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Eric Manring

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Head tennis professional and Director of tennis at Hideaway Beach Club Marco Island Florida, tennis professional at the lake club in new Canaan Connecticut, coached the Barron collier tennis team 2eight state championships in nine years and runner up at the national high school championships in Louisville Kentucky two years in a row. currently the longest active player playing in the Naples pro league, I've been playing in it since 2001.
Jicham Zaatini, Started his Tennis career as an USPTA certified profession in 2014 being in the teaching staff for 4 + years at Port Royal Club in Naples, Florida. Currently he is the Director of Racquet Sports at Wyndemere Country Club, He is currently USPTA Florida District 12 President, in 2020 he received USPTA awards of excellence, 2019 he received Florida district of the Year, in 2018 he received USPTA Scholarship Sportsmanship Award. Jicham also served as Vice president of District 12 in 2017, under Jose Pastrello.
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Jicham Zaatini

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Jerome is a former highly ranked junior player from Ohio. He had a junior win over French Open champion Jim Courier and was also an Ohio State doubles champion. He is a three time all MAC conference player at University of Toledo and a nationally ranked senior player and 2013 35 and over national clay court doubles champion.
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Jerome Moenter

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Alex was born and raised in Madison, Wisconsin. 

Played tennis for four years at the University of Delaware

Was assistant coach at the University of Delaware for one year

Currently the Head Tennis pro at Bay Colony

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Alex Sweet

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Stelios Gkontsaris

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Stelios was born In Thessaloniki, Greece and he was one of the top juniors, reaching number 1 seed under 18’s. He moved to Jackson State University where he was awarded a full scholarship and graduated with a degree in Biology, pre- veterinary in the summer of 2018. That year he received an ALL-conference team award and a MVP award. After college he got a USPTA professional certification. Stelios enjoys going to the beach and spending time with his wife Jasmin and their two cats!

Elias Zaghra is a Tennis Pro originally from Berlin Germany.  He has been teaching tennis to all age groups and skill levels for over a decade and started his own tennis business after graduating from Ave Maria University with a degree in economics and exercise science.

 Elias  is currently the head pro at Countryside Golf & Country Club and runs the youth tennis clinics at Riverstone.  Elias is offering tennis lessons and programs to all age groups and skill levels in Naples FL. 

 Regarding his tennis career, Elias won the Berlin championship as a junior and played Collegiate Tennis for Ave Maria University. 

 As a junior Elias was coached by Guenther Bosch, former coach of Wimbledon Champion Boris Becker. 

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Elias Zaghra

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Born in Guatemala to German parents, Johann began playing tennis at the age of 9. He then moved to Naples where he played tennis for Naples High School. In pursuit of a business career, Johann went to Babson College where he captained the squash and tennis teams. His athletic accomplishments while at Babson included a New England Div. III Singles title and and ECAC Div. II/III Doubles title. He was named senior athlete of the year and later inducted into the Babson College Sports Hall of Fame.

In 2010, after running Jojoka Coffee, a coffee roasting business, Johann returned to his racquet sports roots. He is now the Director of Court Sports (tennis and pickleball) at Pelican Marsh. Johann enjoys the competitive side of tennis and pickleball. He plays in the Naples Pro League, The Naples / Ft Myers Challenge, City Championships, USPTA tournaments, and various exhibitions.

Johann is married to Laurie and they have three adult kids, two grandkids, and one on the way. Outside of tennis Johann enjoys playing golf and spending time at the beach with his wife.

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Johann Saurbier

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Gabriella Matesic

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Gabriella is originally from New York. After moving to Naples, she became a highly ranked junior player and spent some time in Croatia training and playing in tournaments. Gabriella currently works at bay colony as an assistant pro, and is also a uspta certified professional.
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