Six Decades.
One Story of Reinvention.

Junior champion → high level ATP pro → WA State Coach & Coach of the Year → Grand Slam coach → Tennis Director of Asia's premier Sports club→ back on tour. Same journey, deeper every decade.

50+ Years · 6 Careers in One · Still Writing
1970s

Junior Champion

Victorian Hardcourt Champion

  • Victorian Hardcourt Champion (1975, 76, 78), Victorian Junior Masters (1976, 78)
  • Australian Open Junior quarterfinalist — losing to Yannick Noah
  • Australian National Junior Singles semifinalist
  • Junior ranking between #1 & 2 in Victoria
Victorian Hardcourt Champion Australian Open Junior QF #1/#2 Victoria
The 70s taught me how to win. The 80s taught me the cost of winning.
1980s

ATP Pro

Competing on the Satellite & Challenger Circuits

  • Competed on ATP Satellite and Challenger circuits, Grand Slam qualifying events
  • North German #1 singles ranking played in Regional League 1 (2nd div nationally)
  • North German singles, doubles, and Clay Court Champion
  • Career-high ATP ranking inside top 350
ATP Ranking Top 350 Nth German Clay Court Champion #1 Regional League Germany
My best coaching tool was my playing career — being exposed to a new wave of high quality tennis coming out of Germany and Europe!
1990s

State Coach of Western Australia

First reinvention — player to coach

  • First WAIS tennis program with Paul McNamee
  • 3 players concurrently selected to AIS. WA Sports Federations Coach of the Year 1993
  • Players developed: Mark Philippoussis (Top 10 ATP), Andrew Illie (Top 50 ATP), Jaymon Crabb (Olympic Gold Medal Coach), James Sekulov, Peter Clarke and Olivia Gadecki to name a few.
  • Managed 3 Australian overseas junior team tours of Europe and Asia
WA Coach of the Year 1993 First WAIS Tennis Program 3 AIS Players 3 Overseas Tours
Taking players on tour meant going back myself — this time as a coach.
2000s

Tour Coach & Grand Slam Coach

From the locker room to the player box

  • Steered Jaymon Crabb from #480 to career-high #180 ATP
  • Jaymon qualified for Sydney International beating #129, #89, #79 ranked players
  • Set off world #4 Juan Carlos Ferrero, AO maindraw, set points vs world #8 David Nalbandian
  • Peter Clarke from #300s to low #200s, final round US Open qualifying
  • Honorary State Coach Schleswig-Holstein (Becker, Stich & Graf era)
  • Coached Gaby Dinu (Romania) — top 10 Germany, top 100 WTA
Crabb #480 → #180 ATP Australian Open Maindraw Ferrero & Nalbandian Honorary State Coach — Nth Germany
After the tour came the next reinvention — not individual players, but building systems.
2010s

Tennis Director Hong Kong

Building Asia's largest tennis community

  • Tennis Director of LRC Hong Kong — one of Asia's premier sporting clubs
  • Largest tennis community in Hong Kong. Davis Cup team preparation
Tennis Director — LRC Hong Kong Asia's Largest Tennis Community Davis Cup Preparation
But the tour calls again. Especially when a young player has the talent to go all the way.
2020s

Full Circle, Return to Tour

Same journey, deeper layers

  • Returned to tour during COVID with Japanese prodigy Taiyo Yamanaka
  • ITF junior ranking from low 200s to career-high 70
  • 2020: 9 countries, 61 cities, 22 tournaments. 2021: 18 countries, 107 cities, 27 tournaments
  • Taiyo had surgery late 2021, achieved ATP singles 1006 on European clay
  • Olivia Gadecki — trained at Pro One, Activatennis & Sanctuary Cove from juniors to WTA Top 100, Fed Cup team member
Taiyo Yamanaka — ATP Pro Olivia Gadecki — WTA Top 100 Fed Cup Team Member 18 Countries in 2021
Every reinvention added a layer. Never started over. Just built deeper.
Six decades in, and I'm still not done.

Now leading the 10-week European Summer Tour at Tennis Academy Mallorca (June – August 2026) — details on the TAM Tour 2026 page.