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.
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.
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.
Lisa has been coaching for over 30 years following a successful tennis career where she reached the top 100 in the WTA rankings. She made the third round of the Australian Open and the second round of Wimbledon.
Lisa is a junior Grand Slam champion – winning the Australian Open Junior Girls title.
Lisa comes from a tennis family, with her mother and coach a former World number 7, Grand Slam winner, multiple finalist and Australian Fed Cup player.
Lisa leads our morning adult programming.
Performance Coach
Francesco is a professional tennis coach from Italy with a depth of experience working with players at both amateur and competitive levels. Highly qualified, he is a National Tennis Master FITP certified tennis coach as well as a Level 1 certified coach in Padel.
As a player he achieved an Italian ranking high of 2.6 including success in Serie C singles as the singles and doubles champion three years running from 2021 to 2023. He has honed his coaching skills across a number of top clubs in Italy.
Francesco says he loves the challenge of giving your best every point, improving yourself constantly, and seeing your effort turn directly into progress and results. His goal is to help players improve their technical, physical, and mental skills.
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
Tom has been playing Tennis since the age of 5 and is a Tennis Australia Certified Coach. He was the captain of the Scots 1sts and a member of the GPS team. His current UTR is 10.35 and throughout his junior career he has participated in the NSW State Championships as well as the Grass Court Nationals.
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
Andrea is a professional tennis coach originally from Italy. He is also a former top level Italian player, participating in Serie A1 in 2013 and Serie A2 in 2015. He is an ITF level 2 certified tennis coach and an ITF level 1 certified coach in Padel. Andrea also has a Masters Degree in Sports Management.
Andrea began coaching tennis at 19 years old. He has experience coaching all levels from beginner to advanced players. Andrea worked primarily at tennis clubs and academies in Italy, but he also worked at the world renowned Juan Carlos Ferrero Academy – Spain.
Senior Coach
Alice is a professional tennis coach and fitness instructor from Italy with 5 years’ experience supporting athletes of different ages and abilities in their sports development journey.
An FITP Level 2 Certified tennis coach, Alice also holds an International PTR Certification with a specialisation in Performance. She also holds a Masters degree in Science, Technique and Didactics of Sport.
Alice is experienced at conducting individual and group lessons for students of all levels from juniors to advanced adults and seniors for both Tennis and Pickleball.
Alice enjoys walking, exploring nature and photography and is making the most of all Sydney has to offer!.
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.
Performance Coach
Lapo is a former player and professional touring coach from Italy who joins us following 6 years working and travelling with WTA number 26 Camilla Giorgi. In addition to working on the WTA Tour, Lapo has worked with players of all ages and abilities at several Italian tennis Clubs.
A great addition to the White City Tennis team, Lapos love of tennis is infectious! “I Love Tennis and i’m dedicating my life to it. I love to stay on court for hours teaching and trying to inspire people of all ages. My challange is to take my players and make them the best both on and off the court!”
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!
