The President of the French Tennis Federation Gilles Moretton announces in a press release the creation of an "Ambition 2024" mission within the DTN.
As of January 15, 2023, former world No. 3 Ivan Ljubicic will aim to strengthen the high-level sector for 14-year-olds and over, men's and women's, in particular with a view to the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. in good collaboration with the DTN and the High Level and High Level Course directors.
“I am particularly happy to start this collaboration with Ivan Ljubicic,
slips Gilles Moretton in a press release.
Everything in his career, from his years as a junior to the professional circuit where he rose to 3rd place in the world, passing by the success he experienced as coach of Roger Federer, shows that Ivan is driven by that extra 'little something' that makes and nurtures champions.
His approach to tennis, focused on performance, at all times and down to the smallest detail, is driven by this culture of winning that we want to instil in our French hopefuls.
All this without ever turning away from essential human values that the Federation shares.
That our young people can, in addition, rub shoulders with and work on a daily basis with the man who trained Roger Federer is an experience that can only carry them and pull them up.
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Coach of Roger Federer (end of 2015-2022), Ivan Ljubicic was a member of the top 3 in the world, won 10 titles on the ATP circuit, including the Indian Wells Masters 1000 in 2010. He also won the Davis Cup in 2005 as well as the Olympic bronze in doubles in Athens (2004, associated with Mario Ancic).
From the end of 2015 until Roger Federer's retirement last September, he was a member of the Swiss staff, sharing the coaching duties of the man with 20 Grand Slam titles with Sévérin Lüthi.
“I am very happy to join the French Tennis Federation, one of the federations in the world which devotes the most resources to developing the potential of its young people,
adds Ljubicic.
France has a very rich, very promising breeding ground, and I put my experience at the service of this new challenge with total commitment and a strong desire to share the values that forge champions.
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