About Me
I am a keen player of all racquet sports and have been stringing racquets for more than 40 years.
As well as stringing for the pros at international tournaments, I provide personal racquet stringing services for all levels of players from my workshop in Berwick, Victoria. It is my belief that all players are entitled to have their racquets strung to the highest standard, regardless of their status within the sport.
Accreditation
I am a member of the following organisations
- USRSA - United State Racquet Stringer Association
Master Racquet Technician & MRT certification tester
- GRSA - Global Racquet Stringers Association
Honorary Grand Master Stringer
- JRSA - Japan Racquet Stringers Association
Honorary member
- CRSF - China Racquet Stringers Federation
Honorary consultant
Grand Slam Stringer
In the course of my career, I have been a member of the Official Stringing Team at a total of 18 Grand Slam Tournaments, including:
- Roland Garros (The French Open)
- The Wimbledon Championships
- The US Open.
- The Australian Open
In 2006, I was a member of the official stringing team at all 4 Grand Slam Tournaments in the same calendar year.
Personal Stringer
I have been "Personal Stringer" to many of the world's top tennis players including:
- Serena Williams when she won the singles title at Wimbledon in 2002 and 2003
- Anthony Dupuis when he won at Milan 2004
- Roger Federer when he won at the AIG Japan Open 2006
- Rafael Nadal when he won at the Artois 2008.
- Ivo Karlovic at the Wimbledon Championships 2009
Olympic Stringer
In 2004, I was invited to be a member of the Official Olympic Stringing team in Athens, Greece where I was personal stringer to Tim Henman and Roger Federer as well as several of the games medallists:
- Mardy Fish
- Ivan Ljubicic
- Ting Li and Tian Tian Sun.
Tournament List
I have travelled all over the world, stringing racquets for the pro-tour players. These are some of the more notable tournaments I have strung at:
- US Open: 2006
- Olympic Games: 2004
- Wimbledon Championships: 1997 - 2006 & 2009
- Roland Garros (French Open): 2002 - 2006 & 2009
- Canada Open
- Japan Open
- Australian Open
- Milan Indoor Open
- Stella Artois Championships: 2003 - 2006
- The Artois Championships: 2007 - 2008
- The Aegon Championship: 2009
- Nasdaq 100 (Miami Open)
- Prague Open
- China Open: 2004
- Athens Open: 2009
- Toray Pan Pacific Open (Tokyo)
- Osaka International Badminton Tournament
Visit my photo gallery website, www.grandslamsam.com, to see my collection of photos from some of these tournaments.