Neil Pauffley
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Great Britain| Country (sports) | Great Britain |
|---|---|
| Residence | Maidenhead, England |
| Born | 1989 or 1990 (age 35–36) |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Turned pro | 2007 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | US$78,663 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 0–0 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 406 (12 August 2013) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Wimbledon | Q1 (2017) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 0–0 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 594 (4 January 2010) |
Neil Pauffley is a former British professional tennis player and coach. He plays right handed. Pauffley has won 5 ITF Pro Futures Titles (4 x $10K & 1 x $15K) including the AEGON ITF $15K Futures tournament in Tipton, West Midlands.[1][2][3][4]
Pauffley was born in 1989 or 1990[5] in Berkshire, England.[6][7] As a junior, he was coached at Bisham Abbey[4] by Viktor Roubanov and former Russian professional tennis player Olga Morozova.[8][5] In 2007, he began his professional tennis career by competing in the boys' singles at Wimbledon.[8] Pauffley later competed in the 2008 Australian Open.[9] In 2015, he trained at the David Lloyd Tennis Centre in Newbury.[3]
As a junior, he beat future World Number 3 Milos Raonic[10] of Canada, and played other future top 50 players David Goffin (lost), Donald Young (lost) and Dušan Lajović (won).
After turning pro in 2007, he reached his first final in a Futures tournament in Ilkley, West Yorkshire in July 2009, losing to Martin Fischer[11] of Austria, after beating future Top 120 ranked player Riccardo Ghedin of Italy.
In June 2010, he suffered a serious knee injury that resulted in him being unable to play for over 12 months, and on his return a stress fracture of the shin and twisted ankle that further prevented him from competing in 2011.[citation needed]
His return to the court in March 2012, saw him reach the semi-finals of the Futures tournament at Tipton, and in September of that year he secured his first title winning the Germany F17 Futures Final with a 6–4, 6–4 win over German Stefan Seifert [12] in Hambach on an indoor carpet court.
A month later he reached the semi-final of the British Futures at Glasgow, after beating Daniel Evans and in November secured his second title, when winning the Czech F8 Futures title in Opava, Czech Republic with a 6–4, 2–6, 6–4 win over Roman Jebavý[13] of the Czech Republic again on an indoor carpet court.
In May 2013, he reached the final of the Portuguese F7 Futures event in Coimbra, losing to Joao Domingues, and in July 2013 he reached another final, in Felixstowe, losing to Marcus Willis.[14]
On 12 August 2013, he reached the highest singles ranking of his career of 406 ATP,[15] and in November 2013 he won the German Futures title at Hambach for the second year running.
In 2014, he reached the final of the British Futures in Edinburgh in April, again losing to Marcus Willis, before beating Josh Goodall to claim the British Tour Masters Trophy [16] in Nottingham in December.
In September 2015, Pauffley appeared at the semi finals of the British Futures at Nottingham, where he secured the 15K British Futures in November at Tipton, with a 6–4, 7–6(8) win over Lloyd Glasspool.[3][2]
Pauffley last competed professionally in September 2019[17] in the M25 Shrewsbury where he progressed to the competition's second round.[18] He is a qualified tennis coach.
