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David Sammel - Coaching Achievements

British Players

The following table shows some of the players David Sammel has coached and what impact he made on their ranking. Those in bold reached Davis Cup status whilst coached by David Sammel:

Player

Ranking when started

Highest Ranking under David Sammel

* Denotes career high rankings

Martin Lee

177

93*

Andrew Richardson

352

133*

Arvind Parmar

464

137*

Barry Cowan

230

162*

Jamie Delgado

371

257

Miles MacLagan

343

281

Gary Henderson

328

237*

Nick Gould

360

317

Colin Beecher

334

334*

Tom Spinks

556

462*

Colin Bennett

-

593*

Nick Baglin

-

640*

Mick Boulding

-

993*

Nicola Payne

-

404*

International Players

Chris Haggard

370

238*

Gabi Coorengel

595

228*

Amy Van Buuren

-

320*

Significant Results under David Sammel

  • Martin Lee became the first British male player since Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski to make the top 100.

  • Andrew Richardson won his 1997 Davis Cup debut over Byron Black - world number 30 at the time - reported by the media as ‘probably the best debut in British history’. Went on to reach 3rd round of Wimbledon 1997.

  • Arvind Parmar qualified for Wimbledon 1999 and went on to beat Albert Costa, world number 16, in a major upset before losing to Greg Rusedski in the 2nd round. He also beat Cedric Pioline, former Wimbledon Finalist and world number 12 at the time.

  • Barry Cowan qualified for 2000 US Open, was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and played the epic Pete Sampras match at Wimbledon in 2001.

  • Miles MacLagan won the Bronx Challenger and had match points over Boris Becker at Wimbledon 1999.

  • Chris Haggard been as high as world number 3 in the Champions Race in doubles (May 2003) following the 2002 Australian Open semi-final appearance and winning the ATP event in Doha. A top 50 doubles player since 1996. Highest ranking 19 (Sept 2003)

  • Gabi Coorengel and Amy Van Buuren were both 105 in doubles (2nd round French Open and Wimbledon 1991) and played in every Grand Slam apart from Australian open.

 


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