Warren Maher (born 15 January 1957) is a former professional

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

player from Australia.ITF Pro Circuit Profile
/ref> After leaving the professional tour, Warren was appointed Head Coach for Donvale Tennis Club (Donvale TC) in his native Melbourne in 1983. In the decade following, he discovered and coached a number of highly talented and successful junior players. Warren played No. 1 and captained Donvale's "A" grade state pennant team (now known as "State Grade") which won a number of titles. Team members included Noel Phillips, Ian Russell, Ron Woodbridge, Dean Ashton, Graeme Harris. After a successful decade with Donvale TC, Warren and wife Kerry formed a business and took-over coaching and management of a large council-owned tennis facility known as Camberwell Tennis Centre (now Booroondara).

Junior

Maher had a promising junior career, with the highlight coming at the

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, where he and Glenn Busby won the boys' doubles title.

Grand Slams

Maher made the third round of the

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and in the opening round had a win over seventh seed Tim Wilkison.ATP World Tour Profile
/ref> He had also beaten Wilkison in Adelaide two weeks before. In the second round, he defeated Shlomo Glickstein, 10–8 in the final set, before losing in the third round to Mark Edmondson. He also reached the third round of the 1982 Australian Open, beating Mike Barr and Tom Cain.

Challenger titles

Doubles: (2)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maher, Warren 1957 births Living people Australian male tennis players Australian Open (tennis) junior champions Tennis players from Melbourne Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles People from Kew, Victoria Australian tennis coaches Sportsmen from Victoria (state)