Iain Bates (born 24 January 1979) is the head of women's tennis at the British
Lawn Tennis Association
The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) is the national governing body of tennis in Great Britain, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man founded in 1888. The LTA promotes all levels of lawn tennis. The organization believes tennis can provide ...
(LTA).
Career
Bates started playing tennis at the age of six.
Bates was a promising British junior tennis player,
who won the boys doubles final at the 1996
Osaka Mayor's Cup
The Osaka Mayor's Cup is an ITF Grade A junior tennis tournament. It is held annually in Osaka.
Champions
Boys Singles
Boys Doubles
Girls Singles
Girls Doubles
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and reached the second round of boys singles main draw at the Astrid Bowl and
Junior Wimbledon in 1997.
He later became a university lecturer.
Bates was Lawn Tennis Association women's tennis manager until February 2013.
Bates was appointed head of women's tennis at the Lawn Tennis Association in February 2013, replacing
Leon Smith.
Bates was also the Lawn Tennis Association Olympic Team Leader for the
2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
, and
2020 Summer Olympics
The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...
.
Bates has worked with
Emma Raducanu
Emma Raducanu ( , ; born 13 November 2002) is a British professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 10 by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA, and is the current British No. 1. Raducanu was the 2021 US Ope ...
since her early teens.
He was part of her support team for the
2021 US Open where she won, and became her temporary coach in April 2022.
References
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English male tennis players
British male tennis players
Living people
Tennis players from London
English tennis coaches
1979 births
FISU World University Games gold medalists for Great Britain