FEW WORDS ABOUT ME

Am petrecut mulţi ani în tenisul de performanţă cu multă pasiune şi dedicaţie implicându-mă inclusiv în relaţiile cu sportivii pentru ai cunoaşte cât mai bine pentru a fi alături de ei şi ai înţelege cât mai bine fapt ce mi-a îmbunătăţit cunostiintele nu numai ca preparator fizic dar şi ca persoană.Fiind în lumea înaltă a tenisului (numeroase turnee WTA şi ATP, MASTERS şi GRAND SLAM-uri) am creat conectii cu personalităţi marcante ale tenisului mondial:
  • Nick Bollettieri
  • Rohan Bopanna
  • Fabio Fognini
  • Alexander Waske
  • Dudi Sela
  • Marius Copil
  • Horia Tecău
  • Florin Mergea
  • Sorana Cîrstea
  • Irina Begu
  • Raluca Olaru

I OFFER:

WHY WOULD YOU WORK WITH ME?

Working with high performance athletes, both juniors and seniors, I have developed my knowledge both professionally and personally.

We have developed this platform to support all those interested in developing knowledge in the field of physical training, whether we are talking about juniors, professional tennis players or physical trainers.

Experiență de peste 25 de ani ca preparator fizic în tenisul de înaltă performanță;

Organizational skills developed during time spent as national team coach;

A constant desire to learn and improve both personally and professionally;

Passionate about a wide range of sports;

Dedicated entirely to the physical training profession.

Social and relating well with athletes;

Sports High School | Specialization: ATHLETICS - 1991-1995;

CNFPA (The National Centre for Coach Education and Professional Development) | Specialisation: ATHLETICS - 1996-1997;

National University of Physical Education and Sport - 1999-2003;

Tennis master course held by the Romanian Tennis Federation - 2009;

Lector for Romanian Tennis Federation - since 2012;

Lector for CNFPA (The National Centre for Coach Education and Professional Development) - since 2014;

Graduating Trainer Course - 2019;

Sport psychology specialization course - 2022.

MARIUS COPIL

  • ATP 250 doubles tournament winner - Bucharest Romania Open
  • ATP 250 Finals - February 2018 - Sofia

IRINA BEGU

  • WTA TASHKENT 2012 tournament win;
  • Winner of the 2011 BCR OPEN LADIES ITF tournament.

FLORIN MERGEA

  • Winner of the MASTER SERIES MADRID 2015 tournament;
  • Wimbledon Grand Slam 2015 semi-final;
  • Champions Tournament Final - London 2015;
  • US OPEN Juniors 2003 semi-final.

HORIA TECĂU

  • Wimbledon Grand Slam 2015 Winner;
  • Champions Tournament Winner - London 2015.

SORANA CÎRSTEA

  • WTA ranking progression: 242 on 61 WTA;
  • Third round - Maindraw - Australian Open 2017.

RALUCA OLARU

  • 2017 HOBART International WTA Doubles Tournament Winner;
  • SHENZEN Open 2017 finalist.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

Below we have listed the athletes together with their results during the period of our collaboration.
2015 - Present
CNFPA (The National Centre for Coach Education and Professional Development)
Lector for organised courses held by CNFPA (The National Centre for Coach Education and Professional Development).
2015 - Present
2018 - Present
Cornell University, New York USA
Cornell University collaborator, Ivy League, tennis.
2018 - Present
February 1999 - 2017
ROMANIAN TENNIS FEDERATION
Physical training coach for the national juniors team.
February 1999 - 2017
June 2015 - June 2017
WTA SINGLES
Physical training coach for professional WTA tennis player Sorana Cîrstea.
June 2015 - June 2017
June 2015 - June 2017
ACHIEVEMENTS
- During our collaboration, Sorana climbed the WTA ranking from 242nd to 61st;
- Third round - Maindraw - Australian Open 2017.
June 2015 - June 2017
November 2015 - June 2017
WTA DOUBLES
Physical training coach for professional WTA tennis player Raluca Olaru.
November 2015 - June 2017
February 2015 - September 2015;
ATP
Physical training coach for professional ATP tennis player Marius Copil
- Current ranking 93.
February 2015 - September 2015;
February 2015 - September 2015;
ACHIEVEMENTS
- ATP 250 Doubles Tournament Winner - Bucharest Romania Open;
- ATP 250 Finals - February 2018 - Sofia.
February 2015 - September 2015;
April 2015 - February 2016; Present
ATP DOUBLES
Physical training coach for ATP Tour professional tennis player Florin Mergea.
April 2015 - February 2016; Present
April 2015 - February 2016;
ACHIEVEMENTS
- Winner of the MASTER SERIES MADRID 2015 tournament; - Wimbledon Grand Slam 2015 semi-finals;
- Champions Tournament Finalist - London 2015; - US OPEN Juniors 2003 semi-final.
April 2015 - February 2016;
May 2015 - November 2015;
ATP DOUBLES
Physical training coach for ATP Tour professional tennis player Horia Tecau
- Current ranking position - 19.
May 2015 - November 2015;
May 2015 - November 2015;
ACHIEVEMENTS
- 2015 Wimbledon Grand Slam Winner;
- Champions Tournament - London Winner - 2015.
May 2015 - November 2015;
April 2011 - May 2013;
WTA SINGLES
Physical training coach for professional WTA tennis player IRINA CAMELIA BEGU
- Current ranking 29 WTA singles.
April 2011 - May 2013;
April 2011 - May 2013;
ACHIEVEMENTS
- TASHKENT WTA tournament Winner - 2012;
- 2011 BCR OPEN LADIES ITF tournament Winner.
April 2011 - May 2013;
May 2016;
JUNIORS
Physical training coach for professional tennis player Georgia Crăciun
- Current ITF ranking - 23.
May 2016;
May 2016;
ACHIEVEMENTS
Winning the National Clay Tournament - U18.
May 2016;
Important
Florin Mergea, Horia Tecau and Marius Copil are members of the Davis Cup team - Present.
Irina Begu, Sorana Cîrstea and Raluca Olaru are members of the FED CUP team.

I began my collaboration with the Romanian Tennis Federation in 2008 where I was in charge of developing and organizing the annual training camps for the national tennis team.

From 2005-2007 I worked with Nick Bollettieri at IMG ACADEMIES as a physical trainer.

WHAT ATHLETES SAY

I asked the players to describe in a few words the collaboration between us over the years.