Neil Pauffley is a British professional tennis player. He plays right handed. Neil has won 5 ITF Pro Futures Titles (4 x $10K & 1 x $15K) including his biggest victory of his career thus far, winning the AEGON ITF $15K Futures tournament in
Tipton
Tipton is an industrial town in the West Midlands in England with a population of around 38,777 at the 2011 UK Census. It is located northwest of Birmingham.
Tipton was once one of the most heavily industrialised towns in the Black Country, w ...
, West Midlands.
Career
He plays right handed and was born at Wexham Park Hospital in
Slough
Slough () is a town and unparished area in the unitary authority of the same name in Berkshire, England, bordering west London. It lies in the Thames Valley, west of central London and north-east of Reading, at the intersection of the M4 ...
on 29 March 1990, and was brought up in
Maidenhead
Maidenhead is a market town in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in the county of Berkshire, England, on the southwestern bank of the River Thames. It had an estimated population of 70,374 and forms part of the border with southern Bu ...
, Berkshire, by his Mother Gill, a school teaching Assistant. He has a brother Adam, who also played Tennis as a County level Junior for Berkshire.
He attended Court House Junior School and
Altwood Church of England School
Altwood Church of England School is the only Church of England secondary school in Maidenhead.
Altwood School is an academy. The school draws pupils from across Maidenhead, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire.
History
Boyn Hill Church of England Sen ...
, both in Maidenhead, Berkshire. He currently lives with his family in Maidenhead
Having first got into Tennis whilst accompanying his brother Adam to tennis sessions at Bisham Abbey. Neil was talent spotted and under the coaching of Russian Viktor Roubanov, played for Berkshire County alongside establishing himself on the Junior tour; appearing at
Wimbledon
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, the Australian Open and qualifiers for the French and US Open junior tournaments.
As a junior, he beat future World Number 3
Milos Raonic
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of Canada, and played other future top 50 players
David Goffin
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(lost),
Donald Young (lost) and
Dušan Lajović
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(won).
He has trained at Bisham Abbey, the LTA National Tennis Centre in Roehampton, Nottingham Performance Academy and now trains at David Lloyd Tennis Centre in Newbury.
After turning pro in 2008, he reached his first final in a Futures tournament in Ilkley, West Yorkshire in July 2009, losing to
Martin Fischer of Austria, after beating future Top 120 ranked player
Riccardo Ghedin
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At the 2009 Wimbledon Championships, Ghedin advanced successfully through the qualifying rounds to reach his first and only gr ...
of Italy.
In June 2010, he suffered a serious knee injury that resulted in him being out of the sport for over 12 months, and on his return a stress fracture of the shin and twisted ankle saw much of 2011 written off too.
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 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
Roman Jebavý (born 16 November 1989) is a Czech tennis player. He is a doubles specialist who has won 4 ATP Tour doubles titles. He is the current No. 1 Czech player in doubles. He reached a career-high ranking in doubles of World No. 43 on 4 M ...
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
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.
On 12 August 2013, he reached his highest ranking so far of 406, and in November 2013 he won the German Futures title at Hambach for the second year running.
In April 2014, he reached the final of the British Futures in Edinburgh, again losing to Marcus Willis, but injury again interrupted his rise up the rankings, although the year ended well when he beat
Josh Goodall
Joshua Jake Goodall (born 17 October 1985) is a retired English tennis player, former British no 2 and Davis Cup player. He is currently Director of Tennis.
Personal life
Goodall attended Cranbourne School, now called Cranbourne Business and ...
to claim the British Tour Masters Trophy in Nottingham in December.
Financial restraints meant that Pauffley had to schedule his appearances on the ITF Tennis tour around Coaching engagements at Downe House School for much of 2015, but he has ended the year well, following a semi Final appearance at the British Futures in September 2015 at Nottingham, with the biggest win of his career yet, when securing the 15K British Futures in November at Tipton, with a 6–4, 7–6
(8) win over
Lloyd Glasspool
Lloyd Glasspool (born 19 November 1993) is a British professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 12 (November 2022) and a career-high singles ranking of No. 282 (July 2016). In his career, Gl ...
.
Challenger and Futures finals
Singles: 12 (5–7)
Doubles: 11 (2–9)
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English male tennis players
Living people
Sportspeople from Maidenhead
Sportspeople from Derby
British male tennis players
1990 births
Tennis players from Berkshire