PLAYER PROFILE

David Taylor

“The good thing at least is Sam's beaten her a couple of times so that's a mental hurdle cleared.”

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
Stepped down from the role of Fed Cup captain in December 2012 (Alicia Molik was named captain in January 2013) to focus on coaching Sam Stosur
David Taylor and Sam Stosur parted ways in August 2013; they reunited in April 2015
In between he worked with Croatian-born Australian Ajla Tomljanovic