Paul Annacone

Player

Birthday March 20, 1963

Birth Sign Pisces

Birthplace Southampton, New York

Age 60 years old

Nationality Los Angeles, California

Height 6ft 1in

#43381 Most Popular

1963

Paul Annacone (born March 20, 1963) is an American former touring professional tennis player and current tennis coach.

1981

Annacone graduated from East Hampton High School in 1981.

After graduating from East Hampton, the 6'1, 175 lbs.

1982

Annacone played three years of college tennis for the University of Tennessee in the Southeastern Conference over 1982–84.

1984

He was named the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Player of the Year in 1984.

Annacone played 51–3 in singles while winning the ITA Indoor Singles Championship that year.

He was named all-SEC and all-American all three years of his college career with the Volunteers, amassing a 115–22 career singles record.

He won three singles titles during his career and was a Wimbledon quarter-finalist in 1984.

1985

The right-handed Annacone achieved his career best singles ranking in 1985 of world No. 12 and US No. 6. A serve-and-volleyer who would often chip and charge when returning serve, Annacone played on the ATP tour until 1992, amassing a career singles win-lose record of 157–131 in Grand Slam, Grand Prix, and ATP Tour events.

1987

Annacone won more as a pro playing doubles, capturing 14 tournaments and achieving a high ranking in 1987 of world No. 3. With long-time partner Christo van Rensburg, Annacone won the 1985 Australian Open doubles title.

1990

Teamed with David Wheaton, Annacone was a 1990 US Open finalist, as well.

Annacone achieved even greater success as Pete Sampras's long-time coach.

Initially hired to coach Sampras while his current coach Tim Gullikson recovered from a brain tumour, Gullikson educated and mentored Annacone on how to coach Sampras for fifteen months while he battled with brain cancer.

1995

The two worked together from January 1995 until December 2001, and again from July 2002 until Sampras' retirement.

2001

From December 2001 to January 2003 Annacone was Managing Director of the United States Tennis Association High Performance Program.

2003

He coached Tim Henman, beginning at the Paris Masters in 2003 (which Henman won) until the end of Henman's career in September 2007.

2006

Annacone became the Lawn Tennis Association's Head Coach in November 2006.

In 2006 Annacone released the Paul Annacone Tactical Tennis DVD Series; a 4-DVD collection that demonstrates the strategies used by the pros in actual match situations.

Attack the All-Court Player, Beat the Baseliner, Know Your Own Game, and Neutralize the Net-Rusher present numerous scenarios along with drills and practice games for improving match-specific strategy on both sides of the net.

2008

He also became Great Britain Davis Cup team coach in April 2008, following the resignation of Peter Lundgren, while staying on with the LTA.

Under his control the team lost in the 2008 Davis Cup World Group play-offs against Austria.

The following year they got relegated to Group II.

2010

In May 2010, Annacone announced his official departure from November 2010 onwards from the LTA and the British Davis Cup team after losing to Lithuania in Group II first round.

Paul Annacone was hired by Roger Federer to be his full-time coach on August 28, 2010 after a successful one-month trial period.

Annacone led Federer to two straight year-end championship in 2010 and 2011, a return to the world No. 1 ranking, and his seventh Wimbledon Championships.

2013

In 2013, Annacone became a resident coach at ProTennisCoach.com – an online professional coaching site.

In November 2013, it was announced that Annacone had begun working with American rising star Sloane Stephens on a trial basis.

She was ranked the world's number-12-player at the time.

2014

However, the two ended the relationship in July 2014.

Annacone is also involved with PlaySight Interactive, a sports technology company, where he works together with Darren Cahill on the Coaching and Player Development team.

2017

He is the former coach of 20-time Grand Slam winner Roger Federer, 14-time Grand Slam winner Pete Sampras, and 2017 US Open champion Sloane Stephens.

Annacone is currently a coach at ProTennisCoach.com, a commentator at Tennis Channel, and works with Taylor Fritz.

As an eighth grader, Paul played first singles for Shoreham-Wading River High School and was undefeated in league play.

In 2017, Annacone joined Stan Wawrinka's team for the grass court swing.

2018

For the 2018 season Annacone coached Taylor Fritz.

Both of Annacone's parents were educators.

His father was a superintendent at schools for thirty five years, as a professor and a teacher.

His mother was a guidance councillor.

Three more mentors were his brother, who is a coach and teacher, Nick Bollettieri and Mike DePalmer Sr. All five of these people played a unique role in shaping Annacone's success as a coach.

Paul's son Nicholas attended his father's alma mater.