Craig A. Miller

Craig Miller

Country (sports)	Australia
Born	(1962-10-18)18 October 1962 Young, New South Wales, Australia
Died	August 2021 (aged 58–59)
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$139,258
Singles
Career record	29–54
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 102 (3 January 1983)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (1979)
French Open	1R (1983)
Wimbledon	2R (1983, 1984)
Doubles
Career record	57–66
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 64 (2 January 1984)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	SF (1985)
French Open	1R (1983, 1984)
Wimbledon	3R (1982, 1983)
US Open	1R (1980, 1983, 1984)

Craig A. Miller (18 October 1962 – August 2021) was a professional tennis player from Australia.

Junior years

Miller was the boys' singles champion at the 1980 Australian Open, beating Wally Masur in the final. The Australian had been runner-up the previous year, to Greg Whitecross. He was also a semi-finalist at the 1980 US Open and with Pat Cash won the doubles title at the 1982 Australian Open.

Professional career

In 1982, Miller was a quarter-finalist at the Sydney Outdoor tournament and lost in the doubles final of the New South Wales Open, partnering Cliff Letcher.

The following year he made the semi-finals of the Melbourne Outdoor event. Also in 1983, Miller had a win over John Lloyd in the Wimbledon Championships and won two doubles titles, at Hong Kong and Adelaide, both times in an unseeded pairing.

Miller and partner Laurie Warder were semi-finalists at the 1985 Australian Open.

In 1986, he started the season well by reaching the singles quarter-finals at Auckland but wouldn't appear on tour again until September, as a result of a benign tumour that he had to have removed from his vocal cords. During this time he wasn't able to travel overseas due to restrictions on his medication and he instead spent his time coaching at the Australian Institute of Sport. He played for another year and a half, before retiring after the 1988 Australian Open.

Coaching

Miller was the head development coach of Tennis Australia for seven years and later ran his own tennis program, IQ Tennis.

Grand Prix career finals

Doubles: 3 (2–1)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Dec 1982	Sydney, Australia	Grass	Cliff Letcher	John Alexander John Fitzgerald	4–6, 6–7
Win	1–1	Nov 1983	Hong Kong	Hard	Drew Gitlin	Sammy Giammalva Jr. Steve Meister	6–2, 6–2
Win	2–1	Dec 1983	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Eric Sherbeck	Broderick Dyke Rod Frawley	6–3, 4–6, 6–4

Challenger titles

Doubles: (2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	1981	Brisbane, Australia	Grass	Chris Johnstone	Brad Drewett Warren Maher	6–4, 7–5
2.	1982	Tokyo, Japan	Clay	Pat Cash	Bruce Derlin David Mustard	6–2, 6–2

Death

Miller died in August 2021 after suffering from throat cancer.