Tennis: former pattern

The Austrian sport mourns around Ronald Leitgeb: The long-term tennis coach and official is unexpectedly deceased at the age of 62, the Austrian Tennis Association (ÖTV) confirmed on Wednesday. Leitgeb leaves his wife Bettina and son Florian. His greatest successes celebrated Lebgeb on the side of the former French Open winner Thomas Pattern, which he also led to the top of the world ranking after Triumph in Paris in 1995. From 1994 to 1997 he was also Davis Cup captain of the ÖTV, the Leitgeb later from 2012 to 2015 as President Board. Articles and videos about the topic * Top sport live on Dazn. Register now! Can be terminated at any time monthly. "With Ronnie Leitgeb, Austria's tennis and the Austrian tennis association loses one of his dazzling and most important figures from recent decades," said ÖTV President Martin Ohnberg.