Malivai Washington

American Born 1969 180 cm Right handed
Head to heads vs Michael Chang (9)vs Stefan Edberg (9)vs Andre Agassi (8)vs Pete Sampras (7)vs Bryan Shelton (6)vs Todd Woodbridge (6)

Match log

1999

Cincinnati MastersHard, August
R64LArnaud Di Pasquale4-6 3-6
NewportGrass, July
R32LJames Blake6-1 3-6 4-6

1998

San Diego CH, challengerHard, October
R32LMichael Hill4-6 1-6
Dallas CH, challengerHard, September
R32LBarry Cowan5-7 6-4 2-6
US OpenHard, August
R128LMagnus Larsson6-3 3-6 6-1 4-6 4-6
New HavenHard, August
R32LRichard Krajicek5-7 4-6
R64WSebastien Lareau6-4 6-4
Canada MastersHard, August
R16LYevgeny Kafelnikov6-7(6) 2-6
R32WBobby Kokavec6-3 6-4
R64WJan Siemerink7-6(2) 6-3
Los AngelesHard, July
R32LAndrew Ilie4-6 1-6
AtlantaClay, April
R16LJason Stoltenberg2-6 4-6
R32WMichael Tebbutt6-0 6-0
Bermuda CH, challengerClay, April
QFLRichey Reneberg6-7 2-6
R16WLars Jonsson7-5 6-2
R32WDennis Van Scheppingen6-2 6-3
Miami MastersHard, March
R64LNicolas Kiefer1-6 3-6
R128WJuan Albert Viloca Puig6-3 6-2
Indian Wells MastersHard, March
R32LNicolas Kiefer3-6 4-6
R64WMark Woodforde7-6(4) 6-4
MemphisHard, February
R32LJulian Alonso6-4 3-6 3-6
R64WSargis Sargsian7-6(7) 6-4
San JoseHard, February
R16LMark Woodforde5-7 5-7
R32WRamon Delgado7-5 6-2
Australian OpenHard, January
R64LFrancisco ClavetW/O
R128WRadomir Vasek6-2 6-4 4-6 7-5
AucklandHard, January
R16LByron Black0-6 4-6
R32WMarcelo Filippini6-7(1) 6-3 6-2

1997

OrlandoClay, April
R32LMartin Rodriguez1-6 2-6
ChennaiHard, April
QFLAlex Radulescu3-6 4-6
R16WOleg Ogorodov3-6 7-6(3) 6-1
R32WOrlin Stanoytchev7-5 6-7(6) 6-3
ScottsdaleHard, March
R32LBryan Shelton6-3 5-7 2-6
MemphisHard, February
R32LJavier Frana6-7(8) 3-6
Davis Cup WG R1: BRA vs USAClay, February
RRWGustavo Kuerten3-6 7-6(6) 7-6(3) 6-3
Australian OpenHard, January
R16LFelix Mantilla5-7 2-6 1-6
R32WTodd Woodbridge4-6 6-2 6-3 6-1
R64WSargis Sargsian6-1 6-0 6-2
R128WJacco Eltingh6-3 6-7(6) 6-3 6-2

1996

Grand Slam CupCarpet, December
QFLTim Henman6-7 3-6
R16WRichard Krajicek6-1 6-2
MoscowCarpet, November
R16LAndrei Olhovskiy5-7 7-6(7) 6-7(4)
R32WBohdan Ulihrach7-6(4) 6-2
Paris MastersCarpet, October
R16LYevgeny Kafelnikov4-6 3-6
R32WMartin Damm Sr6-4 6-2
Stuttgart MastersCarpet, October
R32LRenzo Furlan4-6 5-7
Tel AvivHard, October
SFLJavier Sanchez4-6 3-6
QFWGrant Stafford4-6 7-6(0) 6-4
R16WMartin Sinner6-1 6-4
R32WStephane Simian6-1 6-4

Malivai Washington

Down 1-5 in the fifth set of the 1996 Wimbledon semifinal against Todd Martin, MaliVai Washington had no business reaching a final. Martin served for the match twice; Washington broke back both times and closed it out 5-7, 6-4, 6-7, 6-3, 10-8 over two rain-hit days, the first Black man to reach the Wimbledon singles final since Arthur Ashe won the title in 1975. Richard Krajicek's serve ended the run in the final, 6-3, 6-4, 6-3, but the semifinal is the match people still ask him about.

Washington reached No. 11 in the world in October 1992 and built 4 career titles on an attacking serve-and-volley game. A knee injury surfaced in early 1997 and never let go; he retired in December 1999 at 30, the Wimbledon final his career high rather than a stepping stone. He founded the MaliVai Washington Youth Foundation in his adopted Jacksonville in 1996, pairing tennis with academic support for local kids, work that later earned him the ATP's Arthur Ashe Humanitarian Award.