Miles Maclagan

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Miles Maclagan
Miles Maclagan Hopman Cup Perth 2010.jpg
Country (sports) Flag of Zambia.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Zambia but only represented Great Britain
Residence Wimbledon, England
Born (1974-09-23) 23 September 1974 (age 48)
Kafue, Zambia
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Turned pro1993
Retired2003
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money $247,737
Singles
Career record3–11
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 172 (14 August 1995)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon 2R (1993, 1995)
Doubles
Career record6–14
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 200 (3 October 1994)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon 2R (2003)
Coaching career (2005–present)
Wayne Black and Kevin Ullyett
Paul Hanley and Kevin Ullyett 2006–2007
Great Britain Davis Cup team (2006)
Andy Murray 2007–2010
Philipp Kohlschreiber 2010–2011
Marcos Baghdatis 2010–2011
Laura Robson 2013
Sam Stosur 2013–2014
Borna Ćorić 2015–present
Coaching achievements
Coachee singles titles total13
Coachee(s) doubles titles total2
List of notable tournaments
(with champion)

Flag of Zimbabwe.svg 2005 Australian Open and 2005 Rogers Cup champion (Black and Ullyett doubles)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Murray career statistics (from 2007 to July 2010)

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Miles Maclagan (born 23 September 1974) is a Zambia born British tennis coach and former professional tennis player. He formerly coached British No.1s Laura Robson and Andy Murray.

Maclagan partnered Tim Henman successfully in the Davis Cup against Thailand, a match he called the moment of his life, [1] and helping Great Britain into the World Group.

Early life

He was born in Zambia to Scottish parents but moved to Harare, Zimbabwe when he was six years old. Maclagan primarily grew up in Harare. He regularly competed against Wayne Black.

Tennis career

He left Zimbabwe in 1988 to pursue tennis in the United Kingdom. [2] He reached a highest ranking of 172 in singles and 200 in doubles. He played in three Davis Cup ties for Great Britain, making his debut against Slovakia in 1995 and coming out of retirement to partner Tim Henman to victory against Thailand at the Birmingham NIA in 2002. [2] At Wimbledon in 1999, Maclagan managed to take a two set to love lead against Boris Becker, and had three match points on Becker's serve in the fourth set, before eventually losing in five sets.

His last match was at Wimbledon 2003 where he lost to Alex Kim in the first round.

Coaching

As a coach he worked with doubles specialists such as Wayne Black and Kevin Ulyett and was part of their team as they went on to win the Australian Open Doubles title in 2005. He subsequently continued to coach [3] the pairing of Kevin Ullyett and Paul Hanley after Wayne Black retired. At the end of 2007 he was invited to join up with fellow Scot and British No. 1 Andy Murray as part of his coaching team. [2]

On 27 July 2010, Andy Murray and Maclagan split. [4] But he was not out of employment for long as on 17 September he was hired by German player Philipp Kohlschreiber. [5] Between June 2011 to July 2012, he coached former World No.8 Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis.

In June 2013, it was announced that Maclagan would start coaching Laura Robson. [6] However this partnership ended in October 2013 and Sam Stosur chose Maclagan to replace David Taylor as her coach. [7] Stosur ended her coaching relationship with Maclagan in June 2014, ten days before the 2014 Wimbledon. [8] Maclagan began coaching Borna Ćorić in December 2015.

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References

  1. "Davis Cup: Maclagan lifts weight on famous shoulder" . Independent. 21 September 2002. Archived from the original on 14 May 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "Maclagan lined up as part of Murray coaching set-up". The Guardian. 29 November 2007.
  3. "Maclagan partners Henman". BBC Sport. 19 September 2002.
  4. "Murray splits from coach Maclagan". BBC News. 27 July 2010.
  5. "Maclagen to coach Kohlschreiber". BBC Sport. 17 September 2010.
  6. "Laura Robson: Miles Maclagan to work with British number one". BBC Sport. 4 June 2013.
  7. "Stosur Enlists Maclagan As Coach". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  8. "Sam Stosur splits with Miles MacLagan". Tennis World USA. 19 June 2014.