Bogdan Obradović ( born September 30, 1966) is a professional tennis coach in Serbia. He was the head coach of the Serbia Davis Cup team from 2007 to 2017 and led the team to its first ever victory in 2010. Obradović has also been a member of the National Assembly of Serbia since 2016, serving as a non-partisan member affiliated with the governing Serbian Progressive Party.
Obradović was named as Serbia's Davis Cup head coach in 2007 and led the team to victory in the 2010 tournament with wins over the United States of America, Croatia, the Czech Republic, and France. After the final game, he was quoted as saying, "My players showed that they are mentally the strongest team in the world.
We showed we are No. 1.He also led Serbia's team to the finals of the 2013 tournament, where they were narrowly defeated by the Czech Republic. He was replaced as Davis Cup coach by Nenad Zimonjić in January 2017 In this episode I have the privilege to interview legendary Serbian coach Bogdan Obradovic.
It is a must listen!
Bogdan is a really interesting personality, very outspoken and opinionated. He had many interesting things to say on Serbian tennis, Davis Cup success, Novak Djokovic and discussed many other topics including his passion for guitar and Alan Ford comics!
Bogdan is one of the few GPTCA - A star level coaches (global professional tennis coach association); he is also the Serbian President of GPTCA.
He was the head coach of the Serbia Davis Cup team from 2007 to 2017 and led the team to its first ever victory in 2010.
Obradović has also been a member of the National Assembly of Serbia since 2016.
He has worked with many top ATP Serbian players including Janko Tipsarevic, Novak Djokovic, Boris Pasanski and Nenad Zimonjic.
He was Novak Djokovics coach in his junior years between the critical age of 10 and 20 years old and he was also his mentor.
He has his own tennis academy in Belgrade, Serbia Enjoy the episode!
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