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in 1979 and originally played tennis at his local club, Sproughton Tennis Club. As a junior player he was world-class and won

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boys doubles with

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and

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boys doubles with

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. He and Lee did also make one main draw appearance in the Senior Wimbledon doubles championship, in 1997. They lost in the first round to

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and Nils Holm, 4–6, 6–3, 3–6. Persistent injuries prevented him from making an impact at senior professional level. His career-high ATP doubles ranking was World No. 810. (He never earned any singles ranking points.) After he retired as a player Trotman moved into coaching. Among the people he has worked with are

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, Kyle Edmund and

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won the

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in Binghamton, US, the

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and qualifiers to gain entrance into 2 Grand Slams under Trotman.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

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* Living people 1979 births Australian Open (tennis) junior champions English male tennis players Wimbledon junior champions British male tennis players Tennis people from Suffolk Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles {{England-tennis-bio-stub