners. Reached singles 3R at London/Queen’s Club (l. to Hewitt)...
2003 -- Won 5 Futures doubles titles with 3 partners...Also won 1 singles Futures title...
2002 -- Claimed 1st career Futures doubles titles, winning 3 w/Sherwood...
2000 -- Won 1st Futures singles title on grass in India...
2013
In Rotterdam QFs, on 14 February, partnering Fleming, retired with a right calf muscle strain in 2nd set versus Lindstedt-Zimonjic…Was leading 64 10…