Elite Program

Rackets Academy Elite Program

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The Elite Program is the largest high-performance tennis training program in the Middle East created specially to prepare players striving for excellence in competitive tennis (ITF, ATP and WTA tours). This personalized training program, made to suite each player’s specific needs, replicates European pro tour conditions by providing comprehensive program with intensive coaching sessions as well as focusing on other essential facets of the game including goals to develop the technical, tactical, physical and mental aspects of the game.

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Full Time Program 

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Rackets Academy has a responsibility to provide aspiring tennis players with the ecosystem that will allow them to achieve their full potential and pursue their dreams. We are therefore proud to announce the launch of a Full Time Program, the first of its kind in the Middle East, in partnership with Gems Wellington School, providing participants with a superior bespoke in-school education all the while the flexibility to undertake an intensive personalized Tennis program and to travel frequently to compete.

Performance Program

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Our Performance Program is designed for players who are taking the first steps into competitive tennis. This program is designed more to give players everything they need to compete in Tournaments and that aspire to be part of our Elite Program. The program looks at technique and tactics based around competing in national level events.

There is also a specific strength and conditioning coach brought in to do extra off court work with the players. The program runs two squads a day with an option of additional fitness session on 3 days with monthly matchplay.

Junior Development Program (Age 4-10)

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Our Junior Development Pathway is dedicated to serve players who are new too tennis, or who need to further develop their skills in order to move into other pathways, or aspire to be part of our Elite Program. Through a variety of game-based and cooperative activities, players will learn the fundamental skills needed to continue to progress as they gain additional experience. Footwork & Movement Specialist: Each session at every level includes 15-30 min with our specialist movement Coach to put In place the fundamental footwork needed in Tennis. We also have a comprehensive Matchplay Schedule.

Tournament Travel 

Our players are traveling globally as a team to Futures, Junior ITF, Tennis Europe, Ten-pro, ATF, French Summer Events and Orange Bowl all year round always accompanied by a coach. See our Tournaments page for package’s and Travel Schedule

Young Leaders Program 

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If you would like to apply for a place in any of the above program’s kindly download and send the application form to register@racketsacademy.ae or for more info  +971 52 992 8595


Timur Gordeev

Russia

Age: 12

Age started playing Tennis: 4

Highest UAE Ranking U12: 1

Highest UAE Ranking U14: 3

Current UTR Rating : 7.62

Achievements:

Split Cup 2021 – the finalist

Dubai Bowl Ten Pro U13 – the finalist

UAE ranking U12 tournament – winner

Mubadala cup 2021 – winner

Goals & Aspirations: Being ATP Number 1 in the world, the Grand Slam’s  winner, to beat all records

Favorite Player: Novak Djokovic

Rashid Arif Aljasim

United Arab Emirates

Age: 11

 Age started playing Tennis: 4

UTR Rating: 3.86

 UAE Ranking U12: 19

Achievements

  • Champion U12 – ETF Tournament Abu Dhabi
  • Champion U10 – 360 Tournament
  • Finalist U10 – CF Tennis
  • 7th Place U11 TenPro – Belgium
  • 7th Place U2 TenPro – Georgia

Goals & Aspirations : To become a professional Tennis Player and become amongst the best in the world.

 Favorite Player : Rafael Nadal

AJ Khalil

United States of America

Age: 14

 Age started playing Tennis: 10

UTR Rating: 5.64

 Goals & Aspirations : My goals are to start playing more tournaments, improve my skills, and get a lot better

 Favorite Player : Rafael Nadal

Ava Khalil

United States of America

Age: 13

 Age started playing Tennis: 6

UTR Rating: 7.22

Achievements: 

12th Midwest Bowls 2 National Sportsmanship Award

Over 20 Sectional Sportsmanship Award

 Goals & Aspirations : To  play new people, to meet new people and to gain new experiences.

 Favorite Player : Serena Williams

Larissa Brasil

Brazil

Age: 14

 Age started playing Tennis: 4

Highest ITF JR  Ranking: 2417

 Highest UAE Ranking U12: 1

 Highest UAE Ranking U14: 10

Current UTR Rating: 6.13

Achievements

Since late 2018, stayed at the top players in the UAE, holding the #1 position for U12 in the UAE for more than a year, and until move to higher category. Competed in Spain in Rafael Nadal Tour, and trained in Spain during different periods. In Brazil, champion of 2nd Copa Teuto of Tennis Above 13, when was 10 yo. Invited by UAE Federation to participate in a training clinic with Francis Roig in Dubai, and considered to represent the country at Orange Bowl in 2020 (cancelled due to COVID).

 

Goals & Aspirations

 My main goal right now is to get an expressive raking in Europe, and to develop my strengths (physically, technically, and mentally) to be the best possible player I could ever be. I fight to continue to strive within my journey and be able to compete at a continuous and intense high-level performance.

 

Favorite Player : Rafael Nadal

Ramsey Khalil

United States of America

Age: 11

 Age started playing Tennis: 5

UTR Rating: 3.19

Goals & Aspirations : ToMy goal is to be able to win the close matches and to be able to make my strokes better. Win against a UTR rating of 5 and become improve my rating to UTR 5v as well.

 Favorite Player : Novak Djokovic

Ege Topkok

Turkey

Age: 15

Age Started playing Tennis: 5

Highest UAE Ranking U18: 15

Highest ATF U14 Highest Ranking: 18

Highest ATF U14 Current Ranking: 40

Highest Tennis Europe U14 Ranking: 112

Highest ITF Jr Ranking: 879

Current UTR Ranking: 9.16

Achievements:

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TENNIS EUROPE, U14 Hitec Luxembourg Junior Open 2019 FINALIST

UAE ATF Grade 1 U14 2019 FINALIST

U12 TURKISH NATIONAL TEAM PLAYER 2018

TENNIS EMIRATES UAE TENNISMASTER U12 2018 WINNER

TENNIS EMIRATES UAE TENNISMASTER Doubles U14 2018 WINNER

TEN-PRO GLOBAL JUNIOR TOUR NADAL ACADEMY 2018 U12 WINNER

REPRESENTED TURKEY IN THE 2017 ORANGE BOWL MAIN DRAW

USTA MIAMI BROWARD U12 CHAMPIONSHIP 2017 WINNER

USTA MIAMI JUPITER BAY U12 TENNIS TOURNAMENT 2017 WINNER

MOURATOGLOU U12 TOURNAMENT 2017 WINNER

WILSON CUP ABU DHABI U12 – 2017 WINNER

MUBADALA COMMUNITY CUP U10 WINNER 2016 – PLAYED WITH RAONIC

MUBADALA COMMUNITY CUP U10 WINNER 2015 – PLAYED WITH NADAL

WILSON CUP ABU DHABI U10-2016 WINNER

PS4 JUNIOR TENNIS OPEN U10-2016 WINNER

Goals and Aspirations:

To be number 1 in Tennis Europe 2020

To win Wimbledon

Favorite Player:

Roger Federer

 

 

Bogdan Kozlov

Latvia

Age: 14

Age started playing tennis: 6 years old

Highest Tennis Europe Ranking: 202

Current UTR Rating: 8.57

Highest ITF JR Ranking: 3346

Achievements: Latvian champion in doubles, finalist in doubles Latvian championship, 3rd place in singles Latvian championship, Finalist in singles and doubles Tennis Europe in Latvia

Goals & Aspirations: Become #1 ATP

Favourite player: Roger Federer

Magnus Oestergaard

Denmark

Age: 13

Age started playing tennis: 5

Highest UAE Ranking U12:  1

Highest UAE Ranking U14: 7

Current UTR Rating: 7.55

Achievements:

Winner: 2 X Giammalva Rackets Club U8, Holbaek Cup U10, HIK Open U10, HVT Christmas Cup U10, Regional League Champion U10, Regional Group Winner U10, Yonex HRT Cup, Danish Tennis U10 Festival, KB Cup U10, HRT Festival U10, Rackets Academy UAE Ranking Tournament U12, PUCA Pro UAE Ranking Tournament U12, AL Habtoor UAE Ranking Tournament U12, Rackets Academy UAE UTR Tournament U13. Rackets Academy UAE UTR Tournament 12 and Under.

Finalist: Head Cup U8, Giammalva Rackets Club U8, Z & Match Cup, Greve Summer Cup U10, 360Tennis UAE Ranking Tournament U12, Energy UAE Ranking Tournament U12, Future Pro UAE Ranking Tournament U12, Fila Cup U12, Rackets Academy UAE Ranking Tournament U14. Rackets Academy UAE UTR Tournament 15 and Under

Goals and Aspirations:

Become a professional tennis player and win a Grand Slam. Short term I increase my confidence in all shots, and remian number one in UAE U12, win an U14 UAE Ranking Tournament and become national champion in Denmark for my age group.

Favorite Player:

Roger Federer

Enzo Kahi

Lebanon & United Kingdom

Age: 14

Age started playing Tennis: 3

(my first coach George Green)

Highest UAE Ranking U12: 12  

Current UTR Rating: 7.78

Achievements:

Settling in the best elite group in UAE with the best coaches and players 

Being able to compete & travel to important tennis academies in Europe.

Participating in Rafa Nadal tour in Springs 2019

Winning 2 tournaments (12&under) during our French tour with coach Mariano this summer 2019 while reaching many finals

To have high ranking in 12/14&under tennis

Goals & Aspirations:

In training, I would like to work more on my mental and intensity

In tournaments, to compete with a stronger mental, and win much more matches.

Starting from Junior tennis, to ITF, to ATP player and why not among the top 100 in the world

Favorite Player:

Roger Federer

Ralph Farah

Lebanon

Age: 12

Age started playing Tennis: 8

Current UTR Rating : 6.34

 Home Country Ranking: 3th, U12 and 5th, U14

Achievements

Ralph was part of the U12 Lebanese national team. Ralph is a champion and finalist of many federated U12 and U14 tournaments in Lebanon.

 Goals & Aspirations

My short-term goal is to benefit from Rackets Academy to improve my technical and tactical game and get ready to compete in ITFs. On the long run, I aspire to become a professional tennis player, and get a scholarship to the US universities.

Favorite Player: Rafael Nadal

Sacha Fontanges

French

Age: 13

Age started playing tennis: 4 years old

Current UTR Rating: 8.25

Highest ITF : 3187

Highest EUROPEAN JUNIORS : U14 – 1340

Achievements:

Regional Champion in France – 12U

Plays in Tennis Europe

ITP ranking in Fujairah J5, 2022

Goals & Aspirations: Go as far as possible and on to the ATP Tour

Favourite player: Carlitos Alcaraz

Kirill Gorokhov

Russian

Age: 12

Age started playing tennis: 6 years old

Current UTR Rating: 6.68

Home Country Ranking: 29

Achievements: Kirill is a champion and finalist of many prestigious tournaments of the “Russian Tennis Tour” in singles. In 2022, he took 3rd place at the Ten Pro international tournament in the U12 category.

Goals & Aspirations: Improve. To progress and become stronger every day. Grow above yourself and win every match regardless of the opponent’s difficulty.

 

Ernest Yakubovskiy

Russia

Age: 12

 Age started playing Tennis: 7

Highest Home Country Ranking: 363

Current UTR Ranking: 6.80

Achievements:

Winner of Tournament in Moscow and three times made semi finals and finished second place Under 12 Rackets Academy UTR Tournament (Jan 21)

Goals & Aspirations:

Become number one in in Dubai then become number 1 in the whole world.

 Favorite Player:

Novak Djokovic

Chris Jovan Gubza

Austria

Age: 13

Age started playing tennis: 3 years old

Highest UAE Ranking U14: #21

Current UTR Rating: 7.66

Achievements: 2022 Ten Pro Geneva champion boys born 2008, 2022 runner up Ten Pro Geneva boys born 2009, champion of Cherry Cup Skopje U12, runner up Cherry Cup Skopje U14, won multiple UTR tournaments in Dubai, won multiple UAE federation tournaments, won multiple tournaments in Austria

Goals & Aspirations: To be an ATP player in the future and hopefully world #1. Also, to win Vienna Open

Favourite player: Sascha Zverev

Idhant Kastwar

India

Age: 15

Started Playing Tennis:

Highest TF JUNIOR Ranking: 3346

Current UTR Rating : 7.27

Achievements: Bahrian ATF 2021 Finalist Singles and Doubles. Champion in Many UTR Tournaments

Goals & Aspirations: College tennis Division 1

Favorite Player: Jannik Sinner

 

Hana Kotb

Egypt

Age: 12

Age started playing tennis: 9 years old

Highest UAE Ranking U12: #2

Highest UAE Ranking U14: #2

Current UTR Rating: 4,7

Achievements: Won multiple tournaments around the UAE as well as Egypt. Always on the top 5 of the UAE.

Goals & Aspirations: To be a WTA player and play the best tournaments worldwide.

Favourite player: Serena Williams

Laurits Oestergaard

Denmark

Age: 11

Age started playing tennis: 4

Highest UAE Ranking U12: 8

Current UTR rating: 5.51

Achievements:

Winner: KB Cup U10, Foresoe Open U10, Head Regional Group Winner U10, Holte Open U10, 3 X Rackets Academy U10.

Finalist: 360Tennis UAE Ranking Tournament U10, Rackets Academy U10.

SemifinalistHead Regional Champions Finals U10

QuarterfinalistPUCA Pro UAE Ranking Tournament U12, Al Habtoor UAE Ranking Tournament U12, Rackets Academy Open UAE UTR Tournament 13 and Under, PUCA Pro UAE Ranking Tournament U12.

Goals and Aspirations:

Become a professional tennis player.

Short term I am working on becoming more consistent and get a ranking in UAE and win my first UAE Ranking Tournament.

Favorite Player:

Roger Federer

Rodrigo Vieira

Portugal

Age: 15

Age started playing tennis: 4 years old

Highest UAE Ranking U14: 68

Current UTR Rating: 4.79

Achievements: Started to make my dad sweat; he is a great tennis player

Goals & Aspirations: Consistently going to tournaments and going into later rounds

Favourite player: Roger Federer

Aleksey Komarov

Russia

Age: 13

Age started playing tennis: 5 years old

Highest UAE Ranking U14: #43

Current UTR Rating: 5.61

Achievements: Semifinalist in a few UAE tournaments during last year

Goals & Aspirations: To start competing more regularly and reach my best ranking in the UAE. Also, start competing in some international tournaments

Favourite player: Novak Djokovic

Anissa Qirbi

Canada

Age: 14

Age started playing tennis: 4 years old

Current UTR Rating: 4.34

Achievements: Winner of OTA Lamoreaux U14, Toronto, Canada July 2022

Goals & Aspirations:To achieve the highest level of attainment possible for myself in tennis

Favourite players: Bianca Andreescu

Jesper Frei

Age: 17

Age started playing tennis: 5

UAE Ranking: 35

Achievements: 4 Super Sports U14 Win

Goals & Aspirations: To win a couple local tournaments and also  to compete in International Tournament.

Favorite player: Roger Federer

Stefaniya Yakubovskaya

Russian

Age: 17 years old

Age started playing tennis: 10 years old

Current ITF: 2544

Achievements: Belokamyenaya Russian Cup, Istra RTT, multiple RTT tournaments finals, multiple ITF and Tennis Europe finals.

Goals & Aspirations:Stay passionate and play tennis with much love for this sport.

Favourite players: Roger Federer

Zoi Kefala

Greek

Age: 15

 Age started playing Tennis: 6

Achievements: Greece Local Tournament U12- P1 & P2, Greece Local Tournament U14- P1 & P2 ,Greece Regional Tournament U12- P1 & P2 ,

 Goals & Aspirations : To improve my tennis skills while having fun and exercising.

Favorite Player : Roger Federer

Nicola Eccher

Italian

Age: 15

Age started playing Tennis: 5

Achievements: Ten pro Finalist , 4x winner Junior Tournaments in Italy

 Goals & Aspirations : To play college tennis and have the possibility to travel the world to play tennis

 Favorite Player : Matteo Berrettini

Gabriel Maitrejean

French

Age: 15 years old.

 Age started playing Tennis: 10 years old

Current UTR Rating: 4.5

 Achievements: Smooth integration in the Rackets Academy Elite programme/group. Strongly improved my physical/fitness capabilities as well as my tennis consistency.U15 Rackets Academy-finalist.

Goals & Aspirations: My short  term goal is to play more UTR and UAE Tournaments to improve my rating/ranking and start playing ITF tournaments as I develop the tactical and mental aspect of my game.

In the long term, to be able to complete at college level in the US, and eventually get scholarship.

 Favourite Player: Rafael Nadal

Saad Bukadida

Tunisia / Russia

Age: 15

Age started playing Tennis: 10 yrs old

UAE Ranking: 4

Achievements: Under 13 UTR champion/Under 14 best ranking 2nd place/Under 16 highest ranking  2nd place/6 Under 16 champion and 4 runner up/ 3 Under 14 champion 1 runner up/ 1 Under 18 champion 7 runner up/ Runner up Habtoor under 18/ 3rd place Under 16 Ten-Pro

 Goals & Aspirations : Be the first Arab to reach 1st place in the world.

 Favorite Player : Medvedev & Zverev