Tony Roche is a former professional Australian tennis player and well known for coaching multi-grand slam winning World Number Ones Ivan Lendl, Patrick Rafter, Roger Federer and now Lleyton Hewitt.

Roche grew up playing in Australia under the tutelage of Harry Hopman, who also coached other Australian tennis players such as Rod Laver and Ken Rosewall.  A left-hander, Roche had a successful singles and double career. He won one singles Grand Slam tournament – the 1966 French Open at Roland Garros. He was five times the runner-up at Grand Slam tournaments – the French Championships in 1965 and 1967, Wimbledon in 1968, and the US Open in 1969 and 1970. With John Newcombe, he won 12 Grand Slam men's doubles tournaments.

Perhaps one of his greatest achievements came in 1977, being called up to play singles in the finals of the Davis Cup tournament versus Italy, nearly 10 years since he had last played for Australia. In the tie, Roche upset top Italian Adriano Panatta to lead Australia to a 3–1 victory, winning the Davis Cup. Roche entered the International Tennis Hall of Fame alongside doubles partner and close friend John Newcombe in 1986.  Shoulder and elbow injuries cut short his career after having finished in the top 10 for six consecutive years.

After completing his playing career Roche has developed a highly successful career as a tennis coach to Ivan Lendl and former World No. 1 Patrick Rafter from 1997 to the end of his career in 2002 and Roger Federer from 2005 to 12 May 2007. Tony Roche also coaches many junior players at Sydney Olympic Park, in preparation for their ATP junior qualification pro tours, starting in November.

Roche coached Lleyton between July 2007 and August 2009 and will join forces for the second time in his career in 2011.