UK Tennis Magazine features some of the biggest names in tennis, who provide us with articles, interviews and features:-

Nick Bollettieri

Nicholas James Bollettieri was born in New York in 1931, graduating from college in 1953 with a degree in philiosphy. He dropped out of the University of Miami Law School in 1956 to concentrate on his fledgling tennis coaching career, eventually becoming the tennis director at Dorado Beach Hotel in Puerto Rico in the early-mid 1970s.
In 1978, Nick opened the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy near Bradenton, Florida on the coast of Florida, about fifty miles south of Tampa. It was the first major tennis boarding school and it changed the way tennis was taught at the elite junior level. International Management Group bought the academy from Nick in 1987, although he continues to play a pivotal role in the development of the tennis academy and ancillary programs.
He is credited with developing many world-class champions, including Andre Agassi, Jim Courier, Monica Seles, and Mary Pierce. Recently, he has worked with 2006 U.S. Open champion Maria Sharapova, Jelena Jankovic, Nicole Vaidišová and Sabine Lisicki. He has also worked with Tommy Haas, Max Mirnyi, Xavier Malisse, Venus Williams, Serena Williams, Martina Hingis, Anna Kournikova, and Marcelo Ríos. He also coached Boris Becker for two years.

Link: Nick Bollettieri Official Website

Miles Maclagan

Miles Maclagan was born in Zambia to Scottish parents, but raised in Zimbabwe until 1988 when his family left for the United Kingdom. He began playing tennis aged fivw and turned pro in 1993, coached by former British player Leighton Alfred. He worked as Andy Murray’s coach from November 2007 to July 2010, helping him get to World No. 2 and the 2008 US Open and 2010 Australian Open finals. He coached Wayne Black and Kevin Ullyett to 2005 Australian Open doubles title and he has also coached Philipp Kohlschreiber (2010-2011). He is currently coach of Marcos Baghdatis.

 

 

Jeff Wayne

Avid tennis fan Jeff is best known as the composer of The War of the Worlds, but began his career as a tennis coach. Jeff has won the British National Indoor Veterans singles and doubles titles, and the National Clay Court doubles. In 1992 he partnered former Great Britain No. 1 and Davis Cup captainRoger Taylor at the European Veteran Championships. In 1999, Jeff represented Great Britain in the Austria Cup in Spain, and achieved an ITF world ranking in his age group. In 2008 he was elected into the International Lawn Tennis Club of Great Britain.

Link: The War of the Worlds Official Site

 

 

Johan Kriek

Johan Kriek has won two Australian Opens, was a semi-finalist at the US Open, reached the semi-finals at the French Open and the quarter-finals of Wimbledon. He has won 14 professional singles and 8 doubles titles, reaching an all-time high ranking of Number 7 in the world. Kriek’s most memorable wins include victories over Andre Agassi, Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg.
He now runs the Johan Kriek Tennis Academy with his wife Daga Mrozek Kriek, which is soon moving to Charlotte, North Carolina in the United States.

Link: Johan Kriek Tennis Academy

 

 

 

 

Angela Buxton

Angela Buxton was a former World no.5 and ran the successful London Tennis Academy for many years. She now operates a tennis consultancy, travelling between the USA and the UK.

Her book “303 Tips For Successful Tennis” (written with Nenad Simic) is available from [email protected]

Cost: $15 in the USA plus $5 shipping
         £8 in the UK plus £5 post and pack

Link: The Angela Buxton Tennis Consultancy

 

 

 

 

Enrique Guldberg

Enrique is the Academy Director at the Elite Tennis Academy, Barcelona. With 20 years experience as a tennis professional (coaching), Enrique runs tennis course sin Spain, Argentina and the UK and is the coach of Argentinian ATP Tour professional Marco Trungelliti.

Link: Elite Tennis Academy Barcelona

 

 

 

 

 

William Ralston

Will is a freelance professional tennis sparring partner who competes on the futures and challenger international circuit. He also coaches tennis, continually improves his tennis and writes about tennis.

Born and bred in Manchester, Will has enjoyed residency stints in Melbourne and Barcelona. He is fluent in French and Spanish with a degree in Law. Deciding that life is for living and in fear of selling his soul for the 'corporate devil', Will started writing for a number of magazines a couple of years ago.

Link: William's Blog

Americo Reynoso

Americo is the Co-Ordination Coach at the Elite Tennis Academy, Spain. He is a Bachelor of Science in Physical Education and Sport from INEF Barcelona, and has authored the book “Tennis and Motor Co-Ordination.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Ray Brown

Dr. Brown is an internationally recognized expert in high performance tennis training, having published over 200 articles on the subject. He founded the EASI Academy in the summer of 2007 and his innovations have been to introduce neuroscience and the science of learning into tennis training, constructing a program that integrates all five dimensions of training into a single player development program.

Link: Dr. Ray Brown

 

 

 

 

Nenad Simic

NENAD SIMIC has been a successful tennis coach both in Serbia and the USA for many years. He now lives in Florida with his wife and family. His daughter, Martha, played on the Challenger Circuit until recently.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Simon Capon

Since 2006 Simon has worked with professional sports men and women. He uses a variety of techniques including skills from NLP and hypnotherapy. His philosophy is simple; create self belief and your behaviours and actions will change and so will your results.
He has a selection of mind programming recordings available on MP3 downloads from Amazon, iTunes and Nokia.

Link: Simon Capon Official Website

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Matthew Tottey

Matthew is an ex LTA futures player who has also coached tennis in the UK and Australia. He holds a BSc in Economics from Sheffield University and is currently travelling Australia while writing articles on the ATP tour. You can also follow his views on twitter: @MTottey

Link: Matthew Tottey on Vavel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Abel Morton

Born in 1992, Abel Morton is an aspiring sports journalist who is currently a year away from completing his degree at the University of East London. Abel's love for Tennis started in the summer of 2004 where he watched his first Tennis match in full on TV which happened to be the 2004 Wimbledon final contested by Roger Federer and Andy Roddick.

The enthralling final was all Abel needed to watch to convince him that this was the sport for him. Having followed the sport now for the best part of 8 years, Abel's all time favourite Tennis player is Andy Roddick who recently retired at the 2012 US Open. This hasn't stopped the 21-year old from following the sport. Following the 2004 Wimbledon final, Abel played Tennis at club level at the Elmwood Tennis club from 2004 - 2010 and still plays the sport on occasion as a hobbie.

Hoping to gain enough experience in the coming years, Abel aims to be a full time tennis writer or correspondent in the future, by following the steps of Neil Harman who he sees an example in the profession.

Link: Abel's Tennis Blog