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Riccardo Piatti

Italian tennis coach (born )

Riccardo Piatti (born 8 November ) is an Italian tennis coach. He has coached several players who have been ranked in the top 10 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) including Novak Djokovic, Ivan Ljubičić, Richard Gasquet, Milos Raonic, and Jannik Sinner.

Early life

Piatti began playing tennis at the age of nine at the tennis club of Villa d'Este in Cernobbio, Lombardia in Italy.[1] He first had the idea of becoming a tennis coach when he was 20; at the time the head coach of the Villa d'Este Country Club had an injury and Piatti was asked to replace him.[1]

In his 20s he learned to coach from Nick Bollettieri at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy (which has been absorbed into the IMG Academy), in Bradenton, Florida.[1]

Riccardo's sister, Carolina, is also a tennis instructor.

Ricardo piatti roger federer biography Puranjay Dixit Published Dec 21, Renowned coach Ricardo Piatti picked Maria Sharapova as his most impressive pupil from a host of elite players he has trained. However, despite their short association, he revealed that the Russian was his best student. In the final stretch of her career, Sharapova fell outside the top with consecutive first-round exits from Majors. He said she wanted to explore tennis with a different approach.

Coaching career

Piatti began as a private coach for professional players in including early players he coached: Renzo Furlan (career-high world No.&#;19),[2]Cristiano Caratti (career-high world No.&#;26),[3] and Omar Camporese (career-high world No.&#;18).[4] Piatti began working with Ivan Ljubičić in June ,[5] when Ljubičić was ranked No.&#; in the world.[6] This relationship lasted until the end of Ljubičić's professional playing career in Ljubičić was ranked worldwide as high as No.&#;3, his career high, while Piatti was his coach.[6] From fall until June , Piatti coached Novak Djokovic when Djokovic was Djokovic parted ways with him due to Piatti's refusal to work full-time with him.

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In , Piatti claimed that he knew then (in ) that Djokovic "could become number one in the world and a player on the level of Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer because Djokovic always worked hard as a child, with his family, and he was very focused and determined to be world number one.[7] In February , while still coaching world No.&#;14 Ljubičić, Piatti began to co-coach Richard Gasquet (with Sébastien Grosjean), who was then ranked No.&#;31 in the world.[8] With Piatti, Gasquet improved to a high ranking of world No.&#;9, short of his career high No.&#;7, which he achieved in [9] Piatti abruptly ended the relationship in November during the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals.[10][11][12]

On 1 December Piatti began working with Milos Raonic, co-coaching with Piatti's former student Ivan Ljubičić.[11] At that time, Raonic held an ATP world ranking of No.&#; With Piatti, his ranking rose to a career-high of No.&#;3.[13] Piatti coached Borna Ćorić from till September [14] Coric cited one of the main reasons for the split was that Maria Sharapova, a Grand Slam champion five times, also started working with Piatti in [15][16] Sharapova and Piatti announced on November 8, , that they would work together in

Piatti was the coach of Jannik Sinner, the #NextGenATP Finals champion, until February Piatti is involved with tennis schools, club teams, and summer's clinics on Elba, an island in Italy.

References

  1. ^ abcMirco Jeraci (July 30, ). "Riccardo Piatti: 'No way you do not win'" (in Italian).

    Ricardo piatti roger federer biography book Riccardo Piatti born 8 November is an Italian tennis coach. Piatti began playing tennis at the age of nine at the tennis club of Villa d'Este in Cernobbio , Lombardia in Italy. Piatti began as a private coach for professional players in including early players he coached: Renzo Furlan career-high world No. Djokovic parted ways with him due to Piatti's refusal to work full-time with him. In , Piatti claimed that he knew then in that Djokovic "could become number one in the world and a player on the level of Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer because Djokovic always worked hard as a child, with his family, and he was very focused and determined to be world number one.

    Retrieved January 31,

  2. ^"Renzo Furlan: Bio". ATP. Retrieved January 31,
  3. ^"Cristiano Caratti: Bio". ATP. Retrieved January 31,
  4. ^"Piatti Tennis Team". Retrieved January 31,
  5. ^"Ivan Ljubičić: Bio". ATP. Retrieved January 31,
  6. ^ ab"Ivan Ljubičić: ATP rankings History".

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    Piatti coached a young Djokovic from late — when he was 18 — until June , and later declared he knew the Serbian could reach the very top when working with him. Djokovic was beaten by Casper Ruud in the semi-finals at the Monte Carlo Masters last week, where he was playing just his third ATP tournament of He, like Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, we would like them to be eternal because tennis needs them. They are huge competitors and it is important for the younger generation to face them. Last year, Piatti explained why Sharapova was the one who impressed him most out of all the players he has coached.

    ATP. Retrieved January 31,

  7. ^Mark Meadows (May 26, ). "INTERVIEW-Tennis-Djokovic's ex-coach expected Serb's rise". Reuters. Archived from the original on May 31, Retrieved January 31,
  8. ^"Gasquet avec Piatti" (in French).

    Roger federer biography book Riccardo Piatti born 8 November is an Italian tennis coach. Piatti began playing tennis at the age of nine at the tennis club of Villa d'Este in Cernobbio , Lombardia in Italy. Piatti began as a private coach for professional players in including early players he coached: Renzo Furlan career-high world No. Djokovic parted ways with him due to Piatti's refusal to work full-time with him. In , Piatti claimed that he knew then in that Djokovic "could become number one in the world and a player on the level of Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer because Djokovic always worked hard as a child, with his family, and he was very focused and determined to be world number one.

    February 16, Retrieved January 31,

  9. ^"Richard Gasquet: ATP rankings History". ATP. Retrieved January 31,
  10. ^"Piatti Reasons for separation with Gasquet".
  11. ^ abDamien Cox. "Milos Raonic hopes new coach will help bring breakthrough in ".

    Retrieved January 31,

  12. ^"Richard Gasquet dumped by coach". ESPN. November 9, Retrieved January 31,
  13. ^"Coaching Milos Raonic".
  14. ^"Borna Coric splits with coach Piatti".
  15. ^"Coric on split with coach Piatti-Maria Sharapova one of main reasons".
  16. ^"Coric opens on split with coach".

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