John McEnroe Tennis Academy

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John McEnroe Tennis Academy
Founder(s) John McEnroe
Established2010
AddressOne Randall's Island, New York, NY 10035
Location
Randall's Island
,
New York City
,
New York
Coordinates 40°47′34″N73°55′09″W / 40.792820°N 73.919188°W / 40.792820; -73.919188
Website johnmcenroetennisacademy.com

The John McEnroe Tennis Academy (JMTA) is a tennis academy founded by tennis Hall of Famer John McEnroe in New York City. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] The academy was founded in September 2010, on a 20-court (10 deco turf, 10 clay courts) $18 million tennis complex, designed by Ricardo Zurita, on Randalls Island in Manhattan. [1] [3] [4] [6] [7] McEnroe launched the academy in collaboration with Claude Okin, managing partner of Sportime New York. [6]

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Noah Rubin

McEnroe's teaching philosophy emphasizes short intense periods of tennis training balanced by plenty of time pursuing other sports and activities. [2] [6]

Alumni include Noah Rubin, who won the Boys' Singles tournament at Wimbledon in July 2014, and the 2014 U.S. Tennis Association's Boys 18s National Championships in both singles and doubles the following month, is a product of the academy. [8] [9] In September 2014, Rubin was ranked the No. 1 Division 1 college freshman by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) while playing for Wake Forest University, and sophomore Jamie Loeb – another product of the academy – was named the No. 1 Division 1 female college player while playing for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. [10] [11] [12]

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  2. 1 2 Harvey Araton (March 7, 2011). "12-Year-Old Girl May Embody McEnroe's Vision". The New York Times.
  3. 1 2 Sean Gregory (August 30, 2010). "Can John McEnroe's Tennis Academy Lift U.S. Talent?". Time. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
  4. 1 2 Larry Platt (August 20, 2010). "How John McEnroe Plans to Save Tennis by Opening a Tennis Academy on Randall's Island". New York Magazine. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
  5. ↑ Richard Pagliaro (May 20, 2010). "John McEnroe Tennis Academy Launches On NYC's Randall's Island". Tennis Now. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
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  8. ↑ Jerry Milani (August 10, 2014). "John McEnroe Tennis Academy Student Noah Rubin Completes Sweep Of Singles, Doubles In Kalamazoo, Earns US Open Wild Cards". NY Sports Day. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
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