Tennis Pros

TENNIS PROS

Dr. Valentine Teyedo, Senior Tennis Pro

• U.S. Professional Tennis Registry Certified
• (PTR) Certified teaching professional
• 30+ Years of coaching & playing experience
• Played and Hit with Arthur Ashe in 1974 at (Washington Star International), Washington D.C.
• Director and Head Coach of Youth Tennis Program, Los Angeles, CA, (1992) Culver City High, Culver City CA (1996-1997)
• Former Collegiate Tennis Player
• Boeing 737 Captain/Training Captain & Pilot Examiner
• U.S. FAA Certified Flight Instructor, Instrument, Single & Multi-Engine Airplane – Land
• Master of Education Degree in Aerospace Education
• Ph.D Aeronautics

Jeff Oehrlein, Senior Tennis Pro

• Experienced Tennis Professional for 19 years. Coached High School, and Junior College Tennis. Worked as a teaching pro in various settings, including tennis, and athletic clubs, high level junior academies, and taught tennis courses at the college level. Also, created a junior program to introduce young kids to tennis at a Montessori school.
• USPTR certified
• Steamboat Springs High School Coach from 2011-2014 at Steamboat, Colorado
• Junior coach at Steamboat Tennis Center from 2007-2010
• Assistant Coach for Men’s Tennis at Scottsdale junior college 2004-2006
• TPA (The Players Academy) co-founder elite Junior Tennis Academy 2003-2006 at Scottsdale Tennis Club
• Donnelly Tennis Academy elite junior tennis academy 2001-2003 in Scottsdale, Arizona
• Developed After School Beginner Program for students 1998-1999 at Flagstaff Montessori School
• Assistant Tennis Pro at Flagstaff Athletic Club 1998-2001
• Top Ten Men’s Singles Ranking Men’s Open Division Arizona/Southwest 2001-2005
• USTA League Tennis 1999-2003. Played in Nationals 2003
• Played division 1 College Tennis at Towson State University 1992-1994
• Secondary education Master’s degree at University of Phoenix 2004 and History Major Towson State University 1994

Vlatko Bosevski, Senior Tennis Pro

• Born in Belgrade, Serbia, Vlatko has spent most of his life playing and teaching tennis
• Over 20 years of coaching experience
• USTA Sport Sciences certified expert Levels 1 and 2 in Psychology, Nutrition, Physiology and Biomechanics
• USTA High Performance Program graduate in 2006 year at Harvard, Boston, MA. PTR Professional rating 4A Map Rated, ITF Professional Level 3 Certified Coach
• Has played ATP tournaments, and was twice University of St. Cyril & Methodius Champion in singles and doubles
• Has attended tennis ITF, PTR, ETA educational courses, conventions and was accredited coach at the US Open 2013 year as a part of USTA High Performance initiative
• Studied at University of St. Cyril & Methodius, Macedonia, Major – English Language, Literature, German Language.

Charles Chasseur, Staff Pro

• Born In Paris, France and playing Tennis since the age of 12
• U.S. Professional Tennis Registry (PTR)-certified
• Over 15 years of coaching experience as an Instructor, centered on movement, balance and coordination
• Studied at IAC Paris, Major-Economics and Financial Markets.

Bianca Eqalite – Staff Pro

• US Professional Tennis Registry Certified
• 26 years of playing experience\
• 7 years of teaching and coaching
• Coaches assistant at the Miles Douglass Tennis Program 2010- 2017
• Volunteered with local initiative to Introduce foster children to tennis through 2011-2017
• Former collegiate athlete – Tennis & Track and field
• MBA – Marketing from Clark Atlanta University

Pavel Kustov – Staff Pro

• U.S. Professional Tennis Registry Certified.
• Certified by the Moscow city government department of physical education and sport, and the Moscow city government tennis federation
• Worked as Director and coach of the tennis program at Moscow Gymnasium 1588, a boarding school with an extensive sports curriculum, 2013-2017
• 15 Years’ Experience working with Children and Adults of all playing levels.
• Worked as a journalist with Cox Newspapers and the Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant, traveled across the former Soviet Union, covered wars and armed conflict.
• Bachelor Degree in history from Moscow Pedagogical University.

Lawrence Washington

• U.S. Professional Tennis Registry (PTR) Certified
• 17+ Year of playing experience /12+ Years of coaching experience
• Volunteer Assistant Coach – Howard University (Division 1)
• USTA National Committee Member – Tennis on Campus; USTA Mid – Atlantic Section Committee Member – Constitution Rules & Grievances
• Former ITF Professional Tennis Player
• Former Division 1 College Tennis Player – Tennessee State University (#1 Singles & Doubles)
• Recorded wins over SEC opponents including Vanderbilt University
• ITA Scholar Athlete & Arthur Ashe Scholar Athlete Recipient
• Regular public speaker on growing the sport of tennis
• B.S. Political Science (Summa Cum Laude) – Tennessee State; Masters of Real Estate Finance – Georgetown University