Sergio Cruz
Dipl. Tennis Teacher S.T.V. (Swiss Tennis), U.S.P.T.R. - U.S.P.T.A.
Nr. 1 Ranked Portugal 1978 - 1981
Davis Cup Player - Portugal 1970/1980
Kings Cup Player- Portugal 1978/1980
National Champion Portugal 1978 & 1980
Nr. 1 Ranked Portugal 1978 - 1981
Over 10 years International Tennis player (Davis Cup, Kings Cup, A.T.P.)
25 years experience as Coach, Teacher and Instructor.
1988/89/90 Trainer and Coach from Jim Courier, Ex-Nr. 1 ATP.
Besides Courier, through the years Sergio has given on court tennis instruction and training to players like; Pete Sampras, Cedric Pioline, Tim Mayotte, David Wheaton, Brad Gilbert, Mark Knowles, Bonnie Gaduzek, Julie Halard, Mary Pierce and many others.
Worked in cooperation with:
Mr. Harry Hopman (Coached Australia to 22 Davis Cup wins)
Nick Bollittieri
Dr. James Loehr ("Toughness for Tennis" and other books.) "Sergio Cruz, designed and lead the 6 month study on
periodization for the competition Tennis player group at the NBTA 1987/88 which results and observations where
acribicly noted by Yokito our assistant" Dr. James E. Loehr
Dr. Jeff Chandler (Sport Science Dr.)
Dr. Justino Esteves (Portugal Olympic Sports Medicine )
Dr. H. Krahl (Germany Olympic Sport Medicine Dr.)
Pat Echeberry (Movement and Speed specialist)
Between 1988, 89 and 90, under contract with IMG/NBTA, Sergio was FULLY responsible for all areas of Jim Couriers development - tennis, physical, mental training and ATP coaching.
Mind you, Sergio is not what you can call a fan or a bag carrier type Coach and he was not a push over as a tennis player either! Sergio, played more than 400 International Open prize money and ATP tournaments, with wins over many World class players (just to name a few):
- José Moreno Nr. 4 Spain 1976. (who among others beat John Newcombe N#1 ATP 1971)
- Alexandro Pierola Nr. 4 Chile 1977. (took Björn Borg to a 6/7 5/7 in Barcelona)
- Marko Ostoja N#2 Yugoslavia 1980. (Extended Stefan Edberg Nr. 1 ATP to a 6-3 6-7 6-3 in Basel 1984)
- Aktar Ali Nr. 2 India 1972, (with wins over the Armitraj brothers Vijay Nr. 7 ATP singles and Anand Nr. 1 ATP Doubles, as well as over Ramanathan Krishnan the best Indian player of all time with wins over players such as Rod Laver.)
- Bernard Boileau Nr. 1 Belgium 1980 (who later on beat Andrés Gomez, future winner of Roland Garros 1990)
This is not just another list of players – THIS PROVES SERGIO CAN PLAY and the tennis advise he will give you is world class.
Sergio speaks fluently:
Englisch, French, Spanisch, Portuguese, good German and some Italian
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