David Roditi Jiménez (born November 30, 1973) is a tennis coach and former player from Mexico. He is currently serving as the head men's tennis coach at

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, his alma mater. Born in Mexico City, Roditi grew up in Guadalajara and Manzanillo, then moved to the United States as a teenager; he attended high school in

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. Roditi participated in 10

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ties for

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from 1997 to 2000, posting a 5–5 record in doubles. He was also Mexico's Davis Cup captain in 2016.

Playing career

Roditi played at Texas Christian University from 1993 to 1996 under head coach Tut Bartzen. During this time, playing both singles and doubles, he won a school-record 250 total matches.
''Fort Worth Weekly'', May 10, 2017 He earned All-Southwest Conference honors in both singles and doubles in 1994, 1995 and 1996 and was named to the Rolex Collegiate All-Star team in 1996. He was named to the Letterman's Hall of Fame for Texas Christian University in 2007. As a professional, Roditi focused mostly on doubles competition, in which he achieved a career-high world ranking of 41 in 1998 and made the finals in four events:

Coaching career

Following the conclusion of his professional playing career, Roditi moved to

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in 2000 to become an assistant coach at the

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and then as the Associate Director of Tennis at St. Stephen's Episcopal School. In 2005, he moved to

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to become the Lead National Team Coach at the

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Training Center. On September 7, 2010, Roditi was named the head men's tennis coach at TCU.

Head coaching record

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