Mouratoglou Tennis Academy

{{Short description|Tennis academy in Biot, France}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}

{{Infobox organization

| name = Mouratoglou Tennis Academy

| logo = Mouratoglou Academy 500.svg

| image = Mouratoglou Academy.jpg

| caption = Outdoor hardcourts at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy

| established = {{Start date and age|1996}}

| founders = {{Plainlist|

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| location = Biot, Alpes-Maritimes, France

| coordinates = {{Coord|43.6206|N|7.0622|E|display=inline,title}}

| website = {{URL|mouratoglou.com}}

| former_name = Bob Brett Academy

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The Mouratoglou Tennis Academy is a tennis academy and training center in Biot, Alpes-Maritimes, France. Originally named the Bob Brett Academy, it was founded in 1996 by Patrick Mouratoglou and Bob Brett.

History

In 1996, Patrick Mouratoglou convinced veteran coach Bob Brett to start a tennis academy together in Montreuil, originally named the Bob Brett Academy.{{cite web |last=Mouratoglou |first=Patrick |author-link=Patrick Mouratoglou |title=The Power of Convincing Others |url=https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/power-convincing-others-patrick-mouratoglou |website=LinkedIn |access-date=13 April 2024 |date=1 September 2021}}{{cite web |last=Robson |first=Douglas |title=Mouratoglou: The man behind Serena's latest surge |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/tennis/2013/09/02/us-open-2013-serena-williams-patrick-mouratoglou-partnership/2755659/ |website=USA Today |access-date=11 April 2024 |date=2 September 2013}}{{cite web |last=Dauby |first=Alicia |title=Patrick Mouratoglou : «Battre tous les records avec Serena Williams» |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/le-scan-sport/buzz/2015/05/28/27002-20150528ARTFIG00032-patrick-mouratoglou-le-tennis-a-ete-ma-bouee-de-sauvetage.php |website=Le Figaro |access-date=14 April 2024 |language=fr |date=28 May 2015}} The two partnered together for six years, with Brett teaching Mouratoglou the basics of coaching.{{cite web |last=Drucker |first=Joel |title=Remembering Bob Brett, 1953-2021: The Aussie Coach Who Went Global |url=https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/remembering-bob-brett-1953-2021-the-aussie-coach-who-went-global |website=Tennis.com |access-date=13 April 2024 |date=5 January 2021}}{{cite web |last=Spits |first=Scott |title='A true blue Aussie': Tennis greats pay tribute to coach Bob Brett |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/bob-brett-australian-coach-to-tennis-champions-dead-at-67-20210106-p56s4f.html |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=13 April 2024 |date=6 January 2021}} After Brett left the academy, Mouratoglou changed its name to the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy,{{cite web |last=Mouratoglou |first=Patrick |author-link=Patrick Mouratoglou |title=Becoming a Coach Wasn't Part of the Plan |url=https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/becoming-coach-wasnt-part-plan-patrick-mouratoglou |website=LinkedIn |access-date=13 April 2024 |date=17 August 2021}} and it was eventually relocated to Biot, on the French Riviera, in 2016.{{cite web |last=Clarey |first=Christopher |title=Serena Williams and 'Le Coach' Seek a New Wimbledon Triumph |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/28/sports/tennis/serena-williams-and-le-coach-seek-a-new-wimbledon-triumph.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=13 April 2024 |date=27 June 2015}}{{cite web |last=Rossingh |first=Danielle |title=Students At Mouratoglou Tennis Academy 'Safe At Home' With Parents |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/daniellerossingh/2020/03/20/students-at-mouratoglou-tennis-academy-safe-at-home-with-parents/ |website=Forbes |access-date=13 April 2024 |date=20 March 2020}}

The Academy hosts the Verrazzano Open on the ATP Challenger Tour and the French Riviera Open, a wheelchair tennis tournament.{{cite web |last=Aït-Kacimi |first=Nessim |title=Guillaume Rambourg, un financier au service du tennis |url=https://www.lesechos.fr/2017/04/guillaume-rambourg-un-financier-au-service-du-tennis-1115140 |website=Les Echos |access-date=17 April 2024 |language=fr |date=4 April 2017}}{{cite web |last=Ledru |first=Pierre-Alexis |title=Le French Riviera Open fin septembre à Sophia-Antipolis |url=https://www.sportmag.fr/le-french-riviera-open-fin-septembre-a-sophia-antipolis/ |website=Sportmag |access-date=14 April 2024 |language=fr |date=19 September 2018}} It also hosted three editions of the Ultimate Tennis Showdown in 2020 and 2021.{{cite web |last=Rossingh |first=Danielle |title=Patrick Mouratoglou On Why His Ultimate Tennis Showdown Is Here To Stay |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/daniellerossingh/2020/08/23/patrick-mouratoglou-on-why-his-ultimate-tennis-showdown-is-here-to-stay/ |website=Forbes |access-date=11 April 2024 |date=23 August 2020}}{{cite web |last=Oddo |first=Chris |title=UTS back in 2021 with a "Masters' and a new league, at least three Top 20 present in April |url=https://www.tennismajors.com/uts-news/uts-back-in-2021-with-a-masters-and-a-new-league-at-least-three-top-20-present-in-april-326076.html |website=Tennis Majors |access-date=17 April 2024 |date=9 March 2021}}

International expansion

Since 2020, the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy has opened five tennis centers outside of France:

  • Yuan Li Sports Center, Beijing, China{{cite web |last=Avila |first=Cristhián |title=Mouratoglou's Academy signs up in agreement with Yuan Li Sports in order to help grow tennis in China despite recent Peng Shuai issues |url=https://tennisuptodate.com/tennis-news/mouratoglous-academy-signs-up-in-agreement-with-yuan-li-sports-in-order-to-help-grow-tennis-in-china-despite-recent-peng-shuai-issues |website=TennisUpToDate |access-date=17 April 2024 |date=14 July 2023}}
  • Costa Navarino, Gargalianoi, Greece{{cite web |last=Gerassimou |first=Marilina |title=Mouratoglou Tennis Academy Opening in Greece at Costa Navarino |url=https://www.greece-is.com/news/mouratoglou-tennis-academy-opening-in-greece-at-costa-navarino/ |website=Greece Is |access-date=17 April 2024 |date=7 April 2021}}
  • Cala di Volpe, Sardinia, Italy{{cite web |last=Giagnoni |first=Ilenia |title=The first Mouratoglou Tennis Center in Italy opens in Cala di Volpe |url=https://www.unionesarda.it/en/the-first-mouratoglou-tennis-center-in-italy-opens-in-cala-di-volpe-hs9qplx5 |website=L'Unione Sarda |access-date=17 April 2024 |date=12 June 2023}}
  • Epsom College, Bandar Enstek, Malaysia{{cite web |last=Jayatilaka |first=Tania |title=World-Renowned Tennis Coach Patrick Mouratoglou: "I See Pressure As an Opportunity" |url=https://www.tatlerasia.com/lifestyle/sports/tennis-patrick-mouratoglou-serena-williams-epsom-international-school-malaysia |website=Tatler Asia |access-date=17 April 2024 |date=22 September 2022}}
  • Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Dubai, United Arab Emirates{{cite web |last=Sims |first=Joshua |title=Patrick Mouratoglou on coaching Serena Williams and making tennis fun again |url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/lifestyle/wellbeing/2021/08/04/patrick-mouratoglou-on-coaching-serena-williams-and-making-tennis-fun-again/ |website=The National |access-date=17 April 2024 |date=4 August 2021}}

Notable players

File:Jeremy Chardy Mouratoglou Academy.jpg training at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in 2015]]

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  • Marcos Baghdatis{{cite web |last=Gatto |first=Luigi |title=Marcos Baghdatis was like a son to me, says former coach Mouratoglou |url=https://www.tennisworldusa.org/tennis/news/Tennis_Interviews/73258/marcos-baghdatis-was-like-a-son-to-me-says-former-coach-mouratoglou/ |website=Tennis World USA |access-date=16 April 2024 |date=4 July 2019}}
  • Liam Broady{{cite web |last=Newman |first=Paul |title=Liam Broady finds a route to the stars |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/liam-broady-finds-a-route-to-the-stars-9941062.html |website=The Independent |access-date=16 April 2024 |date=23 December 2014}}
  • Naomi Broady{{cite web |last=Gallagher |first=Brendan |title=British 'bad girl' Naomi Broady celebrates return with Wimbledon wild card and victory at Edgbaston |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/8562578/British-bad-girl-Naomi-Broady-celebrates-return-with-Wimbledon-wild-card-and-victory-at-Edgbaston.html |website=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=23 April 2025 |date=7 June 2011}}
  • Jérémy Chardy{{cite web |last=Bergman |first=Justin |title=Australilan Open notebook: Navratilova rips Lance Armstrong over doping |url=https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/sports/2013/01/22/australilan-open-notebook-navratilova-rips-lance-armstrong-over-doping/15110139007/ |website=Lubbock Avalanche-Journal |access-date=17 April 2024 |date=21 January 2013}}
  • Sorana Cîrstea{{cite web |last=McGrogan |first=Ed |title=Mouratoglou academy adds new names |url=https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/mouratoglou-academy-adds-new-names |website=Tennis.com |access-date=17 April 2024 |date=14 December 2009}}
  • Alizé Cornet{{cite web |last=McCarvel |first=Nick |title=Coach Patrick Mouratoglou has methodical plan for Serena Williams |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/tennis/french/2016/05/29/coach-patrick-mouratoglou-has-methodical-plan-serena-williams/85135398/ |website=USA Today |access-date=17 April 2024 |date=29 May 2016}}
  • Grigor Dimitrov{{cite web |last=Clarey |first=Christopher |title=Momentum Builds Toward Grigor Dimitrov's Grand Slam Breakthrough |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/21/sports/tennis/australian-open-grigor-dimitrov-nick-kyrgios.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=16 April 2024 |date=21 January 2018}}
  • Ksenia Efremova{{cite web |last=Grez |first=Matias |title=Ksenia Efremova: 12-year-old Russian tennis prodigy has 'incredible potential,' says Patrick Mouratoglou |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/18/tennis/ksenia-efremova-rising-tennis-star-spt-intl/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=17 April 2024 |date=18 January 2022}}
  • Brenda Fruhvirtová{{cite web |last=Kane |first=David |title=Who is Brenda Fruhvirtova? Meet the 16-year-old facing Aryna Sabalenka at the 2024 Australian Open |url=https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/who-is-brenda-fruhvirtova-meet-the-16-year-old-facing-aryna-sabalenka-at-the-2024-australian-open |website=Tennis.com |access-date=16 April 2024 |date=16 January 2024}}
  • Linda Fruhvirtová{{cite web |last=Ramchandani |first=Haresh |title=Linda Fruhvirtova has the potential to become world No 1: Mouratoglou |url=https://www.tennismajors.com/wta-tour-news/linda-fruhvirtova-has-the-potential-to-become-world-no-1-patrick-mouratoglou-595203.html |website=Tennis Majors |access-date=16 April 2024 |date=8 April 2022}}
  • Coco Gauff{{cite web |last=Joseph |first=Samuel |title=Coco Gauff: Even at the age of 10, tennis coach Patrick Mouratoglou was convinced US star would be 'great' |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/23/sport/coco-gauff-serena-williams-tennis-coach-spt-intl/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=16 April 2024 |date=23 September 2023}}
  • David Goffin{{cite web |last=Gatto |first=Luigi |title=Djokovic, Goffin and others regularly train in my Academy - Mouratoglou |url=https://www.tennisworldusa.org/tennis/news/Novak_Djokovic/69945/djokovic-goffin-and-others-regularly-train-in-my-academy-mouratoglou/ |website=Tennis World USA |access-date=17 April 2024 |date=16 May 2019}}
  • Anna Kalinskaya{{cite web |last=Рацкевич |first=Анастасия |title=Биография Анны Калинской: детство и карьера российской теннисистки |url=https://www.sport-express.ru/tennis/wta/reviews/biografiya-anny-kalinskoy-detstvo-i-sportivnaya-karera-rossiyskoy-tennisistki-2171118/ |website=Спорт-Экспресс |access-date=1 June 2024 |language=ru |date=23 January 2024}}
  • Ivo Karlović{{cite web |last=Austin |first=Simon |title=Wimbledon 2013: The man behind Serena Williams's success |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/22956601 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=16 April 2024 |date=24 June 2013}}
  • Moïse Kouamé{{cite web |last=Pereira |first=William |title=Kouamé, le nouveau crack du tennis français qui «peut voir très grand» |url=https://www.20minutes.fr/sport/tennis/roland-garros/4094786-20240606-roland-garros-moise-kouame-crack-france-attend-peut-voir-tres-grand-selon-ex-coach |website=20 Minutes |access-date=13 May 2025 |language=fr |date=6 June 2024}}
  • Alizé Lim{{cite web |last=Kane |first=David |title=As "Academy Life" host, Alizé Lim takes fans inside the sport's best training facilities |url=https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/as-academy-life-host-alize-lim-takes-fans-inside-the-sport-s-best-training-facil |website=Tennis.com |access-date=17 April 2024 |date=13 October 2021}}
  • Paul-Henri Mathieu{{cite web |last=Crochet |first=Pierre-Yves |title=Tennis académie à Montreuil |url=https://www.liberation.fr/sports/2001/06/04/tennis-academie-a-montreuil_366922/ |website=Libération |access-date=16 April 2024 |language=fr |date=4 June 2001}}
  • Rudolf Molleker{{cite web |last=Abulleil |first=Reem |title=Men's qualifying: Ones to watch |url=https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/article/roland-garros-mens-qualifying-kokkinakis-robredo-davidovich-fokina-molleker-trungelliti |website=French Open |access-date=16 April 2024 |date=19 May 2019}}
  • Gilles Müller{{cite web |last=Schneider |first=Romain |title=Dans les coulisses de «l'usine à champions» de Patrick Mouratoglou |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/sports/tennis/open-australie/actualites/a-la-decouverte-de-la-star-academie-940144 |website=Le Figaro |access-date=16 April 2024 |language=fr |date=10 January 2019}}
  • Sada Nahimana{{cite web |last=Renton |first=Jamie |title=Burundi's leading light Nahimana finding results to match her ambition |url=https://www.itftennis.com/en/news-and-media/articles/burundis-leading-light-nahimana-finding-results-to-match-her-ambition/ |website=International Tennis Federation |access-date=17 April 2024 |date=29 April 2021}}
  • Benoît Paire{{cite web |last=Mesic |first=Dzevad |title=Benoit Paire joins Mouratoglou Tennis Academy |url=https://www.tennisworldusa.org/tennis/news/ATP_Tennis/60274/benoit-paire-joins-mouratoglou-tennis-academy/ |website=Tennis World USA |access-date=23 April 2025 |date=13 September 2018}}
  • Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova{{cite web |last=Cronin |first=Matt |title=Pavlyuchenkova says she shares Hingis' mentality |url=https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/pavlyuchenkova-says-she-shares-hingis-mentality |website=Tennis.com |access-date=16 April 2024 |date=19 April 2013}}
  • Alexei Popyrin{{cite web |last=Ramchandani |first=Haresh |title=All you wanted to know about Alexei Popyrin |url=https://www.tennismajors.com/uts-news/alexei-popyrin-russia-ball-boy-de-minaur-10-questions-you-may-ask-about-the-sniper-260321.html |website=Tennis Majors |access-date=16 April 2024 |date=17 January 2024}}
  • Yulia Putintseva{{cite web |last=Rothenberg |first=Ben |title=Adversity Doesn't Extinguish the Fiery Yulia Putintseva |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/02/sports/tennis/yulia-putintseva-french-open-quarterfinals-women.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=17 April 2024 |date=1 June 2016}}
  • Aravane Rezaï{{cite web |last=Cronin |first=Matt |title=Rezai reunites with father as coach |url=https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/rezai-reunites-with-father-as-coach |website=Tennis.com |access-date=17 April 2024 |date=29 May 2013}}
  • Holger Rune{{cite web |last=Futterman |first=Matthew |title=Holger Rune, tennis prince of Denmark, has learned his lines. Is he ready to perform? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5532458/2024/05/31/holger-rune-patrick-mouratoglou/ |website=The Athletic |access-date=8 July 2024 |date=31 May 2024}}
  • Daria Saville{{cite web |last=Lacy |first=Bridget |title=Daria heads back to Perth to defend Hopman Cup title |url=https://thewest.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/rising-tennis-star-daria-gavrilova-loves-australia-and-her-vegemite-ng-b88326905z |website=The West Australian |access-date=16 April 2024 |date=12 December 2016}}
  • Sergiy Stakhovsky
  • Stefanos Tsitsipas{{cite web |last=Cambers |first=Simon |title=Serena Williams' coach expects big things from Stefanos Tsitsipas, and so should you |url=https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/25198087/serena-williams-coach-expects-big-things-stefanos-tsitsipas-you |website=ESPN |access-date=16 April 2024 |date=6 November 2018}}
  • Sachia Vickery{{cite web |last=Waldstein |first=David |title=Facing Danger to Aid Daughter |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/06/sports/tennis/young-tennis-stars-talent-is-matched-by-mothers-dedication.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=16 April 2024 |date=5 September 2011}}

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