Craig Tiley
| Sport(s) | Tennis |
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| Current position | |
| Title | CEO & Australian Open Director |
| Team | Tennis Australia |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | c. 1962 Durban, South Africa |
| Alma mater | |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1993 | Illinois (Interim) |
| 1994–2005 | Illinois |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2005–2013 | Tennis Australia (Director of Player Development) |
| 2006–present | Tennis Australia (Australian Open Director) |
| 2013–present | Tennis Australia (CEO) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 274–77 (.781) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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| Awards | |
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| Records | |
| Most wins in Illinois history (274) NCAA record 64 consecutive wins |
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Craig Tiley (born c. 1962) is a South African tennis executive and retired American college tennis coach. Tiley is the current CEO of Tennis Australia which is the governing body that oversees tennis in Australia. He is also the Director of the Australian Open. As a college coach he led the Illinois Fighting Illini men's tennis team to National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I national championship in 2003 and ITA National Team Indoor Championships in 2003 and 2004.
Tiley was born in Durban, South Africa and attended high school in Johannesburg. He began playing tennis at the age of 12 and achieved a top ranking as an amateur in South Africa, which enabled Tiley to play in satellite tournaments throughout Europe from 1983-1986.
Tiley attended the Stellenbosch University in Stellenbosch, South Africa where he played for the Maties men's tennis team from 1980 to 1983. He graduated from Stellenbosch with a bachelor's degree in economics in 1983. After graduating, Tiley completed compulsory military service by serving in the South African Army. He then moved to the United States in 1986 to enroll in the Professional Tennis Management program at Tyler Junior College located in Tyler, Texas. Tiley then continued on to the University of Texas at Tyler where he earned his master's degree in kinesiology.
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