# Warren Jacques

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{{Short description|Australian tennis player (1938–2025)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
| name = Warren Jacques
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| country_represented = {{AUS}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1938|3|10}}
| birth_place = [Sydney](/source/Sydney), New South Wales, Australia
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2025|8|15|1938|3|10}}
| death_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
| height =
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| highestsinglesranking = 
| AustralianOpenresult = 3R ([1966](/source/1966_Australian_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_singles))
| FrenchOpenresult = 2R ([1962](/source/1962_French_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_singles))
| Wimbledonresult = 4R ([1961](/source/1961_Wimbledon_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_singles))
| USOpenresult = 1R ([1968](/source/1968_US_Open_%E2%80%93_Men's_singles))
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| AustralianOpenDoublesresult = SF ([1967](/source/1967_Australian_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_doubles))
}}

'''Warren Jacques''' (10 March 1938 – 15 August 2025) was an Australian tennis coach and player.

==Biography==
Jacques, a native of [Sydney](/source/Sydney), was active on the international tour in the 1960s. He reached the fourth round of the [1961 Wimbledon Championships](/source/1961_Wimbledon_Championships), beating [Jørgen Ulrich](/source/J%C3%B8rgen_Ulrich), [Ingo Buding](/source/Ingo_Buding) and [Donald Dell](/source/Donald_Dell) en route. His title wins included the [Welsh Championships](/source/Welsh_Championships) in 1963.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jacques Wins Welsh Tennis |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19630723&id=CX5VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pZYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3932,3309774&hl=en |work=[The Age](/source/The_Age) |date=23 July 1963}}</ref>

During the 1980s, while working in [Dallas](/source/Dallas), Jacques was the tour coach of Texas-based players [Kevin Curren](/source/Kevin_Curren), [Steve Denton](/source/Steve_Denton) and [Bill Scanlon](/source/Bill_Scanlon).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Leavy |first1=Jane |title=Scanlon Finds Door, McEnroe Gets the Gate |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1983/09/06/scanlon-finds-door-mcenroe-gets-the-gate/56124744-3efb-42fd-b4c2-e9a6a987ad35/ |newspaper=[Washington Post](/source/Washington_Post) |date=6 September 1983}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Deford |first1=Frank |title=He Got down And Did It |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1983/09/19/he-got-down-and-did-it |magazine=[Sports Illustrated](/source/Sports_Illustrated) |language=en-us |date=19 September 1983}}</ref> He guided both Curren and Scanlon to the world's top 10, while Denton made it as high as 12 under Jacques. In 1987 he was appointed captain of the [Great Britain Davis Cup team](/source/Great_Britain_Davis_Cup_team) and stayed in the position for three Davis Cup campaigns.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jacques sacked by LTA |work=[Dundee Courier](/source/Dundee_Courier) |date=12 February 1991 |page=14}}</ref>

Jacques died in Sydney on 15 August 2025, at the age of 87.<ref>{{cite news |title=Warren Jacques, Australian tennis player who coached Wimbledon finalist Kevin Curren and the British Davis Cup side |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2025/09/12/warren-jacques-australia-tennis-coaching-wimbledon-davis/ |access-date=12 September 2025 |publisher=The Telegraph |date=12 September 2025}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{ATP|j059}}
* {{ITF profile|warren-jacques/800173449/aus}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jacques, Warren}}
Category:1938 births
Category:2025 deaths
Category:Australian male tennis players
Category:Australian tennis coaches
Category:Tennis players from Sydney
Category:Australian expatriates in the United States
Category:Sportsmen from New South Wales
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen

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