Thursday 8 July 2010

The Captain Leon Smith


 Role: Captain
 County: Scotland East
 Born: 16th February 1976
 Davis Cup debut - captain: vs. Turkey - July 2010
 Davis Cup debut - player: n/a

The Scot has been a full time tennis coach since he was 18 years old. At the age of 21 he went into performance coaching, then took up the role of National Performance Coach for Scotland. In 2009 he was appointed LTA Head of Player Development for Men’s Tennis and was then handed the captaincy of the Davis Cup in April this year following the departure of John Lloyd.

Over the course of his career so far Leon has worked with a variety of British male players including Andy and Jamie Murray, and in more recent times he has overseen the current British top three juniors Oliver Golding, Jack Carpenter and George Morgan.

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