Craig Tiley doesn’t sleep much. It’s a habit he picked up during three years of army training in his native South Africa.
But as chief executive of Tennis Australia and tournament director for the Australian Open, which begins Sunday at Melbourne Park, since 2006, Tiley finds that slumber is overrated and inconvenient.
“Maybe I get that sense of fear of missing out,” said Tiley, who was the tennis coach for the University of Illinois team that went 32-0 in 2003. “I always want to be up and around, especially when you’re under pressure.”
There has been no shortage of difficult situations for Tiley and the Australian Open over the last several years.