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Nick Bollettieri, coach to many tennis stars, dead at age 91

FILE - Tennis coach Nick Bollettieri gestures outside his home Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, in Bradenton, Fla. Nick Bollettieri, the Hall of Fame tennis coach who worked with some of the sport’s biggest stars, and founded an academy that revolutionized the development of young athletes, has died. He was 91. Bollettieri passed away Sunday night, Dec. 4, 2022, at home in Florida after a series of health issues, his manager, Steve Shulla, said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press on Monday. (James A. Jones Jr./The Bradenton Herald via AP, File)

FILE - Nick Bollettieri holds his plaque as he waves to the crowd after his induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, R.I., Saturday, July 12, 2014. Nick Bollettieri, the Hall of Fame tennis coach who worked with some of the sport’s biggest stars, and founded an academy that revolutionized the development of young athletes, has died. He was 91. Bollettieri passed away Sunday night, Dec. 4, 2022, at home in Florida after a series of health issues, his manager, Steve Shulla, said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press on Monday. AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

FILE - Monica Seles, right, helps Nick Bollettieri with a blazer as Hall of Fame chairman of the board Christopher Clouser, left, looks on during Bollettieri's induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, R.I., Saturday, July 12, 2014. Nick Bollettieri, the Hall of Fame tennis coach who worked with some of the sport’s biggest stars and founded an academy that revolutionized the development of young athletes, has died. He was 91. Bollettieri passed away Sunday night, Dec. 4, 2022, at home in Florida after a series of health issues, his manager, Steve Shulla, said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press on Monday. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

Nick Bollettieri, coach to many tennis stars, dead at age 91