Former Washington College tennis player Dave Marshall ’88 recently returned to the French Open to coach the French player Édouard Roger-Vasselin and his mixed doubles partner Laura Siegemund this June. The duo, thanks to Marshall’s keen coaching, fought a fiercely contested final to take the trophy against two-time Wimbledon-winning duo, Desirae Krawczyk and Neal Skupski. 

“It was very touch and go,” said Marshall. “But winning on a stadium court, in front of a packed house, with Édouard as the last Frenchman standing in the tournament was huge.” 

 Marshall is no stranger to coaching at the world’s top championships. Last fall, Marshall and Ross Coleman ’87, former Washington teammates and close friends, coached their doubles teams on side-by-side courts at the U.S. Open. Now, with his player Roger-Vasselin making the French Olympic team and qualifying for the Davis Cup for the first time, Marshall is staying busy. 

“It’s been a big year for him,” said the proud coach, noting they had a lot of work ahead of them. 

Wimbledon is next for Marshall, already a multiple Grand Slam champion coach and co-coach of the Bryans Brothers, who he helped regain the world’s #1 ranking.