Tennis Stories

Two-Time Grand Slam Doubles Champion Vania King

Vania King's father and King Richard have a thing or two in common. On this episode of Tennis Stories, two-time Grand Slam Doubles Champion Vania King reflects on her lif

Pioneer in Adaptive Tennis, Janet Lefkowitz

Janet Lefkowitz has been teaching adaptive tennis for so many years that she's seen kids grow into adulthood as participants in her program. What's incredible is that som

How a speech language pathologist saw tennis change lives

When Lisa Pugliese-LaCroix brought together her two passions: tennis and speech language pathology, something magical happened. Students who were shy and reserved were ov

What makes tennis such a great sport for women?

Did you know that a woman experiencing a heart attack won't necessarily have the same symptoms a man would have? And that heart disease, not breast cancer is the #1 kille

How Roxanne Aaron went from tennis mom to president of the American Tennis Association

Roxanne Aaron is the president of the oldest African American sports organization in the United States, the American Tennis Association. In her role, she works to make te

"Tennis is not just a sport, it's medicine." -Aki Wolfson, Wheelchair Tennis Instructor

Aki Wolfson has seen firsthand how tennis transformed the lives of people who use wheelchairs. She views tennis as medicine, wherever a person is in life. Wolfson is a U

Recognizing & Celebrating Black Tennis History

As Black History Month comes to a close, we held a roundtable discussion with three heavy hitters in the local Black tennis community. Art Carrington, Marvin Dent and Bob

Inside the National Tennis Center with Dale Evans

Dale Evans' tennis story begins in Oakland, California where he wanted to start playing tennis to meet girls. The sport has led him to unpredictable places, including his

Teza Simunyola

Teza Simunyola is a coach who focuses on developing all aspects of a player, both physical and mental. When he transitioned from playing professionally, he found purpose

Kelsey Shea

When Kelsey Shea graduated from college after playing Division I tennis at Colgate, she knew she wanted to transition her passion into a career. She is now the tennis man

Marvin Dent

"Tennis opened my mouth and forced humility down my throat." Marvin Dent dedicated his life to tennis after he discovered his love for the sport. He is now a high perform

Nick Zieziula

Nick Zieziula loved sports growing up and found his niche in tennis, reaching 15th in the Eastern section his senior year. Like many of us, Nick caught the tennis bug and

Phyllis Orlowski

Phyllis Orlowski lives to share the sport of tennis! As a teacher in Oneonta, NY she revitalized the defunded tennis program in her town with a little determination and s

Mike Smookler

Mike Smookler has been coaching tennis since 1989 and currently serves as the USPTA Eastern's Vice President and tennis director at the West Orange Tennis Club.  https:/

Anda Perianu

Anda Perianu gew up playing tennis under the Romanian sun during her summers growing up. Her tennis journey took her to great heights playing college tennis, and then pro

Liezel Huber

Liezel Huber left South Africa at 15 "with a suitcase and a dream" to pursue a career in tennis. After years of collecting doubles titles, she's now the executive directo

Art and Lex Carrington

Art Carrington has been a renowned tennis coach for decades, and his son Lex has followed in his footsteps in high-caliber coaching as well. This interview with both Art

Amber Marino

Amber Marino, the president of USTA Eastern's board of directors, merged her love of reaching kids through education with tennis. As Executive Director of 15love, she ove

Luke Jensen

If you need a dose of positivity in your day, check out our interview with Luke Jensen, former pro and full-time tennis enthusiast. Hear from his perspective what kinds o

Gigi Fernandez

Gigi Fernandez and her doubles partner Natasha Zvereva won 14 grand slams over the course of 5 years. Hear exactly what she attributes that level of success to in our lat