David Macpherson (tennis player)

David Macpherson
Nation:	Australia
Birthday:	3rd July 1967
Size:	175 cm
Weight:	64 kg
1st professional season:	1985
Resignation:	2002
Playing hand:	Right
Prize money:	$ 1,729,899
singles
Career record:	0:13
Highest ranking:	293 (March 5 1990)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	388: 396
Career title:	16
Highest ranking:	11 (November 2 1992)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

David Macpherson (born July 3, 1967 in Launceston , Tasmania ) is a retired Australian tennis player and tennis coach.

Life

Macpherson was trained at Tony Roches Tennis Academy and was a five-time national Australian tennis champion in doubles in the various age groups. He reached the double-finals of the US Open junior tournament in 1983 and won the Australian Open junior double title in 1985 . In the same year he became a professional tennis player. He specialized in men's doubles and won his first double title on the ATP Challenger Tour in 1988 . The following year he won three more Challenger doubles tournaments. He won his first title on the ATP World Tour in Toronto in 1990 alongside Patrick Galbraith . In 1992, after a highly successful year, he took part in the ATP World Tour Finals with his doubles partner Steve DeVries .

In addition to his 16 double titles - with nine different partners - he was another 13 times in a final, including the Masters tournament in Stockholm . He reached his highest ranking in the tennis world rankings in 1990 with position 293 in singles and in 1992 with position 11 in doubles.

He was only able to qualify for a Grand Slam tournament once, and in 1987 he failed in the second round of the Australian Open. In the doubles competition he reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open in 1998 on the side of David Wheaton , but they were subject to Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde .

After the end of his professional career, Macpherson became a tennis coach. From August 2005 until their careers ended in August 2020, he coached the brothers Mike and Bob Bryan , one of the most successful doubles teams of all time. For the final of the Davis Cup 2014 against France , the Swiss Davis Cup team hired Macpherson as a double coach at short notice.

Tournament victories

Legend

Grand Slam

Tennis Masters Cup

ATP Masters Series (1)

ATP Championship Series ATP International Series Gold (3)

ATP World Series ATP International Series (12)

Double

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Bottom line
1.	1990	Toronto Indoor	carpet	Patrick Galbraith	Neil Broad Kevin Curren	2: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3
2.	1992	Milan	carpet	Neil Broad	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez Vicario	5: 7, 7: 5, 6: 4
3.	1992	Indian Wells	Hard court	Steve DeVries	Kent Kinnear Sven Salumaa	4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3
4th	1992	Atlanta	sand	Steve DeVries	Mark Wedge Dave Randall	6: 3, 6: 3
5.	1992	Charlotte	sand	Steve DeVries	Bret Garnett Jared Palmer	6: 4, 7: 6
6th	1992	Manchester	race	Patrick Galbraith	Jeremy Bates Laurie Warder	4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2
7th	1992	Brisbane	Hard court	Steve DeVries	Patrick McEnroe Jonathan Stark	6: 4, 6: 4
8th.	1993	Nice	sand	Laurie Warder	Shelby Cannon Scott Melville	3: 4, task
9.	1995	Scottsdale	Hard court	Trevor Kronemann	Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez	4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
10.	1995	Barcelona	sand	Trevor Kronemann	Goran Ivanišević Andrea Gaudenzi	6: 2, 6: 4
11.	1995	Munich	sand	Trevor Kronemann	Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez	6: 3, 6: 4
12.	1996	San Jose	Hard court	Trevor Kronemann	Richey Reneberg Jonathan Stark	6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 3
13.	1998	St. Polten	sand	Jim Grabb	David Adams Wayne Black	6: 4, 6: 4
14th	2001	Adelaide	Hard court	Grant Stafford	Wayne Arthurs Todd Woodbridge	6: 7, 6: 4, 6: 4
15th	2001	Tokyo	Hard court	Rick Leach	Paul Hanley Nathan Healey	1: 6, 7: 6, 7: 6
16.	2003	Newport	race	Jordan Kerr	Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer	7: 6, 6: 3

Web links

• ATP profile of David Macpherson (English)
• ITF Profile of David Macpherson (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bryan brothers end their careers. August 27, 2020 .  
2. ↑ This is our secret weapon , Blick.ch from November 19, 2014