Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Residence | Boca Raton, Florida, United States |
Born | Santa Monica, California, United States | February 1, 1973
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Turned pro | 1991 |
Retired | 2003 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) [1] |
Prize money | $756,999 |
Singles | |
Career record | 46–67 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 64 (April 8, 1996) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (1996, 1997) |
French Open | 1R (1998) |
Wimbledon | 4R (1995) |
US Open | 2R (1991, 1993) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 8–21 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 181 (June 9, 2003) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Wimbledon | 1R (1995) |
US Open | 1R (1993, 1995, 1996) |
Last updated on: October 9, 2021. |
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.
Joyce and then-friend Erik Menendez [2] entered the 1989 Boys' Junior National Tennis Championship, [3] shortly 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.
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.
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]
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Apr 1994 | Puerto Vallarta, Mexico | Challenger | Hard | ![]() | 6–1, 7–6 |
Loss | 1–1 | Sep 1994 | Seoul, South Korea | Challenger | Hard | ![]() | 7–6, 3–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 1–2 | Nov 1994 | Glendale, United States | Challenger | Hard | ![]() | 1–6, 3–6 |
Win | 2–2 | Dec 1994 | [São Luís, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | ![]() | 6–3, 6–7, 7–6 |
Win | 3–2 | Dec 1998 | USA F10, Phoenix | Futures | Hard | ![]() | 6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 4–2 | Mar 2000 | [Hamilton, New Zealand | Challenger | Hard | ![]() | 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
Loss | 4–3 | Sep 2001 | Tarzana, United States | Challenger | Hard | ![]() | 6–7(6–8), 3–6 |
Win | 5–3 | Nov 2002 | USA F27, Hammond | Futures | Hard | ![]() | 7–6(10–8), 7–6(7–1) |
Win | 6–3 | Feb 2003 | Great Britain F4, Redbridge | Futures | Hard | ![]() | 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 |
Loss | 6–4 | Mar 2003 | USA F6, Mobile | Futures | Hard | ![]() | 6–7(6–8), 4–6 |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jan 1997 | Singapore, Singapore | Challenger | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–6, 6–4, 6–7 |
Loss | 0–2 | Jul 1997 | Flushing Meadows, United States | Challenger | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 1–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 0–3 | Oct 1999 | Japan F6, Fukuoka | Futures | Carpet | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–4, 6–7, 4–6 |
Loss | 0–4 | Nov 1999 | Yokohama, Japan | Challenger | Carpet | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 2–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 0–5 | Mar 2000 | [Hamilton, New Zealand | Challenger | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–7(4–7), 4–6 |
Win | 1–5 | Jul 2000 | USA F17, Chico | Futures | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–6(7–3), 6–7(3–7), 6–1 |
Win | 2–5 | Sep 2001 | Tarzana, United States | Challenger | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–1, 5–7, 7–6(8–6) |
Win | 3–5 | Jul 2002 | Granby, Canada | Challenger | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–0, 6–3 |
Loss | 3–6 | Aug 2002 | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 3–7 | Aug 2002 | Gramado, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–3, 5–7, 2–6 |
Win | 4–7 | Mar 2003 | USA F6, Mobile | Futures | Hard | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–7(0–7), 6–3, 7–5 |
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1991 | Wimbledon | Grass | ![]() | 4–6, 2–6 |
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Tournament | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | SR | W–L | Win % | ||||||||
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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% |
Tournament | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | SR | W–L | Win % | ||||||||||||||
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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% |