Nick Kelaidis | |
Fullname: | Nicolas Kelaidis |
Birth Date: | 29 October 1949 |
Birth Place: | Alexandria, Egypt |
Height: | 178 cm |
Singlesrecord: | 2–15 |
Highestsinglesranking: | No. 244 (27 September 1974) |
Australianopenresult: | 1R (1973) |
Frenchopenresult: | 1R (1973) |
Wimbledonresult: | Q2 (1974, 1976) |
Doublesrecord: | 1–19 |
Australianopendoublesresult: | 1R (1973, 1977) |
Frenchopendoublesresult: | 1R (1973) |
Wimbledondoublesresult: | 1R (1973, 1975) |
Nicolas Kelaidis (born 29 October 1949) is a Greek former professional tennis player.[1]
Kelaidis was born in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, which had a large Greek population at the time. He played college tennis in the United States, at Clemson University from 1968 to 1971.[2]
During the 1970s, Kelaidis competed on the professional tennis circuit and was a regular member of the Greece Davis Cup team, featuring in a total of 10 ties. He appeared in the main draws of the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon.
For most of the 1980s he was a coach for the Swiss Tennis Federation, then spent a decade coaching for the French Federation, with his roles at both focusing on women's tennis. He married Swiss tennis player Lilian Drescher.[3]