Port Washington Tennis Academy

Coordinates: 40°50′27″N 73°41′38″W / 40.84083°N 73.69389°W / 40.84083; -73.69389
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Port Washington Tennis Academy

The Port Washington Tennis Academy, located on Long Island, New York. It was founded in 1966 as a non-profit tennis facility. John McEnroe (under coaches Tony Palafox and Stanley Matthews) and Vitas Gerulaitis developed their games here, and Australian coach Harry Hopman worked at the facility late in his life.

Further reading[edit]

  • "PW Tennis Academy". Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Society.
  • Alfano, Peter (25 December 1985). "Junior Tennis on a Large Scale". The New York Times.
  • Aitchison, Alex. B. (2006). A Tennis Experience and All That... Vantage Press. pp. 54–60. ISBN 978-0-533-15295-7.
  • Vernice, Maura (16 March 2016). "Fifty Years Of The Port Washington Tennis Academy". Port Washington News.

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