JP Vidour Tennis Academy
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Coaching Staff
Academy and Tennis Director JP Vidour was born and raised in Rosario, Argentina. During his tennis career, he was ranked Top 20th Junior Player in Argentina. He toured South America and Europe playing ITF futures events. After his tennis travels in Europe, he was awarded a full tennis scholarship to Shorter University where he served as Captain of the Men’s Tennis team. His highest ranking in college was 15th in the nation, and he was awarded All American. He received a B.A and MBA degree from Shorter. He is a highly qualified USPTA certified Level 1 coach and certified in Sports Science. For the last 15 years, JP has developed top level Jr. Players in Georgia many of which have gone on to play at the college/pro level.
Colt Kelley was born and raised in Rome, Ga. He was part of Shorter University's tennis team and Gadsden State Community College's tennis team where he won titles in both singles and doubles. He graduated in 2013 with a Bachelors in Sports Management from Shorter. He later joined the ranks at Coosa Country Club in Rome, Ga as one of the head instructors and then went on to be part of Eagle Watch's tennis program in Woodstock, Ga. He is certified in USPTA, PTR, and Cardio Tennis. Throughout the past 6 years teaching, Colt has become skilled in many different types of instruction such as private lessons, group drills, fitness, as well as various junior programs such as 8 & under and 10 & under classes, adult drills, and ALTA team coaching.
Eduardo Garcia was born in Nicaragua. As a junior he was ranked in the top 4 in the nation (Nicaragua) from 12s to 18s and played for the Nicaraguan National Team as well as the Junior Davis Cup Team. He played college tennis for 4 years at Loyola University in New Orleans (2011-2015) and represented the Men’s Team in the Student-Athlete Leadership Council. From 2014-2017 he work as a teaching pro at A’s & Aces, an NJTL (National Junior Tennis & Learning) based in New Orleans, where he helped teach tennis & life skills to underprivileged youth in New Orleans and also helped coach the A’s & Aces Excellence Team that competed in the NJTL Excellence Team Cup in Maryland in 2017. In 2017 he was selected as one of the 24 mentees for the USTA Coach Mentoring Program where he was mentored by David Araiza. He then become the Men’s & Women’s Assistant Tennis Coach at Loyola University New Orleans until 2020. In 2018, he helped guide the two teams to record-breaking seasons, with the men setting a program-best for wins with 12 and the women earning their first ever spot in the NAIA top-25. In 2019, he helped guide the women’s team to qualify for their first ever NAIA National Championship, and achieve a program-record 12th ranking nationally. From 2021-2022, he was a Certified Tennis Advisor at USP (University Sports Program), where he helped tennis players throughout their college selection, recruitment, and placement process. We are very excited to have Coach Eduardo on our team. He brings a lot of enthusiasm and inspiration to our tennis program.
Consulting Coaches
Charlie Rampello was born and raised in Rosario, Argentina. He holds an M.D. in Sports Medicine; however, his main passion in life is tennis. He was the former coach of Nadia Podoroska (36 WTA). Charlie is an expert in the development of tennis players from the junior level to the pro level. He worked with Nadia since she was 10 years old. Together they have won 8 titles in the ITF Futures and Challenger events and reached the 2nd round at the Jr. US OPEN in 2014. Charlie is a close friend to JP Vidour and is a consultant for the JP Vidour Tennis Academy. He provides the Academy with invaluable advice regarding the training and development of our Junior Players.
Originally from Argentina, Matias has spent 9 years coaching in Spain, the last five at Club de Campo Santa Barbara. He played professionally, reaching ATP rankings of 845 in singles and 624 in doubles. Since his playing career ended, he has been a training partner for 2 players who are currently ranked in the Top 100 in the world (and another in the Top 135), and have played in Grand Slam Tournaments.
As a coach certified in both the Spanish system (RPT) and as a USPTA Elite Professional, he has worked with a woman who reached WTA rankings of 591 in singles and 535 in doubles. When he left Spain, Matias was coaching the #1 ranked U14 boy in the country, the #15 ranked U16 boy, and the #77 ranked U16 boy. Currently Matias is the Tennis Director at Ozark Tennis Academy in Bentonville, Ak.