ABOUT US
FS Tennis Club is a year round tennis facility that offers private and group lessons for all ages and skills.
Programming includes court rentals, adult clinics and leagues, as well as junior development classes.
Our facility features a total of eight courts, four har-tru (clay) and four hard courts.
We’re a non-membership club, this means you “pay as you play”.
The outdoor season takes place from May to September (approximately 15 weeks),
and the indoor season from September to May (approximately 30 weeks).
During the indoor season, all eight courts are equipped with climate controlled bubbles, allowing for play no matter rain or shine.
Open 7 days a week from 8:00am to 8:00pm - see you on court!
STAFF
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General Manager
Sean Johnson is local to the Southampton area, and in 2014 graduated from Baruch College with a degree in economics. Sean originally joined the FS team in 2015 as program director, and in 2017 took over as General Manager and oversees all year-round programs at our Southampton Camp and Tennis Club, Westhampton-Riverhead and NYC Camp locations. Sean has continued to demonstrate exceptional leadership skills and has built programs that are intrinsically valued in our communities.
Prior to overseeing our operations, Sean spent years working in NYC and the Hamptons on sports skills development with kids of all ages. In his spare time, Sean enjoys reading, exercising, surfing, and playing in adult sports leagues local to the Hamptons.
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Tennis Director
Pablo Montesi is originally from Santiago, Chile, and has worked within the Future Stars organization since he was a student at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas. After graduating with a degree in business, Pablo started as a Tennis Camp counselor, program director, site director, and went on to serve as the overall site development and coordinator for all future stars summer camp locations.
More recently, Pablo has been named the Tennis Director of FS Tennis Club in Southampton, as well as Camp & Program Development for the Southampton & NYC locations. Now based between The Hamptons and Miami, he is a co-owner of GM Sports Tennis. He is constantly working on perfecting his extensive experience with coaching & curriculum development. Pablo enjoys traveling, playing soccer and playing the guitar.
Tennis Pros
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Felipe Sobrihno
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Omar Lopez
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Lucas Freitas
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Martin Mendoza
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Tino Rossi
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Christian Felline
Summer Pros
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Felipe Iser
From São Paulo, Brazil, 19 years old
College: Mississippi College, NCAA Division 2
Languages Spoken: English, Portuguese, Spanish
Strengths as a Pro: Happy, focused, and a positive hard-worker
Tennis Style: Grinder that likes to play 10+ rallies especially on clay
Coaching Experience: Summer 2023 at Future Stars Tennis Club and Summer Camp
Additional Notes: Won ITF grade 4 in Brazil and played No.1 Doubles in Mississippi College, beating University of West Florida twice
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Maria Radu
From Constanta, Romania, 22 years old
College: Limestone University, NCAA Division 2
Languages Spoken: English, Romanian, Spanish
Strengths as a Pro: Serve, strategy, backhand
Tennis Style: Playing flat, skilled net player
Coaching Experience: Coaching kids of all ages, adult lessons all levels.
Additional Notes: College Team Captain
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Caitlin Sze
From South Windsor Connecticut, 22 years old
College: Assumption University, NCAA Division 2
Languages Spoken: English
Strengths as a Pro: Groundstrokes
Tennis Style: Aggressive baseline player
Coaching Experience: 2 years ages 10-16
Additional Notes: College Team Captain
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Harri Lloyd-Evans
From Newport, South Wales, 21 years old
College: Francis Marion University, NCAA Division 2
Languages Spoken: English, Welsh
Strengths as a Pro: Forehand, tactical awareness, footwork
Tennis Style: Aggressive baseline player
Coaching Experience: 4 years ages 6-18
Additional Notes: U18 Ranked Number 1 in Wales and U18 ranked Top 50 UK
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Mateo Flores
From Quito, Ecuador, 20 years old
College: West Virginia State University NCAA Division 2, currently at Northwestern College Iowa NAIA
Languages Spoken: Spanish, English
Strengths as a pro: Strong mindset, volley game, doubles game, footwork, and agility; Works well under pressure
Tennis Style: Aggressive, big net game, strong defensive game when needed, nice touch and hands, smart decisions
Coaching Experience: 1 year with ages 5-15; 2 years with adults
Additional Notes: Ranked #2 in the country, #1 in my state; Top 20th in South America before coming to the USA
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Steffi Merrah
From France, 23 years old
College: France, Nationale 2
Languages Spoken: French, English
Strengths as a Pro: Strong backhand and agility footwork with good volley.
Tennis Style: Aggressive player who’s going to the net. Using backhand a lot to finish the point.
Coaching Experience: 3 years and 1 year padel age 4-15
Additional Notes: #1 Juniors in France, age 7-10; Professional padel player: French Ranking 29, World Ranking 450
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Pol Vega
From Badalona, Spain, 23 years old
College: Tyler Junior College/ Tecnocampus
Languages Spoken: Catalan, Spanish, English
Tennis Style: Player that likes to build the point and wait for the opportunity.
Coaching Experience: 3 years with age 12-24
Additional Notes: coached ATP and WTA player and travel with them
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Stefan Schodlbauer
From Argentina, 29 years old
College: East Central University, NCAA Division 2
Languages Spoken: English, Spanish
Strengths as a Pro: Technical and tactical aspects as well as psychological thinking
Tennis Style: Baseline player that builds the point to find the winning shot.
Coaching Experience: 10+ years
Additional Notes: Conference Champions in D2; Currently working with ATP, WTA and ITF Juniors players at Next Level Academy in Barcelona; Team captain at ECU
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Mia Skrbinsek
From Johannesburg, South Africa, 23 years old
College: St Francis College, NCAA Division 1
Languages Spoken: English, Serbian
Strengths as a Pro: Mentality and on-court breath-work, footwork and court coverage, variation in strokes, and patterns of play.
Tennis Style: Aggressive baseline player, who prefers dictating points with powerful groundstrokes and approaching the net to finish off points.
Coaching Experience: 1 year with ages 6-13 and 2 years with ages 19-24
Additional Notes: College Team Captain
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Viktoria (Viki) Klimand
From Tartu, Estonia, 21 years old
College: Belmont Univeristy, NCAA Division 1
Languages Spoken: Estonian, English, French (Elementary Proficiency), Russian (Elementary Proficiency)
Strengths as a Pro: Excellent stamina, years of experience with players/clients of all ages and levels
Tennis Style: Heavy-spin leftie who is a grinder; Loves pushing through to the net both in singles and double; Offensive player
Coaching Experience: Has been working as a tennis instructor since January 2020; Taught tennis to private, small, and large groups of all ages; Traveled with kids to tennis tournaments; Ran programs for adult beginners; Assisted in organizing tennis events/tournaments; At FS during Summer 2023 and Winter break 2023
Additional Notes: Tennis Achievements: Estonian Adults Doubles Champion in 2017; Semifinalist in singles and a finalist in doubles at the ITF; Grade 5 Event in Finland in 2019; Estonian Junior Doubles Championship twice in 2017 (U18) and 2018 (U16); MVC Doubles; Player of the Week during 2023 season
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Marie Alice Vale Fernandes
From Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 19 years old
College: Limestone University, NCAA Division 2
Languages Spoken: English, Portuguese
Strengths as a Pro: Skilled net play, good serve, flat baseline consistent player
Tennis Style: Flat
Coaching Experience: Camp Echo Lake, New York ( kids ages 5 to 14 ), worked with children and young adults in Fly Sports Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Additional Notes: Juniors tournaments in Brazil
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Andrea Naiara Montero
From Santa Cruz, Bolivia, 20 years old
College: Lewis Clark State College
Languages Spoken: Spanish, English
Strengths as a Pro: Footwork and a consistent backhand, baseline player
Tennis Style: Aggressive baseline player
Coaching Experience: 2 years with ages 5 - onwards
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Hermon Mikael
From Karlskrona, Sweden, 24 years old
College: Davenport University, NCAA Division 2
Languages Spoken: English, Swedish, Tigrinya, German
Strengths as a Pro: Strategy development, strong backhand, volley game
Tennis Style: Aggressive baseline player who prefers controlling the point and seeking opportunities to come up to the net, skilled net player, and a great doubles player.
Coaching Experience: 10 years with ages 5-50
Additional Notes: Top 5 ranked in Sweden, Team Swedish Championship, Second Team All-Gliac