Dedicated Doubles Coaches Matter

Doubles players need a determined partner—and can benefit from a dedicated coach

- Mark Knowles

Over the first 10 years of our careers, Daniel Nestor and I were a very successful doubles team. At the time, though, both of us were focused primarily on singles. We rarely did any doubles drills or practiced together, and our coaches concentrated on our singles results. But Daniel had a big lefty serve, I was very good at volleying, and we both liked to come to net. So the way we played singles transitioned very well to the doubles court, and we were able to achieve a lot of success naturally.