Nick Cavaday (born 14 May 1986) is an English former

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player turned coach. He has coached

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as well as guiding Dom Inglot and

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to the

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men's doubles semi-finals.

Playing career

Cavaday played US collegiate tennis for

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, amassing a 74-56 singles record and 74–53 in doubles, while studying for a degree in

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. After finishing university, he turned professional and played regularly on the ITF Tour reaching a career-high of 1,022 in the ATP singles rankings, with his last match being in 2010.

Coaching career

Cavaday began coaching in 2011. He was head coach at the LTA High Performance Centre in

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from 2011 to 2014. Moving into working with individual players, he coached Dom Inglot and

over the next two years, during which time they reached the men's doubles semi-finals at the

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. Cavaday coached Aljaz Bedene from 2016 to 2018, helping him reach a career high ranking of world number 43. He was appointed head coach at the LTA's newly created

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Academy in October 2018, a post he held until April 2023 when he became coach of Ranah Stoiber. Cavaday began informally working with 2021 US Open champion,

, who he has known since she was 10-years-old, in December 2023, before being officially confirmed as her coach the following month in the build-up to the

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. It was announced on 24 January 2025, that Cavaday and Raducanu had ended their partnership due to issues with his health.

Personal life

Cavaday's sister

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is a former tennis player who now commentates on the sport on television and radio.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cavaday, Nick Living people 1986 births English tennis coaches NC State Wolfpack men's tennis players English expatriate sportspeople in the United States