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Brad Gilbert (b. August 9 1961, in Oakland,
California|Oakland, California) is a tennis coach
and former professional tennis player.

Gilbert turned professional in 1982 and won his
first top-level singles title later that year in
Taipei. His first doubles title came in 1985 in
Tel Aviv. He won a total of 20 singles and 3
doubles titles during his career. His most
successful year on the tour was 1989, when he won
five singles titles. His best performance at a
Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam tournament was at
the 1987 U.S. Open (tennis)|US Open, where he
reached the quarter-finals. He was also runner-up
at the inaugural Grand Slam Cup in 1990. His
career-high singles ranking was World No. 4, which
he reached in January 1990. 

Gilbert retired as player in 1994. Since then, he
has been highly successful as a tennis coach.

Gilbert served as coach to Andre Agassi for eight
years from 1994 to 2002. During that period,
Agassi won six Grand Slam singles titles, making
it the joint-most successful coach-player
partnership in the Open era (along side Tony
Roche's period as coach of Ivan Lendl).

Since then, Gilbert has gone on to serve as coach
for Andy Roddick, but has now parted ways with the
American, who won the 2003 US Open.  Gilbert now
serves as an on-and-off analyst for ESPN. He is
also the author of the very popular Winning Ugly,
which gives tips to the average player on how to
beat the more skilled opponent. 


== External Links ==
*http://www.bradgilberttennis.com/ The Official
Brad Gilbert Site
*http://www.atptennis.com/en/players/playerprofile
s/default2.asp?playersearch=Brad+Gilbert Official
ATP Profile