Michael Joyce (tennis)

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Michael Joyce
Country (sports)Flag of the United States.svg United States
Residence Boca Raton, Florida, United States
Born (1973-02-01) February 1, 1973 (age 52)
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 (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 record8–21
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 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.

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Tennis career

Juniors

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.

Professional tennis player

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

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]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 10 (6–4)

Legend
ATP Challenger (3–3)
ITF Futures (3–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (6–4)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Apr 1994 Puerto Vallarta, MexicoChallengerHard Flag of Mexico.svg Leonardo Lavalle 6–1, 7–6
Loss1–1Sep 1994 Seoul, South KoreaChallengerHard Flag of South Africa.svg David Nainkin 7–6, 3–6, 5–7
Loss1–2Nov 1994 Glendale, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of Norway.svg Christian Ruud 1–6, 3–6
Win2–2Dec 1994 [São Luís, BrazilChallengerHard Flag of the Bahamas.svg Roger Smith 6–3, 6–7, 7–6
Win3–2Dec 1998USA F10, Phoenix FuturesHard Flag of the United States.svg Thomas Blake 6–4, 6–4
Win4–2Mar 2000 [Hamilton, New ZealandChallengerHard Flag of Japan.svg Gouichi Motomura 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss4–3Sep 2001 Tarzana, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Levar Harper-Griffith 6–7(6–8), 3–6
Win5–3Nov 2002USA F27, Hammond FuturesHard Flag of the United States.svg Tripp Phillips 7–6(10–8), 7–6(7–1)
Win6–3Feb 2003Great Britain F4, Redbridge FuturesHard Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Pescosolido 6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Loss6–4Mar 2003USA F6, Mobile FuturesHard Flag of Ireland.svg Peter Clarke 6–7(6–8), 4–6

Doubles: 11 (4–7)

Legend
ATP Challenger (2–6)
ITF Futures (2–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–5)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Jan 1997 Singapore, SingaporeChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Scott Melville Flag of India.svg Mahesh Bhupathi
Flag of India.svg Leander Paes
4–6, 6–4, 6–7
Loss0–2Jul 1997 Flushing Meadows, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg David Witt Flag of the United States.svg Geoff Grant
Flag of the United States.svg Mark Merklein
1–6, 4–6
Loss0–3Oct 1999Japan F6, Fukuoka FuturesCarpet Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kyle Spencer Flag of Japan.svg Tasuku Iwami
Flag of Japan.svg Ryuso Tsujino
6–4, 6–7, 4–6
Loss0–4Nov 1999 Yokohama, JapanChallengerCarpet Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kyle Spencer Flag of Japan.svg Satoshi Iwabuchi
Flag of Japan.svg Thomas Shimada
2–6, 4–6
Loss0–5Mar 2000 [Hamilton, New ZealandChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Jim Thomas Flag of South Africa.svg Neville Godwin
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Hill
6–7(4–7), 4–6
Win1–5Jul 2000USA F17, Chico FuturesHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Luke Smith Flag of the United States.svg Zack Fleishman
Flag of the United States.svg Robert Kendrick
7–6(7–3), 6–7(3–7), 6–1
Win2–5Sep 2001 Tarzana, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Zack Fleishman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kyle Spencer
Flag of the United States.svg Glenn Weiner
6–1, 5–7, 7–6(8–6)
Win3–5Jul 2002 Granby, CanadaChallengerHard Flag of Israel.svg Noam Behr Flag of France.svg Thomas Dupre
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Simon Larose
6–0, 6–3
Loss3–6Aug 2002 Belo Horizonte, BrazilChallengerHard Flag of Russia.svg Denis Golovanov Flag of Brazil.svg Daniel Melo
Flag of Brazil.svg Marcelo Melo
3–6, 4–6
Loss3–7Aug 2002 Gramado, BrazilChallengerHard Flag of Russia.svg Denis Golovanov Flag of Brazil.svg Alessandro Guevara
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dejan Petrovic
6–3, 5–7, 2–6
Win4–7Mar 2003USA F6, Mobile FuturesHard Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Kim Flag of Brazil.svg Josh Goffi
Flag of the United States.svg Travis Parrott
6–7(0–7), 6–3, 7–5

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss 1991 Wimbledon Grass Flag of Sweden.svg Thomas Enqvist 4–6, 2–6

Performance timelines

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(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 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q1 A Q2 A 2R 2R A Q3 A Q2 AA0 / 22–250%
French Open AAA Q1 A 1R A Q1 A Q1 AAA0 / 10–10%
Wimbledon AA Q2 Q1 4R 1R Q2 Q1 Q3 Q1 Q1 Q1 Q1 0 / 23–260%
US Open 2R Q1 2R A 1R 1R 1R Q2 Q2 Q1 Q3 Q1 Q1 0 / 52–529%
Win–loss1–10–01–10–03–21–41–20–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 107–1041%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters AAAA Q1 3R Q2 Q2 AAA Q1 Q1 0 / 12–167%
Miami Open AA Q3 Q2 3R QF 1R AAAAAA0 / 36–367%
Canada Masters AAAA 2R AAA Q2 Q1 AAA0 / 11–150%
Cincinnati Masters AAAAA 1R AA Q2 Q1 AAA0 / 10–10%
Win–loss0–00–00–00–03–26–30–10–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 69–660%

Doubles

Tournament 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AAAAAAA0 / 00–0  
French Open AAAAAAA0 / 00–0  
Wimbledon Q2 A 1R AA Q2 A0 / 10–10%
US Open 1R A 1R 1R A Q1 Q1 0 / 30–30%
Win–loss0–10–00–20–10–00–00–00 / 40–40%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters AAA Q1 AAA0 / 00–0  
Miami Open AA Q2 AAAA0 / 00–0  
Canada Masters AAAAAA 2R 0 / 11–150%
Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–01–10 / 11–150%

References

  1. 1 2 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.