Torben Beltz

Torben Beltz (born November 21, 1976 in Itzehoe ) is a former German tennis player and today's tennis coach.

Beltz was in the men's 30th 2014 tennis Bundesliga for THC Ahrensburg.

At the TC Alsterquelle he met Angelique Kerber , who played there in the 2nd Bundesliga ; from 2004 he became her trainer. At the end of 2013 he temporarily ended his work as coach Kerbers, from January 2014 he was then coach of Carina Witthöft . From March 2015 to November 2017, Beltz and Kerber continued their collaboration. During this time Kerber won the Australian Open and the US Open . Less than two weeks after the end of the collaboration, it was announced that Beltz would be working with Donna Vekić from now on . Beltz ended the collaboration in mid-July 2020. At the end of July 2020 it became public that Beltz will train Kerber again.

Beltz has two daughters.

List of significant achievements as a coach

competition
Australian Open 2016 (Kerber)
US Open 2016 (Kerber)
Wimbledon Championships 2016 Final (Kerber)
2016 Summer Olympics Final (Kerber)
WTA Championships 2016 Final (Kerber)

Web links

• ITF profile of Torben Beltz (English)
• Profile at Angelique Kerber Tennis Academy
• Portrait on Tennisnet.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Who is the man on Angelique Kerber's side? , Abendblatt.de.
2. ↑ Carina Witthöft signs Torben Beltz as trainer. In: rp-online.de. January 26, 2014, accessed November 29, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Kerber on the US tour with trainer Torben Beltz Die Zeit March 9, 2015
4. ↑ Kerber changes coach - Fissette takes over. In: NDR.de. November 16, 2017. Retrieved November 16, 2017 . 
5. ↑ Vekic left up with new coach Beltz. In: wtatennis.com. November 29, 2017, accessed November 29, 2017 . 
6. ↑ Franziska Brülls: Donna Vekic and Torben Beltz end their collaboration. tennismagazin.de, July 8, 2020, accessed on July 27, 2020 . 
7. ↑ New attempt: Kerber brings Beltz back. kicker.de, July 27, 2020, accessed on July 27, 2020 .