Women's Tennis
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
TCU women’s tennis head coach Lee Taylor Walker welcomed Christopher Williams back to his staff as an assistant coach in September of 2018.
Williams joins the Horned Frog staff after coaching tennis professionals on the ATP and WTA tour from 2012- 2018.
Since beginning on tour in 2012, Christopher has been the head of coaching teams in all 4 Grand Slams and achieved multiple ATP Challenger Tour titles, ITF Men's 25k titles, and ITF Women's 50k titles. At the core of this success has been the appreciation and passion for the mental game. In 2014, Christopher served as the Director of Mental Training for Bishops Gate Tennis Academy in Orlando, FL while continuing to travel with WTA player Olivia Rogowska.
Williams has worked as a coach for over a dozen professional tennis players to multiple titles including:
- Tennys Sandgren - Career High ATP No. 41 - Australian Open quarterfinalist - 2018 & 2020
- Olivia Rogowska - Career High WTA No. 102 - Australian Open 2R - 2018 - ITF 50k and 25k tournament champion
- Jared Hiltzik - singles title
- Dominik Koepfer - three singles titles
- Gonzales Austin
- Rajeev Ram - Masters title, ATP 250 title
- Raven Klaasen - Masters title, ATP 250 title
- Sam Groth
- James McGee
- Tim Smyczek - ATP No. 68
- Denis Kudla - ATP No. 53
- John-Patrick Smith - ATP No. 108
- Rhyne Williams - ATP No. 114 - 5 Grand Slam main draw appearances - First Challenger Tour title
Williams’ coaching career started as a volunteer assistant coach for his alma mater, Tennessee. During his two seasons with the team from Aug. 2010 to May 2012, Williams helped coach four players to All-America honors and saw two different singles players and one doubles tandem achieve the No. 1 Wilson/ITA ranking. The team was SEC Regular Season Champions, while also finishing runner-up at the ITA National Indoor Team Championship.
He spent his first two years of college at Wofford, before transferring to Tennessee for his final two seasons. While in Knoxville, Williams helped his team to a 2010 SEC regular season and tournament championship and an NCAA runner-up finish. In 2009, the team advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 and finish ranked No. 8 nationally.
Williams received both his bachelor's and master's degrees from the Tennessee, graduating in July 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in sociology and in May of 2012 with a master's degree in Kinesiology.
