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Thursday, February 23, 2012

Our Staff

The Tennis Park is home to seven teaching pros who lead our tennis programs.
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Karen Mannheimer

Executive Director of Tennis

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Karen has over 30 years of experience teaching professionally. She is an active tennis volunteer in the city of San Antonio and through out the state of Texas, promoting grass roots tennis for all ages of tennis players.

She was a state ranked player at Churchill High School and went on to play collegiate tennis at Texas Tech.  Her positive reinforcement, logical progressions and up-to-date techniques and drills make learning tennis easy. Karen's main objective is to meet the needs of each individual player and help them achieve their desired results.
   

contactscottScott Wilbur

Director of Tennis

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Scott has been teaching professionally for over 25 yrs in San Antonio. His successful playing and teaching experience brings strength to our High Performance Junior Academy.
We think you will enjoy the work ethic, discipline and fun he brings to the youth and adults programs at the Tennis Park.

Scott is married to Christi and they have 2 beautiful girls. The whole family plays tennis. Brittney is 13 yrs old and has been ranked nationally and currently plays Super Champs 14's. Brianna who everyone calls "Nana" plays 12's as a 9 yr old! 


   
Instructor - Carlos Moreiras

Carlos Moreiras

Tennis Pro

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Originally from Cordoba, Argentina.  With over 30 years of teaching experience, Carlos has a clear understanding concerning instruction and planning of training programs for adults and children.  His background also includes specialized studies in tennis coaching from the renown Argentinean Academy and USPTR and PTR certificates.  As a player he has competed in Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, and now in Texas.

Carols is married to Maria. Daniel his oldest son played tennis for 4 years at UTSA, was a high ranked junior in the state and played #1 at Churchill HS. His youngest son Tito is a junior at Churchill where he plays #1. Tito also has a national ranking and recently qualified to play in the USTA National Playoffs where he was only a couple rounds away from qualifing for the US Open! 

   

contactryanRyan Takao

Tennis Pro

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Ryan is the past Head Coach for the Trinity Women's Tennis Team. He was the Head coach from 2008-2011 and an assistant from 1997-2008. Ryan was a 4 year letterman on the Tiger men's team where he helped Trinity win three consecutive Southern Collegiate Conference titles as a player. Ryan was named to the All-SCAC Team twice in his career. As a junior player Ryan received the Texas Boys 18s Super Championship Art Faust Award for two years. He was ranked as high as 11th in the state in juniors and he and his father, Rich, were #1 as doubles players in the state. Ryan is married to Cari True and they are expecting their first child soon. 

   

louLou Silvester

Tennis Pro
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Lou is a former international tourning pro, competing in tournaments from 1962-1973, including Wimbledon and the French Open to name a few. He also coached the South African Davis & Fed Cup in 1972. Lou is married to Jose and has resided in San Antonio since 1977. His children Brandon and Eva have also taught at The Tennis Park. He has continued to produce state and nationally ranked juniors, collegiate and Pro Tour players. Lou owned Retama Tennis club for 14 years. 


   
Other pro's at The Tennis Park include:

Daniel Moreiras Instructor - Derek Noriskin
Daniel Moreiras
Daniel, the son of one of our pro teachers, Carlos Moreiras, is a UTSA graduate (Mechanical Engineering) where he played on the UTSA tennis team for 4 years. He will be working with us while he is studying for his Masters.
Contact Daniel by email or phone...
Derek Noriskin
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