Paul Annacone
Paul Annacone 2012
Nation:
United States 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
Grand Slam title: 00000 0
Double
Career record:
267: 177
Career title:
14th
Highest ranking:
3 (April 6 1987)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000 1
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000 0
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
United States los Angeles
Hard court
Sweden Stefan Edberg
7: 6, 6: 7, 7: 6
2.
October 7, 1985
Australia Brisbane
Hard court
New Zealand Kelly Evernden
6: 3, 6: 3
3.
July 25, 1989
Austria Vienna
Hard court (i)
New Zealand 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
Australia Sydney outdoor
race
South Africa Christo van Rensburg
United States Tom Gullikson Scott McCain United States
7: 6, 7: 5
2.
4th February 1985
United States Delray Beach
Hard court
South Africa Christo van Rensburg
United States Sherwood Stewart Kim Warwick Australia
7: 5, 7: 5, 6: 4
3.
April 22, 1985
United States Atlanta
carpet
South Africa Christo van Rensburg
United States Steve Denton Tomáš Šmíd Czechoslovakia
6: 4, 6: 3
4th
September 23, 1985
United States San Francisco
carpet
South Africa Christo van Rensburg
United States Brad Gilbert Sandy Mayer United States
3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
5.
November 25, 1985
Australia Australian Open
race
South Africa Christo van Rensburg
Australia Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick Australia
3: 6, 7: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4
6th
February 23, 1987
United States Key Biscayne
Hard court
South Africa Christo van Rensburg
United States Ken Flach Robert Seguso United States
6: 2, 6: 4, 6: 4
7th
March 30, 1987
United States Chicago
carpet
South Africa Christo van Rensburg
United States Mike DePalmer Gary Donnelly United States
6: 3, 7: 6
8th.
April 13, 1987
Japan Tokyo
Hard court
South Africa Kevin Curren
Ecuador Andrés Gómez Anders Järryd Sweden
6: 4, 7: 6
9.
October 24, 1988
France Paris
carpet
Australia John Fitzgerald
United States Jim Grabb Christo van Rensburg South Africa
6: 2, 6: 2
10.
February 13, 1989
United States Memphis
Hard court (i)
South Africa Christo van Rensburg
United States Scott Davis Tim Wilkison United States
7: 6, 6: 7, 6: 1
11.
February 20, 1989
United States Philadelphia
carpet
South Africa Christo van Rensburg
United States Rick Leach Jim Pugh United States
6: 3, 7: 5
12.
July 23, 1990
Canada Toronto
Hard court
United States David Wheaton
Australia Broderick Dyke Peter Lundgren Sweden
6: 1, 7: 6
13.
April 16, 1993
United States Atlanta
sand
United States Richey Reneberg
United States Todd Martin Jared Palmer United States
6: 4, 7: 6
14th
October 18, 1993
China People's Republic Beijing
carpet
United States Doug Flat
Netherlands Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis Netherlands
7: 6, 6: 3
Web links
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