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| Country (sports) |  United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | 24 January 1979 | ||||||||||||||
| Plays | Tennis | ||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | No. 760 | ||||||||||||||
| Doubles | |||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 623 | ||||||||||||||
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Iain Bates (born 24 January 1979) [1] is the head of women's tennis at the British Lawn Tennis Association (LTA).
Bates started playing tennis at the age of six. [2]
Bates was a promising British junior tennis player, [3] who won the boys doubles final at the 1996 Osaka Mayor's Cup, [4] and reached the second round of boys singles main draw at the Astrid Bowl and Junior Wimbledon in 1997. [2]
He later became a university lecturer. [3]
Bates was Lawn Tennis Association women's tennis manager until February 2013. [5]
Bates was appointed head of women's tennis at the Lawn Tennis Association in February 2013, replacing Leon Smith. [6] [5]
Bates was also the Lawn Tennis Association Olympic Team Leader for the 2016, [7] and 2020 Summer Olympics. [8] [9]
Bates has worked with Emma Raducanu since her early teens. [10] He was part of her support team for the 2021 US Open where she won, and became her temporary coach in April 2022. [11]
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