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British tennis player and coach
Tony Pickard
(born 13 September 1934) is a British former
tennis
player turned coach. He is best known as the longtime coach of former world No. 1
Stefan Edberg
.
Career
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Pickard won the 1959
Newport Casino Invitational
tournament on grass with long best-of-five sets match wins against
Noel Brown
,
Donald Dell
, and
Ron Holmberg
in the final.
Pickard won the 1961
British Covered Court Championships
in London defeating
Manuel Santana
in the final. He also won the 1962
London Hard Court Championships
on clay at
The Hurlingham Club
defeating
Roger Becker
and
Warren Jacques
in the last two rounds.
Pickard captained the
Great Britain Davis Cup team
led by
Tim Henman
, and was
Greg Rusedski
's coach in 1997?98.
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Has also coached
Anne Keothavong
[4]
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