My Sporting Life is The i Paper’s peek behind the curtain at what drives sports stars to greatness. Tim Henman was the British No 1 between 1999 and 2006 and won a career prize money total of £11.6m reaching six grand slam semi-finals and second place in the men’s doubles at the Atlanta Olympic Games in 1996. He is now a tennis pundit.
My mum first took me to Centre Court in 1981 when I was six
That’s when I made my one and only career decision, that tennis was what I wanted to do. I saw Bjorn Borg play, and I’ve still got the ticket and when I am back now either commentating or helping run the event I love it every single time.
Henman on his way to beating Paul Haarhuis in the third round of Wimbledon in 1997 (Photo: Getty)
Of course I’d like to have won more
