Post by Annie on Jun 11, 2005 18:03:59 GMT 3
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COACHES
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Here is a list (in rough chronological order) of the various people who have coached Marat, both officially and unofficially. If any information is wrong please accept my apologies - I'm only human...
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Rausa Islanova
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Marat's mum coached him until he was 14.
For more info go to family profile.
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Rafael Mensua
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Marat's first professional coach, after he left Russia. Based in Valencia, it seems he also coached Marat's first girlfriend, Silvia, at the same club in Spain.
They finally parted company in 2000. It seems the relationship between Marat and Rafael was tempestuous at times, as Marat recalled 'sometimes I would say to him 'well, F*** you!' and he would say 'ok! F*** you too!' and we'd have to leave the courts'
But they seemed to have patched things up, as he reappeared at the Masters Series final tournament, along with Silvia, when Marat competed for the number 1 spot, and a place in history as the youngest ever to end the year in that position.
Visit his website at www.mensuatenis.com
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Tony Pickard
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A British grass court coach, who also worked with Greg Rusedski.
Marat hooked up with him for a short stint in 2000.
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Andrei Chesnokov
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Birthdate: 2/2/1966
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Residence: Moscow, Russia
Height: 6'2'' (187 cm)
Weight: 167 lbs (75 kg)
Plays: Right-handed
Turned Pro: 1985
Coached Marat after his split with Mensua, and was the first to coach Marat mentally aswell as physically. However, the split was said to be less than amicable.
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Alexander Volkov
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Birthdate: 3/3/1967
Birthplace: Kaliningrad, Russia
Residence: St Petersburg, Russia
Height: 6'2'' (187 cm)
Weight: 175 lbs (79 kg)
Plays: Left-handed
Turned Pro: 1988
A good friend of Marat's, he is one of the few people Marat considers as an 'official' coach of his. Their partnership was in 2000, and it was he, along with Chesnokov, who really helped Marat mentally.
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Mats Wilander
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Birthdate: Saturday, August 22, 1964
Birthplace: Vaxjo, Sweden
Residence: Greenwich, Connecticut
Height: 6'0'' (182 cm)
Weight: 170 lbs (77 kg)
Plays: Right-handed
Turned Pro: 1981
Grand slams: 3 Australian Open, 3 French Open, 1 US Open
Career titles: 33
Highest ranking: 1 (September 12, 1988)
Career prize money: US$ 7,976,256
Coached Marat in 2001/2002
Introduced through a mutual friend in a bar. Both enjoyed working together, but due to Mats' commitments to the senior tour and his family,( Mats has a young son with a severe skin condition, and needs constant looking after) he couldn't travel with Marat enough, and so they parted ways after the Australian Open 2002.
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Marc Rosset
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Birthdate: 11/7/1970
Birthplace: Geneva, Switzerland
Residence: Monte Carlo, Monaco
Height: 6'7'' (200 cm)
Weight: 194 lbs (88 kg)
Plays: Right-handed
Turned Pro: 1988
A fellow player who often appeared by Marat's side during 2002/2003. A definitely unofficial coach. The pair are good friends, and it was Marc who found Marat his appartment in Geneva.
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Amit Naor
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Birthdate: 7/25/1967
Birthplace: N/A
Residence: N/A
Height: 5'10'' (177 cm)
Weight: 180 lbs (81 kg)
Plays: Right-handed
Turned Pro: N/A
Amit was a player himself, and unofficially coaches Marat from time to time, especially when Marat is 'between' coaches. He lives in Israel, but he is actually Russian. Officially speaking, he is Marat's manager.
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Denis Golovanov
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Name: Denis Golovanov
Date of Birth: 27th March 1979
Nationality: Russian
Birthplace: Sochi, Russia
Residence: Sochi, Russia
Racket: Head (IS6 ?)
Clothing: Adidas
Plays: Left-handed
Eyes: ?
Hair: Blond
Height: 6'2" / 1.87M
Weight: 80 Kilos / 177 lbs
Turned Professional: 1998
Denis has been one of Marat's best friends for several years, but in a controversial move, Marat persuaded him to travel as his coach during 2003. However, it was possibly Marat's poorest year, with a wrist injury sidelining him for most of the season, and so-so results. Few people (fans, experts, players & commentators) thought it was a good partnership and there were sighs of relief when they split in summer 2004.
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Peter Lundgren
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Name: Peter Lundgren
Birthdate: 1/29/1965
Birthplace: Gudmundra, Sweden
Residence: Monte Carlo, Monaco
Height: 6'1'' (185 cm)
Weight: 176 lbs (80 kg)
Plays: Right-handed
Turned Pro: 1983
History: Coached Roger Federer for 3 years until the end of 2003.
SINGLES CAREER TITLES (3):
1985--Cologne;
1987--Rye Brook,
1987--San Francisco
DOUBLES CAREER TITLES (3):
1990--Sydney Indoor;
1988--Newport;
1986--Tel Aviv
ATP profile
Lundgren, a Swede, is a former professional who had a reputation for partying as hard as he played during his career. During the seasons his young charge was perceived to have under-performed, some called for Federer to ditch his coach. Their relationship was said to be friendly, perhaps too laidback and amiable to spark the fires of a winning combination. Federer kept faith.
"Peter knows the game. He knows the tactics and the techniques from different players and can spot their weaknesses, so he can help me a lot, " he said of his coach. "He told me he did not want me to make the mistakes he made in his career. He's quite lucky. I'm very serious. I don't go to parties, I don't drink, I don't smoke. I'm very professional. "
Lundgren began working with Marat at Estoril (Portugal) in April 2004.
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Alexander Volkov
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HISTORY: ex ATP tour player, constant assistant coach of Russian Davis Cup and Fed Cup teams, Executive Director of the Kremlin Cup
Alexander Volkov (RUS)
Birthdate: 3-Mar-67
Birthplace: Kaliningrad, Russia
Residence: Kaliningrad, Russia
Height: 6'2'' (187 cm)
Weight: 175 lbs (79 kg)
Plays: Left-handed
Turned Pro: 1988
SINGLES CAREER TITLES (3): 1991--Milan; 1993--Auckland; 1994--Moscow FINALIST (8): 1989--Milan; 1990--Rosmalen, Berlin; 1992--Wellington, Rotterdam, Johannesburg; 1994--Adelaide; 1997--Shanghai
DOUBLES FINALIST (3): 1991--Moscow; 1993--Auckland; 1996--Long Island
Volkov turned professional in 1988. His first noteworthy result came in 1990, when he stunned the tennis world by defeating Stefan Edberg (who was ranked the World No. 1 at the time) in straight sets in the first round of the US Open.
After finishing runner-up in three tourmaments over 1989 and 1990, Volkov won his first top-level professional singles title in 1991 at Milan. At Wimbledon that year, he famously lost a close five set match in the fourth round to the eventual tournament champion Michael Stich, 6–4 3–6 5–7 6–1 5–7, despite winning the same number of games as Stich overall in the match, which hinged on a lucky shot struck by the German when he was trailing 3-5 in the final set. As Volkov served for the match, with the score at 30-15 in his favour, a shot struck by Stich was heading out, but the ball hit the inside edge of the top of the net post, sailed over Volkov's head, and landed inside the line, sparing the German from having to face two successive match-points on Volkov's service game, and bringing the scoreline instead to 30-30. Stich went on to take the game; and subsequently Volkov would not win another.[1][2]
Volkov was runner-up in three tournaments in 1992, and won his second title in 1993 in Auckland. Later in 1993 Volkov defeated Björn Borg in the first round of the Kremlin Cup in Moscow, in a match which proved to be the last of Borg's career. Volkov won the Kremlin Cup a year later in 1994 to claim his third (and final) career title. (He reached one more final in 1997 in Shanghai.)
Volkov was part of the Russian team which reached the final of the Davis Cup in 1994. He won important singles rubbers over Patrick Rafter of Australia in the first round, and Michael Stich of Germany in the semi-finals. However he lost both his singles rubbers in the final as Russia were defeated 4–1 by Sweden.
Volkov retired from the professional tour in 1998. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 14 in 1994. His career prize-money earnings totalled US$3,362,786.
Personal friend of Marat, started helping him out a few months after Marat and Peter Lundgren parted ways. He mostly accompanied Marat during Masters Series events and Grand Slams. They terminated their joint work in July 2007.
US Open "It's the only guy that we can speak about he is one of my closest friends, off the courts also. He knows pretty much about my life. He also can he's a little bit older. He has a lot of experience in life. He understands. He's been a player. He's been a great player. Just more mental part so I can cry on his shoulder basically. He understands. He puts me together. He want me to win, which is great. He's there for me from the beginning till the end."
Kremlin Cup "I have a very tough year behind me, many disappointing losses, lack of confidence, problems with my knee...I needed a lot of time to recover after matches. Thanks to Sasha I found my way, I can play again."
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Hernan Gumy
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Hernan Gumy (ARG)
Pronounced:
er-NON GOO-me
Birthdate:
5-Mar-72
Birthplace:
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Residence:
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height:
6'2'' (187 cm)
Weight:
200 lbs (90 kg)
Plays:
Right-handed
Turned Pro:
1991
SINGLES CAREER TITLES (1): 1996--Santiago FINALIST (1): 1996--Oporto
Hernan is a former tennis player from Argentina, who turned professional in 1991. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the first round by Venezuela's Nicolas Pereira.
The righthander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on August 19, 1996, when he became the number 39 of the world. Gumy won the gold medal in the men's singles competition at the 1995 Pan American Games.
Full name is Hernan Pablo Gumy...Started playing tennis at age 12...Finished Temperley Commercial School in 1990...Was No. 4 in final 1990 junior world rankings and No. 1 in Argentina in 16s and 18s...Likes reading, playing soccer and squash and collecting watches and hats...Favorite soccer team is Boca Juniors...In 1995, won Pan Am Games gold medal in singles (d. Frana)...Speaks five languages (Spanish, English, Portuguese, Italian, French)...Has a 7-7 career Davis Cup singles record in seven ties...Member of ATP Player Council in 1997-98...Coached by countryman Alejandro Gattiker.
Previously coached Guillermo Canas and Gustavo Kuerten.
Hernan is one of the better things that has happened to me in the last few years. He’s a great coach and a good friend and I am sorry we did not get together earlier though I have known him many many years.
