I have the incredible experience of having a past Pro Tennis player as a dad. I talked to him and found about more about himself and his job and what his experience is as being a top tennis player in the WORLD. Here’s what I gathered.
My first question was How did you get to where you were? In his words, “Practiced everyday with training”, after high school he went on to play for Missouri State in college and only got better from there. Hours and Hours on the court everyday for weeks, months,whatever it took until he felt satisfied. Growing up in Columbus, Ohio was a big step going over 9 hours away from his home.
Next I asked about his experience He replied with “spending most of the year on the road, country to country, city to city”. The training for his future dream never stopped as he loved the game.
My next question is about What he did as a Professional Tennis player? “Hoping to do well at smaller tournaments to make it into the big tournaments”. My dad, Wynn featured in big tournaments apart of the ATP tour as the US Open and the Australian Open in 1998. His best ranked included #260 in the world for Doubles. He played fellow competitors, The Bryan Brothers, one of the top doubles team in the world and even got a few matches off of them.
What does he currently do with Tennis? My dad works at Chesterfield Athletic Club and Meadowbrook Country Club where he teaches the sport he grew up playing to all ages hoping to make them pros. Check out the websites of these two places to get a private lesson with a Pro Tennis player. https://www.meabrk.org/ http://www.chesterfieldathleticclub.com/
Lastly some advice he gives for young players hoping to pursue in their dream includes “Don’t expect to go pro, enjoy the game, playing professionally is a very small amount of people”.
Tennis God 