Richard Bloomfield turned professional in 2002 and reached a peak world ranking of 176 in March 2007.
11 Facts About Richard Bloomfield
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Richard Bloomfield won the equivalent doubles title with Ken Skupski.
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Richard Bloomfield played his first senior tennis that year, losing to future French Open finalist Robin Soderling in the qualifying draw for the Bolton Challenger.
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Richard Bloomfield continued to play doubles and singles on the futures and challenger tours.
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Richard Bloomfield won two futures tournaments in 2006, reached the semi-final of Rennes Challenger, losing to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, and a further three doubles semi-finals of the Challenger tour.
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Richard Bloomfield reached two further doubles Challenger finals and, partnering Jonathan Marray, made the third round of the men's doubles at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships.
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Richard Bloomfield's ranking fell over 2008 and 2009, despite qualifying for the 2008 Artois Championships and the 2009 Open 13, his first successful qualifications for ATP tournaments.
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Richard Bloomfield's season finished early when he aggravated his back injury during a tournament in France in September 2010.
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In 2011 Richard Bloomfield continued to play in Futures tournaments, as well as qualifying for two tournaments on the Challenger tour.
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At the 2011 Championships Richard Bloomfield lost in the first round to Edouard Roger-Vasselin.
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Subsequently, Richard Bloomfield returned to competing predominantly in the Futures tour.