Roger Rasheed was born in March, 1968 in Adelaide. He is of Lebanese origin, with both parents moving to Australia in their early twenties. Roger spent his young life learning the values of hard work and commitment through the actions of his parents. They built a family culture that has forever been driven into Roger’s personal and professional life. They taught Roger that being passionate about what you do will allow you to generate opportunities, that’s how Roger lives his lfe.

Roger’s love for sport was obvious at a young age. Football was his sport of choice at age five and he quickly became a player on the radar of two major AFL clubs in his teens. Tennis arrived at age 12, playing a school tournament and winning started Roger’s tennis journey.

He received a scholarship to Pembroke school at 13 and the age of 15 he found himself in America at John Newcombe’s Tennis Ranch in Texas for 12 months. At 16 Roger qualified for the Australian Open as the youngest person in history, a feat only to be eclipsed by a player he would go on and coach, Lleyton Hewitt. Roger then moved into the Australian Institute of Sport.

Roger spent the next six to seven years dealing with a crippling back / spinal injury which thew his career into one of extreme adversity. The challenges were daily. In 1992 the time came to take the strong medical advice given, he retired to save any future, permanent, crippling injuries that would effect his daily life.

The next decade was dedicated to coaching & elite sports education. Roger created a successful fitness business, coached sports teams and developed his tennis coaching brand while training elite juniors and guiding young professionals.

Roger started on the ATP Tour in 2002 with Australia’s great Lleyton Hewitt. They worked together until 2007. From 2008 to 2011 Rasheed coached French acrobat Gael Monfils to a career high no. 7. Roger then went on to coach another French star in Jo-Wilfred Tsonga with success followed by the young talent of Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov which he transformed into a top 8 player, winning 4 titles in the first 12 months and giving Dimitrov a taste of Grand Slam success for the first time with a quarter final appearance in Australia and a Wimbledon semi finals appearance in 2014.

He is a highly respected international tennis coach as well as a physical strength/conditioner coach who believes in treating your tennisenvironment at the elite level as an A LIST business, leaving nothing behind while you work on achieving your own personal greatness.

Roger frequently works as an expert commentator at the Grand Slams for the Ch 7 network in Australia and frequently appears on the Tennis Channel in the USA. His media presence continues all year round via multi radio networks in Australia and around the globe.

Roger is the founder of the Roger Rasheed Sports Foundation – saving kids lives through the medicine of sport. Roger resides in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia and is a father to his daughter India Rasheed.