Nick Bollettieri dies

[goalmouth]

Law school dropout and paratrooper, 91, revolutionized the game from the sidelines. Coached Agashi, Courier, Becker, Sharapova, the Williams sisters, and many more. His Florida school eventually morphed into the IMG Academy. Oh, and he was married eight times.

https://www.tennis.com/news/article...-nature-and-tennis-academy-pioneer-dies-at-91

 

[TigerVols]

Law school dropout and paratrooper, 91, revolutionized the game from the sidelines. Coached Agashi, Courier, Becker, Sharapova, the Williams sisters, and many more. His Florida school eventually morphed into the IMG Academy. Oh, and he was married eight times.

https://www.tennis.com/news/article...-nature-and-tennis-academy-pioneer-dies-at-91

Talk about your "love-all."

 

[qtlaw]

Didn't he have Capriati or Jaeger as his first big hit?

 

[BTExpress]

Don't think so. Jimmy Arias, Carling Bashett and Kathleen Horvath were the main players he coached when Jaeger came up.

Capriati was coached by Rick Macci.

 

[qtlaw]

Don't think so. Jimmy Arias, Carling Bashett and Kathleen Horvath were the main players he coached when Jaeger came up.

Capriati was coached by Rick Macci.

Thanks, it was Horvath I was thinking of. What good memories, Arias, what a forehand with a wood racquet; Bashett, hm.....wonder why I remember her fondly; Horvath, solid player.

Jaeger, I just wanted to give a shout out to the original unfortunate "brat"/burnout but who became a wonderful, giving person (last feature I saw.)

 

[Twirling Time]

Didn't Jaeger become a nun?

ADD: Looked it up and found the following story. Anglican nun, which looks simultaneously more strict than RC nuns in wardrobe yet allowed her to leave the convent at some point.

Why I became a nun, by former tennis star Andrea Jaeger | Daily Mail Online