Top 10 tennis coaches of all time

#8 Tony Roche

Tony Roche

Part of the 'Big 5' of Australian tennis in the 1960's and 1970's (the other 4 members being John Newcombe, Rod Laver, Roy Emerson and Ken Rosewall), Roche was a very skilled singles player. He won the French Open in 1966 and was twice runner-up at the US Open and at the WImbledon Championships. He won a total of 46 singles titles in his career, as many as 12 Grand Slam doubles titles.

After his retirement, Roche became the coach of Ivan Lendl in order to help him hone his volleying skills. Although Lendl never won Wimbledon, their partnership was fairly productive.

Later on, Roche coached Pat Rafter and helped him become the Number 1 player in the world. He also worked with Roger Federer between 2005 and 2007, a period during which Federer won 8 of his 20 Grand Slam titles.

Post his stint with Federer, Roche took up an assignment with fellow Australia Lleyton Hewitt to help him re-establish himself as a top player.