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Aug 1, 2023 · Haresh Ramchandani. Editor. What exactly happened exactly on that day? On this day, August 1 in 2002, Peter Carter, the Australian captain of the Swiss Davis Cup team and former coach of the rising tennis star, Roger Federer, tragically died in a car crash in South Africa.
Nov 7, 2020 · Peter Carter was the first and most influential coach of 20-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer. Carter died in a car accident in 2002, nearly a year before Federer won his first Major title.
- Haresh Ramchandani
- 'He Was A Very Talented Kid'
- 'He Had A Beautiful Feel For The Game'
- 'He Just Made The Really Difficult Look Easy'
- 'It Shook me. It Woke Me Up'
Carter took up the game early in life, learning from his father Bob on the courts of Nuriootpa. However, his game quickly outsized the small country town and a move to Adelaide beckoned as travel became burdensome. In the late 1970s, Peter Smith was the South Australian junior state team coach, charged with scouting any players across the state wit...
Carter's playing career peaked at a ranking of 173 in the singles, and 117 in the doubles. It's a cliché in sport that a career was cruelled by injuries, but it's one Cahill and Smith believe in Carter's case. "He would have been a top 50 player easily in singles if it wasn't for the injuries that he got," said Cahill, who would go on to coach worl...
Anyone who has seen both Carter and Federer on-court will tell you Federer's beautiful all-court game was created in the image of his coach. Carter, like Federer, played a glorious single-handed backhand – as seen on match point in that 1982 match against Alexander — and he glided around the court with similar style. "Well actually it was really si...
Carter was honeymooning with his wife, Sylvia, in South Africa when the car he was a passenger in flipped, killing both he and the driver. It was August 1, 2002, and aged just 37, Carter passed away while Federer was still trying to find his way on tour. "Horrible," Lundgren said. "We were in Toronto, me and Roger, and so was Darren (Cahill). Darre...
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Jan 7, 2019 · Roger Federer | Photo Credit: AP. Ahead to the start of his title defense at the Australian Open 2019 in Melbourne, Swiss tennis maestro Roger Federer got emotional while talking about his former coach Peter Carter, who had passed away in a car accident in 2002.
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Jan 8, 2019 · Roger Federer's inspirational former coach died in a car crash on his honeymoon in 2002.Nearly two decades on, Federer still gets emotional when he talks about Peter Carter.Our exclusive interview ...
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Jan 8, 2019 · Roger Federer's inspirational former coach died in a car crash on his honeymoon in 2002. Nearly two decades on, Federer still gets emotional when he talks about Peter Carter.
Jan 7, 2019 · Roger Federer's inspirational former coach died in a car crash on his honeymoon in 2002. Nearly two decades on, Federer still gets emotional when he talks about Peter Carter. Born in Adelaide ...
