Mouratoglou Tennis Academy

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Mouratoglou Tennis Academy
Established1996;28 years ago (1996)
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Coordinates 43°37′14″N7°03′44″E / 43.6206°N 7.0622°E / 43.6206; 7.0622
Website mouratoglou.com
Formerly called
Bob Brett Academy

The Mouratoglou Tennis Academy is a tennis academy and training center in Biot, Alpes-Maritimes, France. Originally named the Bob Brett Academy, it was founded in 1996 by Patrick Mouratoglou and Bob Brett.

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History

In 1996, Patrick Mouratoglou convinced veteran coach Bob Brett to start a tennis academy together in Montreuil, originally named the Bob Brett Academy. [1] [2] [3] The two partnered together for six years, with Brett teaching Mouratoglou the basics of coaching. [4] [5] After Brett left the academy, Mouratoglou changed its name to the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy, [6] and it was eventually relocated to Biot, on the French Riviera, in 2016. [7] [8]

The Academy hosts the Verrazzano Open on the ATP Challenger Tour [9] and the French Riviera Open, a wheelchair tennis tournament. [10] It also hosted three editions of the Ultimate Tennis Showdown in 2020 and 2021. [11] [12]

International expansion

Since 2020, the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy has opened five tennis centers outside of France:

Notable players

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