Stephen Botfield (born 10 April 1966) is a former professional

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player from England who competed for Great Britain.ITF Pro Circuit Profile
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Career

Botfield competed in the

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every year from 1986 to 1991.ATP World Tour Profile
/ref> In his first appearance he won a five set match against world number 21

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, but was unable to get past

Wally Masur Wally Masur (; born 13 May 1963) is a tennis coach, television commentator, and former professional tennis player from Sydney, Australia. He reached the semifinals of the 1987 Australian Open – Men's singles, 1987 Australian Open and the 1993 ...

in the second round. He also made the second round of the singles draw in 1988, when he beat Jaroslav Navrátil. As a doubles player he formed a good partnership with James Turner. At the

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, which they entered as wild cards, the pair had an upset win over sixth seeds

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and

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. They made the third round in 1990, winning their first two matches in five sets, both with an 8–6 scoreline.

References

1966 births Living people English male tennis players Tennis players from Greater London British male tennis players {{England-tennis-bio-stub