Andrew Jarrett (born 9 January 1958) is a former professional
tennis
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player from the United Kingdom.
Jarrett was educated at
Millfield
Millfield is a public school (English independent day and boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) located in Street, Somerset, England. It was founded in 1935.
Millfield is a registered charity and is the largest co-educational boarding schoo ...
from 1969 to 1975. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won one doubles title. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 85 in 1983.
Jarrett was made tournament referee at
Wimbledon
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in 2006 after the retirement of
Alan Mills.
He held this title until the
2019 Wimbledon Finals after holding the post for 14 years.
For a time, Jarrett was married to former player
Debbie Jevans
Deborah Jevans CBE (born 20 May 1960) is a British former tennis player and current sports executive. Jevans is a former junior Wimbledon champion and played in ten Grand Slam singles draws between 1979 and 1983, with her best result being the fo ...
, with whom he played Mixed Doubles at Wimbledon on occasion.
Career finals
Doubles (1 title, 5 runner-ups)
References
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English male tennis players
British male tennis players
People from Belper
1958 births
Living people
Tennis people from Derbyshire
People educated at Millfield
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