Country (sports) | United States |
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Residence | Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, U.S. |
Born | High Point, North Carolina, U.S. | June 2, 1973
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) |
Turned pro | 1991 |
Plays | Right-handed |
Prize money | US$ 295,543 |
Singles | |
Career record | 15–23 (39.5%) |
Career titles | 0 2 Challenger, 0 Futures |
Highest ranking | No. 128 (8 November 1993) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (1998) |
French Open | Q3 (1994) |
Wimbledon | 1R (1994) |
US Open | 2R (1994) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 13–17 (43.3%) |
Career titles | 0 2 Challenger, 0 Futures |
Highest ranking | No. 157 (22 August 1994) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
French Open | 1R (1994) |
Wimbledon | Q3 (1993) |
US Open | 3R (1993) |
David Witt (born June 2, 1973) is an American former professional tennis player best known as the former long-time coach of Venus Williams and Jessica Pegula. He enjoyed a successful junior career, during which time he won the USTA Boys' 16s Clay, Hard and National Championships and was the top-ranked under-16 in the USTA in 1989. [1] He was also a semi-finalist at the US Open Junior Boys Singles event in 1991. [2]
His closest career win on the main tour was in the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships in Birmingham, Alabama, where he and Brian MacPhie were runners-up in the doubles in 1994. He did win two challenger-level events in his career: Guadalajara, Mexico in 1992 and the Levene Gouldin & Thompson Tennis Challenger at Binghamton, New York in 1997. He retired from professional tennis in 2005.
In 2002, while working as the resident pro at the Deerwood Country Club in Jacksonville, Florida, Witt was approached by the Williams sisters to act as a hitting partner during their participation at the Bausch & Lomb Championships at nearby Amelia Island. In 2007, they asked him to accompany them to Charleston, South Carolina for the Family Circle Cup. [3] Since then he has acted as a travelling hitting partner for both women, [4] most notably for elder sister Venus. [5] [6] In December 2018, Venus ended the 11-year partnership. [7] David Witt coached Jessica Pegula from July 2019 [8] to January 2024. In March 2024, Witt began coaching Maria Sakkari. [9]
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Apr 1994 | Birmingham, United States | World Series | Clay | Brian MacPhie | Richey Reneberg Christo van Rensburg | 6–2, 3–6, 2–6 |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0-1 | Sep 1991 | Whistler Mountain, Canada | Challenger | Hard | Fabio Silberberg | 5–7, 3–6 |
Win | 1-1 | Nov 1992 | Guadalajara, Mexico | Challenger | Clay | Mark Koevermans | 6–4, 6–3 |
Loss | 1-2 | Aug 1994 | Binghamton, United States | Challenger | Hard | Leander Paes | 4–6, 2–6 |
Win | 2-2 | Aug 1997 | Binghamton, United States | Challenger | Hard | Brian MacPhie | 6–2, 6–4 |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Jul 1994 | Winnetka, United States | Challenger | Hard | Brian MacPhie | Doug Flach Wade McGuire | 7–5, 6–2 |
Loss | 1–1 | Jul 1997 | Flushing Meadows, United States | Challenger | Hard | Michael Joyce | Geoff Grant Mark Merklein | 1–6, 4–6 |
Win | 2–1 | Apr 1998 | Birmingham, United States | Challenger | Clay | Doug Flach | Eyal Erlich Eric Taino | 6–4, 7–5 |
Loss | 2–2 | May 2004 | USA F11, Orange Park | Futures | Clay | Scott Melville | Levar Harper-Griffith Chris Kwon | 5–7, 3–6 |
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | SR | W–L | Win % | ||||||||||||
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | A | Q3 | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||||||||||||
French Open | A | A | A | Q2 | Q3 | Q2 | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||||||
Wimbledon | A | Q1 | Q1 | Q3 | 1R | Q2 | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||||||||||||
US Open | 1R | 1R | Q2 | 1R | 2R | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | 20% | ||||||||||||
Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0 / 6 | 1–6 | 14% | ||||||||||||
ATP Tour Masters 1000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indian Wells | A | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||||||
Miami | A | 2R | A | Q1 | Q3 | A | Q1 | A | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | ||||||||||||
Canada | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||||||
Cincnnati | A | A | A | Q3 | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||||||
Win–loss | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
Tournament | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | SR | W–L | Win % | |||||||||||||
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |||||||||||||
French Open | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |||||||||||||
Wimbledon | A | A | Q3 | Q2 | A | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |||||||||||||
US Open | 1R | A | 3R | 2R | A | A | 2R | Q1 | 0 / 4 | 4–4 | 50% | |||||||||||||
Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0 / 5 | 4–5 | 44% | |||||||||||||
ATP Tour Masters 1000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miami | A | A | Q2 | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |||||||||||||
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
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