Michael T. Joyce (born February 1, 1973) is an American former tennis player, who turned professional in 1991. The right-hander reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 64 in April 1996. He also became a coach of professional players, most notably former world number one Maria Sharapova from 2004 to 2011.
Full name | Michael T. Joyce |
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Country (sports) | |
Residence | Boca Raton, Florida, United States |
Born | Santa Monica, California, United States | February 1, 1973
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Turned pro | 1991 |
Retired | 2003 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand)[1] |
Prize money | $756,999 |
Singles | |
Career record | 46–67 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 64 (8 April 1996) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (1996, 1997) |
French Open | 1R (1998) |
Wimbledon | 4R (1995) |
US Open | 2R (1991, 1993) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 8–21 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 181 (9 June 2003) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Wimbledon | 1R (1995) |
US Open | 1R (1993, 1995, 1996) |
Last updated on: 9 October 2021. |
Tennis career
editJuniors
editJoyce and then-friend Erik Menéndez[2] entered the 1989 Boys' Junior National Tennis Championship,[3] not two weeks before Erik and his brother Lyle murdered their parents. Joyce beat Ian Williams in the 1st round of the Boys' 18 singles but lost to Jonathan Stark in the quarterfinals. He reached the finals of the Wimbledon Boys' event in 1991, losing to Thomas Enqvist.
Professional tennis player
editOn the professional tour, he won 3 Challenger events and reached the 4th round of the 1995 Wimbledon Championships. He won the men's singles in the Ojai Tennis Tournament in 2004.[4] Pat Rafter, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Jim Courier, and Michael Chang were among those Joyce beat.[5] He was 46–67 overall, going 1–10 against top 10 players.[6]
He was the subject of an essay by David Foster Wallace in Esquire;[1] the essay was later republished in Wallace's collections A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again and String Theory.
Coach
editJoyce was the coach of Maria Sharapova, along with her father, Yuri Sharapov, from summer 2004 until January 2011, when he was replaced by Thomas Högstedt. During his tenure, Sharapova won three Grand Slam singles titles and reached the World No. 1 ranking.[7]
Joyce coached American tennis player Jessica Pegula from 2012 to 2017. While with Joyce, in 2013 before suffering from an injury, Pegula reached a career high singles world ranking of 123 and a doubles world ranking of 92.
In 2017, Joyce coached former world number one Victoria Azarenka for 8 months after she returned to competition following maternity leave. However, with family issues interrupting her schedule, the pair split at the end of the year,[8] and Joyce took up the position of coach to Johanna Konta.[9] In October 2018, Joyce split ways with Konta and began coaching Eugenie Bouchard.[10] In April 2019, Joyce split ways with Bouchard;[11] two months later he started to work with Tímea Babos.[12] In 2021, Joyce joined USTA Player Development as a women's tennis national coach.[13]
Personal life
editJoyce currently lives in Boca Raton, Florida, with his wife Jenna and their daughter (born May 2016).
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
editSingles: 10 (6–4)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Apr 1994 | Puerto Vallarta, Mexico | Challenger | Hard | 6–1, 7–6 | |
Loss | 1–1 | Sep 1994 | Seoul, South Korea | Challenger | Hard | 7–6, 3–6, 5–7 | |
Loss | 1–2 | Nov 1994 | Glendale, United States | Challenger | Hard | 1–6, 3–6 | |
Win | 2–2 | Dec 1994 | [São Luís, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | 6–3, 6–7, 7–6 | |
Win | 3–2 | Dec 1998 | USA F10, Phoenix | Futures | Hard | 6–4, 6–4 | |
Win | 4–2 | Mar 2000 | [Hamilton, New Zealand | Challenger | Hard | 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 | |
Loss | 4–3 | Sep 2001 | Tarzana, United States | Challenger | Hard | 6–7(6–8), 3–6 | |
Win | 5–3 | Nov 2002 | USA F27, Hammond | Futures | Hard | 7–6(10–8), 7–6(7–1) | |
Win | 6–3 | Feb 2003 | Great Britain F4, Redbridge | Futures | Hard | 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 | |
Loss | 6–4 | Mar 2003 | USA F6, Mobile | Futures | Hard | 6–7(6–8), 4–6 |
Doubles: 11 (4–7)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jan 1997 | Singapore, Singapore | Challenger | Hard | 4–6, 6–4, 6–7 | ||
Loss | 0–2 | Jul 1997 | Flushing Meadows, United States | Challenger | Hard | 1–6, 4–6 | ||
Loss | 0–3 | Oct 1999 | Japan F6, Fukuoka | Futures | Carpet | 6–4, 6–7, 4–6 | ||
Loss | 0–4 | Nov 1999 | Yokohama, Japan | Challenger | Carpet | 2–6, 4–6 | ||
Loss | 0–5 | Mar 2000 | [Hamilton, New Zealand | Challenger | Hard | 6–7(4–7), 4–6 | ||
Win | 1–5 | Jul 2000 | USA F17, Chico | Futures | Hard | 7–6(7–3), 6–7(3–7), 6–1 | ||
Win | 2–5 | Sep 2001 | Tarzana, United States | Challenger | Hard | 6–1, 5–7, 7–6(8–6) | ||
Win | 3–5 | Jul 2002 | Granby, Canada | Challenger | Hard | 6–0, 6–3 | ||
Loss | 3–6 | Aug 2002 | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | 3–6, 4–6 | ||
Loss | 3–7 | Aug 2002 | Gramado, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | 6–3, 5–7, 2–6 | ||
Win | 4–7 | Mar 2003 | USA F6, Mobile | Futures | Hard | 6–7(0–7), 6–3, 7–5 |
Junior Grand Slam finals
editSingles: 1 (1 runner-up)
editResult | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1991 | Wimbledon | Grass | 4–6, 2–6 |
Performance timelines
editW | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Singles
editTournament | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | SR | W–L | Win % | ||||||||
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | Q1 | A | Q2 | A | 2R | 2R | A | Q3 | A | Q2 | A | A | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% | ||||||||
French Open | A | A | A | Q1 | A | 1R | A | Q1 | A | Q1 | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||||||||
Wimbledon | A | A | Q2 | Q1 | 4R | 1R | Q2 | Q1 | Q3 | Q1 | Q1 | Q1 | Q1 | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | 60% | ||||||||
US Open | 2R | Q1 | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | Q2 | Q2 | Q1 | Q3 | Q1 | Q1 | 0 / 5 | 2–5 | 29% | ||||||||
Win–loss | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 10 | 7–10 | 41% | ||||||||
ATP Tour Masters 1000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | A | Q1 | 3R | Q2 | Q2 | A | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% | ||||||||
Miami Open | A | A | Q3 | Q2 | 3R | QF | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 6–3 | 67% | ||||||||
Canada Masters | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | Q2 | Q1 | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | ||||||||
Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | Q2 | Q1 | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||||||||
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 6–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 6 | 9–6 | 60% |
Doubles
editTournament | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | SR | W–L | Win % | ||||||||||||||
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||||||||
French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | Q2 | A | 1R | A | A | Q2 | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||||||||||||||
US Open | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | A | Q1 | Q1 | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% | ||||||||||||||
Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 4 | 0–4 | 0% | ||||||||||||||
ATP Tour Masters 1000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||||||||
Miami Open | A | A | Q2 | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||||||||
Canada Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | ||||||||||||||
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
References
edit- ^ a b Wallace, David Foster (September 17, 2008). "The String Theory". Esquire. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
- ^ "What Do Agassi and the Menendez Brothers Have in Common?" by David Johnson Psychology Today (November 30, 2009); retrieved May 16, 2023 NOTE: Article erroneously states Menéndez and Joyce played doubles at the 1989 Boys' USTA
- ^ "1989 Draw Sheet, USTA Boys' 16 & Boys' 18 National Championship" web.archive.org retrieved May 16, 2023
- ^ "Past champions" (PDF). ojaitourney.org. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
- ^ Werner, George L. W. (1991), "A Word from the Other Players", New Harvest, Totowa, NJ: Humana Press, pp. 255–266, doi:10.1007/978-1-4612-0489-3_16, ISBN 978-1-4612-6785-0, retrieved March 21, 2021
- ^ "Michael Joyce | FedEx ATP Win/Loss | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
- ^ "Sharapova's long-time coach leaves job". RIA Novosti. January 16, 2011. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
- ^ "Azarenka splits with coach Joyce".
- ^ Writer, Stuart Fraser. "Johanna Konta hires Maria Sharapova's 'fantastic' former coach | Sport | The Times".
- ^ "Konta splits with coach Michael Joyce, Bouchard hires him - Women's Tennis Blog". October 10, 2018.
- ^ @mikejoyce73 (April 27, 2019). "Genie and I have mutually decided to end our professional relationship at this time. I wish her all the best" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Wimbledon: Babos Tímea amerikai sztáredzővel készül". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). June 20, 2019. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
- ^ "Q&A: Michael Joyce, former coach of Maria Sharapova, joins USTA Player Development as national coach". www.usta.com. Retrieved March 21, 2021.