Peter Carter (tennis)

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.

Peter Carter

Country (sports)	Australia
Born	(1964-08-09)9 August 1964 Adelaide, Australia
Died	1 August 2002(2002-08-01) (aged 37) South Africa
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$70,705
Singles
Career record	4–17
Highest ranking	No. 173 (1987.07.13)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (1982, 1988, 1989)
Doubles
Career record	14–33
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 117 (1986.04.07)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1985, 1988)
French Open	1R (1985, 1988)
Wimbledon	1R (1988)
US Open	1R (1982)

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,^[1] but his career was hampered by injuries.^[2]

Coaching career

Carter is widely known particularly as the coach of tennis champion Roger Federer.^[3] 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.”^[4]

Federer won his first Grand Slam event the year following Carter’s death at the 2003 Wimbledon Championships.^[5]

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.^[6]

Career finals

Doubles (1 titles)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	Dec 1985	Melbourne, Australia	Grass	Darren Cahill	Brett Dickinson Roberto Saad	7–6(7–3), 6–1