Michael Joyce (tennis)
Michael T. Joyce (born February 1, 1973) is an American former tennis player, who turned professional in 1991. The right-hander reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 64 in April 1996. He also became a coach of professional players, most notably former world number one Maria Sharapova from 2004 to 2011.
| Full name | Michael T. Joyce |
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| Country (sports) | United States |
| Residence | Boca Raton, Florida, United States |
| Born | February 1, 1973 Santa Monica, California, United States |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Turned pro | 1991 |
| Retired | 2003 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand)[1] |
| Prize money | $756,999 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 46–67 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 64 (8 April 1996) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (1996, 1997) |
| French Open | 1R (1998) |
| Wimbledon | 4R (1995) |
| US Open | 2R (1991, 1993) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 8–21 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 181 (9 June 2003) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | 1R (1995) |
| US Open | 1R (1993, 1995, 1996) |
| Last updated on: 9 October 2021. | |
Tennis career
Juniors
He reached the final of the Wimbledon Jr event in 1991, where he was runner-up to Thomas Enqvist.
Professional tennis player
On the professional tour, Joyce won 3 Challenger events and reached the 4th round of the 1995 Wimbledon Championships. He won the men's singles in the Ojai Tennis Tournament in 2004.[2]
He was the subject of an essay by David Foster Wallace in Esquire;[1] the essay was later republished in Wallace's collections A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again and String Theory.
Throughout his time on the tour from 1991 to 2003, Joyce won against Pat Rafter, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Jim Courier and Michael Chang, and many more top players.[3]
Overall, Joyce's win–loss record is 46–67. He went 1-10 versus top 10 players.[4]
Coach
Joyce was the coach of Maria Sharapova, along with her father, Yuri Sharapov, from summer 2004 until January 2011, when he was replaced by Thomas Högstedt. During her cooperation with Joyce, Sharapova won three Grand Slam singles titles and reached the World No. 1 ranking.[5]
Joyce coached American tennis player Jessica Pegula from 2012 to 2017. While with Joyce, in 2013 before suffering from an injury, Pegula reached a career high singles world ranking of 123 and a doubles world ranking of 92.
Joyce coached former world No. 1 Maria Sharapova for more than a decade. He has now joined USTA Player Development as the women's tennis national coach.[6] In 2017, Joyce coached former world number one Victoria Azarenka for 8 months after she returned to competition following maternity leave. However, with family issues interrupting her schedule, the pair split at the end of the year,[7] and Joyce took up the position of coach to Johanna Konta.[8] In October 2018, Joyce split ways with Konta and began coaching Eugenie Bouchard.[9] In April 2019, Joyce split ways with Bouchard;[10] two months later he started to work with Tímea Babos.[11]
Personal life
Joyce currently lives in Boca Raton, Florida, with his wife Jenna and their daughter (born May 2016).
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 10 (6–4)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Apr 1994 | Puerto Vallarta, Mexico | Challenger | Hard | Leonardo Lavalle | 6–1, 7–6 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Sep 1994 | Seoul, South Korea | Challenger | Hard | David Nainkin | 7–6, 3–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Nov 1994 | Glendale, United States | Challenger | Hard | Christian Ruud | 1–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 2–2 | Dec 1994 | [São Luís, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | Roger Smith | 6–3, 6–7, 7–6 |
| Win | 3–2 | Dec 1998 | USA F10, Phoenix | Futures | Hard | Thomas Blake | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 4–2 | Mar 2000 | [Hamilton, New Zealand | Challenger | Hard | Gouichi Motomura | 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 4–3 | Sep 2001 | Tarzana, United States | Challenger | Hard | Levar Harper-Griffith | 6–7(6–8), 3–6 |
| Win | 5–3 | Nov 2002 | USA F27, Hammond | Futures | Hard | Tripp Phillips | 7–6(10–8), 7–6(7–1) |
| Win | 6–3 | Feb 2003 | Great Britain F4, Redbridge | Futures | Hard | Stefano Pescosolido | 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 |
| Loss | 6–4 | Mar 2003 | USA F6, Mobile | Futures | Hard | Peter Clarke | 6–7(6–8), 4–6 |
Doubles: 11 (4–7)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Jan 1997 | Singapore, Singapore | Challenger | Hard | Scott Melville | Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes | 4–6, 6–4, 6–7 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Jul 1997 | Flushing Meadows, United States | Challenger | Hard | David Witt | Geoff Grant Mark Merklein | 1–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 0–3 | Oct 1999 | Japan F6, Fukuoka | Futures | Carpet | Kyle Spencer | Tasuku Iwami Ryuso Tsujino | 6–4, 6–7, 4–6 |
| Loss | 0–4 | Nov 1999 | Yokohama, Japan | Challenger | Carpet | Kyle Spencer | Satoshi Iwabuchi Thomas Shimada | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 0–5 | Mar 2000 | [Hamilton, New Zealand | Challenger | Hard | Jim Thomas | Neville Godwin Michael Hill | 6–7(4–7), 4–6 |
| Win | 1–5 | Jul 2000 | USA F17, Chico | Futures | Hard | Luke Smith | Zack Fleishman Robert Kendrick | 7–6(7–3), 6–7(3–7), 6–1 |
| Win | 2–5 | Sep 2001 | Tarzana, United States | Challenger | Hard | Zack Fleishman | Kyle Spencer Glenn Weiner | 6–1, 5–7, 7–6(8–6) |
| Win | 3–5 | Jul 2002 | Granby, Canada | Challenger | Hard | Noam Behr | Thomas Dupre Simon Larose | 6–0, 6–3 |
| Loss | 3–6 | Aug 2002 | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | Denis Golovanov | Daniel Melo Marcelo Melo | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 3–7 | Aug 2002 | Gramado, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | Denis Golovanov | Alessandro Guevara Dejan Petrovic | 6–3, 5–7, 2–6 |
| Win | 4–7 | Mar 2003 | USA F6, Mobile | Futures | Hard | Kevin Kim | Josh Goffi Travis Parrott | 6–7(0–7), 6–3, 7–5 |
Junior Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 1991 | Wimbledon | Grass | Thomas Enqvist | 4–6, 2–6 |
Performance timelines
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Singles
| Tournament | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | SR | W–L | Win % | ||||||||
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| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | Q1 | A | Q2 | A | 2R | 2R | A | Q3 | A | Q2 | A | A | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% | ||||||||
| French Open | A | A | A | Q1 | A | 1R | A | Q1 | A | Q1 | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||||||||
| Wimbledon | A | A | Q2 | Q1 | 4R | 1R | Q2 | Q1 | Q3 | Q1 | Q1 | Q1 | Q1 | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | 60% | ||||||||
| US Open | 2R | Q1 | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | Q2 | Q2 | Q1 | Q3 | Q1 | Q1 | 0 / 5 | 2–5 | 29% | ||||||||
| Win–loss | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 10 | 7–10 | 41% | ||||||||
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | A | Q1 | 3R | Q2 | Q2 | A | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% | ||||||||
| Miami Open | A | A | Q3 | Q2 | 3R | QF | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 6–3 | 67% | ||||||||
| Canada Masters | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | Q2 | Q1 | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | ||||||||
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | Q2 | Q1 | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||||||||
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 6–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 6 | 9–6 | 60% | ||||||||
Doubles
| Tournament | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | SR | W–L | Win % | ||||||||||||||
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| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||||||||
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | Q2 | A | 1R | A | A | Q2 | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||||||||||||||
| US Open | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | A | Q1 | Q1 | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% | ||||||||||||||
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 4 | 0–4 | 0% | ||||||||||||||
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||||||||
| Miami Open | A | A | Q2 | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||||||||
| Canada Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | ||||||||||||||
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | ||||||||||||||
References
- ^ a b Wallace, David Foster (2008-09-17). "The String Theory". Esquire. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
- ^ http://ojaitourney.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Past_Champions-070513.pdf[bare URL PDF]
- ^ Werner, George L. W. (1991), "A Word from the Other Players", New Harvest, Totowa, NJ: Humana Press, pp. 255–266, doi:10.1007/978-1-4612-0489-3_16, ISBN 978-1-4612-6785-0, retrieved 2021-03-21
- ^ "Michael Joyce | FedEx ATP Win/Loss | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
- ^ "Sharapova's long-time coach leaves job". RIA Novosti. January 16, 2011. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
- ^ "Q&A: Michael Joyce, former coach of Maria Sharapova, joins USTA Player Development as national coach". www.usta.com. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
- ^ "Azarenka splits with coach Joyce".
- ^ "Johanna Konta hires Maria Sharapova's 'fantastic' former coach | Sport | The Times".
- ^ "Konta splits with coach Michael Joyce, Bouchard hires him - Women's Tennis Blog".
- ^ @mikejoyce73 (27 April 2019). "Genie and I have mutually decided to end our professional relationship at this time. I wish her all the best" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Wimbledon: Babos Tímea amerikai sztáredzővel készül". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). 20 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
External links
- Michael Joyce at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Michael Joyce at the International Tennis Federation
- Esquire: "The String Theory," July 1996