Jelena Dokic: Encyclopedia 4

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Tennis Coaches.

Dado Majoli Brother of Croatia's former French Open champion Iva Majoli. After stopping working with Borna Bikic, Miss Dokic started travelling with Dado Majoli in April, 2006. -- Photo courtesy of pixy75.

Dado Majoli with Jelena in Roehampton on 20th June, 2006.

Borna Bikic Former coach of German player Marlene Weingartner. After parting company with Heinz Gunthardt because of his limited ability to travel with her, Miss Dokic started working with 27-year-old Croatian hitting friend Borna Bikic in Vienna in June, 2003. He parted from Miss Dokic to work with Croatian player Karolina Sprem in April (or March), 2005. -- Photo courtesy of Mr. Stephane Gendre. Nationality: Croatia Birth Date: 01 Nov. 1975

Jelena Dokic's Team in Bali on 7th September, 2003. (© www.tennis-china.com)

Heinz Gunthardt Former coach of Steffi Graf (1992-1999). Miss Dokic has been training with him since November 2002. They seemed to have a contract to travel together for major tournaments in 2003. -- Photo quoted from Yahoo! Nachrichten website.

Nationality: Switzerland Birth Date: 08 Feb. 1959 Birth Place: Zurich, Switzerland Height: 180 cm Weight: 70 kg Plays: Right-handed Sponsored by Fila 1995 TENNIS Magazine Coach of the Year 1975-1990 Switzerland Davis Cup Team Member Career Highlights of Singles:   1976 Wimbledon and Roland Garros Boys' Singles Champion   1985 Wimbledon and U.S. Open Singles Quarterfinalist Career Highlights of Doubles:   1982-83, 1986 World Championship Tennis Champion with Balcizs Taroczy   1981 Roland Garros Doubles Champion with Balcizs Taroczy   1985 Wimbledon Doubles Champion with Balcizs Taroczy   1985 U.S. Open Mixed Doubles Champion with Martina Navratilova

Heinz Gunthardt (17 January, 2003)

Anthony Dalton Roche Australia's Davis Cup coach from 1994 to 2000. Australia defeated France in the 1999 Davis Cup Final. He was regarded as one of the finest specialists of net play. Miss Dokic practised with him when possible from September 1999 to June 2000. -- She needs permanent "real" adviser and travelling "professional" coach. -- Photo quoted from Sports Excite.com website.

Nationality: Australia Birth Date: 17 May, 1945 Birth Place: Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia Height: 177 cm Weight: 79 kg ATP High Rank for Singles: 8 (16 Nov. 1975) ATP High Rank for Doubles: 748 (25 Jun. 1984) Career Highlights of Singles:   1968 Wimbledon Finalist   1969 Australian Open Semifinalist, French Open Semifinalist,   Wimbledon Semifinalist, U.S. Open Finalist   1970 U.S. Open Finalist   1974 Australian Open Semifinalist   1975 Wimbledon Semifinalist

Tony Roche

Wally Masur Former Australian Davis Cup player. After splitting with coach Lesley Bowery in April (or March) 1999, Miss Dokic had been advised by him on a part-time basis. He took up the post as Australia's Davis Cup team coach in December 2000 in succession to Tony Roche. -- Photo quoted from Hyundai Hopman Cup website.
Nationality: Australia Birth Date: 13 May, 1963 Birth Place: Southampton, England Residence: Sydney, NSW, Australia Height: 180 cm Weight: 75 kg Turned Pro: 1982 ATP High Rank for Singles: 15 (11 Oct. 1993) ATP High Rank for Doubles: 8 (12 Apr. 1993) Career Highlights of Singles: 1993 U.S. Open Semifinalist	Wally Masur

Lesley Turner-Bowrey Former Australia's Fed Cup captain. One of the players who took part in the first Federation Cup in 1963. - She was elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1997. - She married Australian Davis Cup player and former Tennis Australia national coach Bill Bowrey in 1968. Member of Tennis Coaches Asutralia NSW. Miss Dokic's personal coach from August 1997 to April 1999. For 2 years, Lesley Bowrey drilled her every day, never receiving or asking for a cent in return. Lesley Bowrey added her to the Australian Fed Cup team for a Fed Cup qualifier against Argentina in Canberra in July 1998. She was just 15 years old at the time. Lesley Bowrey handed in her Fed Cup resignation after taking Australia to the finals in Madrid in November, 2001. -- Photo quoted from Tennis Australia official website.

Nationality: Australia Birth Date: 16 Aug. 1942 Birth Place: Trangie, NSW, Australia Career Highlights of Singles:   1962 French Open Finalist   1963 French Open Champion   1964 Australian Open Finalist   1965 French Open Champion   1967 Australian Open Finalist, French Open Finalist   1968 Wimbledon Quarterfinalist   1969 French Open Semifinalist, Wimbledon Quarterfinalist   1971 French Open Quarterfinalist

Lesley Bowrey

Craig Miller Her first tennis coach who spotted her talent in Australia. Former New South Wales state coach. National Men's Development Coach Tennis Australia Board Member of Tennis Coaches Australia NSW. - TCA After she won an 18/u event in Canberra at the age of 11, he added her to the state squad training. From ages 12 to 14, she was trained by him at White City on an individual basis as well. -- Suzi Petkovski's report, Australian Tennis Magazine 1999. -- Picture captured from TV-Osaka in Oct. 1998.

Craig Miller

Kim Warwick Former professional player and founder of Kim Warwick Tennis Academy. Her first tennis coach at the age of 11 in Australia.

Nationality: Australia Birth Date: 08 Apr. 1952 Birth Place: Sydney, NSW, Australia Height: 182 cm Weight: 77 kg Plays: Right-handed Career Highlights of Doubles:   1972 French Open Mixed Doubles Champion (with Evonne Goolagong)   1976 French Open Mixed Doubles Champion (with Illona Kloss)   1978 Australian Open Champion (with Wojtek Fibak)   1980 Australian Open Champion (with Mark Edmondson)   1981 Australian Open Champion (with Mark Edmondson)   1985 French Open Champion (with Mark Edmondson)

Josip Molnar Her tennis coach until moving to Australia in June 1994. When she was 9 years old, her father took her to Josip Molnar, Seles's coach. He coached her for 2 years at the Jacques Club. She advanced in tennis in Sombor. -- Rory Carroll's report, The Guardian 1999.

Nead Trifunovic Her first tennis coach in Yugoslavia. She said in September 1998 that she started to play tennis at 6 years old (in Osijek). When her family moved to the town of Sombor (about 200 km north of Belgrade) in June 1991, her father became inspired by the tennis success of the Serb-born Monica Seles and took her to the Olympia Tennis Club. -- Rory Carroll's report, The Guardian 1999.

Mentors.

Pam Whytcross Former professional player. WTA tour director. Technical operations manager for tennis at the Sydney Olympics 2000. Miss Dokic has been coupled with her in the WTA mentor program, which matches a former player with a current player. Nationality: Australia Birth Date: 05 Jan. 1953 WTA High Rank for Singles: 75 Career Highlights of Doubles: 1978 Australian Open Finalist

Pam Whytcross

Chris Kachel Former professional player - from 1973 to 1980. AIS (Australian Institute of Sport) Tennis program Head Coach. This program is designed to complement and support Australia's national junior development program.

John Trickey Former professional player. Australia's national women's tennis development coach.

Fitness Trainers.

Mike Nishihara Director of fitness and sports conditioning at Saddlebrook Resort in Wesley Chapel, Florida. Her strength and conditioning coach. Miss Dokic works out with him at the resort when she is not competing at an event. He was quoted as saying: "When it gets close to a tournament, we'll up the fitness part of Jelena's routine....The day will start with cardio work, then strength training. We do a lot of running drills on the court as well," using a reaction ball, a harness and so on. -- Stephen Tignor's report, the July/August 2001 issue of "TENNIS" Magazine (USA). -- Photo quoted from the Tennis.com website.

Tabo Huntley Physiologist and strength and conditioning coach at the English Institute of Sport. He has been working with elite athletes from a range of sports including tennis, F1, rugby union and athletics. The EIS introduced his biography as "Career highlights including working with Jelena Dokic..." -- Photo quoted from the EIS official website.

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