David Macpherson (born 3 July 1967) is a former professional male tennis player on the ATP Tour. He was the former coach of John Isner and Bob and Mike Bryan.

A product of player and coach, Tony Roche's junior tennis academy, he played lefthanded and turned professional in 1985. As a junior player Macpherson was one of Australia's top prospects in his peer group, reaching the U.S. Open Junior Doubles Tournament finals in 1983 and winning the Australia Open Junior Doubles title in 1985 (with Brett Custer).

Known primarily as a doubles specialist, Macpherson's professional career was highlighted by his 1992 season with partner, Steve DeVries, where they won doubles titles in Milan, Manchester, Indian Wells, Atlanta, Charlotte and Brisbane to finish No. 8 in the year end Team Rankings and qualifying for ATP Tour World Doubles Championships.

In November of that year he achieved his high personal rank of No. 11 in the doubles ranking. During his career, Macpherson captured 16 doubles titles on the ATP tour and earned over US$1.7 million in career earnings.

Throughout his pro career, Macpherson was a regular player in World TeamTennis league for the Sacramento and Kansas City Explorers franchises.

Macpherson coached arguably the greatest doubles pair in the history of tennis, Mike and Bob Bryan, from 2005 through 2016. He is now the head coach of The George Washington University's men's tennis team.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss1985US OpenHard Patrick Flynn Joey Blake Darren Yates6–3, 3–6, 4–6

ATP career finals

Doubles: 29 (16 titles, 13 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters 1000 Series (1–1)ATP 500 Series (3–3)ATP 250 Series (12–9)Finals by surfaceHard (6–4)Clay (6–4)Grass (2–1)Carpet (2–4)Finals by settingOutdoors (13–8)Indoors (3–5)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Toronto, CanadaChampionship SeriesCarpet Patrick Galbraith Neil Broad Kevin Curren2–6, 6–4, 6–3Loss1–1Rotterdam, NetherlandsWorld SeriesCarpet Steve DeVries Patrick Galbraith Anders Järryd6–7, 2–6Loss1–2Lyon, FranceWorld SeriesCarpet Steve DeVries Tom Nijssen Cyril Suk6–7, 3–6Win2–2Milan, ItalyWorld SeriesCarpet Neil Broad Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez5–7, 7–5, 6–4Win3–2Indian Wells, United StatesMasters SeriesHard Steve DeVries Kent Kinnear Sven Salumaa4–6, 6–3, 6–3Win4–2Atlanta, United StatesWorld SeriesClay Steve DeVries Mark Keil Dave Randall6–3, 6–3Win5–2Charlotte, United StatesWorld SeriesClay Steve DeVries Bret Garnett Jared Palmer6–4, 7–6Win6–2Manchester, United KingdomWorld SeriesGrass Patrick Galbraith Jeremy Bates Laurie Warder4–6, 6–3, 6–2Win7–2Brisbane, AustraliaWorld SeriesHard Steve DeVries Patrick McEnroe Jonathan Stark6–4, 6–4Loss7–3Stockholm, SwedenMasters SeriesCarpet Steve DeVries Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde3–6, 4–6Loss7–4Stuttgart Indoor, GermanyChampionship SeriesCarpet Steve DeVries Mark Kratzmann Wally Masur3–6, 6–7Win8–4Nice, FranceWorld SeriesClay Laurie Warder Shelby Cannon Scott Melville3–4 ret.Loss8–5New Haven, United StatesChampionship SeriesHard Steve DeVries Cyril Suk Daniel Vacek3–6, 6–7Loss8–6Sydney, AustraliaWorld SeriesHard Trevor Kronemann Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde6–7, 4–6Win9–6Scottsdale, United StatesWorld SeriesHard Trevor Kronemann Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez4–6, 6–3, 6–4Win10–6Barcelona, SpainChampionship SeriesClay Trevor Kronemann Goran Ivanišević Andrea Gaudenzi6–2, 6–4Win11–6Munich, GermanyWorld SeriesClay Trevor Kronemann Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez6–3, 6–4Win12–6San Jose, United StatesWorld SeriesHard Trevor Kronemann Richey Reneberg Jonathan Stark6–4, 3–6, 6–3Loss12–7Gstaad, SwitzerlandWorld SeriesClay Trevor Kronemann Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez6–4, 6–7, 6–7Loss12–8Rosmalen, NetherlandsWorld SeriesGrass Trevor Kronemann Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis4–6, 5–7Loss12–9Gstaad, SwitzerlandWorld SeriesClay Trevor Kronemann Daniel Vacek Yevgeny Kafelnikov6–4, 6–7, 3–6Loss12–10Philadelphia, United StatesChampionship SeriesHard Richey Reneberg Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis6–7, 7–6, 2–6Win13–10St. Pölten, AustriaWorld SeriesClay Jim Grabb David Adams Wayne Black6–4, 6–4Loss13–11Scottsdale, United StatesInternational SeriesHard Patrick Galbraith Jared Palmer Richey Reneberg3–6, 5–7Win14–11Adelaide, AustraliaInternational SeriesHard Grant Stafford Wayne Arthurs Todd Woodbridge6–7, 6–4, 6–4Loss14–12Casablanca, MoroccoInternational SeriesClay Pablo Albano Michael Hill Jeff Tarango6–7, 3–6Loss14–13Atlanta, United StatesInternational SeriesClay Rick Leach Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes3–6, 6–7Win15–3Tokyo, JapanChampionship SeriesHard Rick Leach Paul Hanley Nathan Healey1–6, 7–6, 7–6Win16–13Newport, United StatesInternational SeriesGrass Jordan Kerr Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer7–6, 6–3

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Doubles: 9 (7–2) LegendATP Challenger (7–2)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (2–0)Clay (3–2)Grass (0–0)Carpet (2–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0São Paulo, BrazilChallengerClay Gerardo Mirad Otavio Della Jaime Oncins2–6, 7–6, 6–2Loss1–1Santos, BrazilChallengerClay Gerardo Mirad Cristian Araya Pedro Rebolledo4–6, 6–4, 4–6Win2–1Lins, BrazilChallengerClay Gerardo Mirad João Cunha-Silva Ivan Kley2–6, 6–3, 6–2Win3–1Brasília, BrazilChallengerCarpet Horacio de la Peña Luis Ruette João Soares6–3, 7–5Loss3–2Nyon, SwitzerlandChallengerClay João Cunha-Silva Nicholas Fulwood Libor Pimek7–6, 6–7, 4–6Win4–2Hobart, AustraliaChallengerCarpet Brett Custer Brett Steven Sandon Stolle6–2, 6–7, 6–4Win5–2Brest, FranceChallengerHard Trevor Kronemann Bryan Shelton Kevin Ullyett6–1, 6–4Win6–2Naples, United StatesChallengerClay Trevor Kronemann Marcos Ondruska Grant Stafford6–3, 7–6Win7–2Rio de Janeiro, BrazilChallengerHard Justin Gimelstob Julian Knowle Michael Kohlmann7–6(7–5), 6–3

Performance timelines

Singles Tournament19831984198519861987198819891990199119921993199419951996SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian Open1RQ11RA2RQ2Q21RQ1Q1Q1AAA0 / 40–4French OpenAAAAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0WimbledonAQ1AQ1Q1Q2Q3Q1AAAAAA0 / 00–0US OpenAAAAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–10–00–10–00–10–00–00–10–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 40–4ATP Masters SeriesCanadaAAAA1RAAAAAAAAA0 / 10–1CincinnatiAAAAAAAAAAAAAQ10 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–10–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 10–1

Doubles Tournament19831984198519861987198819891990199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian Open1R2R3RA2R2RA1R2R1R3R2R3R2R2RSF2R3R1R2R0 / 1821–18French OpenAAAA1R1RA1R3R2R1R1R1R3R2R3R1R2R1R1R0 / 159–15WimbledonAAAAQ11RQ12R2R3R1R3R2R1R2RQF2R1R1RQF0 / 1415–14US OpenAAAA1RAA2RQF2R2R2R2RQF3R2R2RQF2R2R0 / 1420–14Win–loss0–11–12–10–01–31–30–02–47–44–43–44–44–46–45–410–43–46–41–45–40 / 6165–61Year-end ChampionshipsATP FinalsDid not qualifyRRDNQSFDid not qualify0 / 22–5ATP Masters SeriesIndian WellsAAAAAAAQFAW1R1R2RSF1R1RSF1RQF2R1 / 1217–11MiamiAAAAA1RA3R2R3RQF3R2R3R2R3RQF2R1R1R0 / 1413–14Monte CarloAAAAAAA2R1RA2R1R2RQF1RQF1R1R2R2R0 / 128–12HamburgAAAAAAA2R2RAQF1RQFQFQF1R1R1R1RA0 / 119–11RomeAAAAAAA1R1R1R2R2R1R1R1R1R1RA2RA0 / 113–11CanadaAAAA2RAAQF1RAAAAASF1R2R2R1R1R0 / 98–9CincinnatiAAAA2RAA1RQF2R1RA1R1R2R1RSF1RA1R0 / 128–12StuttgartAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA1RANMS0 / 10–1ParisAAAAAAA2R2R1R1RA2R2RQFQFA1R1RA0 / 108–10Win–loss0–00–00–00–02–20–10–08–85–77–44–73–56–79–79–85–89–71–84–72–51 / 9274–91

Mixed doubles Tournament19861987198819891990199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAASFQFA1RSF2RA2R2R1R2RQF2RAA0 / 1115–11French OpenAA2RA1RQF3R3RASF2RQFSF2R2RAA0 / 1119–11Wimbledon2R1R2RA1R1R1R2R3R1R3R1R3R2R2R1R2R0 / 1612–16US OpenAAAA2R1R2R1RQFASF2RQF1RAA1R0 / 1010–10Win–loss1–10–15–32–11–33–45–44–44–25–37–44–48–43–43–30–11–20 / 4856–48

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