Player Profiles
Profile
- Began playing tennis aged eight and started coaching in 1992.
- Became a coach on the WTA Tour in 1995, based out of the Hopman Tennis Academy in the US.
- Touring WTA coach from 1995 to 2000.
- Coached at the Saddlebrook Tennis Academy in Florida from 1995-2000.
- Appointed by Tennis Australia as the national women’s travelling coach in 2001, working with Alicia Molik, Evie Dominikovic and Nicole Pratt.
- Nominated Australian Fed Cup coach in 2002 and 2003.
- Coached several top 20 WTA players, including former World Number 1’s Martina Hingis and Ana Ivanovic, US Open Champion Sam Stosur and Olympic bronze medallist Alicia Molik.
- Appointed captain of the Australian Fed Cup team in 2006 and has led the team for seven ties.
- Named the Australian Institute of Sport’s tennis program women’s coach in 2007, working with Casey Dellacqua, Jessica Moore and, currently, Stosur.
- Coached the Australian women’s team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
- Guided Sam Stosur to her maiden Grand Slam title, the 2011 US Open.
Video: Taylor talks tennis with Jarka
19 Apr 2012 Australian team captain Dave Taylor answers questions from Jarmila Gajdosova ahead of their Fed Cup tie against Germany in…