Brad Gilbert
(1961 - )
Brad Gilbert (b. August 9, 1961, in Oakland, California) is a tennis coach and former professional tennis player.
Gilbert turned professional in 1982 and won his first top-level singles title later that year in Taipei. His first doubles title came in 1985 in Tel Aviv. He won a total of 20 singles and 3 doubles titles during his career. His most successful year on the tour was 1989, when he won five singles titles. His best performance at a Grand Slam tournament was at the 1987 US Open, where he reached the quarter-finals. He was also runner-up at the inaugural Grand Slam Cup in 1990. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 4, which he reached in January 1990.
Gilbert retired as player in 1994. Since then, he has been highly successful as a tennis coach.
Gilbert served as coach to Andre Agassi for eight years from 1994 to 2002. During that period, Agassi won six Grand Slam singles titles, making it the joint-most successful coach-player partnership in the Open era (along side Tony Roche's period as coach of Ivan Lendl).
Since then, Gilbert has gone on to serve as coach for Andy Roddick, but has now parted ways with the American, who won the 2003 US Open. Gilbert now serves as an on-and-off analyst for ESPN. He is also the author of the very popular book 'Winning Ugly', which gives tips to the average player on how to beat the more skilled opponent.
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