Patrick Mouratoglou, the world-renowned French tennis coach, has worked wonders with many tennis stars. He has guided professionals from both categories and all age brackets. He has worked with already established players such as Serena Williams and has shaped the newcomers such as Coco Gauff.

The entire tennis fraternity has seen his prowess. He has earned recognition and respect for his work over the years. Though the question that stands unanswered is, did Mouratoglou succeed in making his old man proud?

Patrick Mouratoglou about his father’s views

The feeling of making one’s parent proud is a precious one, and the Frenchman has achieved it. In a 2019 interview, Mouratoglou spoke about his father’s perception of his work. He said, “I think first of all you should ask him (but) he’s saying he’s proud, so he probably is.”

“He’s always telling me, ‘Oh, I was with the Prime Minister of Greece, for business, and the guy talks to me only about you, about [Stefanos] Tsitsipas.’ Maybe before it was about Serena,” he added. Patrick’s father, Paris Mouratoglou, is of Greek origin and he moved to France at the age of 13. Paris is a renowned businessman and former chairman of the energy company EDF Énergies Nouvelles.

Further, he added, “Sport is far from his world. So it’s easier to be impressed when you don’t know anything about it. It’s funny because besides his job, which is his No. 1 passion, the two things he likes is tennis and music. My brother is a musician and I’m in tennis. He can be happy.”

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The 52-year-old is something of a businessman himself. He is the founder of the Mouratoglou Academy. A France-based tennis 12 acres state of art academy which has 34 clay and hard courts. Also, it has a sports medicine centre, two pools and an athletic track. The academy often acts as a practice home to Mouratoglou players.

Mouratoglou’s players

The renowned French coach has collaborated with several tennis professionals in both WTA and ATP. However, his longest run was with the 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams. He trained Williams from 2012 to 2022 and in that duration, the duo claimed a total of 10 majors trophies.

Apart from her, he also coached the Bulgarian star, Grigor Dimitrov, and is still in partnership with the former world no.3 Stefanos Tsitsipas and the 2022 French Open finalist Coco Gauff. Also, he has added Simona Halep to the list. After parting ways with Williams, Mouratoglou became a part of the two-time Grand Slam champion’s team.

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