Bryan Maxwell Woodroffe (6 December 1929 – 24 October 1993) was a South African tennis player.
Born in
Johannesburg, Woodroffe was active on tour in the 1950s and was a South African
Davis Cup
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representative. His style of play was described as being similar to that of
Eric Sturgess. He featured twice at
Wimbledon
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and during his first visit to England in 1952 won the singles title at the
Essex Championships
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History
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. In 1953 he made the Wimbledon third round, losing in four sets to
Kurt Nielsen. He played his only Davis Cup rubber in doubles against Germany in Berlin in 1953, where he and Russell Seymour came from two sets down to win over
Rolf Göpfert and Horst Hermann.
Woodroffe was a chairman for the national selection committee.
See also
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List of South Africa Davis Cup team representatives
This is a list of tennis players who have represented the South Africa Davis Cup team in an official Davis Cup match. South Africa have taken part in the competition since 1913.
Players
References
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1929 births
1993 deaths
South African male tennis players
Tennis players from Johannesburg