We are recgonised as the premier coaching facility in NSW – winners of the Tennis Australia NSW Coaching Excellence award. All our coaches are fully qualified, Police Checked, WWCC screened and up to date with their First Aid.
Meet our coaches
Tennis Director
Steve has been running tennis centres for over 25 years. He is a former professional player and can still hit a mean forehand! Steve was a top ranked Australian Junior Player before playing professionally in Europe on the ITF circuit. During his time in Europe Steve played for teams in the Dutch and German Premier Club Tennis Leagues.
Performance Coach & Programming
Lucy has been involved in Tennis professionally since her Junior career where she reached an ITF Ranking high of 170, and a WTA ranking of 690. Following her junior career Lucy received a full scholarship to play tennis at Tulane University in NOLA, USA. During her time at Tulane University the team were ranked as high as 13 in the NCAA Division 1 rankings. They played in the NCAA finals in 2001 making the sweet 16.
Lucy has been coaching tennis for over 20 years and is a qualified Tennis Australia Tennis Coach and LTA coach.
High Performance Coach
Piotr is a former professional Polish tennis player. With his vast coaching background he brings a wealth of experience to White City Tennis. He is a Tennis Australia qualified coach and during the Australian summer of tennis he is a SBS sports reporter sharing his extensive knowledge with SBS Poland listeners.
High Performance Coach
Danielle has been coaching tennis full time since she stopped playing on the WTA tour. In addition to being ranked in the top 200 in the world, Danielle has participated in Premiere League Club tennis in Holland & Germany. Danielle standout tennis result was beating WTA top 4 player and Grand Slam Semi-finalist Jelena Dokic.
Performance coach
Joe has over six years of coaching experience across Europe, USA and Australia. He played on the ATP Tour, ranking Spain’s Top 120, and playing #1 singles and doubles in U.S. college tennis. Throughout his tennis career, Joe has trained alongside Top 10 ATP and WTA players.
As a coach, Joe creates positive and encouraging energy on court, tailoring lessons to each player’s individual goals. Whether working with beginners or advanced players, he focuses on building strong fundamentals, developing confidence and creating an enjoyable environment.
Senior Coach
Javier is a former player from Chile, he participated in National tournaments throughout his Junior career and while at University. His degree was in teaching and physical education.
Javier loves to see the progression in his students over the course of their coaching. Working with them to achieve their goals is very rewarding.
Performance Coach
Hailing from Vanuatu, Lorenzo was awarded a tennis scholarship at the ITF Oceania Regional Training Centre in Fiji and travelled the world competing in junior tennis tournaments for five years. Following this he received a tennis scholarship in the USA, to play college tennis.
Highlights from his career include, representing Vanuatu in various Oceania tennis tournaments and to have been part of the national team that won a gold medal at the 2017 South Pacific Games.
Following college, Lorenzo coaches for nearly a decade in Japan. Lorenzo has been in Australia for the past 2 years.
As a coach, he emphasises the importance of having fun and enjoying the game. He believes that when players are relaxed and enthusiastic, they perform at their best.
Performance Coach
Jose is from Chile and brings over 20 years of tennis experience to our coaching team.
He is an ITF Level 1 and Tennis Australia Junior Development qualified coach, with a Certificate III in Sport Coaching and additional training in Tennis Performance.
Jose’s coaching focuses on developing players technical skills, confidence and nurturing a positive mindset. Being a competitive tennis player, he understands the importance of discipline, consistency and having the right support along the way.
His goal is to create a positive and supportive environment where players can learn, challenge themselves and build confidence.
Senior Coach
Phil has over 30 years experience coaching tennis. He has played competitive division 1 club tennis since his teenage years. Phil has also won the club championship A1 event on 2 occasions.
Performance Coach
Hector has been coaching for more than 6 years in Australia and Spain. He played US College Tennis for 1 year before completing his University studies in Spain. As well as his coaching experience, Hector has worked as a professional hitting partner for WTA and ATP players including Paula Badosa, Alina Blosova and Pol Toledo.
Hector loves coaching players of all ages and skill levels, Hector says, “my coaching philosophy centres around developing players technical skills, strategic understanding and mental resilience all while fostering a positive and engaging environment.
Junior Coach
Kiah has been coaching for 5 years, she represented the South East Region in the UK as a junior player and has coached in the UK and Australia.
Kara heads up our Administration team. She has been running the operations at tennis centres in Australia and the UK for more than 10 years.
Kara also loves to play tennis playing weekly in our Adult morning groups.
Sports has always been a big part of her life with swimming in her early years, followed by various racquet sports in particular, squash and now yoga and gym training.
We are often looking to expand our team. If you would like to join a friendly award winning tennis centre we would love to hear from you!
