Peter Carter (9 August 1964 – 1 August 2002) was an Australian tennis player and coach. He is widely known as the most influential coach of Roger Federer.
Playing career Carter won the 1985 Melbourne Tennis Tournament with Darren Cahill. He reached a career high of 173 in singles and 117 in doubles on the ATP, but his career was hampered by injuries.
Coaching career Carter is widely known particularly as the coach of tennis champion Roger Federer. He met Federer when he was 9 and quickly identified him as a future world no 1. Federer has said that “Peter was an incredibly inspirational and important person in my life. He taught me respect for each person. I can never thank him enough.”
Federer won his first Grand Slam event the year following Carter’s death at the 2003 Wimbledon Championships, which Federer dedicated to Carter.
Death Carter died in a car accident on 1 August 2002 while on a belated honeymoon to Kruger National Park in South Africa (his wife Sylvia had been recovering from Hodgkin's disease). Carter was in a vehicle which swerved off the road to avoid a head-on collision with a minivan.
Career finals
Doubles (1 titles)
ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1.Dec 1985Melbourne, AustraliaGrass Darren Cahill Brett Dickinson Roberto Saad7–6(7–3), 6–1
ATP Challenger Tour Finals
Singles: 1 (0–1) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore Loss0-1Nov 1989Guangzhou International, ChinaHard Roh Gap-Taik5–7, 2–6
Doubles: 4 (0–4) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0-1Oct 1983Sydney, AustraliaHard Mark Kratzmann Michael Fancutt Wally Masur5–7, 3–6 Loss0-2Jan 1984Perth, AustraliaGrass Mark Hartnett Broderick Dyke John Van Nostrand2–6, 3–6 Loss0-3Nov 1987Valkenswaard, NetherlandsCarpet Leif Shiras Michiel Schapers Huub van Boeckel6–3, 3–6, 2–6 Loss0-4Feb 1991Jakarta, MalaysiaClay Niclas Kroon Massimo Ardinghi Massimo Boscatto7–5, 4–6, 6–7
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