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David Macpherson Current position Player/National Team Bob Bryan, Mike Bryan Biographical details Born July 3, 1967 Place of birth Launceston, Tasmania, Australia 1985–2003 Australia Coaching career 2005– Bob Bryan-Mike Bryan (2005–)[1] Coaching achievements Coachee(s) Doubles Titles total 45(B-M), 5(B) (50 total) List of notable tournaments (with champion) 2007 Davis Cup champions (Bryan brothers)
List of titles (from August 2005)David Macpherson (born 3 July 1967 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia) is a former professional male tennis player on the ATP tour.
A product of player and coach, Tony Roche's junior tennis academy, he played lefthanded and turned professional in 1985. As a junior player Macpherson was one of Australia's top prospects in his peer group, reaching the U.S. Open Junior Doubles Tournament finals in 1983 and winning the Australia Open Junior Doubles title in 1985 (with Brett Custer).
Known primarily as a doubles specialist, Macpherson's professional career was highlighted by his 1992 season with partner, Steve DeVries, where they won doubles titles in Milan, Manchester, Indian Wells, Atlanta, Charlotte and Brisbane to finish No. 8 in the year end Team Rankings and qualifying for ATP Tour World Doubles Championships.
In November of that year he achieved his high personal rank of #11 in the doubles ranking. During his career,Macpherson captured 16 doubles titles on the ATP tour and earned over $1.7 million USD in career earnings.
Throughout his pro career, Macpherson was a regular player in World Team Tennis league for the Sacramento and Kansas City Explorers franchises. He currently coaches #1 ranked American doubles players Bob and Mike Bryan.
Doubles titles (16)
No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponents in the final Score 1. 1990 Toronto, Canada Carpet Patrick Galbraith Neil Broad / Kevin Curren 2–6, 6–4, 6–3 2. 1992 Milan, Italy Carpet Neil Broad Sergio Casal / Emilio Sánchez 5–7, 7–5, 6–4 3. 1992 Indian Wells, USA Hard Steve DeVries Kent Kinnear / Sven Salumaa 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 4. 1992 Atlanta, USA Clay Steve DeVries Mark Keil / Dave Randall 6–3, 6–3 5. 1992 Charlotte, USA Clay Steve DeVries Bret Garnett / Jared Palmer 6–4, 7–6 6. 1992 Manchester, England Grass Patrick Galbraith Jeremy Bates / Laurie Warder 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 7. 1992 Brisbane, Australia Hard (i) Steve DeVries Patrick McEnroe / Jonathan Stark 6–4, 6–4 8. 1993 Nice, France Clay Laurie Warder Shelby Cannon / Scott Melville 3–4, retired 9. 1995 Scottsdale, USA Hard Trevor Kronemann Luis Lobo / Javier Sánchez 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 10. 1995 Barcelona, Spain Clay Trevor Kronemann Goran Ivanišević / Andrea Gaudenzi 6–2, 6–4 11. 1995 Munich, Germany Clay Trevor Kronemann Luis Lobo / Javier Sánchez 6–3, 6–4 12. 1996 San Jose, USA Hard (i) Trevor Kronemann Richey Reneberg / Jonathan Stark 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 13. 1998 St. Pölten, Austria Clay Jim Grabb David Adams / Wayne Black 6–4, 6–4 14. 2001 Adelaide, Australia Hard Grant Stafford Wayne Arthurs / Todd Woodbridge 6–7, 6–4, 6–4 15. 2001 Tokyo, Japan Hard Rick Leach Paul Hanley / Nathan Healey 1–6, 7–6, 7–6 16. 2003 Newport, USA Grass Jordan Kerr Julian Knowle / Jürgen Melzer 7–6, 6–3 References
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Australian Open boys' doubles champions 1969 Neil Higgins / John James • 1970 Allan McDonald / Greg Perkins • 1971 John Marks / Michael Phillips • 1972 Bill Durham / Steve Myers • 1973 Terry Saunders / Graham Thoroughgood • 1974 David Carter / Trevor Little • 1975 Glenn Busby / Warren Maher • 1976 Peter McCarthy / Charlie Fancutt • 1977 (Jan) Phil Davies / Peter Smylie • 1977 (Dec) Ray Kelly / Geoffrey Thams • 1978 Michael Fancutt / Bill Gilmour, Jr. • 1979 Michael Fancutt / Greg Whitecross • 1980 Wally Masur / Craig Miller • 1981 David Lewis / Tony Withers • 1982 Brendan Burke / Mark Hartnett • 1983 Jamie Harty / Des Tyson • 1984 Mike Baroch / Mark Kratzmann • 1985 Brett Custer / David Macpherson • 1987 Jason Stoltenberg / Todd Woodbridge • 1988 Jason Stoltenberg / Todd Woodbridge • 1989 Johan Anderson / Todd Woodbridge • 1990 Roger Pettersson / Marten Renstroem • 1991 Grant Doyle / Joshua Eagle • 1992 Grant Doyle / Brad Sceney • 1993 Lars Rehmann / Christian Tambue • 1994 Ben Ellwood / Mark Philippoussis • 1995 Luke Bourgeois / Lee Jong-min • 1996 Daniele Bracciali / Jocelyn Robichaud • 1997 David Sherwood / James Trotman • 1998 Julien Jeanpierre / Jérôme Haehnel • 1999 Jürgen Melzer / Kristian Pless • 2000 Nicolas Mahut / Tommy Robredo • 2001 Ytai Abougzir / Luciano Vitullo • 2002 Todd Reid / Ryan Henry • 2003 Scott Oudsema / Phillip Simmonds • 2004 Brendan Evans / Scott Oudsema • 2005 Sun Yong-kim / Yi Chu-huan • 2006 Błażej Koniusz / Grzegorz Panfil • 2007 Graeme Dyce / Harri Heliövaara • 2008 Hsieh Cheng-peng / Yang Tsung-hua • 2009 Francis Alcantara / Hsieh Cheng-peng • 2010 Justin Eleveld / Jannick Lupescu 2011 Filip Horanský / Jiří Veselý
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