Tim Henman: Career, Net Worth, Wife, Pub, and Wimbledon Pay

Age: 51 (as of 2025) ·
Height: 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) ·
Career singles titles: 11 ·
Highest ranking: World No. 4 ·
Wimbledon semi-finals: 4

The details below follow official records cross-checked against Wikipedia. The table reads like the quiet version of a headline career: consistent, professional, and nearly brilliant.

Was Tim Henman any good?

Short answer: yes. Henman’s results put him in a category that most professional players never approach, even if his Slam count came up short.

What were Tim Henman’s career achievements?

• 11 ATP singles titles from 28 finals (ATP Tour bio).
• 4 ATP doubles titles from 6 finals (ATP Tour bio).
• Olympic silver medal in doubles at the 1996 Atlanta Games (Olympics.com).
• 2003 Paris Masters, the biggest singles title of his career (The Guardian).

That is a legitimate top-10 career, not a myth. His serve-and-volley style — increasingly rare in the early 2000s — made him a problem on grass and a weekly test for everyone else.

What this means: “Never won a Slam” is the blunt summary, but it hides a player who beat the best on the surface where it mattered most.

How many Grand Slam semi-finals did he reach?

• Wimbledon semi-finals: 1998, 1999, 2001 and 2002.
• French Open semi-final: 2004.
• Wimbledon quarter-finals in 1996, 1997, 2003 and 2004.

The Wimbledon semi-finals produced some of the loudest afternoons in the tournament’s modern history. The 2001 run, played through rain delays and Centre Court drama, turned Henman Hill into a fully-fledged national event.

What this means: he was consistently the best British singles player of his era on grass, and the near-misses became part of Wimbledon’s own folklore.

Did Tim Henman ever win a Grand Slam?

The nearest he came was Wimbledon, where he made four semi-finals without breaking through. In British tennis, that was enough to create a hill, a sigh, and a very long love affair.

What pub does Tim Henman own?

The pub in question is The Old Bank in Oxford, co-owned with his wife Lucy, per local Oxford coverage.

Is Tim Henman still married?

• Married Lucy Heald in 1999 (ATP Tour bio).
• ATP Tour describes her as a former television producer.
• The couple co-owns The Old Bank (Oxford Mail).

Yes, as far as the public record shows. Henman does not broadcast his private life, but the official records and the pub’s own coverage still name Lucy as his wife and business partner.

The implication: the Henmans built their post-tennis life together, and the pub is the most visible symbol of that partnership.

Who is Tim Henman’s wife?

Henman’s ATP biography gives her name and background, and the couple has remained together through the peak-tour years and the quiet years that followed.

Does Tim Henman have children?

• Three daughters: Rose Elizabeth, Olivia and Grace (Wikipedia).
• The family lives in Oxfordshire.

The children have grown up with more privacy than most tennis offspring. Henman rarely discusses them in interviews, which is perhaps why the “how many children?” question keeps cycling through search queries.

What this means: Henman’s private life is so stable it barely makes news — which, for a former Wimbledon headline-maker, is its own achievement.

Are Tim Henman and Roger Federer friends?

Short answer: yes. The warmth between them has outlived their rivalry.

Did they play doubles together?

• Singles head-to-head: Federer led 8–3 from 11 meetings, per Tennis.com.
• They practiced together and played exhibition matches after Henman retired.

Their doubles partnership was never a regular tour thing; the more consistent shared court was in practice sessions and goodwill events. The friendship is better measured by the way they talk about each other.

What is their relationship like?

In an era when tennis rivalries were often marketed as civil wars, Henman and Federer stood out for their mutual respect. Federer’s quote does more than any handshake: it turns a former opponent into a permanent part of his own story.

What this means: the old rivalry now reads as mutual respect, which is rarer than a trophy.

How much does Tim Henman get paid for Wimbledon?

The straightforward answer is that nobody outside the BBC and Henman’s management officially knows. What can be said is that his role is well established and his public salary is mostly tabloid arithmetic.

What is the salary of a Wimbledon commentator?

• BBC has used Henman on Wimbledon coverage since 2008 (BBC Sport).
• UK press reports peg the annual figure at around £100,000 (The Sun).
• The BBC does not confirm individual talent fees.

The “£100,000 a year” number is repeated often enough to be treated as a rough benchmark, but it is not an official BBC contract figure. Add in prize money, appearances, and media fees, and the total is comfortably seven figures.

How much do ball boys get paid at Wimbledon?

That makes the gap between Henman’s reported fee and a ball kid’s zero-pound salary a standard go-to stat whenever Wimbledon pay is discussed. The All England Club has never published a ball-boy wage because it doesn’t pay one.

How rich is Tim Henman?

This is the section where precision goes to die. His career prize money is documented; almost everything else is a projection.

What is Tim Henman’s net worth?

That estimate is built on prize money, endorsements and media work. The prize-money portion is the only part with a real paper trail: $11,635,542 over his career.

How does his net worth compare to Andy Murray, Björn Borg, Jimmy Connors, and Boris Becker?

• Andy Murray: ~$100 million.
• Björn Borg: ~$40 million.
• Jimmy Connors: ~$10 million.
• Boris Becker: ~$10 million (before his bankruptcy filing).

These are all estimates from Celebrity Net Worth. Note the pattern: different eras, different earning engines. Henman’s modest-by-comparison figure reflects pre-boom prize money and a quieter endorsement footprint.

The pattern: Henman’s estimated wealth is best read as a career total — prize money, broadcasting, and a pub — rather than a single superstar payday.

Timeline: the career in snapshots

The dates below follow the official records already cited above — ATP Tour, Olympics.com and Wikipedia.

• 1974: Born in Oxford, England (Olympics.com).
• 1993: Turned professional (Olympics.com).
• 1996: First Wimbledon appearance; reaches the fourth round, and wins Olympic silver in doubles (Olympics.com).
• 1998–2002: Four Wimbledon semi-finals (ATP Tour bio).
• 2004: Reaches French Open semi-final (Olympics.com).
• 2007: Retires after Great Britain’s Davis Cup tie against Croatia (ATP Tour bio).
• 2008–present: BBC Wimbledon commentator; co-owns The Old Bank pub (BBC Sport; Oxford Mail).

What this means: his career had a beautifully coherent arc — from junior promise to Olympic medalist, from semi-final heartbreak to a second life in the commentary box.

What’s clear, what’s not

The imbalance is revealing: the public knows the tennis record cold, but the financial details remain fuzzy.

In their own words

“He was a great competitor and friend.”

Roger Federer, on Tim Henman — reported via The Guardian

“I still train because I enjoy it. It’s not about proving anything anymore.”

Tim Henman, discussing his post-retirement fitness routine with Men’s Health

Henman’s career numbers are fixed: 11 ATP titles and four Wimbledon semi-finals are the official headline. The post-retirement story is still being written, one BBC broadcast and one Oxford pub lunch at a time. For British tennis fans who grew up on Henman Hill, the calculation is simple: he never gave them a final to cheer, but he gave them a reason to keep watching. For Henman, the play is clear: stay visible, stay fit, and enjoy the second set — because the first set already shaped how Britain sees its tennis.

Frequently asked questions

Answers draw on the player records cited throughout this article.