Miles Maclagan

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Miles Maclagan
Country (sports)United Kingdom Great Britain
ResidenceChalfont St Peter, England
Born (1974-09-23) 23 September 1974 (age 49)
Zambia
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Turned pro1993
PlaysRight-handed (1-handed backhand)
Prize money$247,737
Singles
Career record3-12
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 172 (14 August 1995)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon2R (1993, 1995)
Doubles
Career record6-14
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 200 (3 October 1994)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon2R (2003)
Miles Maclagan
Coaching career (2005–present)
Coaching achievements
Coachee singles titles total13
Coachee(s) doubles titles total2
List of notable tournaments
(with champion)

Zimbabwe 2005 Australian Open and 2005 Rogers Cup champion (Black and Ullyett doubles)
United Kingdom Andy Murray career statistics (from 2007 to July 2010)

Miles Maclagan (born 23 September 1974) is a British tennis coach and former professional tennis player. He formerly coached British No.1s Laura Robson and Andy Murray.

Early life

He was born in Zambia to Scottish parents but grew up in Zimbabwe where he regularly competed against Wayne Black.

Tennis career

He left Zimbabwe in 1988 to pursue tennis in the United Kingdom.[1] He reached a highest ranking of 172 in singles and 200 in doubles. He played in three Davis Cup ties for Great Britain, making his debut against Slovakia in 1995 and coming out of retirement to partner Tim Henman to victory against Thailand at the Birmingham NIA in 2002.[1] At Wimbledon in 1999 he managed to take a two set to love lead against Boris Becker before eventually losing in 5 sets.

Coaching

As a coach he worked with doubles specialists such as Wayne Black and Kevin Ulyett and was part of their team as they went on to win the Australian Open Doubles title in 2005. He subsequently continued to coach[2] the pairing of Kevin Ullyett and Paul Hanley after Wayne Black retired. At the end of 2007 he was invited to join up with fellow Scot and British No. 1 Andy Murray as part of his coaching team.[1] While there were others around him, Maclagan was the man Murray turned to for tactical advice.[3]

On 27 July 2010, Andy Murray and Maclagan split.[4] But he was not out of employment for long as on 17 September he was hired by German player Philipp Kohlschreiber.[5] Between June 2011 to July 2012, he coached former World No.8 Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis.

In June 2013, it was announced that Maclagan would start coaching Laura Robson.[6] However this partnership ended in October 2013 and Sam Stosur chose Maclagan to replace David Taylor as her coach.[7] Stosur ended her coaching relationship with Maclagan in June 2014, ten days before the 2014 Wimbledon.[8] Maclagan began coaching Borna Ćorić in December 2015.

References

  1. ^ a b c Bierley, Steve (29 November 2007). "Maclagan lined up as part of Murray coaching set-up". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 28 June 2008.
  2. ^ "Maclagan partners Henman". BBC Sport. 19 September 2002. Retrieved 28 June 2008.
  3. ^ Folley, Malcolm (13 January 2008). "He sacked the most expensive coach in the world but now Murray has an army behind him". Daily Mail. London. Retrieved 28 June 2008.
  4. ^ "Murray splits from coach Maclagan". BBC News. 27 July 2010.
  5. ^ "Maclagen to coach Kohlschreiber". BBC Sport. 17 September 2010. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
  6. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/tennis/22776562
  7. ^ http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/3527279/title/stosur-enlists-maclagan-as-coach
  8. ^ http://www.tennisworldusa.org/Sam-Stosur-splits-with-Miles-MacLagan--articolo18631.html