Iain Bates

Iain Bates (b. 24 January 1979)[1] is the head of women's tennis at the British Lawn Tennis Association (LTA).

Iain Bates
Country (sports) United Kingdom
Born (1979-01-24) 24 January 1979
PlaysTennis
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 760
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 623

Career

Bates started playing tennis at the age of six.[2]

Bates was a promising British junior tennis player,[3] who won the boys doubles final at the 1996 Osaka Mayor's Cup,[4] and reached the second round of boys singles main draw at the Astrid Bowl and Junior Wimbledon in 1997.[2]

He later became a university lecturer.[3]

Bates was Lawn Tennis Association women's tennis manager until February 2013.[5]

Bates was appointed head of women's tennis at the Lawn Tennis Association in February 2013, replacing Leon Smith.[6][5]

Bates was also the Lawn Tennis Association Olympic Team Leader for the 2016,[7] and 2020 Summer Olympics.[8][9]

Bates has worked with Emma Raducanu since her early teens.[10] He was part of her support team for the 2021 US Open, and became her temporary coach in April 2022.[11]

References
  1. "Bates Iain - profile", tennisexplorer.com
  2. "Iain Bates Juniors Singles Activity", International Tennis Federation
  3. "Episode 78: Iain Bates - LTA Head Of Women's Tennis", SotoTennis Academy, 18 November 2020
  4. "Iain Bates Juniors Doubles Activity", International Tennis Federation
  5. "Bates appointed as head of women's tennis at Lawn Tennis Association". Sky Sports. 13 February 2013.
  6. "Iain Bates appointed new head of British women's tennis". BBC Sport. 13 February 2013.
  7. "Four tennis players named to represent Team GB at Rio Olympic Games", Lawn Tennis Association, 24 June 2016
  8. "Tennis Team Announced for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics", Team GB, 24 June 2021
  9. "Liam Broady added to Team GB's tennis squad for Olympic Games". Whitchurch Herald. PA News Agency. 18 July 2021.
  10. "Pace of Emma Raducanu's improvement 'truly remarkable', says mentor". Evening Standard. 9 September 2021.
  11. Gray, James (26 April 2022). "Emma Raducanu seeks new coach again after split with Torben Beltz less than four weeks out from French Open". iNews.
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