Tennis coach Patrick Mouratoglou famously worked with Serena Williams for 10 years where he helped her win 10 of her 23 major singles titles. Beyond coaching, he’s also an author, with a new book, Champion Mindset, focusing on the mental approach to the game - and life itself.

Patrick Mouratoglou, renowned tennis coach, has released a new book that delves into the mindset and mental strategies of tennis greats. Drawing from his own struggles with self-esteem and anxiety in his youth, Mouratoglou explains how tennis became a transformative force in his life, providing him with confidence and a sense of purpose.

Having coached some of the sport’s top athletes, including a decade-long partnership with Serena Williams, Mouratoglou shares insights into what sets champions apart. He emphasizes that the mental aspect of tennis is crucial, and his book aims to offer practical lessons that extend beyond sports, helping readers pursue their goals in any field.

Patrick Mouratoglou’s new book highlights mindset of tennis greats

I had no self-esteem, I was struggling everywhere at school, I was unable to speak to other kids my age, and I went through a process that thankfully gave me the opportunity to do what I wanted in life and solve my problems. But then I used everything I learned to help players achieve their own dreams, and I did this now for 30 years. I've been lucky to work with some of the greatest of all times, and actually the greatest of all times, Serena, for 10 years, and I learned a lot from them also, and I thought it was the right moment to use all the things that I learned to help people be able to achieve their dreams in general, not only on a tennis court, but in life, whatever they want to achieve. I think all those lessons were very, very useful for me. I mean, the idea of the book is to give that opportunity to anyone in any field. I think people reading the book or hearing of your story might be surprised to hear just how difficult your start was in life. Can you just kind of give us more of a sense of just how low you were and you felt and how you were able to turn it around? You're right. I was feeling terrible. I was also very sick because the anxiety of my daily life was creating that, and tennis saved my life in a way because when I discovered tennis and I started to play, I was not too bad at something, actually, and there was a place where I could express myself, was the tennis court. There was a place where I was feeling less shy because I was feeling that I was worth something there. That's what I explained in the book. I explained how I did it. And again, this experience that I lived was, I mean, not only changed my life, but helped me understand how to connect with people, how to think in a way that you have a good chance to become successful. In the future, my collaboration with the greatest players just solidified all my ideas about all the things I'm talking about, and that's really the topic of the book. The champions don't think like anyone. They really think different, they process different, and that's what makes them successful. You've worked with a lot of great tennis players. Can I ask you who was your favorite to work with or perhaps who was the most rewarding relationship you've had so far in your career as a coach? I'm always more inclined to say the one you had the most success with, and of course, it's Serena because she won 10 Grand Slams while we were working together. It's also a very long collaboration because we stayed together 10 years, which is, in the tennis world, extremely long. I think there was a lot of trust and everything, but I know I took something out of every of the collaborations I had. Even though the results were good almost every time, but of course, not all players are Serena. Not everyone can win Grand Slams, not everyone can become the best, but when you build something with someone, when you're able to bring someone from one level to another one, you always have a lot of very good souvenirs, and you build a relationship with those people that is really worth something. But again, Serena is by far the one that we won the most with, also because she's Serena and there is only one in the history of our sports. Tennis is arguably the most mental of all sports, so I wonder if you had to choose. Would you describe yourself as a tennis coach or as a mental coach? That's a great question. You're right when you say that the mental is a huge part of that sport, probably the most important part. So I think it's important that the coaches are able to also help the players on that aspect of the game. Tennis is so complex. There is a huge technical aspect, a huge tactical aspect, a huge mental aspect, and the physical is extremely important. So every player will bring you different problematics that you have to solve, otherwise they would be number one already. If they're not, it means on the way from where they are to number one, you will have to solve things and help them solve them. So my goal is to have the tools to solve any kind of problems. Do I think I'm maybe better on the mental side? I think so, but I hope I'm good enough on the other ones too.

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