MEET YOUR COACH

Your Professional Tennis Coach

Kent Friedman is a USPTA Elite Pro with over 30 years experience coaching and teaching tennis. 

Kent grew up playing tennis in Florida where his love for the game began at the iconic Inverrary Tennis Club in Lauderhill. It was there that he was fortunate to learn the game along side national junior champions like Larry Gottfried and Van Winitsky.

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Kent played collegiate tennis for the University of Vermont and began his teaching career in Burlington, VT as Head Pro for the Quarry Hill Club. After college Kent moved to upstate NY and founded the Saratoga Thoroughbred Tennis Academy, for high school varsity players who strive to compete at the collegiate level.

While coaching tennis, Kent continued to compete. He was consistently ranked in the top 3 for Men’s USTA Eastern 45’s and played internationally for Team USA winning a Silver Medal in the Maccabia Games (Tel Aviv) and reaching the quarter finals at the Pan Am Games (Buenos Aires).

In 2016 Kent and his wife Ilene moved to Greenwich, CT where he worked as Head Coach for Greenwich Racquet Club’s High Performance Junior Development Program.

In the Fall of 2020 Kent accepted a Senior Pro position at the well established Rye Racquet Club where he teaches tennis in the Fall and Winter.

Kent has certifications and training in Dartfish Video Analysis, Stroke Biomechanics, Footwork, Mental Preparation and Match Play Strategy. Favorite quote, from Andre Agassi, “If you stop learning its time to stop coaching”.