A1 Tennis Academy is dedicated to breaking down barriers of elitism within British tennis.

A1 offers free membership and coaching to young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. A1 is committed to helping manage and develop performance players and coaches at all levels, and to facilitating competitive team tennis at local, regional and international level.

 

Helping young people achieve their goals.

The A1 Pharmaceuticals Tennis Academy (A1PTA) is dedicated to breaking down barriers of elitism whilst promoting compeitive tennis at all levels both individually and as a team. A1 offers free membership and coaching to young people 21 years and under and funds at least 1 GB ATP world ranked player for a minimum of 12 months. The academy  is committed to helping manage,mentor and develop performance players and coaches at all levels, facilitating competitive team tennis at local, regional, national and International level.

 

Recent success stories.

Matthew illingworth was the first pro player to recieve funding which in the first 12 months found him climb over 500 places in the ATP singles rankins since his retirement matt has focused on improving our team players performance at all levels.

 

Jason Barnett ITF senior tour 2010-12 was sponsored after he became unemployed. Within 2 years and after 16 tournaments including Double Bronze at 2011 world championships he became first player to be ranked no1 world mens singles & doubles ITF senior men's 35 and over.

 

Marcus Willis (Nov 2012 -present) Marcus was financially struggling to stay on the ITF futures tour A1 stepped in with funds and free management. Incredibly Marcus has climbed from an ATP ranking of 1020 to 428 in only 9 months.

 

Both Marcus Willis & Jason Barnett are naturally talented players but their greater on court success after receiving A1 sponsorship clearly demonstrates how much difference support that combines both funding & management can make to their climb in the world rankings.

 

Marcus Willis is the only GB ATP ranked player currently recieving funding which started in november 2012 and will continue to wimbledon 2015 although all our Aegon National tier players receive some funding in return for supporting our aegon national team.

 

Marcus was financially struggling to stay on the ITF futures tour A1 stepped in with funds and free management. Incredibly Marcus has climbed from an ATP ranking of 1020 to 360 singles and 220 doubles.

 

Team Murray, and GB team success in 2013 in particular with Dan Evans proves that GB tennis is moving in the right direction.

 

2014 has been a record year for our team success just 7 teams have lifted 9 team titles including our first mens National Aegon team title.

 

List of National Aegon team players included:

Matthew Short (Captain)

Marcus Willis (Vice Captain)

Lewis Burton

Toby Martin 

Jamie Delgado

Matthew illingworth

Harry David Meehan

Freddie Arian