Pat Cash is impressed by Bernard Tomic's ability but fears consistency may elude him. Source: Michael Dodge / Getty Images
AUSTRALIAN tennis great Pat Cash has warned top-ranked Australian Bernard Tomic won't become a majors contender until he hires a stable support team.
Cash, the 1987 Wimbledon champion, was one of the first players to spend big on an entourage of experts travelling with him and said that has now become the norm for the elite of the game.
He feared Tomic would continue to have sporadic success but not shine on a regular level until he had sorted out his off-court crew.
Tomic's father, John, is suspended indefinitely after being charged with assaulting one of Tomic's hitting partners.
It has led to Tomic hiring Croatian Velimir Zovko as his interim coach for 2014 as he seeks to improve on his world ranking of No. 51.
Tomic is in a cluster of Australians in a similar position in the ATP rankings: Lleyton Hewitt is placed at No. 69, Marinko Matosevic No. 61 and Matthew Ebden No. 69.
But Cash warned the talented Tomic was unlikely to reach his peak unless he changed his set-up.
Bernard Tomic snapped in those photos receiving lap dances while partying on the Gold Coast. Source: Supplied
Tomic has appeared to have a distinctly different lifestyle to top players Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic by either feuding with police over speeding fines - claiming harassment - or being photographed partying shirtless in a Gold Coast nightclub.
For all of that, Cash has been impressed by Tomic's best tennis.
"He's a bit of a giant killer and he's a threat to everybody," Cash said. "He likes the Australian and Wimbledon, where he gets a little bit of extra pace off the grass.
"But consistency's never going to be his strong point unless he turns it around.
"What we do know is that players who produce consistency are very level headed and have a strong, stable team around them.
"It doesn't matter where you look: You take Federer ... there were times when he didn't have a coach, but he certainly had a solid team around him. Nadal, Djokovic, too, Muray's got it. I had my team Pat Rafter had his team.
"Sometimes you make a change, but you've got a solid base of a team there with exceptional people.
"When he does get it, there might be a change coming."
Cash, who commentates and plays exhibition events around the world, will be in Adelaide for the World Tennis Challenge in January, an event which counts him as a regular.
He said Tomic's situation was similar to the Australian cricket team, which has become a force again after finding a sense of stability.
"It's the same with the cricket team: they've had the same team for a while now and they've got good people around it," Cash said.
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