20 Facts About Frederico Marques

Frederico Marques was born on 4 September 1986 and is a Portuguese professional tennis coach who currently coaches Joao Sousa in the ATP World Tour.

Since January 2015, Marques is the Global Professional Tennis Coach Association president in Portugal.

Frederico Marques is the youngest coach to have an athlete in the ATP top 100 ranking and the first Portuguese member of the ATP Coaches.

In 2014, Frederico Marques was nominated for the 2014 Portuguese Coach of the Year award.

Frederico Marques's father, Joao, is a managing director of an international company and his mother, Maria, is a housewife.

Frederico Marques has an older brother, Joao, who is bank manager.

Frederico Marques started playing influenced by his father and his brother at age five.

Frederico Marques pursued a degree in communication studies at Universidade Nova de Lisboa, but never finished, and he attended at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain.

Frederico Marques enjoys triathlons, watching films and spending time with friends.

From 2000 to 2003, Frederico Marques practiced in the National Tennis Center in Oeiras, Portugal, where he was coached by Joao Cunha e Silva and Bernardo Mota.

Frederico Marques won the Under-16 National Championship mixed doubles tournament in 2001 and the singles and boys' doubles tournaments in 2002.

In 2004, Frederico Marques moved to the Barcelona Total Tennis Tennis Academy in Barcelona to improve his game.

Frederico Marques played his final tournament at this level in August 2004, at the Vila do Conde Junior Tennis Cup.

Frederico Marques entered the professional circuit in 2002 at a Futures tournament in Lisbon.

Frederico Marques never entered the main draw of an ATP tour tournament, but he played the qualifying rounds of the Estoril Open in 2002,2004 and 2005.

Frederico Marques decided to retire as a professional player in 2009 when he realized he would not improve much further as a player and was becoming a financial burden for his parents.

Immediately after retiring, Frederico Marques embarked on a coaching career at the BTT Tennis Academy despite not having previous experience as a coach.

In 2013, Frederico Marques was awarded the Record Portuguese Coach of the Year, and in November 2014, he was nominated for the 2014 Portuguese Coach of the Year award, losing to the Portugal national table tennis team coach Pedro Rufino.

When Frederico Marques ended his player career, he sought other options to remain physically active.

Since 2014, Frederico Marques is sponsored by KTM, which helps him cover the logistics associated with touring alongside Sousa.