Career
29 in August 1997. He hails from Knoxville, Tennessee and was trained at the Knoxville Racquet Club. Since 2002, he has served as an assistant coach with the University of Tennessee men"s tennis program He was also an All-American in 1992.
After winning the collegiate crown, Woodruff began his professional career.
After winning that title he posted the highest ranking of his career: World Number. 29 on August 25, 1997.
He reached the quarterfinals at the Australian Open in the year 2000 before losing to Pete Sampras in straight sets. In the summer of 2002, Woodruff returned to the University of Tennessee as a volunteer assistant coach He served first as an assistant tennis coach before being promoted to associate head coach in 2006 when Sam Winterbotham was hired as head coach.
Since Woodruff has been back at Tennessee, the Vols have had 18 All-America and 29 All-Southeastern Conference selections.
Tennessee has steadily improved their record and ranking since Woodruff and Winterbotham began coaching together. The team finished with 31 victories, the second-most in a season in Tennessee history. Since 2008, he has been responsible for coaching three players to the Number.
1 national singles ranking: John-Patrick Smith (2010), Rhyne Williams (2011) and Mikelis Libietis (2013).
In 2014, Woodruff served as the on-court coach for the Vols" first National Collegiate Athletic Association doubles title in 34 years. Libietis and Hunter Reese defeated Ohio State"s Peter Kobelt and Kevin Metka in the final.
Singles: 4 (2 titles - 2 runners-up)
Doubles: 3 (0 titles – 3 runners-up)
1This event was held in Stockholm through 1994, Essen in 1995, and Stuttgart from 1996 through 2001.