Frederico Marques

Frederico Marques (born 4 September 1986) is a Portuguese professional tennis coach on the ATP World Tour.

After a short playing career, he became head coach at the BTT Tennis Academy in Barcelona, where he worked with João Sousa. Since January 2015, Marques is the Global Professional Tennis Coach Association president in Portugal. He is the youngest coach to have an athlete in the ATP top 100 ranking and the first Portuguese member of the ATP Coaches. In 2014, Marques was nominated for the 2014 Portuguese Coach of the Year award.

Early life Marques was born in Lisbon, Portugal. His father, João, is a managing director of an international company and his mother, Maria, is a housewife. However, he began more serious practice only when he was 12. He won the Under-16 National Championship mixed doubles tournament in 2001 and the singles and boys' doubles tournaments in 2002. In 2004, Marques moved to the Barcelona Total Tennis (BTT) Tennis Academy in Barcelona to improve his game.

Marques made his main draw debut in 2001 in a junior tournament at the Taca Group Bowl in El Salvador, with Frederico Gil as his doubles partner. He played his final tournament at this level in August 2004, at the Vila do Conde Junior Tennis Cup. Though he lost all his three Futures doubles finals, he won a Satellite doubles tournament in Coimbra in 2004.

Coach Immediately after retiring, Marques embarked on a coaching career at the BTT Tennis Academy despite not having previous experience as a coach. His first professional experience was alongside Russian Alexander Lobkov in 2009. The following season, Marques worked with Chinese Ma Yanan and supported the China Davis Cup team. The relationship broke down due to Dubinsky's poker addiction. Other players Marques coached for a short period include Teymuraz Gabashvili, Arnau Brugués-Davi, Íñigo Cervantes, Steven Diez, James McGee, Denis Matsukevich, Valery Rudnev and Wu Di.

In 2013, Marques was awarded the Record Portuguese Coach of the Year,

Since 2014, Marques is sponsored by KTM, which helps him cover the logistics associated with touring alongside Sousa.

Awards Record 2013 Portuguese Coach of the Year