Nick Bollettieri
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Nick Bollettieri at the 2006 US Open.
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Nicholas James Bollettieri July 31, 1931 Pelham, New York |
| Occupation | Coach |
| Spouse(s) | Cindi Eaton Bollettieri |
| Children | 7 |
| Website | Official website |
Nicholas James Bollettieri (born July 31, 1931) is an American tennis coach. He has participated in the development of many leading players, including Andre Agassi, Jim Courier, Monica Seles, and Mary Pierce. He also has worked with Maria Sharapova, Daniela Hantuchová, Jelena Janković, Nicole Vaidišová, Sabine Lisicki, Sara Errani, Tommy Haas, Max Mirnyi, Xavier Malisse, Venus Williams, Serena Williams, Martina Hingis, Anna Kournikova, Marcelo Ríos, Kei Nishikori, and coached Boris Becker for two years.
Born in Pelham, New York, to immigrant Italian parents, Nick Bollettieri attended Pelham Memorial High School there and was a charter member of the Beta Lambda Chapter of the Omega Gamma Delta Fraternity, graduating in 1949. He graduated in 1953 from Spring Hill College (Mobile, Alabama) with a degree in philosophy. After serving with the United States Army, attaining the rank of First Lieutenant, in 1956 he turned to teaching tennis after dropping out of the University of Miami Law School. Bollettieri's first students included Brian Gottfried. His first formal tennis camp was at Wayland Academy in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.
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