- José Higueras
José Higueras (born
February 28 1953 , inDiezma ,Spain ) is atennis coach and former professional tennis player from Spain.Between 1976 and 1984, Higueras won 16 top-level singles titles. A semi-finalist at the
French Open in 1982 and 1983, Higueras reached the World No. 6 singles ranking in 1983. He was also a member of the Spanish team which won the inauguralWorld Team Cup in 1978.Higueras retired from the professional tour in 1986. After retiring as a player, he became a successful, world renowned tennis coach. He coached
Jim Courier to help him reach the World No. 1 singles ranking in 1992 as well asMichael Chang ,Pete Sampras ,Todd Martin ,Carlos Moyà ,Sergi Bruguera ,Dmitry Tursunov ,Guillermo Coria andShahar Pe'er , and also created the "Jose Higueras Tennis Training Center" inPalm Springs ,California , where he resides.In 2008, already the coach of
Robby Ginepri , Higueras was hired byRoger Federer to help him through the clay court season. The partnership was extended during the grass court and hard court season, when Higueras was chosen to become the director of coaching for elite player developpement at theUnited States Tennis Association (USTA). cite news|author=Associated Press |title=Higueras hired as director of coaching for elite player development| url =http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=3591646|date =2008-09-16 | accessdate =2008-09-23| language =English] The USTA position will reportedly force Higueras to end his coaching roles with Federer and Ginepri.ingles titles (16)
Runner-ups (12)
References
External links
* www.higuerastennis.com
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