Sven Groeneveld (born 22 July 1965) is a Dutch former professional tennis player and coach.
He became a professional tennis player at the age of 19, but couldn’t achieve much success. His highest singles ranking was 826 and highest doubles ranking was 837 in 1986.
In 1989 he ended his tennis career, and became a coach. He has coached a wide variety of players, including Monica Seles, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Mary Pierce, Ana Ivanovic, Caroline Wozniacki, Michael Stich, Greg Rusedski, Nicolas Kiefer, Tommy Haas, Maria Sharapova and Mario Ančić, among others. He is also the former head of the Swiss Tennis federation. [1] [2]
Between May 2019 and October 2022, he was the coach of Canadian tennis player Bianca Andreescu. [3] Groeneveld made the split between him and Andreescu public himself, stating that he was looking for a new challenge. [4] In May 2023, Groeneveld started working with the Dutch tennis player Botic van de Zandschulp. [5]
Groeneveld is married to a Chinese Indonesian Natalia Cecilia Tanudjaja, together they have two children, one of them being Miss Universe Indonesia 2023 Fabiënne Nicole Groeneveld. [6] [7] [8]
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