Tony Pickard
{{Short description|British tennis player and coach}}
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| singlesrecord = 254-187
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| AustralianOpenresult = 1R (1954)
| FrenchOpenresult = 3R (1958, 1962, 1963)
| Wimbledonresult = 3R (1961, 1963, 1964)
| USOpenresult = 2R (1959)
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John Anthony Pickard (born 13 September 1934) is a British former tennis player turned coach. He is best known as the longtime coach of former world No. 1 Stefan Edberg.
Career
Pickard won the 1959 Newport Casino Invitational tournament on grass with long best-of-five sets match wins against Noel Brown, Donald Dell, and Ron Holmberg in the final.
Pickard won the 1961 British Covered Court Championships in London defeating Manuel Santana in the final. He also won the 1962 London Hard Court Championships on clay at The Hurlingham Club defeating Roger Becker and Warren Jacques in the last two rounds.
Pickard captained the Great Britain Davis Cup team led by Tim Henman, and was Greg Rusedski's coach in 1997–98.[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19970929/ai_n14131924 Tennis: Rusedski appoints Pickard as coach | Independent, The (London) | Find Articles at BNET.com] Has also coached Anne Keothavong[http://www.lta.org.uk/cgi-bin/MsmGo.exe?grab_id=0&page_id=231&query=pickard&hiword=pickard%20&BSMGuid=2e8fe029-c28e-4f9b-aaf0-f106cacf772e Lawn Tennis Association Elena Baltacha]
References
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External links
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Category:British male tennis players