Peter Carter

Q: When did Peter Carter die?

Peter Carter died on August 1, 2002.

Q: How old was Peter Carter when they died?

Peter Carter was 37 years old at the time of death.

Q: What was Peter Carter's cause of death?

The cause of death of Peter Carter was traffic collision.

Peter Carter (9 August 1964 – 1 August 2002) was an Australian tennis player and coach. He is widely known as the most influential coach of Roger Federer.

Playing career

Carter won the 1985 Melbourne Tennis Tournament with Darren Cahill. He reached a career high of 173 in singles and 117 in doubles on the ATP, but his career was hampered by injuries.

Coaching career

Carter is widely known particularly as the coach of tennis champion Roger Federer. He met Federer when he was 9 and quickly identified him as a future world no 1. Federer has said that “Peter was an incredibly inspirational and important person in my life. He taught me respect for each person. I can never thank him enough.”

Federer won his first Grand Slam event the year following Carter’s death at the 2003 Wimbledon Championships, which Federer dedicated to Carter.

Death

Carter died in a car accident on 1 August 2002 while on a belated honeymoon to Kruger National Park in South Africa (his wife Sylvia had been recovering from Hodgkin's disease). Carter was in a vehicle which swerved off the road to avoid a head-on collision with a minivan.