Larry Stefanki

Larry Stefanki ( born July 23, 1957 in Elmhurst, Illinois ) is an American former tennis player and tennis coach.

Tennis career

He played from 1979 nine years on the ATP Tour, where he won three tournaments in a single tournament and in doubles. In the world ranking was its highest ranking of 39th place.

He is better known as a tennis coach. He coached among others John McEnroe, Marcelo Ríos, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, and Tim Henman. Rios and Kafelnikov he made the Number 1 in the world rankings and Henman managed under his direction at # 4 in the world rankings. Stefanki was also coach of Fernando González. Under Stefanki managed the Chilean one behind the other in the finals of Vienna, the Masters in Madrid and the Davidoff Swiss Indoors in Basel in 2006. At the Australian Open 2007 managed González to the finals, his best world ranking placement was ranked 5th He was also the coach of his compatriot Andy Roddick. Roddick changed using Stefankis his game meaning that it coped better on all surfaces. This he succeeded in 2009, the semifinals at the Australian Open for the first time in the second round at the French Open and the final of the Wimbledon Championships.