Rashid Ahmad

Factsheet

Age	40
Birth place	London
Height	175
Plays
Racket	Babolat Nadal 110 (Sponsored by Babolat)
Favourite shot	backhand pass cross court
Sponsored by	Babolat
Total prize money	£287

Player bio

Referred to by pundits as the G.O.A.T (Greatest Of All Time) after amassing 20 Grand Slams and 22 Masters Series Titles. His stats remain the most breathtaking and awe inspiring: World Number one for a record 238 weeks consecutively. Finished as the year number 1 in 2003,4,5 and 6. 2007 Finalist at the year ending Masters 2008 Reached the finals of the French Open Reached the Semi finals of the All England 2009 Reached the quarter finals of the Aussie and French Opens and the Finals of the May Masters 2009 also reached the Quarter Finals of the All England Season took a dive from there!!! Won the doubles title at the November Masters Quarter Finalist at the season ending Masters Cup Top 10 finish for the 7th straight year Signed a sponsorship deal with tecnifibre for 2010 Reached the Quarter Finals of 3 tour events in 2010 and made the Semi's of the Babolat May Masters taking out former world number 1 Angelini en route Quarter Finalist US Open 2010 Qualified for an 8th consecutive Masters Cup 2011: Quarter Finalist Oz Open Winner Babolat Masters Cambridge doubles event INJURED - Will miss remainder of 2011 Season

Current ranking

Singles (open)	8 (1220 points)

Ranking progression

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22/04/2012	Babolat Masters Series - Draycott Doubles (350 points, £25)					Semi Finals
	Semi Finals	Won	Rashid Ahmad Matt Golledge	2-1	Andy Jones Tom Luke	4-2, 2-4, 4-1
	Finals	Lost	Alex Oldfield Ben Minski	2-0	Rashid Ahmad Matt Golledge	4-0, 5-4
	Quarter Finals	Won	Rashid Ahmad Matt Golledge	2-0	Ryan Hallam Adam Twigg	4-0, 4-2
22/04/2012	Babolat Masters Series - Draycott (150 points, £20)					Quarter Finals
	Quarter Finals	Lost	Rashid Ahmad	1-2	andrew hibell	4-5, 4-2, 1-4
	R16	Won	Rashid Ahmad	2-1	Ryan Hallam	3-5, 4-1, 4-1
18/03/2012	Babolat Masters Series - Kent DOUBLES (225 points)					Semi Finals
	Semi Finals	Lost	Tom Burn Matt Short	1-0	Rashid Ahmad Emily Webley-Smith	6-3
	Quarter Finals	Won	Rashid Ahmad Emily Webley-Smith	1-0	Andy Jones Lauren Flint	6-3
18/03/2012	Babolat Masters Series - Kent (75 points)					R16
	R16	Lost	Naomi Cavaday	2-0	Rashid Ahmad	5-4, 5-3
	R32	Won	Patryk Koscielski	1-2	Rashid Ahmad	4-5, 4-0, 2-4
05/02/2012	Weybridge Tennis Academy Oz Open 2012 Doubles (700 points)					Runner-up
	Finals	Lost	Elliott Mould Jordan Bull	1-0	Rashid Ahmad Marcus Willis	6-3
05/02/2012	Weybridge Tennis Academy Oz Open 2012 (150 points, £10)					R16
	R16	Lost	Rashid Ahmad	1-3	James Allen	5-3, 1-4, 4-5, 1-4
09/10/2011	Babolat Masters Series Doubles - Fulham (350 points)					Runner-up
	Finals	Lost	Nick Cavaday Jordan Bull	2-0	Justin Sherring Rashid Ahmad	4-0, 4-1
	Semi Finals	Won	Justin Sherring Rashid Ahmad	2-1	Shaun Watson James Doherty	4-1, 4-5, 10-7
09/10/2011	Babolat Masters Series - Fulham (150 points, £20)					Quarter Finals
	Quarter Finals	Lost	Nikki Withers	2-1	Rashid Ahmad	4-0, 1-4, 4-0
11/09/2011	Babolat touchtennis US Open (doubles) (150 points)					Round 1
	Round 1	Lost	Alex Oldfield Joe Simpson	1-0	Rashid Ahmad Greg Caterer	6-2
12/06/2011	Babolat French Open (250 points, £50)					Quarter Finals
	Quarter Finals	Lost	Craig Veal	3-0	Rashid Ahmad	4-2, 4-1, 4-1
	R16	Won	Rashid Ahmad	3-0	Daniel Bourne	4-0, 4-1, 4-1
10/04/2011	Babolat Masters Series - Draycott (125 points, £20)					Quarter Finals
	Quarter Finals	Lost	James Henderson	2-0	Rashid Ahmad	5-3, 5-3
	R16	Won	Rashid Ahmad	2-0	Samuel Winton	5-4, 4-2
13/03/2011	Babolat Masters Series - Kent (doubles) (125 points)					Quarter Finals
	Quarter Finals	Lost	Luke Bateup Nick Cavaday	2-0	Rashid Ahmad Rob McCulloch	5-3, 4-1
13/03/2011	Babolat Masters Series - Kent (75 points)					R16
	R16	Lost	Luke Bateup	2-0	Rashid Ahmad	4-0, 4-0
13/02/2011	Babolat Masters Series - Cambridge (doubles) (500 points)					Champion
	Finals	Won	Rashid Ahmad Sean Thornley	2-0	Jordan Bull Matt Golledge	4-2, 5-4
	Semi Finals	Won	Rashid Ahmad Sean Thornley	2-1	Oliver Daniells Rob Ellis	1-4, 4-2, 5-4
	Quarter Finals	Won	Rashid Ahmad Sean Thornley	2-0	Christopher Kindred Alexander Loughlan	4-2, 4-2
13/02/2011	Babolat Masters Series - Cambridge (75 points)					R16
	R16	Lost	Mark Birtwistle	2-0	Rashid Ahmad	4-1, 4-0
23/01/2011	Weybridge Tennis Academy Oz Open (doubles) (250 points)					Quarter Finals
	Quarter Finals	Lost	Christian Throm-Jones Jorge Wilton	1-0	Rashid Ahmad James Marsalek	6-3
23/01/2011	Weybridge Tennis Academy Oz Open (250 points, £50)					Quarter Finals
	Quarter Finals	Lost	Elliott Mould	2-0	Rashid Ahmad	4-0, 4-1
	R16	Won	Rashid Ahmad	2-1	Aled Loynes	1-4, 4-1, 4-2
	R32	Won	Rashid Ahmad	2-0	James Newman	4-2, 5-4
14/11/2010	Babolat November CVH Masters (doubles) (225 points)					Semi Finals
	Semi Finals	Lost	Matt Byford Sam Richardson	1-0	Rashid Ahmad Jordan Bull	6-1
14/11/2010	Babolat November CVH Masters (125 points, £20)					Quarter Finals
	Quarter Finals	Lost	Alastair Filmer	2-0	Rashid Ahmad	4-2, 4-1
30/10/2010	touchtennis 300 Series (75 points)					Quarter Finals
	Quarter Finals	Lost	Isaac Stoute	2-0	Rashid Ahmad	4-1, 5-3
03/10/2010	Babolat Letchworth Masters (35 points)					R32
	R32	Lost	Sean Thornley	2-0	Rashid Ahmad	4-0, 4-2
12/09/2010	Babolat touchtennis US Open (doubles)					Semi Finals
	Semi Finals	Lost	Matt Golledge Eimon Heywood	1-0	Marcus Willis Rashid Ahmad	6-2
	Quarter Finals	Won	Marcus Willis Rashid Ahmad	1-0	Larry Jurovich Sam Richardson	6-2
	1st Round	Won	Marcus Willis Rashid Ahmad	1-0	Jake Carruthers Jake Peake	6-3
12/09/2010	Babolat touchtennis US Open (250 points, £20)					Quarter Finals
	Quarter Finals	Lost	Jonathan Cornish	2-0	Rashid Ahmad	4-2, 4-0
	3rd Round	Won	Rashid Ahmad	2-1	James Worrall	0-4, 4-2, 5-3
	2nd Round	Won	Rashid Ahmad	2-0	William Matthews	4-2, 4-1
05/08/2010	touchtennis Devonshire Park 300 (doubles) (210 points)					Runner-up
	Finals	Lost	Matt Golledge Max Jaconelli	1-0	Rashid Ahmad Justin Sherring	6-1
	Semi Finals	Won	Rashid Ahmad Justin Sherring	1-0	Jordan Bull Ross Sheppard	7-5
	Quarter Finals	Won	Rashid Ahmad Justin Sherring	1-0	Marcus Gan Jon King	6-2
	1st Round	Won	Rashid Ahmad Justin Sherring	1-0	Brett Macdonald John Koti	6-4
05/08/2010	touchtennis Devonshire Park 300 (75 points, £10)					Quarter Finals
	Quarter Finals	Lost	Markus Karim	2-0	Rashid Ahmad	4-2, 5-4
	1st Round	Won	Rashid Ahmad	2-0	Tom Lawson	4-0, 4-1
01/08/2010	Stringers World Masters (30 points)					Group B
	Group B	Lost	Rashid Ahmad	0-1	Jordan Bull	0-4
	Group B	Lost	Rashid Ahmad	0-1	Joe Shipton	1-4
	Group B	Lost	Rashid Ahmad	0-1	Ashley Watling	1-4
29/07/2010	LTA Colleagues Event (CLOSED) (4 points)					Group G
	Group G	Lost	Rashid Ahmad	0-1	Will Solomon	8-10
	Group G	Lost	Rashid Ahmad	0-1	Steven Tart	4-10
	Group G	Won	Rashid Ahmad	1-0	Adam Moulder	10-9
11/07/2010	Slazenger touchtennis All England (doubles) (250 points)					Quarter Finals
	Quarter Finals	Lost	Max Jaconelli Ross Sheppard	1-0	Rashid Ahmad Justin Sherring	6-4
11/07/2010	Slazenger touchtennis All England (75 points)					1st Round
	1st Round	Lost	Max Jaconelli	2-0	Rashid Ahmad	5-4, 4-1
13/06/2010	Tecnifibre French Open (150 points, £1)					2nd Round
	2nd Round	Lost	Marcus Willis	2-0	Rashid Ahmad	4-1, 4-2
31/05/2010	Babolat May Masters (225 points, £40)					Semi Finals
	Semi Finals	Lost	Jordan Bull	1-0	Rashid Ahmad	6-3
	Quarter Finals	Won	Rashid Ahmad	1-0	Marcos Angelini	6-3
	2nd Round	Won	Rashid Ahmad	1-0	Robert Gilmour	6-3
30/05/2010	Slazenger Grass Court 250 (60 points, £1)					Quarter Finals
	Quarter Finals	Lost	Rob McCulloch	1-0	Rashid Ahmad	6-1
	First Round	Won	Rashid Ahmad	1-0	Michael Jones	6-1
25/04/2010	April Masters (125 points)					Quarter Finals
	Quarter Finals	Lost	Chris Lloyd	1-0	Rashid Ahmad	6-4
	2nd Round	Won	Rashid Ahmad	1-0	Matt Golledge	7-5
21/02/2010	Tecnifibre 300 Series (75 points)					Quarter Finals
	Quarter Finals	Lost	Joe Pullin	1-0	Rashid Ahmad	6-2
	1st Round	Won	Rashid Ahmad	1-0	Jane Rowlands	6-0
31/01/2010	tecnifibre Oz Open (150 points)					R16
	R16	Lost	Alex Wilton	1-0	Rashid Ahmad	6-0
	R32	Won	Rashid Ahmad	1-0	Michael Beattie	6-2
12/12/2009	Masters Cup (325 points)					Quarter Finals
	Quarter Finals	Lost	James Worrall	1-0	Rashid Ahmad	6-0
	Group A	Won	Rashid Ahmad	1-0	Duncan Balcon	6-4
	Group A	Lost	Marcos Angelini	1-0	Rashid Ahmad	6-2
21/11/2009	November CVH Masters (75 points)					2nd Round
	2nd Round	Lost	Duncan Balcon	2-1	Rashid Ahmad	6-10, 19-17, 10-7
04/10/2009	October Masters (75 points)					2nd Round
	2nd Round	Lost	Matt Golledge	1-0	Rashid Ahmad	6-1
06/09/2009	US Open (15 points)					Group C
	Group C	Lost	Rob McCulloch	1-0	Rashid Ahmad	6-1
	Group C	Lost	Rashid Ahmad	0-1	Josh Carter	1-6
	Group C	Lost	Rashid Ahmad	0-1	Jack Stone	5-7
09/08/2009	Stringers World August Masters (125 points)					Quarter Finals
	Quarter Finals	Lost	Rachel Woods	1-0	Rashid Ahmad	6-4
28/06/2009	All England (250 points)					Quarter Finals
	Quarter Finals	Lost	Rachel Woods	1-0	Rashid Ahmad	6-2
10/05/2009	May Masters (350 points)					Runner-up
	Finals	Lost	Elmo Walker	2-0	Rashid Ahmad	6-4, 6-2
	Semi Finals	Won	Rashid Ahmad	1-0	Rachel Woods	7-5
	Quarter Finals	Won	Rashid Ahmad	1-0	Chris Lloyd	6-2
29/03/2009	French Open (250 points)					Quarter Finals
	Quarter Finals	Lost	Elmo Walker	1-0	Rashid Ahmad	6-1
01/02/2009	Aussie Open (250 points)					Quarter Finals
	Quarter Finals	Lost	Elmo Walker	1-0	Rashid Ahmad	6-2
07/12/2008	Masters Cup (150 points)					Quarter Finals
	Quarter Finals	Lost	Ed Fielding	1-0	Rashid Ahmad	6-0
09/11/2008	CVH Indoor Trophy (75 points)					Quarter Finals
	Quarter Finals	Lost	Chris Lloyd	2-0	Rashid Ahmad	12-10, 10-8
	First Round	Won	Rashid Ahmad	2-0	Edward Davis	10-1, 10-0
05/10/2008	October Masters (125 points)					Quarter Finals
	Quarter Finals	Lost	Richard Crowther	1-0	Rashid Ahmad	6-2
31/08/2008	US Open (450 points)					Semi Finals
	Semi Finals	Lost	Rob McCulloch	1-0	Rashid Ahmad	6-2
	Quarter Finals	Won	Rashid Ahmad	1-0	Ben Collins	6-0
03/08/2008	August Masters (125 points)					Quarter Finals
	Quarter Finals	Lost	Rashid Ahmad	0-1	Raimundo Varela	6-7
29/06/2008	All England (450 points)					Semi FInals
	Semi FInals	Lost	Marcos Angelini	1-0	Rashid Ahmad	6-3
	Quarter Finals	Won	Rashid Ahmad	1-0	Francisco Spirito	6-0
11/05/2008	May Masters (125 points)					Quarter Finals
	Quarter Finals	Lost	Francisco Spirito	1-0	Rashid Ahmad	7-5
24/03/2008	French Open (700 points)					Runner-up
	Finals	Lost	Marcos Angelini	2-1	Rashid Ahmad	5-3, 4-2, 0-0
	Semi FInals	Won	Rashid Ahmad	1-0	Ed Fielding	6-4
	Quarter Finals	Won	Rashid Ahmad	1-0	Omid Tehrani	0--2
27/01/2008	Aussie Open (250 points)					Quarter Finals
	Quarter Finals	Lost	Rashid Ahmad	0-1	Elmo Walker	4-6
02/12/2007	Masters Cup (200 points)					Runner-up
	Finals	Lost	Marcos Angelini	2-1	Rashid Ahmad	3-5, 4-0, 4-0
	Semi Finals	Won	Rashid Ahmad	1-0	Elmo Walker	6-4
	1st Round	Won	Rashid Ahmad	1-0	Ben Collins	6-0