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Paul Annacone (1963)
Paul Annacone was born on 20 March 1963 in Southampton, New York and was a touring professional tennis player who is now a well-known tennis coach. His height is six foot one inch and weight is 175 pounds. Annacone played three years of college tennis at the University of Tennessee, 1982-84, in the Southeastern Conference. He was named the Intercollegiate Tennis Association player of the year in 1984, going 51-3 in singles while winning the ITA indoor singles championship that year. He was named all-SEC and all-American for all three years of his college career with, amassing a 115-22 career singles record.
The right-handed Annacone achieved his career best singles ranking in 1985 of world number 12 and United States number 6. Annacone played on the ATP, Association of Tennis Player tour until 1992, amassing a career singles win-lose record of 157-131. He won 3 singles titles during his career and was a Wimbledon quarterfinalist in 1984.
Annacone won more as a pro playing doubles, capturing 14 tournaments and achieving a high ranking in 1987 of world number 3. With long-time partner Christo van Rensburg, Annacone won the 1985 Australian Open doubles title. He teamed with David Wheaton and Annacone was a 1990 U.S. Open finalist as well.
Annacone has made more of a name for himself to the casual tennis fan as having been tennis champion Pete Sampras's long-time coach. The two worked together full-time from 1995 to 2001 and again on a part-time basis in July 2002. From December 2001 to January 2003 Annacone was also Managing Director of the United States Tennis Association high performance program. He has recently coached Tim Henman part-time, beginning in the autumn of 2004.
His superior approach and dedication to the game made him stand out from the crowd and he had a willingness to play anywhere even while suffering from an injury.
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