Bringing hope back to American men’s tennis – Brad Gilbert's projection

Famous tennis coach Brad Gilbert has expressed optimism that the current crop of American players will be able to win big in men’s tennis. The 62-year-old, who is also a former tennis player who was once the world number four in men’s tennis in the singles category, has worked with a number of top players in the world over the past three decades, including former world number one Andre Agassi, Andy Roddick, and Britain’s Andy Murray.

Gilbert, who is currently working with America’s young sensation Coco Gauff, was recently quoted in a report as expressing optimism that the current crop of American players will finally be able to break the 82-slam losing streak in the major events.

“I mean, obviously, it’s been 82 Slams since an American won a title, which was in 2003, Andy Roddick,” he said. “So we’d love to put an end to that. On the women’s side, we’ve had a lot more success. We have four American men in the top 20, but obviously we’d like to see someone win a major, and we’re hoping to have a bunch of good young players. Hopefully it will happen in the next five years.”

The last American player to lift a major title was Roddick as he lifted the only Grand Slam of this career back in 2003 after beating Spain’s Juan Carlos Ferrero in the final in straight sets with a score of 6–3, 7–6(7–2), 6–3. After that, Roddick reached the final of the major events on four occasions, but every time, he ended up on the losing side. As things stand, no American player is currently placed in the top-10 in the ATP rankings. Taylor Fritz is the highest-ranked player in the men’s tennis from America, ranked 11th. He is closely followed by Tommy Paul (13) and Ben Shelton (14).