E29 - Frederic Fontang, Coach of Felix Auger-Aliassime & Top ATP Player

In this episode I have a great chat with Frederic Fontang who is in Paris at the French Open 2021, coaching Felix Auger-Aliassime. A successful junior, Fontang won the Petits As in 1984 and was the French 16s champion in 1986. An ATP Professional Player between 1989 and 1998, reached a career-high ranking of World No. 59, and captured the ATP Tour title in Palermo in 1991. After his playing career, Frederic became coach of Jeremy Chardy and remained with him for 12 years. During this time Chardy won the 2005 Wimbledon Championships Boys' Singles title, won ATP 250 title in Stuttgart and reached the fourth round of the French Open the next year. Worked with Vasek Pospisil from October 2012 to August 2016. During this time, Pospisil reached an ATP ranking of No. 25 in singles and No. 4 in doubles.  He also coached Caroline Garcia from march 2011 to June 2012. Final US Open Juniors and semi Final at French open Juniors. Frederic is the coach for the Canadian Davis Cup team. We talk about his professional playing career, his coaching career, coaching Felix and collaborating/working with Toni Nadal, who has joined their team in 2021; and much more.... Enjoy the episode! Please follow and subscribe to my podcast, you will find it on most platforms. Website: https://anchor.fm/gianluca-sola Instagram: tennis_lifestyle_podcast Twitter: @GlSola Facebook: @TennisLifestylePodcast  Ciao, Gianluca