Four years on, Tyzzer reflects on Barty’s Wimbledon triumph

“We actually didn’t hit a ball between the second round of the French to three days before Wimbledon, and that was my biggest concern was just she wasn’t going to be tennis-wise ready,” he said.

“Once we got onto the practice courts at Wimbledon we couldn’t do a whole lot. It sort of trickled in, and then once she got through the first round I thought yeah, we’re actually in pretty good shape.

“Did I think she could win the tournament? Probably not.”

With her crew concerned about her form, expectation perhaps eased on that year’s top-seeded player.

Nevertheless, Barty and Tyzzer worked together to ensure she was 100 per cent ready going into every match.

“We really enjoyed finding out ways Ash could win on court and how her game is able to beat certain players and then how she can play a different game to beat other players,” Tyzzer recalled.

“She really bought into that. [She was] such a good competitor and I think that’s why she had such good results”.

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