OUR TENNIS PROS are SECOND TO NONE

Our coaches are chosen based on their proficiency in tennis instruction, their level of play and their enthusiasm for the game.

Telly Zangas
Summer Tennis Camp Director

Telly has been a USPTA pro for over 37 years, and has been a member of the Wilson Advisory Staff since 2016. He has been at Kings Highway Tennis Club since 2014, where he has led recruiting and training of summer staff at the club in addition to Tennis Connecticut's outdoor locations, summer camp curriculum, and overseeing racquet stringing duties. Previously, Telly was the Director of Tennis for junior and adult programs at Paegtegat Racquet Club in New York. He has also worked at the National Tennis Center with both the Peugeot and Urban Youth Tennis Academies for promising junior players. Telly has coached fundraising events and clinics for the late Vitas Gerulaitis' tennis foundation which included tennis greats like Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe, Arthur Ashe, Martina Navratilova, Billie Jean King and Ilie Nastase. For many years, he worked as Assistant Tennis Director in New York City where he conducted and supervised clinics in dozens of parks spanning all five boroughs of the city. Telly played college tennis at the University of North Carolina, and is a native of Greece where he was a nationally-ranked junior player.

Andres Graterol
Tennis Professional

A native of Santiago, Chile, Andres speaks three languages — English (Advanced), Spanish (Native), and Portuguese (Conversational). Andres received his A.S. from Jacksonville College (Jacksonville, TX) in 2018, B.B.A. in Management from Oklahoma Baptist University (Shawnee, OK) in 2020 and M.B.A. from the University of Mobile (Mobile, AL) in 2022. He played Varsity Tennis at J.C., O.B.U., and U.M, the latter where he also served as Graduate Assistant Coach. Andres was named National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Player of the Week and ITA Player to Watch in 2017, Tennis Team MVP in 2018, Student-Athlete Newcomer of the Year in 2019, and Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athlete in 2021. During the summers of 2018 and 2019, Andres was a Tennis Coach at Camp Chipinaw in Swan Lake, NY, where he instructed children of all ages. During the summer of 2021, he was the Assistant to the Director at Milwaukee Country Club in Milwaukee, WI. In addition to providing sales and customer service support, he supervised the tennis program, coaching both adults and kids. Andres is an enthusiastic leader who likes to help his clients identify and overcome inefficiencies.