Matt Anger (born June 20, 1963) is an American former professional tennis player. He is the former head men's tennis coach at the University of Washington. He is the current coach of tennis professional Clément Chidekh.
Professional tennis career Anger grew up in Pleasanton, California, and played at Amador Valley High School. He went on to be named the national 16-and-under singles champion in 1979 and to win the 1981 junior Wimbledon boys' singles title, resulting in a No. 1 ranking in the world by Tennis Magazine. He played collegiate tennis at USC from 1982 to 1984. He was a three-time All-American in these three years and was a Pac-10 singles finalist in 1983. In the same year, he led the USC Trojans to a third-place NCAA finish. The next season, he won the Pac-10 doubles championship, was a Pac-10 singles semifinalist, and helped USC win the Pac-10 conference championship. After this season, he turned to professional tennis.
The right-handed Anger reached his highest singles ranking on the ATP Tour on February 24, 1986, when he became the world No. 23. He won one singles (Johannesburg in 1985) and two doubles titles (Tokyo outdoor in 1986 and Brisbane in 1987) during his career.
Retirement from the Tour Anger retired from the tour in 1991 and is currently the men's tennis coach at the University of Washington. He resides in Clyde Hill, Washington with his wife, Kristin, and two children.
Coaching career Anger initially joined the coaching staff at the University of Southern California. He then moved to the University of Washington where he became the head coach in 1995. He is the most successful coach in Washington history with 371 wins. His teams have missed the NCAA championships only twice and have had five runs to the NCAA round of 16 since 2001.
Anger and his team have had a winning record in 21 of 22 seasons. He was named Pac-10 Coach of the Year in 2005 when the team won its first-ever Pac-10 title. Six singles players have earned All-American honors under his coaching and 11 have earned year-end top-50 rankings. Additionally, player Alex Vlaški won the 2003 All-American Championships – the first title for a Husky since 1924 – under his coaching.
Anger was inducted into the USTA Northern California Tennis Hall of Fame in 2005 and the ITA Hall of Fame in 2014.
Junior Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 (1 title) ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1981WimbledonGrass Pat Cash7–6, 7–5
ATP career finals
Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (0–0)ATP World Series (1–1)Finals by surfaceHard (1–1)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (1–1)Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Johannesburg, South AfricaGrand PrixHard Brad Gilbert6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2Loss1–1Johannesburg, South AfricaGrand PrixHard Amos Mansdorf3–6, 6–3, 2–6, 5–7
Doubles: 2 (2 titles) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (0–0)ATP World Series (2–0)Finals by surfaceHard (2–0)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (2–0)Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Tokyo, JapanGrand PrixHard Ken Flach Jimmy Arias Greg Holmes6–2, 6–3Win2–0Brisbane, AustraliaGrand PrixHard Kelly Evernden Broderick Dyke Wally Masur7–6, 6–2
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Doubles: 2 (0–2) LegendATP Challenger (0–2)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–2)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Aptos, United StatesChallengerHard Marius Barnard Jeff Brown Scott Melville7–6, 4–6, 4–6Loss0–2Guam, GuamChallengerHard Andrew Castle Steve Devries Ted Scherman1–6, 6–3, 6–7
Performance timelines
Singles Tournament19811982198319841985198619871988198919901991SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAA3R2R3RA3R2RAAA0 / 57–5French OpenAAAAAA2RAAAA0 / 11–1WimbledonQ1Q1AA2R4R3R1R1RAQ10 / 56–5US OpenAA1RAA4R1R1RAAA0 / 43–4Win–loss0–00–02–21–12–26–25–41–30–10–00–00 / 1517–15ATP Masters SeriesIndian WellsAAAAAA2RAAAA0 / 11–1MiamiAAAA1R3R1R1R2RAA0 / 53–5CanadaAAAAA1RA1RAAA0 / 20–2CincinnatiAAAA1R2R1RA1RAA0 / 41–4ParisAAAAA1RAAAAA0 / 10–1Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–23–41–30–21–20–00–00 / 135–13
Doubles Tournament19811982198319841985198619871988198919901991SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAAAA2R1RAAA0 / 21–2French OpenAAAAAA1RAAAA0 / 10–1Wimbledon1RQ3AAQ3A2R3R1RAQ10 / 43–4US OpenAAAAA1R1R2R1RAA0 / 41–4Win–loss0–10–00–00–00–00–12–43–30–20–00–00 / 115–11ATP Masters SeriesIndian WellsAAAAAA1RA1RAA0 / 20–2MiamiAAAAA1R3R3R1RAA0 / 44–4CanadaAAAAAA1R1RAAA0 / 20–2CincinnatiAAAAA1R1RA2RAA0 / 31–3Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–22–42–21–30–00–00 / 115–11
References
External links
Profile on UW Athletics