Where is Jan Michael Gambill these days?

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Amelie Mauresmo

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I hear Jan Michael Gambill is coaching the young American player Coco Vandeweghe and he seems to be doing a good job with her. This guy is easily the hottest guy to EVER play men's tennis hands down! I just saw some pics of Jan Michael on Elton John's cruise ship wow this guy's hot.
 
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Yes he coaches Coco and plays some WTT. He contributed insights to the Marcelo Rios book The man we barely knew as he played Rios a bunch of times. He's on Facebook. He is still in excellent fitness. That's all I know about JMG lately.
 
Elton doesn't have a cruise ship, he has a yacht in the South of France. He spends a month down there every summer and the paparazzi regularly photograph him on his boat with the assorted celebs that come to visit him.

Gonzalito is right, Jan-Mike has been coaching Coco since summer of 2011 and he still plays WTT every summer for the Boston Lobsters. He also plays the WTT Smash Hits event every year, usually on Elton's team. He still does a little bit of modeling when he can fit it in and uses crossfit and hot yoga to stay in shape. Check Coco's twitter, she posts some photos of him sometimes. She posted a video of him doing burpees at practice one day because he was late, that was kind of funny.

Recent article with lots of mistakes, but the second photo is really nice. http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/nov/14/plenty-to-give/?photos
 
Jan-Mike filmed an episode of Tennis Channel Academy. It will premiere on Sunday, Dec. 16th. Check local listings for time, I think it's afternoonish.
 
Bumping this thread as JMG has been making appearances on Tennis channel lately. Wonder what ever happened to the post "Fee" who seemed to know all about him....
 
Yeah, I noticed JMB was commentating some matches recently, particularly after Gimelstob went AWOL. To me JMB is a huge upgrade over Gimelstob in the booth. But Gimelstob was so bad, maybe that’s not saying much.
 
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Elton doesn't have a cruise ship, he has a yacht in the South of France. He spends a month down there every summer and the paparazzi regularly photograph him on his boat with the assorted celebs that come to visit him.

Gonzalito is right, Jan-Mike has been coaching Coco since summer of 2011 and he still plays WTT every summer for the Boston Lobsters. He also plays the WTT Smash Hits event every year, usually on Elton's team. He still does a little bit of modeling when he can fit it in and uses crossfit and hot yoga to stay in shape. Check Coco's twitter, she posts some photos of him sometimes. She posted a video of him doing burpees at practice one day because he was late, that was kind of funny.

Recent article with lots of mistakes, but the second photo is really nice. http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/nov/14/plenty-to-give/?photos
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interesting article... he was clearly something of a gym rat...I wonder if all that actually hindered him, injury wise?
 
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Yeah, I noticed JMB was commentating some matches recently, particularly after Gimelstob went AWOL. To me JMB is a huge upgrade over Gimelstob in the booth. But Gimelstob was so bad, maybe that’s not saying much.
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They sound so much alike! JMG much less pompous.
 
That's someone that I haven't thought about for a while. He had a good career, but could never make that "next jump" after the reached the Top 20. Two hands off both sides; one-slam QF and one 4R. Made the finals in Miami. He looked like a male model. He seemed to be a little bit of a thorn in Lleyton Hewitt's side - beat him in a Slam, in a Masters, in a tournament final; 3-4 overall vs. Hewitt.

This thread prompted me to watch some JMG clips- good stuff.

 
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Nice clip....had forgotten he hit 2 handed from both sides....some wicked groundies there...made me think of Greg Holmes...another 2 hander FH and BH
He WAS a male model, BTW...
 
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never was a Gimelstob fan....and since he went mental...even less
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He was a couple age groups ahead of me in juniors (we played in the same USTA section). I remember seeing him play once back then. Total psycho on the court. Let’s just say he didn’t have a great reputation in juniors. So it’s not a total shock to me to see him “stumbling” through his adult life.
 
I think the reason JMG fizzled out early is because he was a very one-dimensional player.

I have some insight on him having played him once in singles in juniors. He did a few things exceptionally well, but he had a few huge holes in his game. Watching him play against Rios on TV a few years afterward, his strengths and weaknesses as far as on-court skills were exactly the same as when I had faced him, only he was all grown up and taller and stronger.

He was one of the all-time great returners. He could hit aggressive returns even against solid first serves, and he could absolutely pummel a kick second serve off both wings. He was also a very mentally tough competitor, who could bring his best focus on the most important points.

But he was awkward at playing low balls. Especially against low short slices. A smart player who can keep the ball low and out of his high strike zone could frustrate him.

And his volleys were very poor - simply put, he was a world class player with rec-player-level volleys. A smart player could draw him to the net and blast a pass by him.

I think once the scouting report got around, it got tougher for him to stay at the top.
 
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