Mike Estep

Estep grew up in Dallas, where he graduated from the St. Mark's School of Texas. As a junior tennis player, Estep held a No 1 national ranking for five straight years (from 1963 to 1967). Estep was named the Texas High School Player of the Year, and led the U.S. to the Sunshine Cup Title and played on the U.S. Junior Davis Cup Team. When Estep and George Taylor won the USTA national junior doubles tournament, they became the first team of Texans to win a national tennis championship. == College tennis ==

At Rice University, Estep was an All American tennis player for three years. As a senior in 1970, he won the Southwest Conference titles in both singles and doubles. At the NCAA Division 1 annual tournament, Estep was an NCAA doubles semifinalist (1968), a singles finalist (1969), and a singles semifinalist (1970). He graduated from Rice with a degree in political science. ==Grand Prix and WCT finals ==

Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups) Doubles: 16 (7 titles, 9 runner-ups) ==Coaching==

Estep entered coaching after retiring from competitive tennis in 1983. He is best known for coaching Martina Navratilova during her rise to dominance. ==References==