David Macpherson (tennis)

David Macpherson

Country (sports)	Australia
Born	3 July 1967 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Turned pro	1985
Retired	2003 (as a player)
Career record	0–13
Career record	388–396
Coaching career (2005–)
Bob Bryan-Mike Bryan (2005–)[1]
Coaching achievements
Coachee(s) Doubles Titles total	45(B-M), 5(B) (50 total)
List of notable tournaments (with champion) 2007 Davis Cup champions (Bryan brothers) List of titles (from August 2005)

David Macpherson (born 3 July 1967 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia) is a former professional male tennis player on the ATP tour.

A product of player and coach, Tony Roche's junior tennis academy, he played lefthanded and turned professional in 1985. As a junior player Macpherson was one of Australia's top prospects in his peer group, reaching the U.S. Open Junior Doubles Tournament finals in 1983 and winning the Australia Open Junior Doubles title in 1985 (with Brett Custer).

Known primarily as a doubles specialist, Macpherson's professional career was highlighted by his 1992 season with partner, Steve DeVries, where they won doubles titles in Milan, Manchester, Indian Wells, Atlanta, Charlotte and Brisbane to finish No. 8 in the year end Team Rankings and qualifying for ATP Tour World Doubles Championships.

In November of that year he achieved his high personal rank of No. 11 in the doubles ranking. During his career,Macpherson captured 16 doubles titles on the ATP tour and earned over $1.7 million USD in career earnings.

Throughout his pro career, Macpherson was a regular player in World Team Tennis league for the Sacramento and Kansas City Explorers franchises. He currently coaches No. 1 ranked American doubles players Bob and Mike Bryan.

Doubles titles (16)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents	Score
1.	1990	Toronto, Canada	Carpet	Patrick Galbraith	Neil Broad Kevin Curren	2–6, 6–4, 6–3
2.	1992	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Neil Broad	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	5–7, 7–5, 6–4
3.	1992	Indian Wells, USA	Hard	Steve DeVries	Kent Kinnear Sven Salumaa	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
4.	1992	Atlanta, USA	Clay	Steve DeVries	Mark Keil Dave Randall	6–3, 6–3
5.	1992	Charlotte, USA	Clay	Steve DeVries	Bret Garnett Jared Palmer	6–4, 7–6
6.	1992	Manchester, England	Grass	Patrick Galbraith	Jeremy Bates Laurie Warder	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
7.	1992	Brisbane, Australia	Hard (i)	Steve DeVries	Patrick McEnroe Jonathan Stark	6–4, 6–4
8.	1993	Nice, France	Clay	Laurie Warder	Shelby Cannon Scott Melville	3–4, ret.
9.	1995	Scottsdale, USA	Hard	Trevor Kronemann	Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
10.	1995	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Trevor Kronemann	Goran Ivanišević Andrea Gaudenzi	6–2, 6–4
11.	1995	Munich, Germany	Clay	Trevor Kronemann	Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez	6–3, 6–4
12.	1996	San Jose, USA	Hard (i)	Trevor Kronemann	Richey Reneberg Jonathan Stark	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
13.	1998	St. Pölten, Austria	Clay	Jim Grabb	David Adams Wayne Black	6–4, 6–4
14.	2001	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Grant Stafford	Wayne Arthurs Todd Woodbridge	6–7, 6–4, 6–4
15.	2001	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Rick Leach	Paul Hanley Nathan Healey	1–6, 7–6, 7–6
16.	2003	Newport, USA	Grass	Jordan Kerr	Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer	7–6, 6–3

References

1. http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Bob-Bryan.aspx

External links

• David Macpherson at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• David Macpherson at the International Tennis Federation