[1] In 1985 he won the Cromer Lawn Tennis & Squash Association tournament, which now incorporates the Men's Open Championship of Norfolk.

In June 1989, Chris reached the quarter-finals on grass at Queen's and in August the semi-finals on hard court at Livingston, New Jersey.

In the second round Chris took the 5th seed Goran Ivanišević (the previous year's runner-up and 2001 Champion) to 5 sets over 3 hours and 34 minutes until 8.40 pm on Centre Court in front of 14,000 supporters.

[4] After Wimbledon, in July 1993, Chris went on to win the Bristol grass court Challenger singles tournament, beating countryman Tim Henman (a future world No.

211, having won the Bronx, New York, Challenger doubles tournament with 27-year-old Swedish tennis partner Lars-Anders Wahlgren.

A month later, Chris played his last professional match, at the relatively young age of 26, in September 1994, reaching the quarter-finals of the Singapore Challenger doubles event with Wahlgren.

Chris was subsequently forced to retire from professional tennis due to injury, after undergoing seven knee operations.

He competed in singles at 7 Wimbledon (1987–90, 1992–94) and 3 Australian (1988–89, 1993) Slams and also represented Great Britain in European and Davis Cup (twice in 1989) competitions.

He was later appointed Senior Manager with CB Richard Ellis in Sydney, focusing on leasing and private client sales across the North Shore area.