Summer Pros
Harri Lloyd-Evans
From Newport, South Wales, 21 years old
College: Francis Marion University, NCAA Division 2
Languages Spoken: English, Welsh
Strengths as a Pro: Forehand, tactical awareness, footwork
Tennis Style: Aggressive baseline player
Coaching Experience: 4 years ages 6-18
Additional Notes: U18 Ranked Number 1 in Wales and U18 ranked Top 50 UK
Matias Bellatore
From: Argentina, 24 years old
College: Mississippi College, Division 2
Languages Spoken: Spanish, English
Strength as a Pro: Forehand, Serve
Tennis Style: Variation, Lefty Player, All Level Player
Coaching Experience: 4 years Competitive Level
Additional Notes: Sparring Partner of Jaume Minar and Fran Cerundolo
Viktoria (Viki) Klimand
From Tartu, Estonia, 21 years old
College: Belmont Univeristy, NCAA Division 1
Languages Spoken: Estonian, English, French, Russian
Strengths as a Pro: Excellent stamina
Tennis Style: Heavy-spin leftie who is a grinder; Loves pushing through to the net both in singles and double; Offensive player
Coaching Experience: One-on-one and group lessons of all ages, Adult beginner clinics, and traveled with kids to tennis tournaments;
Additional Notes: Estonian Adults Doubles Champion 2017, Semifinalist in singles and Finalist in doubles at the ITF, Estonian Junior Doubles Championship twice in 2017 (U18) and 2018 (U16), MVC Doubles; Player of the Week 2023
Felipe Iser
From São Paulo, Brazil, 19 years old
College: Mississippi College, NCAA Division 2
Languages Spoken: English, Portuguese, Spanish
Strengths as a Pro: Happy, focused, and a positive hard-worker
Tennis Style: Grinder that likes to play 10+ rallies especially on clay
Coaching Experience: Summer 2023 at Future Stars Tennis Club and Summer Camp
Additional Notes: Won ITF grade 4 in Brazil and played No.1 Doubles in Mississippi College, beating University of West Florida twice
Maria Radu
From Constanta, Romania, 22 years old
College: Limestone University, NCAA Division 2
Languages Spoken: English, Romanian, Spanish
Strengths as a Pro: Serve, strategy, backhand
Tennis Style: Playing flat, skilled net player
Coaching Experience: Coaching kids of all ages, adult lessons all levels.
Additional Notes: College Team Captain
Caitlin Sze
From South Windsor Connecticut, 22 years old
College: Assumption University, NCAA Division 2
Languages Spoken: English
Strengths as a Pro: Groundstrokes
Tennis Style: Aggressive baseline player
Coaching Experience: 2 years ages 10-16
Additional Notes: College Team Captain
Mateo Flores
From Quito, Ecuador, 20 years old
College: West Virginia State University NCAA Division 2, currently at Northwestern College Iowa NAIA
Languages Spoken: Spanish, English
Strengths as a pro: Strong mindset, volley game, doubles game, footwork, and agility; Works well under pressure
Tennis Style: Aggressive, big net game, strong defensive game when needed, nice touch and hands, smart decisions
Coaching Experience: 1 year with ages 5-15; 2 years with adults
Additional Notes: Ranked #2 in the country, #1 in my state; Top 20th in South America before coming to the USA
Hermon Mikael
From Karlskrona, Sweden, 24 years old
College: Davenport University, NCAA Division 2
Languages Spoken: English, Swedish, Tigrinya, German
Strengths as a Pro: Strategy development, strong backhand, volley game
Tennis Style: Aggressive baseline player who prefers controlling the point and seeking opportunities to come up to the net, skilled net player, and a great doubles player.
Coaching Experience: 10 years with ages 5-50
Additional Notes: Top 5 ranked in Sweden, Team Swedish Championship, Second Team All-Gliac
Steffi Merrah
From France, 23 years old
College: France, Nationale 2
Languages Spoken: French, English
Strengths as a Pro: Strong backhand and agility footwork with good volley.
Tennis Style: Aggressive player who’s going to the net. Using backhand a lot to finish the point.
Coaching Experience: 3 years and 1 year padel age 4-15
Additional Notes: #1 Juniors in France, age 7-10; Professional padel player: French Ranking 29, World Ranking 450
Pol Vega
From Badalona, Spain, 23 years old
College: Tyler Junior College/ Tecnocampus
Languages Spoken: Catalan, Spanish, English
Tennis Style: Player that likes to build the point and wait for the opportunity.
Coaching Experience: 3 years with age 12-24
Additional Notes: coached ATP and WTA player and travel with them
Stefan Schodlbauer
From Argentina, 29 years old
College: East Central University, NCAA Division 2
Languages Spoken: English, Spanish
Strengths as a Pro: Technical and tactical aspects as well as psychological thinking
Tennis Style: Baseline player that builds the point to find the winning shot.
Coaching Experience: 10+ years
Additional Notes: Conference Champions in D2; Currently working with ATP, WTA and ITF Juniors players at Next Level Academy in Barcelona; Team captain at ECU
Mia Skrbinsek
From Johannesburg, South Africa, 23 years old
College: St Francis College, NCAA Division 1
Languages Spoken: English, Serbian
Strengths as a Pro: Mentality and on-court breath-work, footwork and court coverage, variation in strokes, and patterns of play.
Tennis Style: Aggressive baseline player, who prefers dictating points with powerful groundstrokes and approaching the net to finish off points.
Coaching Experience: 1 year with ages 6-13 and 2 years with ages 19-24
Additional Notes: College Team Captain
Marie Alice Vale Fernandes
From Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 19 years old
College: Limestone University, NCAA Division 2
Languages Spoken: English, Portuguese
Strengths as a Pro: Skilled net play, good serve, flat baseline consistent player
Tennis Style: Flat
Coaching Experience: Camp Echo Lake, New York ( kids ages 5 to 14 ), worked with children and young adults in Fly Sports Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Additional Notes: Juniors tournaments in Brazil
Naiara Montero
From Santa Cruz, Bolivia, 20 years old
College: Lewis Clark State College
Languages Spoken: Spanish, English
Strengths as a Pro: Footwork and a consistent backhand, baseline player
Tennis Style: Aggressive baseline player
Coaching Experience: 2 years with ages 5 - onwards
Adrian Toderascu
From Chisinau, Moldova, 22 years old
College: Assumption University, NE10 Division II
Languages Spoken: English, Romanian, Russian
Strengths as a Pro: Footwork and Agility, strong Serve and forehand
Tennis Style: Aggressive baseline player, prefer playing counterattack
Coaching Experience: Juniors ages 10-15, and Adults up to age 50.
Additional Notes: Ranked #400 Tennis Europe Under 16
Lucia Jorrin Fernandez
From Malaga, Spain, 20 years old
College: Hampton University. NCAA D 1
Languages Spoken: Spanish and English
Strengths as a Pro: Strong forehand and aggressive game.
Tennis Style: Aggressive
Coaching Experience: Private Lessons All ages & skills
Danny Flynn
From Cardiff, Wales, 22 years old
College: Hampton University, Division 1
Languages Spoken: English and Welsh
Strengths as a Pro: Serving variety, Reliable forehand
Tennis Style: Aggressive, All Court Player
Coaching Experience: 3 years with all ages and skills, academy level hitting and training focus
Additional Notes: #1 junior for 16U and 18U, and a top 5 junior overall in the UK. He has won the Welsh Championships in singles and doubles for every age division, 12U-18U. Aegon Team Tennis National Finals against the top 8 clubs in the U.K. At the Junior Home Nations consisting of opposing teams England, Scotland and Ireland, Danny represented Wales and won the title in 2019. Hampton University where he has played #1 singles and doubles, 2024 Spring season as well as winning CAA conference player of the week in his final 2024 season.