David Sammel (born in 1961 in

Johannesburg Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity, and is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. According to Dem ...

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) is a tennis coach, sports consultant and writer. Since 2010, David is the head coach at

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and the author of the boo
Locker Room Power: Building an Athlete’s Mind.
David has coached dozens of professional players and international junior champions. He currently coaches

Liam Broady Liam Tarquin Broady (born 4 January 1994) is a tennis player and current British No. 6. In 2010, he won the Boys' Doubles at Wimbledon with Tom Farquharson, and the Boys' Doubles at the Australian Open with Joshua Ward-Hibbert, as well as reac ...

, and

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doubles tennis players

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and

Matwé Middelkoop Matwé Middelkoop (; born 3 September 1983) is a Dutch professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He has won 13 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, most notably the 2022 Rotterdam Open alongside Robin Haase, and reached a career high dou ...

Coaching

David began coaching at The Metselaers club in Scheveningen, the Netherlands in 1987 whilst still representing the club as a player, assisting with their promotion to the top division. In 1989 after captaining the Manchester Mortgage Corporation League team, he accepted the head coach position at the Matchpoint Indoor Club. He later worked as a National Coach for th
Lawn Tennis Association
(1996-2006) before founding the Monte Carlo Tennis Academy (MCTA) with Jez Green. He has been prolific in British tennis, coaching amongst others

Jamie Delgado Jamie Delgado (born 21 March 1977) is a British tennis coach and former professional player. Delgado has represented Great Britain in the Davis Cup, most recently in 2006. Delgado holds the all-time male record for playing in consecutive Wimb ...

Arvind Parmar Arvind Parmar (born 1978 in Hitchin, Hertfordshire) is a former British professional tennis player whose career ran from 1997 to 2006. After retiring, he coached British junior No. 1, Ahmed El Menshawy. and also coached another British junior, ...

, Andrew Richardson,

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, Barry Cowan,

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and current players

and

Samantha Murray Samantha Murray (born 25 September 1989) is an English modern pentathlete. She won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and the bronze medal at the 2012 World Championships. In 2014, she won individual gold and team silver medals at t ...

. Players from other countries include

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and Marius Barnard. Richardson achieved a five set win over top 30 player Byron Black and reached the third round of Wimbledon in 1997. In 1999 Miles Maclagan held two match-points against Boris Becker and Arvind Parmar qualified for Wimbledon going on to upset the seeded future French Open champion

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. In 2001, Barry Cowan extended Pete Sampras to five sets in the memorable "You'll never walk alone" court one encounter. Liam Broady was selected for Davis Cup in 2018 and Sam Murray has been part of the Federation Cup squad in 2013. Currently David Sammel and the team of coaches at TeamBath help guide

, Anna Smith,

(NZ Davis Cup) and Luke Johnson. David is an officially recognised ATP Tour coach.

TeamBath-MCTA

In 2006, David founded the Monte Carlo Tennis Academy (MCTA) in Monaco alongside fitness trainer, Jez Green, who left in December 2007 to become Andy Murray's trainer. The purpose of the academy was to discover, train and manage junior tennis players into top professionals. Players training at the academy included Anna Fitzpatrick, Stefania Boffa,

Ana Veselinović Ana Veselinović ( sr-Cyrl, Ана Веселиновић, ; born 22 February 1988) is a former professional tennis player from Montenegro. She has won six singles titles and 31 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 10 September 2007, she reac ...

Henri Kontinen Henri Kontinen (; born 19 June 1990) is an inactive Finnish professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. After being forced to end his singles career at a young age due to injuries, having reached a career-high ranking of ...

, Christina Mathis and Ilija Vucic. Fitzpatrick was a 2007 junior Wimbledon semi-finalist. Vucic was semi finalist in the Eddie Herr International Junior Championships (losing to

Grigor Dimitrov Grigor Dimitrov ( bg, Григор Димитров, ; born 16 May 1991) is a Bulgarian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 3 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved o ...

), a finalist of 2009 Astrid Bowl in Belgium, won the 2008 Orange Bowl doubles (with Xander Spong) and finished as a top 30 ranked junior. Kontinen was a 2008 Wimbledon junior finalist. The loss of sponsorship in 2008 curtailed the growing success of the academy. In 2010, the MCTA relocated and joined with Bath University to form TeamBath-MCTA.

Writing

David regularly writes about sport, psychology and coaching for magazines, websites and his blog. He is a regular columnist fo
Tennishead Magazine
and has articles published on websites includin
leadersinsport.comtennis4everyone.comjezgreen.com
an
tennisatthenet.com
David's first book, Locker Room Power: Building an Athlete's Mind, was published in January 2014 and has been positively referenced by sports personalities including Stuart Lancaster,

Judy Murray Judith Mary Murray, OBE (née Erskine; born 8 September 1959) is a Scottish tennis coach. She is the mother of professional tennis players Jamie and Sir Andy Murray. Life and career Murray was born on 8 September 1959 in Bridge of Allan, Sti ...

and

Tim Henman Timothy Henry Henman (born 6 September 1974) is a British former professional tennis player. Henman played a serve-and-volley style of tennis. He was the first British man to reach the singles semifinals of Wimbledon since Roger Taylor in th ...

. David has published to further books
A Guide To Moving From Junior To Professional Tennis
an
Belief vs Confidence: 8 steps to changing your life
In 2017 he was a contributing author to two books on leadershi
Fit-For-Purpose Leadership #1 and #2

Consultancy

David provides Sports Psychology & Coaching Workshops and Consultancy for professional sports teams and coaches. He has provided consultancy for football clubs including

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, Fulham and Bolton Wanderers. He is a speaker at various conferences and can be booked via th
Atlantic Speakers Agency

Podcast

In January 2015, David released the first episode of the Locker Room Power Podcast in which he discusses sporting events and sports psychology. The first episode featured tennis coach Anthony Hampson alongside David. Subsequent episodes have featured tennis players Richard Gabb and Scott Clayton and consultant Efe Ekhaese.

References

External links

Official website

TeamBath-MCTA

ATP World Tour Profile
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