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Michael Joyce (tennis)

Michael T. Joyce (born February 1, 1973) is an American coach and former tennis player. The right-hander reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 64 in April 1996.

Michael Joyce
Full nameMichael T. Joyce
Country (sports) United States
ResidenceBoca Raton, Florida, United States
Born (1973-02-01) February 1, 1973 (age 51)
Santa Monica, California, United States
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Turned pro1991
Retired2003
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)[1]
Prize money$756,999
Singles
Career record46–67
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 64 (8 April 1996)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (1996, 1997)
French Open1R (1998)
Wimbledon4R (1995)
US Open2R (1991, 1993)
Doubles
Career record8–21
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 181 (9 June 2003)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon1R (1995)
US Open1R (1993, 1995, 1996)
Last updated on: 9 October 2021.

Tennis career

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Juniors

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Joyce and then-friend Erik Menendez[2] entered the 1989 Boys' Junior National Tennis Championship,[3] not two weeks before Erik and his brother Lyle murdered their parents. Joyce beat Ian Williams in the 1st round of the Boys' 18 singles but lost to Jonathan Stark in the quarterfinals. He reached the finals of the Wimbledon Boys' event in 1991, losing to Thomas Enqvist.

Professional tennis player

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On the professional tour, he won 3 Challenger events and reached the 4th round of the 1995 Wimbledon Championships defeating Marc Rosset, Jordi Burillo and Chris Wilkinson, before being defeated by Shuzo Matsuoka. He won the men's singles in the Ojai Tennis Tournament in 2004.[4] Pat Rafter, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Jim Courier, and Michael Chang were among those Joyce beat.[5] He was 46–67 overall, going 1–10 against top 10 players.[6]

He was the subject of an essay by David Foster Wallace in Esquire;[1] the essay was later republished in Wallace's collections A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again and String Theory.

Coaching

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Joyce was the coach of Maria Sharapova, along with her father, Yuri Sharapov, from summer 2004 until January 2011, when he was replaced by Thomas Högstedt. During his tenure, Sharapova won three Grand Slam singles titles and reached the World No. 1 ranking.[7]

Joyce coached American tennis player Jessica Pegula from 2012 to 2017. While with Joyce, in 2013 before suffering from an injury, Pegula reached a career high singles world ranking of 123 and a doubles world ranking of 92.

In 2017, Joyce coached former world number one Victoria Azarenka for 8 months after she returned to competition following maternity leave. However, with family issues interrupting her schedule, the pair split at the end of the year,[8] and Joyce took up the position of coach to Johanna Konta.[9] In October 2018, Joyce split ways with Konta and began coaching Eugenie Bouchard.[10] In April 2019, Joyce split ways with Bouchard;[11] two months later he started to work with Tímea Babos.[12] In 2021, Joyce joined USTA Player Development as a women's tennis national coach.[13]

He is currently coaching Ashlyn Krueger since 2021.[14]

Personal life

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Joyce currently lives in Boca Raton, Florida, with his wife Jenna and their daughter (born May 2016).

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 10 (6–4)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (3–3)
ITF Futures (3–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (6–4)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Apr 1994 Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Challenger Hard   Leonardo Lavalle 6–1, 7–6
Loss 1–1 Sep 1994 Seoul, South Korea Challenger Hard   David Nainkin 7–6, 3–6, 5–7
Loss 1–2 Nov 1994 Glendale, United States Challenger Hard   Christian Ruud 1–6, 3–6
Win 2–2 Dec 1994 [São Luís, Brazil Challenger Hard   Roger Smith 6–3, 6–7, 7–6
Win 3–2 Dec 1998 USA F10, Phoenix Futures Hard   Thomas Blake 6–4, 6–4
Win 4–2 Mar 2000 [Hamilton, New Zealand Challenger Hard   Gouichi Motomura 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss 4–3 Sep 2001 Tarzana, United States Challenger Hard   Levar Harper-Griffith 6–7(6–8), 3–6
Win 5–3 Nov 2002 USA F27, Hammond Futures Hard   Tripp Phillips 7–6(10–8), 7–6(7–1)
Win 6–3 Feb 2003 Great Britain F4, Redbridge Futures Hard   Stefano Pescosolido 6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Loss 6–4 Mar 2003 USA F6, Mobile Futures Hard   Peter Clarke 6–7(6–8), 4–6

Doubles: 11 (4–7)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (2–6)
ITF Futures (2–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–5)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–2)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jan 1997 Singapore, Singapore Challenger Hard   Scott Melville   Mahesh Bhupathi
  Leander Paes 		4–6, 6–4, 6–7
Loss 0–2 Jul 1997 Flushing Meadows, United States Challenger Hard   David Witt   Geoff Grant
  Mark Merklein 		1–6, 4–6
Loss 0–3 Oct 1999 Japan F6, Fukuoka Futures Carpet   Kyle Spencer   Tasuku Iwami
  Ryuso Tsujino 		6–4, 6–7, 4–6
Loss 0–4 Nov 1999 Yokohama, Japan Challenger Carpet   Kyle Spencer   Satoshi Iwabuchi
  Thomas Shimada 		2–6, 4–6
Loss 0–5 Mar 2000 [Hamilton, New Zealand Challenger Hard   Jim Thomas   Neville Godwin
  Michael Hill 		6–7(4–7), 4–6
Win 1–5 Jul 2000 USA F17, Chico Futures Hard   Luke Smith   Zack Fleishman
  Robert Kendrick 		7–6(7–3), 6–7(3–7), 6–1
Win 2–5 Sep 2001 Tarzana, United States Challenger Hard   Zack Fleishman   Kyle Spencer
  Glenn Weiner 		6–1, 5–7, 7–6(8–6)
Win 3–5 Jul 2002 Granby, Canada Challenger Hard   Noam Behr   Thomas Dupre
  Simon Larose 		6–0, 6–3
Loss 3–6 Aug 2002 Belo Horizonte, Brazil Challenger Hard   Denis Golovanov   Daniel Melo
  Marcelo Melo 		3–6, 4–6
Loss 3–7 Aug 2002 Gramado, Brazil Challenger Hard   Denis Golovanov   Alessandro Guevara
  Dejan Petrovic 		6–3, 5–7, 2–6
Win 4–7 Mar 2003 USA F6, Mobile Futures Hard   Kevin Kim   Josh Goffi
  Travis Parrott 		6–7(0–7), 6–3, 7–5

Junior Grand Slam finals

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Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1991 Wimbledon Grass   Thomas Enqvist 4–6, 2–6

Performance timelines

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

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Tournament 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q1 A Q2 A 2R 2R A Q3 A Q2 A A 0 / 2 2–2 50%
French Open A A A Q1 A 1R A Q1 A Q1 A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wimbledon A A Q2 Q1 4R 1R Q2 Q1 Q3 Q1 Q1 Q1 Q1 0 / 2 3–2 60%
US Open 2R Q1 2R A 1R 1R 1R Q2 Q2 Q1 Q3 Q1 Q1 0 / 5 2–5 29%
Win–loss 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–2 1–4 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 10 7–10 41%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A Q1 3R Q2 Q2 A A A Q1 Q1 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Miami Open A A Q3 Q2 3R QF 1R A A A A A A 0 / 3 6–3 67%
Canada Masters A A A A 2R A A A Q2 Q1 A A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A 1R A A Q2 Q1 A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–2 6–3 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 6 9–6 60%

Doubles

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Tournament 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon Q2 A 1R A A Q2 A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open 1R A 1R 1R A Q1 Q1 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 4 0–4 0%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A Q1 A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami Open A A Q2 A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canada Masters A A A A A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0 / 1 1–1 50%

References

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  1. ^ a b Wallace, David Foster (September 17, 2008). "The String Theory". Esquire. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
  2. ^ "What Do Agassi and the Menendez Brothers Have in Common?" by David Johnson Psychology Today (November 30, 2009); retrieved May 16, 2023 NOTE: Article erroneously states Menendez and Joyce played doubles at the 1989 Boys' USTA
  3. ^ "1989 Draw Sheet, USTA Boys' 16 & Boys' 18 National Championship" web.archive.org retrieved May 16, 2023
  4. ^ "Past champions" (PDF). ojaitourney.org. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
  5. ^ Werner, George L. W. (1991), "A Word from the Other Players", New Harvest, Totowa, NJ: Humana Press, pp. 255–266, doi:10.1007/978-1-4612-0489-3_16, ISBN 978-1-4612-6785-0, retrieved March 21, 2021
  6. ^ "Michael Joyce | FedEx ATP Win/Loss | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  7. ^ "Sharapova's long-time coach leaves job". RIA Novosti. January 16, 2011. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
  8. ^ "Azarenka splits with coach Joyce".
  9. ^ Writer, Stuart Fraser. "Johanna Konta hires Maria Sharapova's 'fantastic' former coach | Sport | The Times".
  10. ^ "Konta splits with coach Michael Joyce, Bouchard hires him - Women's Tennis Blog". October 10, 2018.
  11. ^ @mikejoyce73 (April 27, 2019). "Genie and I have mutually decided to end our professional relationship at this time. I wish her all the best" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  12. ^ "Wimbledon: Babos Tímea amerikai sztáredzővel készül". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). June 20, 2019. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
  13. ^ "Q&A: Michael Joyce, former coach of Maria Sharapova, joins USTA Player Development as national coach". www.usta.com. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  14. ^ "Ashlyn Krueger collects her biggest win, over Mirra Andreeva, at the US Open: "This is what you play for"". Tennis.com. August 29, 2024.
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