Managing Partner
Coach Nandor was born and raised in Budapest, Hungary and has over 40 years as a career performance. He is an
expert in developing professional players and building tennis programs.
He was the former National Coach of Hungary, the official Olympic and Federation Cup coach, and is a certified ATP and WTA coach.
Coach Nan
Managing Partner
Coach Nandor was born and raised in Budapest, Hungary and has over 40 years as a career performance. He is an
expert in developing professional players and building tennis programs.
He was the former National Coach of Hungary, the official Olympic and Federation Cup coach, and is a certified ATP and WTA coach.
Coach Nandor was the Co-Founder of the Hungarian National Tennis Academy and Director of the National Youth Tennis Center,
and has been an integral part of Hungarian and Norwegian tennis development, including coaching and assisting most of the Hungarian Davis Cup players since 1984.
Before his coaching career began, Nandor was the National Champion in both Men's Singles and Doubles and represented Hungary at the European Championships. He also obtained his MSc in Mathematics ,Computer Science and Sports Sciences.
His 40+ years of experience include fundraising, building, and managing of sports clubs in addition to developing collegiate and professional tennis players.
Coach Nandor has expertise in coaching players at ATP, WTA, ITF Tournament levels along with training players on all Grand Slams and Fed Cup and was an official Olympics coach.
References as a coach and consultant
Denis Shapovalov (ATP 10)
Attila Savolt (ATP 68)
Stefan Kozlow (ATP 103)
Alex Kuznetsov (ATP 120)
Monica Puig, (WTA 27)
Petra Mandula (WTA 30)
Melinda Czink (WTA 54)
College recruits placed at: Harvard, Yale, Cornell, Princeton, Penn and Stanford
Managing Partner
Zoltan was born in Budapest, Hungary and first picked up a tennis racquet at age 10. By age 18 he was the number 1 junior in Hungary, 25th in Europe, and reached his highest junior rankings of 96 in the world (ITF).
He began his entrepreneur studies at Baylor University in January of 2000. Finished his eligibility in 2003
Managing Partner
Zoltan was born in Budapest, Hungary and first picked up a tennis racquet at age 10. By age 18 he was the number 1 junior in Hungary, 25th in Europe, and reached his highest junior rankings of 96 in the world (ITF).
He began his entrepreneur studies at Baylor University in January of 2000. Finished his eligibility in 2003 by then holding the highest winning percentage and winning streak in singles and doubles. During his career at Baylor University, he was awarded with the Golden Bear Award, Breakthrough Athlete of the Year, Baylor’s Most Valuable Tennis Player, Baylor’s Most Inspirational Player, and Baylor’s Male Athlete of the Year.
After college, Zoltan worked as a Tennis Teaching Professionalat Brookhaven Country Club where he was recognized as the most productive and valuable pro. He was also the winner of the “Rising STAR Award” amongst all Club Corp facilities.
In 2008, he accepted the ATP Tour Manager position in Florida, and traveled 22-25 weeks a year on the ATP Tour as the number one liaison between players and the tournaments. He has developed lifelong friendships and learned the game from world class athletes like Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic. During this time, he has mastered what it takes to be amongst the very best professional tennis players.
Zoltan has a heart for the game of tennis and coaching. His goal is to build a program that prepares individuals for success on and off the court by enhancing their unique personalities and skills.
In 2012 he joined the staff at The Four Seasons Sports Club where he later became the Tournament Director of the largest ATP Challenger of its kind, the Irving Tennis Classic.
Zoltan has dedicated his life to making American tennis great again.
Managing Partner
Coach Nandi was born in Budapest, Hungary but spent his childhood in Norway, just on the outskirts of Oslo. He started tennis at 7 as a casual player before joining a high performance tennis program at 11. In the Juniors (U18) he made 2nd in Norway while also being #7 in the Men's Open. After high school Nandi attended col
Managing Partner
Coach Nandi was born in Budapest, Hungary but spent his childhood in Norway, just on the outskirts of Oslo. He started tennis at 7 as a casual player before joining a high performance tennis program at 11. In the Juniors (U18) he made 2nd in Norway while also being #7 in the Men's Open. After high school Nandi attended college at Stony Brook University on athletic scholarship.
Nandi holds graduate (MS) degrees in Applied Mathematics and Exercise Physiology. He is also a Certified Nutritionist (ISSA- CN), Strength and Conditioning Specialist (NSCA- CSCS), Tactical Facilitator (NSCA TSAC-F) and Corrective Exercise Specialist (ISSA-CES).
Coach Nandi is equally passionate about tennis and physical development. He has spent the better part of 20 years working with a broad spectrum of athletes, ranging from country clubs in Connecticut and New York to professional athletes competing on the WTA and ATP tour.
On the fitness development side, Coach Nandi has worked with 2x World Record holding power-lifter Phill Halliwell, 3x Hungarian Champion Body Builder Krecsik Laszlo, as well as learning program design directly from Dr Zourdos, prolific researcher and publisher on Daily Undulating Periodization (DUP).
Over the years, Nandi was blessed to work with many great athletes, to name a few; Peter Nagy (for which Nandi received Davis Cup Coach title), Czink Melina (world #37), Godry Levente (Davis Cup, Hungary), Jon Pearlman (#1 Harvard Univ).
In 2023 March, Nandi joined the VP Tennis Academy team, with a single goal in mind, to develop a holistic tennis program that will bring the the absolute personal best out of each player.
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