Marius Barnard (born 20 January 1969) is a retired South African tennis player, who delivers Executive Coaching to CEOs, MDs, Directors, and other business leaders. He specialises in shifting mindsets, performance coaching, managing pressure, building self-belief, and utilising Positive Intelligence tools. As a business and psychology graduate, he started coaching tennis players, cricketers, and golfers in 2002. He converted to Executive Coaching in 2019 and became an EMCC Senior Practitioner in March 2021. As a tennis professional, he was more successful in doubles on the ATP Tour and played in Grand Slams for more than a decade. In his career, he won six titles on the ATP Tour, reached eight finals as well as the quarter-finals of Wimbledon and the Australian Open.
Performance timelines
Singles Tournament198819891990199119921993199419951996SRW–LWin %Grand Slam TournamentsAustralian OpenAAAAAQ2AAA0 / 00–0French OpenAAAAAAQ2AA0 / 00–0WimbledonQ1AAAQ1Q1Q2Q2A0 / 00–0US OpenAAAAQ2Q1AQ1A0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 00–0ATP Tour Masters 1000MiamiAAAAAQ1AAA0 / 00–0HamburgAAAAAAAAQ10 / 00–0RomeAAAAAAAQ2A0 / 00–0CanadaAAAAAAQ2Q2A0 / 00–0CincinnatiAAAAQ1AAAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 00–0
Doubles Tournament198819891990199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002SRW–LWin %Grand Slam TournamentsAustralian OpenAAAAA1RA1RA1R1R1RQF1R2R0 / 84–8French OpenAAAAA1R2R2R1R1R1R1R3R2R1R0 / 105–10WimbledonQ2AAAQ21RQF1R1R1R1R1R1R1R2R0 / 104–10US OpenAA1RAA2R2R2R1R1R2R2R3R2R1R0 / 118–11Win–loss0–00–00–10–00–01–45–32–40–30–41–41–47–42–42–40 / 3921–39ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian WellsAAAAAAAAAAAA1RQ2A0 / 10–1MiamiAAAA2R1RAAAAA3R1R1R1R0 / 62–6Monte CarloAAAAAAAQ11R2RAAA2RA0 / 32–3HamburgAAAAAAAA1RQ2A1RAQ2A0 / 20–2RomeAAAAAAAQF2R1RAQ1Q1A1R0 / 43–4CanadaAAAAAA1R2R2RAA1R1RAA0 / 52–5CincinnatiAAAAAAAA1RAAQ12RAA0 / 21–2ParisAAAAAAAAQ2AAQ11RAA0 / 10–1Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–10–10–13–22–51–20–02–31–51–20–20 / 2410–24
ATP career finals
Doubles: 14 (6 titles, 8 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (0–0)ATP International Series (6–8)Finals by surfaceHard (3–4)Clay (0–1)Grass (1–2)Carpet (2–1)Finals by settingOutdoors (4–6)Indoors (2–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Moscow, RussiaWorld SeriesCarpet John-Laffnie de Jager Andrei Olhovskiy David Adams6–3, 3–6, 7–6Loss1–1Kitzbühel, AustriaWorld SeriesClay Tom Mercer Juan-Ignacio Garat Roberto Saad4–6, 6–3, 3–6Win2–1Sun City, South AfricaWorld SeriesHard Brent Haygarth Ellis Ferreira Grant Stafford6–3, 7–5Loss2–2Marseille, FranceWorld SeriesHard Peter Nyborg Jean-Philippe Fleurian Guillaume Raoux3–6, 2–6Win3–2Rotterdam, NetherlandsWorld SeriesCarpet David Adams Hendrik-Jan Davids Cyril Suk6–3, 5–7, 7–6Win4–2Bucharest, United StatesWorld SeriesGrass Piet Norval Paul Kilderry Michael Tebbutt6–7, 6–4, 6–4Win5–2Los Angeles, United StatesWorld SeriesHard Piet Norval Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti7–5, 6–2Loss5–3Halle, GermanyWorld SeriesGrass David Adams Karsten Braasch Michael Stich6–7, 2–6Loss5–4St. Petersburg, RussiaWorld SeriesCarpet Brent Haygarth Nicklas Kulti Mikael Tillström6–3, 3–6, 6–7Loss5–5Nottingham, United KingdomWorld SeriesGrass Brent Haygarth Patrick Galbraith Justin Gimelstob7–5, 5–7, 3–6Loss5–6Boston, United StatesWorld SeriesHard T. J. Middleton Guillermo Cañas Martín García7–5, 6–7(2–7), 3–6Loss5–7Tashkent, UzbekistanInternational SeriesHard Robbie Koenig Justin Gimelstob Scott Humphries3–6, 2–6Win6–7Auckland, New ZealandInternational SeriesHard Jim Thomas David Adams Martín García7–6(12–10), 6–4Loss6–8Tashkent, UzbekistanInternational SeriesHard Jim Thomas Julien Boutter Dominik Hrbatý4–6, 6–3, [11–13]
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Doubles: 9 (5–4) LegendATP Challenger (5–4)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (3–3)Clay (1–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Cape Town, South AfricaChallengerCarpet Jeremy Bates Wayne Ferreira Pieter Norval6–3, 6–1Loss1–1Aptos, United StatesChallengerHard Matt Anger Jeff Brown Scott Melville7–6, 4–6, 4–6Win2–1Brest, FranceChallengerHard Brent Haygarth Ģirts Dzelde Bent-Ove Pedersen6–2, 7–6Loss2–2Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaChallengerHard Joost Winnink Joshua Eagle Andrew Florent4–6, 4–6Loss2–3Lippstadt, GermanyChallengerCarpet Brent Haygarth Alexander Mronz Arne Thoms2–6, 4–6Loss2–4Cherbourg, FranceChallengerHard Stefan Kruger Bill Behrens Matt Lucena6–7, 1–6Win3–4Valletta, MaltaChallengerHard Lionel Barthez Patrick Baur Tomas Anzari7–5, 6–3Win4–4Cherbourg, FranceChallengerHard Bill Behrens João Cunha Silva Mathias Huning6–2, 4–6, 6–3Win5–4Ljubljana, SloveniaChallengerClay Stephen Noteboom Alberto Martín Tomáš Anzari7–6, 6–7, 7–6
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