Paul Annacone is one of the world´s leading coaches. He´s worked with some of the greats including Pete Sampras, Roger Federer and Tim Henman. Annacone guided Sampras to nine of his 14 Grand Slam Titles, leading to Sports Illustrated calling him “the court whisperer”. He helped GB´s Tim Henman rise from number 41 in the world to a career high of 4. He also led Roger Federer back to World number 1 and his 7th Wimbledon title in 2012. In between this, Annacone was also Managing Director of the USTA Performance Programme from 2001 - 2003 and was LTA Men´s Head Coach for 3 years. More recently he´s worked with Sloane Stephens and is currently coaching Taylor Fritz. A former professional player, Annacone won three ATP titles and reached a career high ranking of No. 12 in singles and 3 in doubles. He won the Mens doubles at thenAustralian Open in 1985 with long-time partner Christo van Rensburg, and won 14 doubles titles during his career. In this episode, Annacone discusses his coaching philosophy and how he thinks his playing career helped him as a coach. He also tells us stories from his time working with Sampras, Henman and Federer and the differences between them. A must listen! Here´s some of the highlights:- [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ Links Mentioned in this Episode: Paul Annacone on Twitter: https://twitter.com/paul_annacone (@paul_annacone) Paul Annacone on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/paulannacone10s/?hl=en (@paulannacone10s) Website: https://paulannacone.com/ (https://paulannacone.com/) https://www.controlthecontrollables.co.uk/episode-114-iga-swiatek-teenage-grand-slam-champion/ (Episode 114: Iga Swiatek - Teenage Grand Slam Champion) https://www.sototennis.com/french-open-champion-iga-swiatek-trains-at-sototennis-academy/ (Iga Swiatek at SotoTennis Academy) https://www.controlthecontrollables.co.uk/episode-62-valorie-kondos-fields-winning-doesnt-always-equal-success/ (Episode 62: Valerie Kondos-Field - Winning doesn´t always equal success)