Roger Rasheed
Rasheed at the 2015 Aegon Championships in London, coaching Grigor Dimitrov
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| Country (sports) |
 Australia
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| Born |
10 March 1969 Adelaide, Australia |
| Height | 6' (183 cm) |
| Turned pro | 1989 |
| Retired | 2005 |
| Plays | Right-handed |
| Prize money | $64,951 |
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| Career record | 5–6 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 192 (11 May 1992) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (1988, 1992) |
| Wimbledon | Q3 (1988) |
| US Open | Q2 (1992) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 4–14 |
| Career titles | 0 4 Challengers |
| Highest ranking | No. 134 (17 August 1992) |
| Coaching career (2003–) | |
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| Coaching achievements | |
| Coachee Singles Titles total | 6(H) + 2(M) + 1(T) + 4(D) = 13(total) |
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List of notable tournaments (with champion)
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2003 Davis Cup champion (Hewitt)
Roger Rasheed (born 10 March 1969) is a former Australian rules football player, tennis player, tennis coach, and tennis commentator. Rasheed is best known as Grand Slam coach of Australian former World No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt, former French No. 1 Gaël Monfils, former World No. 5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, the Top 10 ATP Tour player Grigor Dimitrov and through ProTennisCoach.com. In addition, Rasheed is a media personality on Channel Seven and operates the Roger Rasheed Sports Foundation.
Prior to his work as a coach, Rasheed was the youngest ever player to qualify for an Australian Open in 1985. Rasheed also competed in the ATP Challenger Series and won four titles in 1992. He reached number 192 in ATP rankings and number 132 in the doubles rankings in 1992.
In Australia, Rasheed is notable as Lleyton Hewitt's coach from 2003 until 2007. During Rasheed's tenure as coach, Hewitt enjoyed significant domestic and international success, including becoming the first Australian in seventeen years to reach the Australian Open final and winning the 2006 Queen's Club Championships. Whilst Hewitt's coach, Rasheed also was the coach of the Australian Davis Cup team in 2006.
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