Professional Staff
Gretchen Rush
Gretchen is a former top-ranked tour pro and Hall of Famer with 42 years of experience as a world-class WTA, collegiate, junior and senior player. She has been a teaching pro for 27 years and a college coach for 13 years. She is currently the tennis coach at Hollins University.
A few career highlights:
10 year WTA pro career: Highest ranking of #13 in singles, #16 in doubles
40 Grand-Slam appearances: Quarter-finalist at Wimbledon, US Open and French Open and Finalist in Mixed Doubles at Wimbledon
#1 Ranked Junior in the World
Represented USA in 1984 Olympics, World University Games, Pan American Games, Wightman Cup and Senior ITF World Championships
Coached NCAA D1 champion, Amber Liu.
Gretchen is a former top-ranked tour pro and Hall of Famer with 42 years of experience as a world-class WTA, collegiate, junior and senior player. She has been a teaching pro for 27 years and a college coach for 13 years. She is currently the tennis coach at Hollins University.
A few career highlights:
10 year WTA pro career: Highest ranking of #13 in singles, #16 in doubles
40 Grand-Slam appearances: Quarter-finalist at Wimbledon, US Open and French Open and Finalist in Mixed Doubles at Wimbledon
#1 Ranked Junior in the World
Represented USA in 1984 Olympics, World University Games, Pan American Games, Wightman Cup and Senior ITF World Championships
Coached NCAA D1 champion, Amber Liu.
Alex Kosicki
Alex is a former student of Bollettieri/IMG Academy and a former collegiate tennis player at Springfield College, a Division III school.
After college, Alex was the Associate Head Coach at Western New England University (Div. III), for 10 years.
In 2016, Alex moved moved to Georgia, to begin his head coach career at Wesleyan College (Div. III) in Macon, GA. At Wesleyan, he coached his team to its first win in 3 years.
In 2018, he moved to Virginia, and was the Head Coach at Hollins University (Div. III) for 2 years.
Alex's passion is tennis and he is excited to be at Sun Tennis Center.
Alex is a former student of Bollettieri/IMG Academy and a former collegiate tennis player at Springfield College, a Division III school.
After college, Alex was the Associate Head Coach at Western New England University (Div. III), for 10 years.
In 2016, Alex moved moved to Georgia, to begin his head coach career at Wesleyan College (Div. III) in Macon, GA. At Wesleyan, he coached his team to its first win in 3 years.
In 2018, he moved to Virginia, and was the Head Coach at Hollins University (Div. III) for 2 years.
Alex's passion is tennis and he is excited to be at Sun Tennis Center.
Ravi Anantaraman - Payer of Bills
Ravi founded SunTennis in 1999 with the simple belief that providing excellent tennis services shouldn't involve charging an arm and a leg.
He has over 36 years of experience coaching players of all ages and skill-levels.
He started playing tennis at the ripe, old age of 20 and is self-taught.
He continues to compete in tournaments on a regular basis.
Someday, he'll be as young as Alex, as accomplished as Gretchen, and as good-looking as both :)
Ravi founded SunTennis in 1999 with the simple belief that providing excellent tennis services shouldn't involve charging an arm and a leg.
He has over 36 years of experience coaching players of all ages and skill-levels.
He started playing tennis at the ripe, old age of 20 and is self-taught.
He continues to compete in tournaments on a regular basis.
Someday, he'll be as young as Alex, as accomplished as Gretchen, and as good-looking as both :)