Following his time in Melbourne, Couch was hired as North Launceston's playing coach in the Tasmanian Football League.
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Danielle Collins has had a career-high WTA singles ranking of seventh and a doubles ranking of 86. At the Silicon Valley Classic and the Palermo Open on the WTA Tour in 2021, Collins won two singles championships. At the Australian Open in 2022, she made it to the final of a major singles tournament. Her breakthrough came at the 2019 Australian Open, where she reached the semifinals while defeating world No. 2 Angelique Kerber. She had already made a name for herself on the WTA Tour by qualifying for and making it to the 2018 Miami Open semifinals. Collins also competed in the singles quarterfinals at the 2020 French Open and the doubles semifinals at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships.
After defeating Elise Mertens, the 19th seed, to advance as the third American woman to the quarterfinals of the 2022 Australian Open, Collins made it to the semifinals for the second time. Three Americans participated in this level of the event for the second year in a row. She defeated Alize Cornet in straight sets in the quarterfinals. She won in straight sets against Iga Witek in the semifinals to reach her maiden Grand Slam final, when she was defeated by Ashleigh Barty, the then-world No. 1 player.
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In the Australian Football League, Tom Couch played football for the Melbourne Football Club (AFL). The only professional Australian rules football league is the AFL. Following his time in Melbourne, Couch was hired as North Launceston’s playing coach in the Tasmanian Football League. Two years later, the 33-year-old started working with Danielle Collins as her physical trainer in a professional capacity. Around the same time, the two started dating. Over the past two years, Couch has consistently been a fixture in Collins’ player box at competitions.
Walter and Cathy Collins welcomed Danielle Collins into the world on December 13, 1993 in St. Petersburg, Florida. She competed for the University of Virginia in collegiate tennis, where she won the NCAA singles championships in 2014 and 2016. She received the Honda Sports Award, which is given to the top collegiate female athlete, for her accomplishments.
