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Aug 1, 2023 · 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. Carter had coached young Federer since he was nine years old, shaping his technique and trying to channel his energy.
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.
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.
Federer won his first Grand Slam event the year following Carter’s death at the 2003 Wimbledon Championships. Death. Carter died in a car accident on 1 August, 2002 while on a belated honeymoon to Kruger National Park in South Africa (his wife Sylvia had been recovering from Hodgkin's disease). Carter was in a vehicle which swerved off the ...
Jan 30, 2017 · In a poignant tribute to Peter Carter, who died in a car accident in South Africa a week before Federer's 21st birthday, the ageless maestro says the South Australian moulded him as a man and ...
Jul 5, 2017 · For Roger Federer, Peter Carter's death was one of the worst disappointments in his life. On 1st August 2002 his former Australian coach died in a car accident in 2002 in the Barossa Valley, South ...
Jan 18, 2023 · Carter would end up working with former Swedish world number 25 Peter Lundgren at the Swiss National Training Centre, with the pair sharing responsibilities for Federer in his late teens.
