David Macpherson (tennis)

David Macpherson
Country (sports)	Australia
Born	3 July 1967 (age 57); Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	1985
Retired	2003
Plays	Left handed
Prize money	$1,729,899
Singles
Career record	0–13
Career titles	0 ; 0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 293 (5 March 1990)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (1987)
Wimbledon	Q3 (1989)
Doubles
Career record	388–395
Career titles	16 ; 7 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 11 (2 November 1992)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	SF (1998)
French Open	3R (1991, 1996, 1998)
Wimbledon	QF (1998, 2002)
US Open	QF (1991, 1996, 2000)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	SF (1996)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	SF (1988, 1992)
French Open	SF (1985, 1998)
Wimbledon	3R (1994, 1996, 1998)
US Open	SF (1996)
Coaching career (2005–)
	Bob Bryan (2005–2016, 2017–2020) ; Mike Bryan (2005–2016, 2017–2020) ; John Isner (2018–2023)
Coaching achievements
	List of notable tournaments; (with champion) 2007 Davis Cup champions (Bryan brothers); List of titles (from August 2005);
	Last updated on: 10 August 2022.

Last updated December 25, 2024

David Macpherson (born 3 July 1967) is a former professional male tennis player on the ATP Tour. He was the former coach of John Isner and Bob and Mike Bryan.

A product of player and coach, Tony Roche's junior tennis academy, he played lefthanded and turned professional in 1985. As a junior player Macpherson was one of Australia's top prospects in his peer group, reaching the U.S. Open Junior Doubles Tournament finals in 1983 and winning the Australia Open Junior Doubles title in 1985 (with Brett Custer).

Known primarily as a doubles specialist, Macpherson's professional career was highlighted by his 1992 season with partner, Steve DeVries, where they won doubles titles in Milan, Manchester, Indian Wells, Atlanta, Charlotte and Brisbane to finish No. 8 in the year end Team Rankings and qualifying for ATP Tour World Doubles Championships.

In November of that year he achieved his high personal rank of No. 11 in the doubles ranking. During his career, Macpherson captured 16 doubles titles on the ATP tour and earned over US$1.7 million in career earnings.

Throughout his pro career, Macpherson was a regular player in World TeamTennis league for the Sacramento and Kansas City Explorers franchises.

Macpherson coached arguably the greatest doubles pair in the history of tennis, Mike and Bob Bryan, from 2005 through 2016.^[1] He is now the head coach of The George Washington University's men's tennis team.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1985	US Open	Hard	Patrick Flynn	Joey Blake Darren Yates	6–3, 3–6, 4–6

ATP career finals

Doubles: 29 (16 titles, 13 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 Series (1–1)
ATP 500 Series (3–3)
ATP 250 Series (12–9)

Finals by surface
Hard (6–4)
Clay (6–4)
Grass (2–1)
Carpet (2–4)

Finals by setting
Outdoors (13–8)
Indoors (3–5)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 1990	Toronto, Canada	Championship Series	Carpet	Patrick Galbraith	Neil Broad Kevin Curren	2–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Mar 1991	Rotterdam, Netherlands	World Series	Carpet	Steve DeVries	Patrick Galbraith Anders Järryd	6–7, 2–6
Loss	1–2	Oct 1991	Lyon, France	World Series	Carpet	Steve DeVries	Tom Nijssen Cyril Suk	6–7, 3–6
Win	2–2	Feb 1992	Milan, Italy	World Series	Carpet	Neil Broad	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	5–7, 7–5, 6–4
Win	3–2	Mar 1992	Indian Wells, United States	Masters Series	Hard	Steve DeVries	Kent Kinnear Sven Salumaa	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win	4–2	May 1992	Atlanta, United States	World Series	Clay	Steve DeVries	Mark Keil Dave Randall	6–3, 6–3
Win	5–2	May 1992	Charlotte, United States	World Series	Clay	Steve DeVries	Bret Garnett Jared Palmer	6–4, 7–6
Win	6–2	Jun 1992	Manchester, United Kingdom	World Series	Grass	Patrick Galbraith	Jeremy Bates Laurie Warder	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win	7–2	Oct 1992	Brisbane, Australia	World Series	Hard	Steve DeVries	Patrick McEnroe Jonathan Stark	6–4, 6–4
Loss	7–3	Nov 1992	Stockholm, Sweden	Masters Series	Carpet	Steve DeVries	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	3–6, 4–6
Loss	7–4	Feb 1993	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Championship Series	Carpet	Steve DeVries	Mark Kratzmann Wally Masur	3–6, 6–7
Win	8–4	Apr 1993	Nice, France	World Series	Clay	Laurie Warder	Shelby Cannon Scott Melville	3–4 ret.
Loss	8–5	Aug 1993	New Haven, United States	Championship Series	Hard	Steve DeVries	Cyril Suk Daniel Vacek	3–6, 6–7
Loss	8–6	Jan 1995	Sydney, Australia	World Series	Hard	Trevor Kronemann	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–7, 4–6
Win	9–6	Mar 1995	Scottsdale, United States	World Series	Hard	Trevor Kronemann	Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	10–6	Apr 1995	Barcelona, Spain	Championship Series	Clay	Trevor Kronemann	Goran Ivanišević Andrea Gaudenzi	6–2, 6–4
Win	11–6	May 1995	Munich, Germany	World Series	Clay	Trevor Kronemann	Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez	6–3, 6–4
Win	12–6	Feb 1996	San Jose, United States	World Series	Hard	Trevor Kronemann	Richey Reneberg Jonathan Stark	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	12–7	Jul 1996	Gstaad, Switzerland	World Series	Clay	Trevor Kronemann	Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez	6–4, 6–7, 6–7
Loss	12–8	Jun 1997	Rosmalen, Netherlands	World Series	Grass	Trevor Kronemann	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	4–6, 5–7
Loss	12–9	Jul 1997	Gstaad, Switzerland	World Series	Clay	Trevor Kronemann	Daniel Vacek Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–4, 6–7, 3–6
Loss	12–10	Mar 1998	Philadelphia, United States	Championship Series	Hard	Richey Reneberg	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6–7, 7–6, 2–6
Win	13–10	May 1998	St. Pölten, Austria	World Series	Clay	Jim Grabb	David Adams Wayne Black	6–4, 6–4
Loss	13–11	Mar 2000	Scottsdale, United States	International Series	Hard	Patrick Galbraith	Jared Palmer Richey Reneberg	3–6, 5–7
Win	14–11	Jan 2001	Adelaide, Australia	International Series	Hard	Grant Stafford	Wayne Arthurs Todd Woodbridge	6–7, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	14–12	Apr 2001	Casablanca, Morocco	International Series	Clay	Pablo Albano	Michael Hill Jeff Tarango	6–7, 3–6
Loss	14–13	Apr 2001	Atlanta, United States	International Series	Clay	Rick Leach	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	3–6, 6–7
Win	15–3	Oct 2001	Tokyo, Japan	Championship Series	Hard	Rick Leach	Paul Hanley Nathan Healey	1–6, 7–6, 7–6
Win	16–13	Jul 2003	Newport, United States	International Series	Grass	Jordan Kerr	Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer	7–6, 6–3

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Doubles: 9 (7–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (7–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (3–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (2–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 1989	São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Gerardo Mirad	Otavio Della Jaime Oncins	2–6, 7–6, 6–2
Loss	1–1	Jul 1989	Santos, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Gerardo Mirad	Cristian Araya Pedro Rebolledo	4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win	2–1	Aug 1989	Lins, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Gerardo Mirad	João Cunha-Silva Ivan Kley	2–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win	3–1	Aug 1989	Brasília, Brazil	Challenger	Carpet	Horacio de la Peña	Luis Ruette João Soares	6–3, 7–5
Loss	3–2	Sep 1989	Nyon, Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	João Cunha-Silva	Nicholas Fulwood Libor Pimek	7–6, 6–7, 4–6
Win	4–2	Nov 1990	Hobart, Australia	Challenger	Carpet	Brett Custer	Brett Steven Sandon Stolle	6–2, 6–7, 6–4
Win	5–2	Oct 1994	Brest, France	Challenger	Hard	Trevor Kronemann	Bryan Shelton Kevin Ullyett	6–1, 6–4
Win	6–2	Dec 1994	Naples, United States	Challenger	Clay	Trevor Kronemann	Marcos Ondruska Grant Stafford	6–3, 7–6
Win	7–2	Dec 2001	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Justin Gimelstob	Julian Knowle Michael Kohlmann	7–6^(7–5), 6–3

Performance timelines

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

Tournament	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	1R	Q1	1R	A	2R	Q2	Q2	1R	Q1	Q1	Q1	A	A	A	0 / 4	0–4	0%
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Wimbledon	A	Q1	A	Q1	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 4	0–4	0%
ATP Masters Series
Canada	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 1	0–1	0%

Doubles

Tournament	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	1R	2R	3R	A	2R	2R	A	1R	2R	1R	3R	2R	3R	2R	2R	SF	2R	3R	1R	2R	0 / 18	21–18	54%
French Open	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	1R	3R	2R	1R	1R	1R	3R	2R	3R	1R	2R	1R	1R	0 / 15	9–15	38%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	Q1	1R	Q1	2R	2R	3R	1R	3R	2R	1R	2R	QF	2R	1R	1R	QF	0 / 14	15–14	52%
US Open	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	2R	QF	2R	2R	2R	2R	QF	3R	2R	2R	QF	2R	2R	0 / 14	20–14	59%
Win–loss	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–3	1–3	0–0	2–4	7–4	4–4	3–4	4–4	4–4	6–4	5–4	10–4	3–4	6–4	1–4	5–4	0 / 61	65–61	52%
Year-end Championships
ATP Finals	Did not qualify									RR	DNQ			SF	Did not qualify						0 / 2	2–5	29%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	A	W	1R	1R	2R	SF	1R	1R	SF	1R	QF	2R	1 / 12	17–11	61%
Miami	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	3R	2R	3R	QF	3R	2R	3R	2R	3R	QF	2R	1R	1R	0 / 14	13–14	48%
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	2R	1R	2R	QF	1R	QF	1R	1R	2R	2R	0 / 12	8–12	40%
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	A	QF	1R	QF	QF	QF	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	0 / 11	9–11	45%
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	2R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	2R	A	0 / 11	3–11	21%
Canada	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	QF	1R	A	A	A	A	A	SF	1R	2R	2R	1R	1R	0 / 9	8–9	47%
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	1R	QF	2R	1R	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	SF	1R	A	1R	0 / 12	8–12	40%
Stuttgart	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	NMS	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Paris	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	1R	1R	A	2R	2R	QF	QF	A	1R	1R	A	0 / 10	8–10	44%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	0–1	0–0	8–8	5–7	7–4	4–7	3–5	6–7	9–7	9–8	5–8	9–7	1–8	4–7	2–5	1 / 92	74–91	45%

Mixed doubles

Tournament	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	SF	QF	A	1R	SF	2R	A	2R	2R	1R	2R	QF	2R	A	A	0 / 11	15–11	58%
French Open	A	A	2R	A	1R	QF	3R	3R	A	SF	2R	QF	SF	2R	2R	A	A	0 / 11	19–11	63%
Wimbledon	2R	1R	2R	A	1R	1R	1R	2R	3R	1R	3R	1R	3R	2R	2R	1R	2R	0 / 16	12–16	43%
US Open	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	2R	1R	QF	A	SF	2R	QF	1R	A	A	1R	0 / 10	10–10	50%
Win–loss	1–1	0–1	5–3	2–1	1–3	3–4	5–4	4–4	4–2	5–3	7–4	4–4	8–4	3–4	3–3	0–1	1–2	0 / 48	56–48	54%

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↑ Gatto, Luigi (16 August 2016). "Bryan Brothers Split with their coach David Macpherson". Tennis World USA. Retrieved 14 January 2018.

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[1] Gatto, Luigi (16 August 2016). "Bryan Brothers Split with their coach David Macpherson". Tennis World USA. Retrieved 14 January 2018.

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