Georges Deniau, born on 25 December 1932 in Paris, is a French tennis player turned coach.
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
|---|---|
| Plays | Right-handed |
Biography
editGeorges Deniau started playing tennis in Argelès-Gazost[1] and began competing in 1945 at the PAC (Rueil). As a player, he reached the 3rd round of the Roland-Garros singles in 1955 and 1956. During the Open Era, he played in the 1st round in 1968 against Ion Țiriac and participated in the doubles tournament annually until 1972.[citation needed]
After being ranked in the 1st series for 6 years, he became a coach starting in 1961[2] and won the French professional championship title in 1962.
He ran a tennis school at an altitude of 1600m in Flaine in the Alps.[3] He notably worked with the France Davis Cup team in the early 1970s,[4] and the Switzerland Davis Cup team in the 1980s, where he later served as national technical director for 5 years, leading the team to the final in the 1992 Davis Cup.[2][5] As a player coach, he notably coached Guy Forget and Jakob Hlasek.[6]
He also published several technical works, wrote articles, and was responsible for the technical pages of Tennis Magazine from 1976. In 2011, he released From the Musketeers to Federer, a work in which he recounts his encounters with great players in history, from Henri Cochet to Roger Federer.[citation needed]
Publications
edit- Tennis total, La Jeune Parque, 1970
- Tennis - la technique, la tactique, l'entraînement (Tennis - technique, tactics, training), Robert Laffont, 1974 ISBN 2221051556
- How to Win in 15 Tennis Lessons, Mengès, 1982 ISBN 2856201555
- From the Musketeers to Federer, Edilac, 2011 ISBN 2-915351-15-5
Notes and references
edit- ^ "Finale de Coupe Davis: un «couteau suisse» bien de chez nous". Ladepeche.fr. 18 November 2014.
- ^ a b Frédéric Sugnot (4 April 2003). "In Switzerland, the coach is not neutral!". humanite.fr. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
- ^ Gérard Albouy (29 June 1981). "Tennis at the top". LeMonde.fr.
- ^ Julien Reboullet (19 November 2018). "Georges Deniau: "And there, McEnroe transcended Sampras"". L'Équipe.
- ^ Christian Despont (7 April 2003). "Georges Deniau, the "repentant retiree", has mended the bonds within the Swiss team". Le Temps.
- ^ Yves Jaton (29 January 2000). "Georges Deniau: "In Hlasek's place, I would have returned the post to Mezzadri"". Le Temps.