Noel Callaghan

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Noel Callaghan
Country (sports) Australia
Born (1955-05-16) 16 May 1955 (age 66)
New South Wales
Official websitenoelcallaghantennis.com
Singles
Career record0–1
Grand Slam singles results
WimbledonQ3 (1976, 1977)
Doubles
Career record0–3
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon1R (1978)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon3R (1976)

Noel Callaghan (born 16 May 1955) is an Australian tennis coach and former professional player.[1]

Callaghan, raised in Sydney, was a top ranked junior in New South Wales and trained with Charles Hollis, who had coached Rod Laver.[2][3] During the 1970s he competed on the European circuit for several seasons and featured at the Wimbledon Championships. He made the Wimbledon mixed doubles round of 16 with Jenny Walker in 1976.[4]

A former New South Wales state coach, Callaghan has been the coach of several professional players, including Brad Drewett, Wally Masur, Jelena Dokic and Samantha Stosur. He was named in the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in 2016 over allegations from three witnesses that he had molested them in the late 1990s, for which he had been was acquitted.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Top tennis players in tournament". The Canberra Times. 14 September 1973. p. 14 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Tennis trip". The Canberra Times. 6 March 1973. p. 18 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Coach outlines a champion's qualities". The Canberra Times. 27 February 1970. p. 18 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ Kilpatrick, Lindsay (6 June 1977). "Sue, now a mum, makes comeback". Belfast Telegraph. p. 16.
  5. ^ "Top tennis coach named at abuse inquiry". Nine News. 4 April 2016.

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