Jay Berger

Jay Berger (born November 26, 1966) is an American tennis coach and a former professional player. He won three singles and one doubles titles on the ATP Tour and reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 7 in April 1990. He and his wife Nadia resided on Key Biscayne and now reside in Jupiter, Florida, and have four children: daughter Alexandra, and sons Daniel, Jonathan, and Noah. His son Daniel, who played golf at Florida State (where he was an All-American), is a PGA Tour pro golfer who was 2015 Rookie of the Year, and as of February 14, 2021, has four career PGA Tour wins.

Since 2021 Berger is the Director of Athletics at the Club at Ibis.

Tennis career

Berger was the USTA Boys’ 18s National Champion in 1985. He also won the 1985 Florida State Junior Championship.

He reached the fourth round in the 1985 US Open.

College career

Berger was an All-American at Clemson University in 1985 and 1986,

Halls of Fame and Awards

Berger was inducted into the Florida Hall of Fame in 1993. He was inducted into the Greater Miami-Dade Hall of Fame in 2001. He was also voted "Sportsman of the Year" by the Olympic Committee in 1985, and "Junior Player of the Year" by TENNIS Magazine in 1985. In 2014 he was inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.

Coaching career Berger went on to become an assistant coach at Florida International University, where he resumed his studies and graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor's degree in Sports Management in 1994. Berger was the Head Men’s and Women’s tennis coach at the University of Miami and coached the national team.

He coached Ryan Harrison until Jan-Michael Gambill replaced him in 2014 after which he coached former world No. 8 Jack Sock.

He is also the longtime coach of former world No. 17 Reilly Opelka.

Career finals

Singles (3 wins – 4 losses)

Doubles (1 win – 1 loss) ResultW-LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Nov 1987 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Horacio de la Peña Tomás Carbonell Sergio Casal def.Win 1–1 Oct 1988 São Paulo, Brazil Hard Horacio de la Peña Ricardo Acuña Javier Sánchez 5–7, 6–4, 6–3