South African tennis player
Marius Barnard (born 20 January 1969) is a retiredSouth Africantennis player, who delivers Executive Coaching to CEOs, MDs, Directors, and other business leaders. He specialises in shifting mindsets, performance coaching, managing pressure, building self-belief, and utilising Positive Intelligence tools. As a business and psychology graduate, he started coaching tennis players, cricketers, and golfers in 2002. He converted to Executive Coaching in 2019 and became an EMCC Senior Practitioner in March 2021. As a tennis professional, he was more successful indoubles on the ATP Tour and played in Grand Slams for more than a decade. In his career, he won six titles on theATP Tour, reached eight finals as well as the quarter-finals of Wimbledon and the Australian Open.[1]
Performance timelines
[edit](W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Doubles: 14 (6 titles, 8 runner-ups)
[edit]| Legend |
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| Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) | | ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) | | ATP Masters Series (0–0) | | ATP Championship Series (0–0) | | ATP International Series (6–8) |
| | Finals by surface |
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| Hard (3–4) | | Clay (0–1) | | Grass (1–2) | | Carpet (2–1) |
| | Finals by setting |
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| Outdoors (4–6) | | Indoors (2–2) |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Nov 1992 | Moscow, Russia | World Series | Carpet | John-Laffnie de Jager | Andrei Olhovskiy
David Adams | 6–3, 3–6, 7–6 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Aug 1993 | Kitzbühel, Austria | World Series | Clay | Tom Mercer | Juan-Ignacio Garat
Roberto Saad | 4–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
| Win | 2–1 | Apr 1994 | Sun City, South Africa | World Series | Hard | Brent Haygarth | Ellis Ferreira
Grant Stafford | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Feb 1996 | Marseille, France | World Series | Hard | Peter Nyborg | Jean-Philippe Fleurian
Guillaume Raoux | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 3–2 | Mar 1996 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | World Series | Carpet | David Adams | Hendrik-Jan Davids
Cyril Suk | 6–3, 5–7, 7–6 |
| Win | 4–2 | Jul 1996 | Bucharest, United States | World Series | Grass | Piet Norval | Paul Kilderry
Michael Tebbutt | 6–7, 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 5–2 | Aug 1996 | Los Angeles, United States | World Series | Hard | Piet Norval | Jonas Björkman
Nicklas Kulti | 7–5, 6–2 |
| Loss | 5–3 | Jun 1997 | Halle, Germany | World Series | Grass | David Adams | Karsten Braasch
Michael Stich | 6–7, 2–6 |
| Loss | 5–4 | Feb 1998 | St. Petersburg, Russia | World Series | Carpet | Brent Haygarth | Nicklas Kulti
Mikael Tillström | 6–3, 3–6, 6–7 |
| Loss | 5–5 | Jun 1999 | Nottingham, United Kingdom | World Series | Grass | Brent Haygarth | Patrick Galbraith
Justin Gimelstob | 7–5, 5–7, 3–6 |
| Loss | 5–6 | Aug 1999 | Boston, United States | World Series | Hard | T. J. Middleton | Guillermo Cañas
Martín García | 7–5, 6–7(2–7), 3–6 |
| Loss | 5–7 | Sep 2000 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | International Series | Hard | Robbie Koenig | Justin Gimelstob
Scott Humphries | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 6–7 | Jan 2001 | Auckland, New Zealand | International Series | Hard | Jim Thomas | David Adams
Martín García | 7–6(12–10), 6–4 |
| Loss | 6–8 | Sep 2001 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | International Series | Hard | Jim Thomas | Julien Boutter
Dominik Hrbatý | 4–6, 6–3, [11–13] |
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
[edit]| Legend |
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| ATP Challenger (5–4) | | ITF Futures (0–0) |
| | Finals by surface |
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| Hard (3–3) | | Clay (1–0) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (1–1) |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Apr 1990 | Cape Town, South Africa | Challenger | Carpet | Jeremy Bates | Wayne Ferreira
Pieter Norval | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Jul 1990 | Aptos, United States | Challenger | Hard | Matt Anger | Jeff Brown
Scott Melville | 7–6, 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 2–1 | Nov 1992 | Brest, France | Challenger | Hard | Brent Haygarth | Ģirts Dzelde
Bent-Ove Pedersen | 6–2, 7–6 |
| Loss | 2–2 | May 1993 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Challenger | Hard | Joost Winnink | Joshua Eagle
Andrew Florent | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Feb 1994 | Lippstadt, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Brent Haygarth | Alexander Mronz
Arne Thoms | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 2–4 | Feb 1995 | Cherbourg, France | Challenger | Hard | Stefan Kruger | Bill Behrens
Matt Lucena | 6–7, 1–6 |
| Win | 3–4 | May 1995 | Valletta, Malta | Challenger | Hard | Lionel Barthez | Patrick Baur
Tomas Anzari | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Win | 4–4 | Feb 1996 | Cherbourg, France | Challenger | Hard | Bill Behrens | João Cunha Silva
Mathias Huning | 6–2, 4–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 5–4 | May 1998 | Ljubljana, Slovenia | Challenger | Clay | Stephen Noteboom | Alberto Martín
Tomáš Anzari | 7–6, 6–7, 7–6 |