Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sven Groeneveld

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) DavidLeighEllis (talk) 01:59, 28 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sven Groeneveld[edit]

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Not notable. Fails gng, nsports, and nperson Mr. Guye (talk) 01:28, 13 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

'Comment may well be notable as Maria Sharapova's coach. Not my special field, but the possibility seems to warrant discussion. DGG ( talk ) 01:51, 13 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Netherlands-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 03:15, 13 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 03:15, 13 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: Aside from anything else, he was the subject of a 55-minute radio programme on the BBC World Service. He repeatedly comes up in mainstream press articles as an important figure in tennis - with Sharapova, Rusedski, and Kiefer. None of these offer particular depth, but there are dozens of articles like this in the UK press alone, which add up to a demonstration of notability. I imagine someone with more knowledge on sports sources could dig up even more. Moswento ^talky 09:06, 13 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 01:59, 21 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Wiki has numerous articles on coaches. Groeneveld is one of the most successful coaches in recent tennis history and does not fail nsports as claimed. Per Moswento, if the BBC has an hour long broadcast on him in a series on the world's leading coaches it says all we need to know.--Wolbo (talk) 09:46, 23 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - looks like general notability is a lock. per Tennis Project Guidelines the minimum requirement that can qualify without doubt for coaches of players are any of the following: 1) The player has reached the final of or won one of the Grand Slam professional tournaments. 2) The player has entered the ATP or WTA top 10 for a week at least. 3) The player was member of a champion team competing in a Davis Cup, Fed Cup, Hopman Cup (reserve players and team captains don't count). 4) The player has won an ATP Masters 1000 or WTA Premier event and has reached at least one other final in Masters 1000 or WTA Premier. Looks like a slam dunk to me as far as tennis notability too. Fyunck(click) (talk) 22:45, 23 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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