Peter Carter (9 August 1964 – 1 August 2002) was an Australian tennis player and coach. He is widely known as the first and most influential coach of

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Playing career

Carter won the 1985 Melbourne Tennis Tournament with

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. He reached a career high of 173 in singles and 117 in doubles on the ATP, but his career was hampered by injuries.

Coaching career

Carter is widely known particularly as the coach of tennis champion

. He met Federer when he was 9 and quickly identified him as a future world no 1. Federer has said that “Peter was an incredibly inspirational and important person in my life. He taught me respect for each person. I can never thank him enough.” Federer won his first Grand Slam event the year following Carter’s death at the

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Death

Carter died in a car accident on 1 August, 2002 while on a belated honeymoon to Kruger National Park in South Africa (his wife Sylvia had been recovering from Hodgkin's disease). Carter was in a vehicle which swerved off the road to avoid a head-on collision with a minivan.

Career finals

Doubles (1 titles)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Carter, Peter 1974 births 2002 deaths Australian male tennis players Australian tennis coaches Roger Federer Tennis players from Adelaide Road incident deaths in South Africa