Rick Macci
{{short description|American tennis coach and former player (born 1954)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Rick Macci
| image = File:Rick Macci.jpg
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|12|7}}
| birth_place = Greenville, Ohio, U.S
| nationality = American
| occupation = USPTA Master Professional
| years_active = 1970-present
}}
Rick Macci (born December 7, 1954) is an American tennis coach and former player. He is a United States Professional Tennis Association (USPTA) Master Professional, and seven-time USPTA national coach of the year who has trained five number one ranked players: Andy Roddick,{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbnQrGP8dtI|title=Young Andy Roddick with Rick Macci|work=YouTube|access-date=June 28, 2013}} Jennifer Capriati,{{cite web|url=http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/10593|title=Rick Macci On Evaluating Talent|work=worldtennismagazine.com|date=4 June 2014|access-date=June 4, 2014}} Maria Sharapova,{{cite web|url=http://www.worldtennismagazine.com/archives/10410|title=How Close Maria Sharapova Was To Being A Left-Handed Player|work=worldtennismagazine.com|date=22 March 2014|access-date=March 22, 2014}} Serena Williams,{{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/sports/2015/09/rick-macci-interview|title=Serena Williams' Childhood Coach|work=complex.com|access-date=September 23, 2015}} and Venus Williams.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oov6G0vTw7I|title=Rick Macci Williams Sisters Tennis on ESPN|work=YouTube|access-date=June 28, 2013}}
In 2010, he was inducted into the USPTA Florida Hall of Fame.{{cite web|url=http://www.uspta.com/(X(1)S(heojxhkq202b2ife5kqac1qe))/default.aspx?act=newsletter.aspx&category=Florida-HallofFame&Startrow=16&MenuGroup=x-Div-Florida&NewsletterID=815&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1|title=2010 USPTA Florida Award Honorees|work=uspta.com}} He serves as a consultant on the USTA Player Development Program in Boca Raton, Florida.
In 2017, he was youngest ever to be inducted into the USPTA Hall of Fame.{{cite web|url=http://www.tennisviewmag.com/harry-hopman-and-rick-macci-inducted-uspta-hall-fame|title=Rick Macci Inducted into USPTA Hall of Fame|work=tennisviewmag.com|access-date=October 17, 2017}}
Education
Born in Greenville, Ohio, to parents Norma Macci and Santi Macci, Macci attended Greenville Senior High School and graduated in 1973. After two years at Wright State University, Rick was ranked as the top under-18 tennis player in Ohio. Macci went into the Hall of Fame induction honors for his accomplishments in basketball and tennis in his hometown.{{citation needed|date=November 2016}}
Career
In the early 1970s Macci started his career as the tennis pro at Bob Schul's Sports Complex in Troy, Ohio. In the late 1970s he became the tennis professional at the Sinnet Indoor Tennis Club in Vineland, New Jersey when in 1979 he achieved the #1 Ranked Adult player in New Jersey.{{citation needed|date=November 2016}}
He started the Rick Macci International Tennis Academy in 1985,{{cite web|url=http://addvantageuspta.com/default.aspx?act=newsletter.aspx&category=ADDvantage&Startrow=4&MenuGroup=ADD-depts&NewsletterID=550|title=Rick Macci doesn't make the talent; he makes it better|work=addvantageuspta.com}} in Haines City, Florida, at the Grenelefe Golf & Tennis Resort, where two of his students were Tommy Ho and Jennifer Capriati{{citation needed|date=November 2016}} In the summer of 1992, the Macci Academy moved to Delray Beach.
Over the course of his career, he coached many tennis players such as Venus Williams, Serena Williams, Andy Roddick, Tommy Ho, Maria Sharapova, Jennifer Capriati, Anastasia Myskina, Mary Pierce, Vince Spadea, Tornado Black, Sofia Kenin, Hurricane Black, Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Vicky Duval, Karim Alami, Christian Ruud, Sofia Belinksi, Vlada Hranchar, Darwin Blanch, Alycia Parks and Tristan Boyer.{{citation needed|date=November 2016}}
Macci has appeared on several TV shows, such as Sixty Minutes, Today Show, Good Morning America, Inside Edition, Day One, and many major networks, CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN,{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ7XlrgbrPM|title=Tennis Coach Rick Macci on CNN |work=YouTube|access-date=June 28, 2013}} USA, ESPN, Tennis Channel, BBC and sports talk radio shows around the world. He is the featured teaching pro on the award-winning instructional tennis videos (produced by the USPTA) that airs on the Tennis Channel.{{citation needed|date=November 2016}} He has worked as tennis consultant for Donald Trump and T. Management.{{cite web|url=http://www.bocalago.com/club/scripts/library/view_document.asp?NS=TP&DN=TPROS|title=Boca Lago Country Club & View Library Document|work=bocalago.com}}
Macci the recipient of the 2005 Alex Gordon Award for USPTA Professional of the Year.{{cite web|url=http://www.usptafindapro.com/default.aspx?act=newsletter.aspx&category=USPTA+Latest+News&MenuGroup=x-New-USPTA-About&NewsLetterID=945&startrow=93&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1|title=USPTA show, "Mechanics of the Serve," premieres on the Tennis Channel|work=usptafindapro.com|access-date=July 31, 2013}}
Honors
In 2010, Macci was inducted into the USPTA Florida Hall of Fame.{{citation needed|date=November 2016}}
On 13 October 2017 Macci was inducted into the USPTA Hall of Fame USPTA Professionals to become the 19th professional honored, and youngest ever to be inducted.{{cite web|url=http://tennis.life/2017/10/13/macci-inducted-uspta-hall-fame|title=Macci inducted into USPTA Hall of Fame|work=tennis.life}}
Family
Macci has three daughters. Ginger Macci, Lisa Macci & Farrah Macci.
Popular culture
In the movie King Richard, about Venus and Serena Williams's father, his character was played by Jon Bernthal.
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Category:Tennis coaches from Ohio
Category:American people of Italian descent
Category:Sportspeople from Greenville, Ohio
Category:Tennis players from Florida