Chris Pridham

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameChristopher "Chris"•Pridham
Used nameChris•Pridham
Born11 April 1965 in Toronto, Ontario (CAN)
Measurements183 cm / 77 kg
NOC Canada

Biography

Chris Pridham was a Canadian tennis player who played professionally from 1985 to 1993. Pridham achieved a career-best singles ranking of #75 in the world in March 1988, and a doubles ranking of #234 in the world in November 1991. He played on Canada’s Davis Cup team from 1988 to 1990.

Pridham won two singles titles on the ATP Challenger Circuit, the first in April 1989 in Portugal, and the second in September 1991 in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. In November 1991 he won his one and only ATP Challenger doubles title when he paired with Tom Kempers in München. At Grand Slams Pridham reached the singles third round at Wimbledon in 1988 and at the Australian Open in 1989. He competed in the singles at the 1988 Seoul Olympics but lost his first round match to Martín Jaite.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1988 Summer Olympics Tennis CAN Chris Pridham
Singles, Men (Olympic) =33