Tony Withers (Advantage Tennis)
Club Coach - Somers Tennis Club
Coaching at Somers Tennis Club
Tony conducts private and group coaching sessions for junior and senior players (including beginners) at Somers Tennis Club on Monday and Wednesday afternoons and evenings. For further details, please contact Tony directly on 0413 331 014 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Restringing service and racquet advice also available.
Tony's Playing Career
- Winner of State and National junior tournaments
- Winner of Victorian Schoolboys singles and doubles titles
- No. 1 ranked Victorian Points winner three times
- Winner of Australian Junior Doubles twice
- Winner of Australasian Junior Titles treble (Victorian, Australian and New Zealand titles) with three different partners
- Winner of Australian Open Junior Doubles
- Semi-Finalist in Australian Open Junior Singles with 3 set loss to Pat Cash
- Winner of multiple Country Open tournaments
- No. 1 State Grade player at 17 years of age
- Round of 16 in Australian Hardcourt and Western Australian Open (defeating World Ranked No. 16, Chris Johnstone)
- Semi-finalist USA Satellite in Doubles including reaching the USA Masters (top 8 pairs)
- Played Wimbledon Qualifying and Australian Open
Tony's Coaching Career
- Registered Tennis Australia Club Coach
- Coached 100+ players who have gone on to either receive a scholarship in tennis at a USA college, played Grade 2 or better Tennis Victoria Pennant, become a coach, played Pro Tour, or been State or Nationally ranked
- Head Coach of Development Junior Squad for Bayside Region
- Only coach on the Mornington Peninsula to have played No. 1 State Grade Pennant and been a member of the ATP (top 400 in the world only)
