David Macpherson
Country (sports) Australia
Born (1967-07-03) 3 July 1967
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro1985
Retired2003
PlaysLeft handed
Prize money$1,729,899
Singles
Career record0–13
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 293 (5 March 1990)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (1987)
WimbledonQ3 (1989)
Doubles
Career record388–395
Career titles16
7 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 11 (2 November 1992)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenSF (1998)
French Open3R (1991, 1996, 1998)
WimbledonQF (1998, 2002)
US OpenQF (1991, 1996, 2000)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsSF (1996)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenSF (1988, 1992)
French OpenSF (1985, 1998)
Wimbledon3R (1994, 1996, 1998)
US OpenSF (1996)
Coaching career (2005)
Bob Bryan (2005–2016, 2017–2020)
Mike Bryan (2005–2016, 2017–2020)
John Isner (2018–present)
Coaching achievements
List of notable tournaments
(with champion)
Last updated on: 10 August 2022.

David Macpherson (born 3 July 1967) is a former professional male tennis player on the ATP Tour. He is the current coach of John Isner and the former coach of Bob and Mike Bryan.

A product of player and coach, Tony Roche's junior tennis academy, he played lefthanded and turned professional in 1985. As a junior player Macpherson was one of Australia's top prospects in his peer group, reaching the U.S. Open Junior Doubles Tournament finals in 1983 and winning the Australia Open Junior Doubles title in 1985 (with Brett Custer).

Known primarily as a doubles specialist, Macpherson's professional career was highlighted by his 1992 season with partner, Steve DeVries, where they won doubles titles in Milan, Manchester, Indian Wells, Atlanta, Charlotte and Brisbane to finish No. 8 in the year end Team Rankings and qualifying for ATP Tour World Doubles Championships.

In November of that year he achieved his high personal rank of No. 11 in the doubles ranking. During his career, Macpherson captured 16 doubles titles on the ATP tour and earned over US$1.7 million in career earnings.

Throughout his pro career, Macpherson was a regular player in World TeamTennis league for the Sacramento and Kansas City Explorers franchises.

Macpherson coached arguably the greatest doubles pair in the history of tennis, Mike and Bob Bryan, from 2005 through 2016.[1] He is now the head coach of The George Washington University's men's tennis team.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss1985US OpenHardAustralia Patrick FlynnUnited States Joey Blake
United States Darren Yates
6–3, 3–6, 4–6

ATP career finals

Doubles: 29 (16 titles, 13 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 Series (1–1)
ATP 500 Series (3–3)
ATP 250 Series (12–9)
Finals by surface
Hard (6–4)
Clay (6–4)
Grass (2–1)
Carpet (2–4)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (13–8)
Indoors (3–5)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Feb 1990 Toronto, Canada Championship Series Carpet United States Patrick Galbraith United Kingdom Neil Broad
United States Kevin Curren
2–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss 1–1 Mar 1991 Rotterdam, Netherlands World Series Carpet United States Steve DeVries United States Patrick Galbraith
Sweden Anders Järryd
6–7, 2–6
Loss 1–2 Oct 1991 Lyon, France World Series Carpet United States Steve DeVries Netherlands Tom Nijssen
Czech Republic Cyril Suk
6–7, 3–6
Win 2–2 Feb 1992 Milan, Italy World Series Carpet United Kingdom Neil Broad Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sánchez
5–7, 7–5, 6–4
Win 3–2 Mar 1992 Indian Wells, United States Masters Series Hard United States Steve DeVries United States Kent Kinnear
United States Sven Salumaa
4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win 4–2 May 1992 Atlanta, United States World Series Clay United States Steve DeVries United States Mark Keil
United States Dave Randall
6–3, 6–3
Win 5–2 May 1992 Charlotte, United States World Series Clay United States Steve DeVries United States Bret Garnett
United States Jared Palmer
6–4, 7–6
Win 6–2 Jun 1992 Manchester, United Kingdom World Series Grass United States Patrick Galbraith United Kingdom Jeremy Bates
Australia Laurie Warder
4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win 7–2 Oct 1992 Brisbane, Australia World Series Hard United States Steve DeVries United States Patrick McEnroe
United States Jonathan Stark
6–4, 6–4
Loss 7–3 Nov 1992 Stockholm, Sweden Masters Series Carpet United States Steve DeVries Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde
3–6, 4–6
Loss 7–4 Feb 1993 Stuttgart Indoor, Germany Championship Series Carpet United States Steve DeVries Australia Mark Kratzmann
Australia Wally Masur
3–6, 6–7
Win 8–4 Apr 1993 Nice, France World Series Clay Australia Laurie Warder United States Shelby Cannon
United States Scott Melville
3–4 ret.
Loss 8–5 Aug 1993 New Haven, United States Championship Series Hard United States Steve DeVries Czech Republic Cyril Suk
Czech Republic Daniel Vacek
3–6, 6–7
Loss 8–6 Jan 1995 Sydney, Australia World Series Hard United States Trevor Kronemann Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde
6–7, 4–6
Win 9–6 Mar 1995 Scottsdale, United States World Series Hard United States Trevor Kronemann Argentina Luis Lobo
Spain Javier Sánchez
4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 10–6 Apr 1995 Barcelona, Spain Championship Series Clay United States Trevor Kronemann Croatia Goran Ivanišević
Italy Andrea Gaudenzi
6–2, 6–4
Win 11–6 May 1995 Munich, Germany World Series Clay United States Trevor Kronemann Argentina Luis Lobo
Spain Javier Sánchez
6–3, 6–4
Win 12–6 Feb 1996 San Jose, United States World Series Hard United States Trevor Kronemann United States Richey Reneberg
United States Jonathan Stark
6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Loss 12–7 Jul 1996 Gstaad, Switzerland World Series Clay United States Trevor Kronemann Argentina Luis Lobo
Spain Javier Sánchez
6–4, 6–7, 6–7
Loss 12–8 Jun 1997 Rosmalen, Netherlands World Series Grass United States Trevor Kronemann Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
4–6, 5–7
Loss 12–9 Jul 1997 Gstaad, Switzerland World Series Clay United States Trevor Kronemann Czech Republic Daniel Vacek
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
6–4, 6–7, 3–6
Loss 12–10 Mar 1998 Philadelphia, United States Championship Series Hard United States Richey Reneberg Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
6–7, 7–6, 2–6
Win 13–10 May 1998 St. Pölten, Austria World Series Clay United States Jim Grabb South Africa David Adams
Zimbabwe Wayne Black
6–4, 6–4
Loss 13–11 Mar 2000 Scottsdale, United States International Series Hard United States Patrick Galbraith United States Jared Palmer
United States Richey Reneberg
3–6, 5–7
Win 14–11 Jan 2001 Adelaide, Australia International Series Hard South Africa Grant Stafford Australia Wayne Arthurs
Australia Todd Woodbridge
6–7, 6–4, 6–4
Loss 14–12 Apr 2001 Casablanca, Morocco International Series Clay Argentina Pablo Albano Australia Michael Hill
United States Jeff Tarango
6–7, 3–6
Loss 14–13 Apr 2001 Atlanta, United States International Series Clay United States Rick Leach India Mahesh Bhupathi
India Leander Paes
3–6, 6–7
Win 15–3 Oct 2001 Tokyo, Japan Championship Series Hard United States Rick Leach Australia Paul Hanley
Australia Nathan Healey
1–6, 7–6, 7–6
Win 16–13 Jul 2003 Newport, United States International Series Grass Australia Jordan Kerr Austria Julian Knowle
Austria Jürgen Melzer
7–6, 6–3

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Doubles: 9 (7–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (7–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (3–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (2–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 1989 São Paulo, Brazil Challenger Clay Argentina Gerardo Mirad Brazil Otavio Della
Brazil Jaime Oncins
2–6, 7–6, 6–2
Loss 1–1 Jul 1989 Santos, Brazil Challenger Clay Argentina Gerardo Mirad Chile Cristian Araya
Chile Pedro Rebolledo
4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win 2–1 Aug 1989 Lins, Brazil Challenger Clay Argentina Gerardo Mirad Portugal João Cunha-Silva
Brazil Ivan Kley
2–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win 3–1 Aug 1989 Brasília, Brazil Challenger Carpet Argentina Horacio de la Peña Brazil Luis Ruette
Brazil João Soares
6–3, 7–5
Loss 3–2 Sep 1989 Nyon, Switzerland Challenger Clay Portugal João Cunha-Silva United Kingdom Nicholas Fulwood
Czechoslovakia Libor Pimek
7–6, 6–7, 4–6
Win 4–2 Nov 1990 Hobart, Australia Challenger Carpet Australia Brett Custer New Zealand Brett Steven
Australia Sandon Stolle
6–2, 6–7, 6–4
Win 5–2 Oct 1994 Brest, France Challenger Hard United States Trevor Kronemann United States Bryan Shelton
South Africa Kevin Ullyett
6–1, 6–4
Win 6–2 Dec 1994 Naples, United States Challenger Clay United States Trevor Kronemann South Africa Marcos Ondruska
South Africa Grant Stafford
6–3, 7–6
Win 7–2 Dec 2001 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Challenger Hard United States Justin Gimelstob Austria Julian Knowle
Germany Michael Kohlmann
7–6(7–5), 6–3

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament19831984198519861987198819891990199119921993199419951996SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R Q1 1R A 2R Q2 Q2 1R Q1 Q1 Q1 A A A 0 / 4 0–4 0%
French Open A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0   
Wimbledon A Q1 A Q1 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q1 A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0   
US Open A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0   
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 4 0–4 0%
ATP Masters Series
Canada A A A A 1R A A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Cincinnati A A A A A A A A A A A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0   
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 1 0–1 0%

Doubles

Tournament19831984198519861987198819891990199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R 2R 3R A 2R 2R A 1R 2R 1R 3R 2R 3R 2R 2R SF 2R 3R 1R 2R 0 / 18 21–18 54%
French Open A A A A 1R 1R A 1R 3R 2R 1R 1R 1R 3R 2R 3R 1R 2R 1R 1R 0 / 15 9–15 38%
Wimbledon A A A A Q1 1R Q1 2R 2R 3R 1R 3R 2R 1R 2R QF 2R 1R 1R QF 0 / 14 15–14 52%
US Open A A A A 1R A A 2R QF 2R 2R 2R 2R QF 3R 2R 2R QF 2R 2R 0 / 14 20–14 59%
Win–loss 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–3 1–3 0–0 2–4 7–4 4–4 3–4 4–4 4–4 6–4 5–4 10–4 3–4 6–4 1–4 5–4 0 / 61 65–61 52%
Year-end Championships
ATP Finals Did not qualify RR DNQ SF Did not qualify 0 / 2 2–5 29%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A A A A A A QF A W 1R 1R 2R SF 1R 1R SF 1R QF 2R 1 / 12 17–11 61%
Miami A A A A A 1R A 3R 2R 3R QF 3R 2R 3R 2R 3R QF 2R 1R 1R 0 / 14 13–14 48%
Monte Carlo A A A A A A A 2R 1R A 2R 1R 2R QF 1R QF 1R 1R 2R 2R 0 / 12 8–12 40%
Hamburg A A A A A A A 2R 2R A QF 1R QF QF QF 1R 1R 1R 1R A 0 / 11 9–11 45%
Rome A A A A A A A 1R 1R 1R 2R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R A 2R A 0 / 11 3–11 21%
Canada A A A A 2R A A QF 1R A A A A A SF 1R 2R 2R 1R 1R 0 / 9 8–9 47%
Cincinnati A A A A 2R A A 1R QF 2R 1R A 1R 1R 2R 1R SF 1R A 1R 0 / 12 8–12 40%
Stuttgart A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 1R A NMS 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Paris A A A A A A A 2R 2R 1R 1R A 2R 2R QF QF A 1R 1R A 0 / 10 8–10 44%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 0–1 0–0 8–8 5–7 7–4 4–7 3–5 6–7 9–7 9–8 5–8 9–7 1–8 4–7 2–5 1 / 92 74–91 45%

Mixed doubles

Tournament19861987198819891990199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A SF QF A 1R SF 2R A 2R 2R 1R 2R QF 2R A A 0 / 11 15–11 58%
French Open A A 2R A 1R QF 3R 3R A SF 2R QF SF 2R 2R A A 0 / 11 19–11 63%
Wimbledon 2R 1R 2R A 1R 1R 1R 2R 3R 1R 3R 1R 3R 2R 2R 1R 2R 0 / 16 12–16 43%
US Open A A A A 2R 1R 2R 1R QF A SF 2R QF 1R A A 1R 0 / 10 10–10 50%
Win–loss 1–1 0–1 5–3 2–1 1–3 3–4 5–4 4–4 4–2 5–3 7–4 4–4 8–4 3–4 3–3 0–1 1–2 0 / 48 56–48 54%

References

  1. Gatto, Luigi (16 August 2016). "Bryan Brothers Split with their coach David Macpherson". Tennis World USA. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
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