Global Professional Tennis Coach Association (GPTCA)

A fantastic few days of learning and sharing at the GPTCA/ATP Certified Course, with the support of RSPA, in Chatham, NJ 🇺🇸

Great to welcome new speakers including Jack Broudy, Greg Prudhomme and Brett Hobden, alongside our regular team of experts.

A special thank you to Fernando Segal and Segal Institute for putting the course together and making another great edition possible 🙏

And most importantly - welcome to all our new GPTCA members!

We are delighted to announce that our longtime GPTCA Level A member Xavier Moureaux has been appointed to lead GPTCA activities in Belgium.

Xavier brings outstanding experience from both professional tennis and coach education. He has previously worked with players including Greet Minnen (WTA #54), Benoit Paire (ATP #18), Steve Darcis (ATP #38), Mirza Basic (ATP #74), Vincent Millot (ATP #135) and many others.

Together with Steve Darcis, he is also co-founder and director of the Darcis-Moureaux Tennis Academies, working across three locations with approximately 800 players and 15 coaches.

And there is more good news! After a break of several years, GPTCA courses are coming back to Belgium in 2027. Xavier is already working on the program, with an excellent team of speakers planned, including Belgian Davis Cup Captain Steve Darcis and former WTA coach Simon Goffin.

📅 Final dates and details coming soon.

Congratulations, Xavier – and welcome to your new role! 🇧🇪👏

Take the next step in your coaching career and join the ATP Certified GPTCA Level C Course, taking place in Velletri (Rome), Italy, from 11–13 September 2025.

Location: Velletri (Rome), Italy 📅 Dates: 11–13 September 2025

Registration & Information:
Antonio Di Vita ✉️ [email protected]

We look forward to welcoming coaches from Italy and around the world!

Huge congratulations to our GPTCA Level A* Member Yari Bernardo on an outstanding Wimbledon!

As coach of Marcelo Arévalo, Yari celebrates a Wimbledon Mixed Doubles title with Marcelo and Jelena Ostapenko! 👏🎾

Marcelo also reached the Gentlemen's Doubles Final alongside Mate Pavić, finishing as runners-up after a hard-fought match.

An incredible achievement and another reminder that behind every great player stands a great coach.

Congratulations, Yari, Marcelo, and the entire team!

The GPTCA Pro Coach Experience continues to grow! 🌍

One of the greatest strengths of the GPTCA Pro Coach Experience is that it gives our coaches the opportunity to step onto the court, observe, learn, and work alongside some of the world's leading tennis coaches in real high-performance environments.

We're delighted to see more and more face-to-face coaching masterclasses taking place across the globe, helping coaches gain practical experience that simply cannot be learned from a classroom.

Congratulations to our new GPTCA Level C Coach, Rajeshwar Reddy Patlolla, who recently completed a two-week professional coaching experience under Meastro Alberto Castellani and Corrado Favale.

Rajeshwar shared:

"I had the privilege of completing a two-week professional coaching experience under Alberto Castellani and Corrado Favale. It was an excellent learning opportunity where I gained valuable knowledge and practical coaching insights. The team took great care of me throughout my stay, making me feel very welcome. They appreciated my work and attitude on court, and I am truly grateful for the opportunity to learn and contribute in such a professional environment. I sincerely thank Coach Alberto Castellani, Coach Corrado Favale and their team for their support, hospitality, and guidance."

This is exactly what the GPTCA Pro Coach Experience is all about: learning from the best, sharing knowledge, and connecting coaches around the world through practical, high-performance education.

This September, join an international community of tennis professionals in Marbella, Spain 🇪🇸 for five days of practical learning, world-class speakers, on-court sessions, and cutting-edge coaching education.

SMILE Top Performance | Mental Strength Course | See details here https://smilesystem.org/
📅 September 23–24, 2026

GPTCA Level C Course |
📅 September 25 to 27, 2026

Whether you're coaching junior players, competitive athletes, or professionals, you'll leave with practical strategies you can apply from day one.

Your players invest in becoming better every day.

Shouldn't their coach do the same?

Register now and secure your place.
https://www.gptcaspain.es/

Please join us in welcoming Sergio Sabadello as a GPTCA Member A‼

Sergio brings more than 20 years of coaching experience at the highest level of the game. His impressive career includes serving as the first foreign coach ever appointed to the Russian Davis Cup Team, Head Coach of the Russian Olympic Team, and co-founding the Vilas Academy in 2008.

Over the years, he has worked with top players including Ana Ivanovic, Guillermo Cañas, José Luis Clerc, Dmitry Tursunov, Teymuraz Gabashvili, Andrey Kuznetsov, Evgeny Donskoy, Andrey Rublev, Karen Khachanov, and Konstantin Kravchuk.

Welcome, Sergio! 👏

Welcome to nearly 40 new GPTCA members who joined us following the recent coaching course in Athens, Greece! 🇬🇷

A big thank you to Hary Krystallogiannis for organizing a fantastic event and to our outstanding speakers, including A. Castellani, G. Lopez Fabero, L. Caprioli, and many others, for sharing their knowledge and experience.

Great to see so many coaches committed to learning and development. Welcome to the GPTCA family!

We are proud to welcome Gustavo Marcaccio as a GPTCA Level A Member*.

Gustavo brings a wealth of experience from the professional tour, having coached top players including Juan Mónaco, Guido Pella, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Paula Ormaechea, and Máximo González. He also served as Vice-Captain of Argentina’s Davis Cup team and helped Juan Mónaco capture four ATP titles and reach the ATP Top 10.

Since joining the Rafa Nadal Academy in 2021, Gustavo has played an important role in the development of elite players and has been a member of Rafa Nadal’s technical team. He was recently appointed Tennis Director of the Rafa Nadal Academy, overseeing both the Academy in Manacor and its international expansion.

We are delighted to have such an accomplished coach and leader as part of our global coaching community.

Congratulations and welcome, Gustavo! 👏

Rafa Nadal Academy