| Michael Joyce | |
| Fullname: | Michael T. Joyce |
| Residence: | Boca Raton, Florida, United States |
| Birth Date: | 1 February 1973 |
| Birth Place: | Santa Monica, California, United States |
| Turnedpro: | 1991 |
| Retired: | 2003 |
| Plays: | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Careerprizemoney: | $756,999 |
| Singlesrecord: | 46–67 |
| Singlestitles: | 0 |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 64 (8 April 1996) |
| Australianopenresult: | 2R (1996, 1997) |
| Frenchopenresult: | 1R (1998) |
| Wimbledonresult: | 4R (1995) |
| Usopenresult: | 2R (1991, 1993) |
| Doublesrecord: | 8–21 |
| Doublestitles: | 0 |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 181 (9 June 2003) |
| Wimbledondoublesresult: | 1R (1995) |
| Usopendoublesresult: | 1R (1993, 1995, 1996) |
| Updated: | 9 October 2021 |
Michael T. Joyce (born February 1, 1973) is an American coach and former tennis player. The right-hander reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 64 in April 1996.
Joyce and then-friend Erik Menendez[1] entered the 1989 Boys' Junior National Tennis Championship,[2] not two weeks before Erik and his brother Lyle murdered their parents. Joyce beat Ian Williams in the 1st round of the Boys' 18 singles but lost to Jonathan Stark in the quarterfinals. He reached the finals of the Wimbledon Boys' event in 1991, losing to Thomas Enqvist.
On the professional tour, he won 3 Challenger events and reached the 4th round of the 1995 Wimbledon Championships defeating Marc Rosset, Jordi Burillo and Chris Wilkinson, before being defeated by Shuzo Matsuoka. He won the men's singles in the Ojai Tennis Tournament in 2004.[3] Pat Rafter, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Jim Courier, and Michael Chang were among those Joyce beat. He was 46–67 overall, going 1–10 against top 10 players.[4]
He was the subject of an essay by David Foster Wallace in Esquire;[5] the essay was later republished in Wallace's collections A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again and String Theory.
Joyce was the coach of Maria Sharapova, along with her father, Yuri Sharapov, from summer 2004 until January 2011, when he was replaced by Thomas Högstedt. During his tenure, Sharapova won three Grand Slam singles titles and reached the World No. 1 ranking.[6]
Joyce coached American tennis player Jessica Pegula from 2012 to 2017. While with Joyce, in 2013 before suffering from an injury, Pegula reached a career high singles world ranking of 123 and a doubles world ranking of 92.
In 2017, Joyce coached former world number one Victoria Azarenka for 8 months after she returned to competition following maternity leave. However, with family issues interrupting her schedule, the pair split at the end of the year,[7] and Joyce took up the position of coach to Johanna Konta.[8] In October 2018, Joyce split ways with Konta and began coaching Eugenie Bouchard.[9] In April 2019, Joyce split ways with Bouchard;[10] two months later he started to work with Tímea Babos.[11] In 2021, Joyce joined USTA Player Development as a women's tennis national coach.[12]
He is currently coaching Ashlyn Krueger since 2021.[13]
Joyce currently lives in Boca Raton, Florida, with his wife Jenna and their daughter (born May 2016).
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| Win | 1–0 | Puerto Vallarta, Mexico | Challenger | Hard |  Leonardo Lavalle | 6–1, 7–6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loss | 1–1 | Seoul, South Korea | Challenger | Hard | David Nainkin | 7–6, 3–6, 5–7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loss | 1–2 | Glendale, United States | Challenger | Hard |  Christian Ruud | 1–6, 3–6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Win | 2–2 | [São Luís], Brazil|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger|Hard| Roger Smith|6–3, 6–7, 7–6|-|bgcolor=98FB98|Win|3–2||style="background:#cffcff;"|USA F10, Phoenix|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures|Hard| Thomas Blake|6–4, 6–4|-|bgcolor=98FB98|Win|4–2||style="background:moccasin;"|[Hamilton], New Zealand|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger|Hard| Gouichi Motomura|4–6, 6–4, 6–4|-|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss|4–3||style="background:moccasin;"|Tarzana, United States|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger|Hard| Levar Harper-Griffith|6–7(6–8), 3–6|-|bgcolor=98FB98|Win|5–3||style="background:#cffcff;"|USA F27, Hammond|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures|Hard| Tripp Phillips|7–6(10–8), 7–6(7–1)|-|bgcolor=98FB98|Win|6–3||style="background:#cffcff;"|Great Britain F4, Redbridge|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures|Hard| Stefano Pescosolido|6–4, 3–6, 6–2|-|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss|6–4||style="background:#cffcff;"|USA F6, Mobile|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures|Hard| Peter Clarke|6–7(6–8), 4–6|}Doubles: 11 (4–7)
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