ELEMENTS OF COACHING PROFESSIONAL TENNIS is a must read. Robert does a tremendous job of hitting on so many key topics. The areas touched will both enhance the likelihood of success on the courts , but the anecdotes and information will translate to success off the court . A terrific read, sit back and enjoy!”

 —Paul Annacone, Former coach of Pete Sampras, Roger Federer, Tim 

Henman, and currently, Taylor Fritz.

 “Robert’s book, ELEMENTS OF COACHING PROFESSIONAL TENNIS, 

is fascinating and the readers will truly enjoy reading it”

 —Ivan Lendl, Winner of 8 Grand Slam singles titles, runner-up 11 times. 

Coach of Andy Murray.

 “The fundamentals of professional tennis are often forgotten in today’s 

individualism. However, ELEMENTS OF COACHING PROFESSIONAL 

TENNIS, prove that tennis matches are still won by good execution of the 

basics. Quality intensive training, hustling for every ball, and making fewer 

unforced errors than your opponent is what it takes to be your best.”

 —Dusan Vemic, Former coach of Novak Djokovic, Brandon Nakashima, 

and current head coach of Serbian Davis Cup team, and captain of Serbian 

BJK Cup team.

“ELEMENTS OF COACHING PROFESSIONAL TENNIS will benefit 

not only coaches; but players and parents who are serious about becoming 

a professional. The case studies and different types of leadership show that 

there is more than one way to coach and that not all players respond the 

same. Robert’s book helped to refresh my knowledge about how to teach 

and help players achieve their best.”

 —Dmitry Tursunov, career-high World no. 20, Davis Cup champion 2006, 

and former coach of Ayrna Sabalenka and Annet Konteveit.

CONTENTS

  Acknowledgements

  Introduction

 1 Leadership

 2 Conversations with ATP Tour Coaches

 3 Becoming a Competitor

 4 Toni Nadal  

 5 Match Play

 6 Pat Cash

 7 Tournament Play

 8 Touring the ATP Challengers 

 9 Strategy & Tactics 

 10 Portraits of Systematic Coaching 

 11 What Makes a Great Doubles Player? 

 12 Max Mirnyi: Against All Odds

 13 Getting Paid  

 14 Family Matters