Paul Annacone

Paul Annacone
Paul Annacone 2012
Nation:	United States
Birthday:	March 20, 1963
Size:	185 cm
Weight:	79 kg
1st professional season:	1984
Resignation:	1995
Playing hand:	Right
Prize money:	$ 1,645,515
singles
Career record:	157: 131
Career title:	3
Highest ranking:	12 (March 3 1986)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	267: 177
Career title:	14th
Highest ranking:	3 (April 6 1987)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Paul Annacone (born March 20, 1963 in Southampton , New York ) is a retired American tennis player .

Career

Paul Annacone won three tournaments in singles and 14 titles in doubles. His greatest success was the 1985 Australian Open win in doubles with South African Christo van Rensburg . He qualified three times with van Rensburg for the double masters final. At the 1985 Masters Final, which took place in January 1986, they failed 4-6 and 3-6 to Stefan Edberg and Anders Järryd . At the Masters Final 1987, which took place in December 1987, they failed after victories over Peter Doohan and Laurie Warder and Gary Donnelly and Peter Fleming and defeats to Stefan Edberg and Anders Järryd and Miloslav Mečíř and Tomáš Šmíd . At the Masters Final 1989, which took place in December 1989, they were eliminated after four defeats in the preliminary round.

Annacone only played once for the US Davis Cup team . In the 1986 semifinals of the world group against Australia in Brisbane , he lost on the side of Ken Flach against Pat Cash and John Fitzgerald in five sets.

Annacone was best known as the long-time coach of Pete Sampras with whom he worked from 1995 to 2001 and again in July 2002 and was able to celebrate many successes. In 2004 he was Tim Henman's coach for a short time . In April 2008 he took over the office of Davis Cup team manager from Great Britain, from which he resigned in May 2010. From August 2010 to October 2013 he trained the Swiss Roger Federer .

successes

singles

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Bottom line
1.	September 16, 1985	los Angeles	Hard court	Stefan Edberg	7: 6, 6: 7, 7: 6
2.	October 7, 1985	Brisbane	Hard court	Kelly Evernden	6: 3, 6: 3
3.	July 25, 1989	Vienna	Hard court (i)	Kelly Evernden	6: 7, 6: 4, 6: 1, 2: 6, 6: 3

Double

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Bottom line
1.	December 10, 1984	Sydney outdoor	race	Christo van Rensburg	Tom Gullikson Scott McCain	7: 6, 7: 5
2.	4th February 1985	Delray Beach	Hard court	Christo van Rensburg	Sherwood Stewart Kim Warwick	7: 5, 7: 5, 6: 4
3.	April 22, 1985	Atlanta	carpet	Christo van Rensburg	Steve Denton Tomáš Šmíd	6: 4, 6: 3
4th	September 23, 1985	San Francisco	carpet	Christo van Rensburg	Brad Gilbert Sandy Mayer	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
5.	November 25, 1985	Australian Open	race	Christo van Rensburg	Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick	3: 6, 7: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4
6th	February 23, 1987	Key Biscayne	Hard court	Christo van Rensburg	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6: 2, 6: 4, 6: 4
7th	March 30, 1987	Chicago	carpet	Christo van Rensburg	Mike DePalmer Gary Donnelly	6: 3, 7: 6
8th.	April 13, 1987	Tokyo	Hard court	Kevin Curren	Andrés Gómez Anders Järryd	6: 4, 7: 6
9.	October 24, 1988	Paris	carpet	John Fitzgerald	Jim Grabb Christo van Rensburg	6: 2, 6: 2
10.	February 13, 1989	Memphis	Hard court (i)	Christo van Rensburg	Scott Davis Tim Wilkison	7: 6, 6: 7, 6: 1
11.	February 20, 1989	Philadelphia	carpet	Christo van Rensburg	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	6: 3, 7: 5
12.	July 23, 1990	Toronto	Hard court	David Wheaton	Broderick Dyke Peter Lundgren	6: 1, 7: 6
13.	April 16, 1993	Atlanta	sand	Richey Reneberg	Todd Martin Jared Palmer	6: 4, 7: 6
14th	October 18, 1993	Beijing	carpet	Doug Flat	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	7: 6, 6: 3

Web links

Commons : Paul Annacone  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• ATP profile of Paul Annacone (English)
• ITF Profile of Paul Annacone (English)
• Davis Cup stats by Paul Annacone (English)