Larry Stefanki
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Coach of | Andy Roddick |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | July 23, 1957 Elmhurst, Illinois, USA |
| Playing career | |
| 1979–1988 |  United States |
| Coaching career (1995–) | |
| John McEnroe (1992[1]) Marcelo Ríos 1995[2]–1998[3] Yevgeny Kafelnikov 1999[4]–2001[5] Tim Henman 2001[6]–2003[7] Fernando González 2006–2008 Andy Roddick 2009– |
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| Coaching achievements | |
| Coachee Singles Titles total | 10(R)-6(K)-3(H)-3(G)-4(R)=26(total) |
| Coachee(s) Doubles Titles total | 3(Mc)-1(R)-5(K)-1(R)=10(total) |
| List of notable tournaments (with champion) | 1992 Wimbledon (McEnroe doubles) 1992 Paris Open (McEnroe doubles) 1992 Davis Cup champion (McEnroe doubles)1997 Monaco Masters (Ríos) 1998 Indian Wells, Miami, Rome Masters (Ríos) 1999 Australian Open (Kafelnikov)  Gold medal 2000 Summer Olympics (Kafelnikov)2000 Monaco Masters (Kaf. D.) 2001 Indian Wells, Rome (Kaf. D.) 2010 Miami Masters (Roddick) 2009 Indian Wells Masters (Roddick D.) |
Larry Stefanki (born July 23, 1957, in Elmhurst, Illinois), is an American tennis coach and former professional tennis player.
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[edit] Tennis career
He played for nine years from 1979, reaching a career-high ranking of 35 and winning one ATP tournament in singles and three in doubles. He is one of three Stefanki brothers to have played on the varsity tennis team at the University of California, Berkeley.
However, he is more renowned as a tennis coach, having trained such players as John McEnroe, Marcelo Ríos, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, and Tim Henman amongst others. Ríos and Kafelnikov both achieved their number 1 tennis rankings while under his guidance, and Henman reached a career-high of 4 under his tutelage.
Stefanki was also the coach of Fernando González, after taking over this role from Horacio de la Peña in May 2006. Under Stefanki the Chilean reached back-to-back finals in Vienna, the Madrid Masters and Basel in 2006 and the 2007 Australian Open final —a tournament in which he eased past the likes of Lleyton Hewitt, James Blake, Rafael Nadal, and Tommy Haas— which saw González, 26, reach a career-high of 5 in the ATP Rankings.
Stefanki is currently the coach of American tennis player Andy Roddick, and has been credited with improving Roddick's tactics and all-court game and helping him achieve things like reaching the semi-finals of the 2009 Australian Open, the fourth round of the 2009 French Open for the first time, the 2009 Wimbledon final for the third time, winning the 2010 Sony Ericsson Masters in Miami and the 2010 Brisbane International in Brisbane.
[edit] Singles (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
| 1. | February 18, 1985 | La Quinta, United States | Hard | David Pate |
6–1, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 |
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/20/sports/tennis-old-friend-is-shapping-the-new-mcenroe.html
- ^ http://www.usatoday.com/sports/other/ausfs06.htm
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/keyword/larry-stefanki
- ^ http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/tennis/1999/australian_open/news/1999/01/30/kafelnikov_underdog/
- ^ http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/tennis/2001/us_open/news/2001/09/04/kafelnikov_recap/
- ^ http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/tim-should-be-happy-with-larry-666970.html
- ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/atptour/2420667/Henman-sacks-coach-to-go-it-alone.html
