Roland Burtscher (born 15 June 1969) is an Austrian tennis coach and former professional player. Burtscher, the Austrian national champion in 1992, began competing on the professional tour that year and reached his career high singles ranking of 315 in 1994. While competing in qualifiers at the

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, Burtscher had his tennis rackets and shoes stolen from his rental car, which was parked outside a restaurant. He had to borrow a racket from

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, who was coaching

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at the tournament. With the borrowed racket he was able to make it into the main draw and also won his first round match against Sébastien Lareau. His only other ATP Tour main draw win came later in the season at Kitzbuhel, where he defeated 100 player

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. From 2003 to 2020 he was employed as a coach by

Swiss Tennis Swiss Tennis is the governing body of tennis in Switzerland. It is headquartered at the national tennis center in Biel/Bienne , french: Biennois(e) , neighboring_municipalities= Brügg, Ipsach, Leubringen/Magglingen (''Evilard/Macolin''), Ni ...

. One of his roles was as an assistant coach of Switzerland's Fed Cup team.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Burtscher, Roland 1969 births Living people Austrian male tennis players Austrian tennis coaches Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland People from Bludenz District Sportspeople from Vorarlberg