There is a perception that greatest or most famous tennis academy in terms of producing professional champions is the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy, or Rick Macci.
But nothing can compare to Spartak Moscow. As Marat Safin recently revealed on his Instagram in a salute post, the number of successful tennis pros who were coached and developed at Spartak is astounding…
Here are the names of players Safin mentioned as being developed by Spartak’s “most incredible quality of coaching”…
Dinara Safina
Elena Dementieva
Anastasia Myskina
Anna Kournikova
Alina Jidkova
Tatiana Panova
Tatiana Golovin
Ekaterina Sysoeva
Marat Safin
Andrei Chesnokov
Mikhail Youzhny
Dmitry Tursunov
Andrey Rublev
Igor Andreev
Karen Khachanov
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Elena Rybakina
All these notable players originated from the same tennis club. It’s an amazing feat, surely never to be equaled.
Safin praised Spartak, “Best tennis school of USSR and Russia and one of the best of the best of all of them.”
Spartak tennis club is located near Sokolniki Park in Moscow, Russia. It was constructed in 1979 and formerly formed part of the Spartak Sports Society. Spartak TC has 15 outdoor clay courts, which remain open for four months during the year, and two indoor courts.
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