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Warren Maher (born 15 January 1957) is a former professional tennis player from Australia.[1] After leaving the professional tour, Warren was appointed Head Coach for Donvale Tennis Club (Donvale TC) in his native Melbourne in 1983. In the decade following, he discovered and coached a number of highly talented and successful junior players. Warren played No. 1 and captained Donvale's "A" grade state pennant team (now known as "State Grade") which won a number of titles. Team members included Noel Phillips, Ian Russell, Ron Woodbridge, Dean Ashton, Graeme Harris.

Warren Maher

Country (sports)	Australia
Born	(1957-01-15) 15 January 1957 (age 65) Kew, Victoria Australia
Plays	Right-handed
Singles
Career record	18–39
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 154 (26 Dec 1979)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (1979, 1982)
French Open	2R (1979)
Wimbledon	2R (1980)
US Open	1R (1980)
Doubles
Career record	24–51
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 165 (3 Jan 1983)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (1982)
French Open	1R (1980)
Wimbledon	1R (1977, 1978, 1980)
US Open	2R (1980, 1982)

After a successful decade with Donvale TC, Warren and wife Kerry formed a business and took-over coaching and management of a large council-owned tennis facility known as Camberwell Tennis Centre (now Booroondara).

Junior

Maher had a promising junior career, with the highlight coming at the 1975 Australian Open, where he and Glenn Busby won the boys' doubles title.

Grand Slams

Maher made the third round of the 1979 Australian Open and in the opening round had a win over seventh seed Tim Wilkison.[2] He had also beaten Wilkison in Adelaide two weeks before.[2] In the second round, he defeated Shlomo Glickstein, 10–8 in the final set, before losing in the third round to Mark Edmondson.[2] He also reached the third round of the 1982 Australian Open, beating Mike Barr and Tom Cain.[2]

Challenger titles

Doubles: (2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	1981	Royan, France	Clay	Cliff Letcher	Anders Järryd Stefan Simonsson	7–5, 7–5
2.	1982	Cologne, West Germany	Clay	Brad Guan	Chris Johnstone Cliff Letcher	6–2, 6–4

References

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