The legendary tennis coach Eric Riley kindly granted an exclusive interview with Tennis World USA, during which he explored many significant topics. For over four decades, TeamRiley Tennis Inc. founder has coached some of the world’s top-ranked tennis players to numerous international titles on the professional tour.
Two players coached by Eric have been nominated for the International Tennis Hall of Fame, one being inducted. Several of Eric’s players have achieved the No.1 world rankings in doubles and reached the Top-5 ranking in singles.
Eric coached International Tennis Hall of Fame inductee Pam Shriver through the final decade of her career. He also coached career doubles Grand Slam winner Lisa Raymond. In 1996, Eric coached Lisa to her first professional singles title in Canada, the Challenge Belle, in Quebec City.
In 1997, Eric coached Lisa at the Australian Open Doubles Final, where her partner was Lindsay Davenport. In July 2008, Lisa Raymond partnered with Samantha Stosur and got to the Wimbledon Doubles Final, where they lost to Venus nd Serena Williams.
In 2017, Eric worked with Marcus Willis before his Wimbledon run. More recently, Eric’s player…