Desmond Tyson (born 26 September 1965) is a former professional

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player from Australia.

Biography

A right-handed player, Tyson comes from the New South Wales town of

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. He partnered with Jamie Harty to win the boys' doubles title at the

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. This was the only Grand Slam junior doubles title that the pairing of

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and

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didn't win in 1983. Tyson played mainly in doubles events on the professional tour. His best result in singles at

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level was an upset win over then world number 31 and top seed

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at Saint-Vincent in 1986. This was the only time he progressed past the first round of a Grand Prix tournament, but he also had two main draw appearances in Grand Slams, at both the

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and

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in 1987. In doubles he was much more successful, making it to 71 in the world. He twice made the men's doubles quarter-finals at the Australian Open, in 1985 and 1987, both times with Antony Emerson. At the 1987 Australian Open he also reached the mixed doubles quarter-finals, with

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. He won three Challenger titles in doubles and made four Grand Prix semi-finals. In one of those Grand Prix tournaments, he and partner Tim Siegel beat highly ranked pair

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and John Fitzgerald. He retired from professional tennis in 1990. During the 1990s he worked as a tennis coach in

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for the territory's Sports Institute. He made a comeback to the tour in 1996, by which time he was eligible to represent Hong Kong due to long term residency and was talked about as a possible

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selection. His return to tennis consisted of a series of Asian satellite tournaments and he won both the singles and doubles titles at an event in

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. He took part in the qualifying draw for the men's singles at the

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. From 2003 to 2010 he was a national coach for the

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. Since then he has returned to Australia and now works for

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. He coaches Jordan Thompson, who under Tyson broke into the top 100 and has played Davis Cup for Australia. In 2016 Tyson received a coaching excellence award for the high performance category at the Australian Tennis Awards.

Challenger titles

Doubles: (3)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tyson, Des 1965 births Living people Australian male tennis players Australian tennis coaches Australian Open (tennis) junior champions Tennis players from New South Wales People from Griffith, New South Wales Australian expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles Sportsmen from New South Wales 20th-century Australian sportsmen