2010 10sBalls.com Top Coach Award winner, Sven Groeneveld is blogging live from Australia. His first blog comes in the form of a video. Sven will be in Sydney until January 11th and then in Melbourne to cover the Australian Open direct from the event. Catch his blog everyday on 10sballs.com.
All About Sven:
Sven Groeneveld
Born July 22, 1965
Residence: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Present Activities
Consultant/coach Adidas Player Development Program
Coach Esther Vergeer (wheelchair Player-world number 1)
Co‐Owner of Orangecoach.com (coaches recruitment site)
Columnist Tennis Direct/Tennis Warehouse
Co-Founder of the PTCAtennis.org (professional coaches Association)
Co-Founder and owner of Tennis Centrum Amsterdam
Degree’s and honorary title
B License KNLTB
A License Swiss Tennis Federation
Bachelor Management, Webster University Leiden
ITF Wheelchair Ambassador
Work Experience
Worked as a professional tennis coach on both the men’s and women’s professional tours for over 20 years. (ATP and WTA Tour’s). In addition educating players, parents and coaches in The Netherlands, Japan and as Head of Coaching at the Swiss Tennis Federation where Roger Federer was part of the national development program
Coaching Achievements
3 Grand Slam victories with 3 separate players
Monica Seles 1992 Australian Open
Mary Pierce 1995 Australian Open
Ana Ivanovic 2008 Roland Garros
(Greg Rusedski 1999 Grand Slam Cup)
6 Grand Slam Finals
Aranxta Sanches Vicario 1994 Australian open
Michael Stich 1995 Roland Garros
Mary Pierce 1994 Roland Garros
Mary Pierce 1997 Australian Open
Ana Ivanovic 2007 Roland Garros
Caroline Wozniacki 2009 US Open
2 Doubles Grand Slams
Aranxta Sanchez Vicario 1993 US Open
Nathalie Dechy 2006 Roland Garros
#1 in the world 2008, Ana Ivanovic
#1 Year End 2010, Caroline Wozniacki
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