Doru Murariu

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Doru Murariu - Director

Education:
B.S. Education and Kinesiology: University A.I. Cuza, IASI, Romania , Minor in Track & Field. Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist Credentials

Periodisation-Planning Specialist (Tudor Bompa Institute)
Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist – Romanian track&field Federation
Tennis Canada level 3 coaching course
Professional Tennis Registry (PTR) certified tennis professional ( junior and adults)
German Federation Tennis Coaching Certification (VDT School of Coaching)
German Federation Tennis Coaching License (DTB Trainer)
Nutrition Certification BSA Academy Germany
Attended Mental Training Workshop in Germany
Certified in Rehabilitation Therapy ( injury prevention and post injury training)
Sports Masseur Certificate

Coaching Experience:

ATP Tour Coach:

1. Gabriel Moraru 29 years
ATP Ranked # 254
Began coaching Gabriel when he was ranked ATP #650 in May 2008. In March 2009, he reached the ranking of #254 ATP.
Significant results : Victories over ATP top 100 players Richard Gasquet, Oscar Hernandez and Jiri Vanek, Marcelo Melo, Carlos Berlocq, Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo, Michal Mertinak, Jan Vacek

2. Assri Merzuki 17 years
ATP #826 Doubles and 203 ITF juniors.
Coaching Assri since October 2009. In that time he became best Ranked Junior, top 200 ITF and 800 ATP Doubles. For his excellent results Assri was selected in the Malaysian Davis Cup Team (Men’s) for second time.
This year his team reached the 3rd position out of 8 and was just a step away to qualify for the Group 2. Assri played a crucial role in the success of his team winning three singles matches out of four.

3. Mihai Parvan top 1100 ATP

4. Philipp Mukhometov 400 ATP (RUS); winner of SUNSHINE CUP 2001 with the Russian team

WTA Tour Coach:
MAGDA MIHALACHE (ROM) .

Start coaching Magda in 1995. At this time she had no WTA Ranking.
- 1996: WTA #528, 3th place (bronze medal) 16&U European Championship Hatfield, England;
- 1997: top 350 WTA singles & 250 doubles; 16 and under #1 Ranked Player in Germany;
– 1998: top 290 WTA singles & 200 doubles;;
- 1999: top 206 WTA singles & 110 doubles. Selected for the Romanian Federation Cup Team; Played US Open Qualifications Singles & Doubles;
- 2000: Played Australian Open MD Doubles; http://www.wtatennis.com/player/magda-mihalache_2257889_5489
- 2002: # 1 Player in the Romanian Federation Cup Tea; http://www.fedcup.com/en/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=20008491

Significant results :
Victory in doubles over JUSTINE HENIN and VAVRINEK MIROSLAVA, Dominguez Lino, Lourdes, Eleni Daniilidou, Alona Bondarenko

SURINA DE BEER (SOUTH AFRICA)
- Ranked ITF top 20 singles and 10 doubles as a junior and won Australian Open (Doubles) US OPEN (Doubles) twice
- February 1999 ranked 174 singles & 193 doubles
- I coached her from February ‘99 till Jan 2000
- 2000 January Ranked WTA 157 singles and 75 doubles.

Significant results
- Played Wimbledon MD Doubles;
– The semifinal of WTA Doubles TIER 3 QUEBEC (CAN)
-Victory in doubles over JUSTINE HENIN, HUBER LIEZEL, IRINA SPARLEA, MIRJANA LUCIC, ALEXANDRA STEVENSON.
- Round 4 in Australian Open (Jan 2000);
- I coached her for the following WTA tournaments:Key Biscayne, Wimbledon 1999 Birmingham, Acura Classic LA, US Open 1999, Quebec, Philadelphia;
– After February 2000 she focused more on Doubles career and reached position 49 WTA in July 2000 http://www.wtatennis.com/player/surina-de-beer_2257889_1972

ALICE PIRSU (ROM)
– Started in Apr 1997 when she was ranked 430 WTA
- Member of the Romanian Federation Cup Team (1997)
- November 1997 ranked 215 WTA (singles)

OTHER COACHED PLAYERS
- Alina Nica no. 3 U12 in Romania
- Adriana Barna 190 WTA (GER)
- Barbara Rosemberger WTA 485 (GER) – we started working as she was 570 and after 4 months she reached pos 485 WTA in Singles
- Goulnara Fattakitinova WTA 325 (RUS)
- Alienor Triceri WTA 320 (CH).
- Bianca Bonifate ITF 143 (ROM)
- Liu Min ITF 141 (CHN)
– Nikolette Budai – Coached her from March 2007 to August 2008. In that time Niki reached the singles finals of the National championships and won the Doubles. She also entered the top 400 ITF ranking at the age 14 after only four tournaments.
- Samantha Budai. She won the doubles national’s title with the Team Ontario 12&U.

Highlights:
– Academy Director of Niagara Tennis Academy, Canada
- Academy Director Tennis Players Fitness Institute, Florida
– 10&U Regional Head Coach for District Verden- Germany

Mentors:
- Tudor O. Bompa
- Jose Higueras
- Luis Cayer

Bobby Mahal

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By the young age of 18, Bobby had made quite a name for himself in the sport of tennis.He was a strong, aggressive baseline player, with world-class groundstrokes and anunparalleled work ethic. He was highly regarded as a team leader for Canada in juniorteam competitions, and won 3-Canadian Junior National Championships and 4-ProvincialJunior titles in his career.

During Bobby’s tennis career he played and competed against some of the top players in the world, earning himself a spot in the top 10 rankings in Canadian Men’s Singles. In 1993,he won the Singles and Doubles at the Canadian Junior Nationals and also competed inEurope where he defeated some of the World’s best juniors. He played in the Junior Italian and French Open’s respectively, scoring wins over Oliver Mutis, France’s #1 ranked junior and PaulGoldstein U.S.A’s #1 ranked junior, before bowing out to the World’s number #1 ranked player Gustavo Kuerten in 3 tight sets.

Bobby became friends and hitting partners with Andre Agassi and went under the tutelage of the legendary coach of Jimmy Connors, Pancho Segura. Their relationship still continues today. Later thatyear Bobby was a key member of the 1993 Canadian Junior Davis Cup Team, which achieved a 5th place finish in the world.

In 1994 Bobby headed to the University of California at Berkeley on a full-tennis scholarship. For the1995-96 season he was named Team Captain. There he scored big wins over NCAA #2 ranked George Bastl and what would become the 2005 World’s #1 ranked doubles team of Bob and Mike Bryan. Bobby would finish as high as #12 in singles and #6 in doubles.

Bobby also does T.V. and radio coverage for the Association of Tennis Professionals(ATP) and the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) events all over the world.

Julien Link

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Julien has over 30 years experience as a coach.
Played on the Pro Tour.
Was a hitting partner of Andy Rodick, Serge Bruguera and Carlos Fererro.