Thomas Couch (born 17 June 1988) is a

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

trainer and former professional

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player. Couch played three games in two seasons for the

Melbourne Football Club The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Demons, is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. It is based in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, ...

in the

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(AFL) but was delisted at the end of the 2013 season. Couch was recruited by Melbourne in the 2012 Rookie Draft with pick number 24. He made his debut in round 16,

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, against at

Docklands Stadium Docklands Stadium, also currently known by naming rights sponsorship as Marvel Stadium, is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment stadium in the Docklands area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Construction started in October 1997 and was ...

. While playing with the

Casey Scorpions The Casey Football Club, nicknamed the "Demons" and formerly the "Scorpions", is an Australian rules football club based in Cranbourne East, Victoria. The club, which was known until 2005 as the Springvale Football Club and the Casey Scorpions ( ...

(Melbourne's reserve team) in 2012, Couch won the Gardiner Clark Medal as the Casey Scorpions

best and fairest In Australian sport, the best and fairest award recognises the player(s) adjudged to have had the best performance in a game or over a season for a given sporting club or competition. The awards are sometimes dependent on not receiving a suspensi ...

for the season. Couch also came second in the 2012 Liston Trophy. After being delisted by Melbourne, Couch started playing for North Launceston in the

Tasmanian State League The Tasmanian State League (TSL), colloquially known as the "Tasmanian Football League (TFL)" (formerly known as the "Tasmanian Australian National Football League (TANFL)" and several other short-term names) is the highest ranked Australian r ...

in 2014 Couch was subsequently appointed playing coach of North Launceston for the 2017 season. Since 2019, he has served as a trainer for American tennis player

Danielle Collins Danielle Rose Collins (born December 13, 1993) is an American professional tennis player. She has reached career-high WTA rankings of No. 7 in singles and world No. 86 in doubles. Collins has won two WTA Tour singles titles, at the 2021 Palerm ...

. Couch is the son of

Brownlow Medal The Charles Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal (and informally as "Charlie"), is awarded to the " best and fairest" player in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the home-and-away season, as determined by votes cast by ...

winner

Paul Couch Paul Couch (19 July 1964 – 5 March 2016) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong Football Club, Geelong in the Australian Football League. Football career Prior to playing with Geelong, Couch initially tried out with Fitzroy ...

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* * 1988 births Living people Melbourne Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Geelong Falcons players St Joseph's Football Club players Woodville-West Torrens Football Club players Glenelg Football Club players Casey Demons players Tiwi Bombers Football Club players Marion Football Club players North Launceston Football Club players Bell Park Football Club players North Launceston Football Club coaches {{AFL-bio-1980s-stub