Damon Lopez-O'Dwyer, Head Pro |
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Damon Lopez-O'Dwyer is a graduate of the Trinity School in NY and Hamilton College, where he was a captain of the tennis team. He began his tennis career as a teaching professional 17 years ago at Southampton Bath & Tennis Club and since then has worked in NYC, the Hamptons and Cambridge, England. He has been with Hamptons Tennis Company for 17 years, and has been the Director of Tennis and the Head Pro at Triangle Tennis Club. He is the head coach of the boys' varsity tennis team at Trininty School in NYC.
As a freelance writer, Damon has written for film, television, print and radio. His credits include NPR, Inside Tennis Magazine, and the 2005 feature comedy Building Girl. |
Ron Ristroph, Head Pro |
Ron Ristroph is pleased to be back at Triangle Tennis Club for another great summer season in Southampton. Ron is a full-time tennis pro, and is ranked nationally as well as in California. He has been teaching people to enjoy the game of tennis for more than twenty years. As the former Director of Tennis at the Hotel Twin Dolphin and as a current Pro at the Capella Pedegral in Cabo San Lucas during the winter months, Ron has made tennis possible and more enjoyable for hundreds of people over the years. He has helped philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates, guitarist Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead and Andy Summers of the Police. The best part of teaching for Ron is helping people enjoy the game of tennis more and to witness the joy they experience when realizing their potential. |
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Lenoir Ramos Jr., Tour Pro |
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Lenoir Ramos Jr. is a full time Division I Women’s Tennis Coach at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Lenoir has been coaching one of the best women’s tennis teams in the nation and working with former 500WTA tennis players at UNLV. Prior to being a world class tennis coach he was one of the top junior players in the world, competing twice as a junior at the French Open. He competed professionally for 6 years where he achieved his best ranking of 631 ATP in doubles. Lenoir has also played against a few of the top 25 best players in the world which include Andy Murray, Thomas Berdych, and Martin Del Potro. Lenoir graduated from Texas Tech University in 2010 where his team finished as the 17th best team in the nation. He formerly served as a Head Pro at Trump International Country Club and Naveaink Country Club, both located in NJ. Lenoir is returning for his third season to Triangle Tennis Club and speaks English, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese. |
Joel Kincaid, Tour Pro |
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Joel Kincaid is from Portland, Oregon and is currently a professional tennis player on the ATP tour, travelling and competing in tournaments around the world. In the past two years he has played in 10 different countries. When not on tour Joel enjoys spending time with his family, he has four brothers and four sisters.
Joel was ranked #31 in the nation as a 16 year old and #45 as an 18 year old. At 18, he won the national tournament, Saint Louis Clay Court Championships. Soon after, Joel accepted a full scholarship to play for the University of Portland. He was the #1 singles player in his last two years there and was twice awarded the Thomas Garrison Commitment to Excellence Award. He graduated from college in 2009. Joel is now coached by Tarik Benhabiles, former #21 ranked player in the world and former coach of Andy Roddick. In addition to training and playing tournaments, Joel enjoys giving lessons to players of all levels. |
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Filip Miljevio, Tour Pro |
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Filip came from Serbia 5 years ago to accept a scholarship to play for Illinois State University. Filip graduated in May 2012 after playing #1 singles on the ISU team and making all conference every year. Filip won the #1 singles MVC championship and was team captain for 3 years. He is nationally ranked in doubles and was selected several times as MVC player of the week. He was also runner up for the most outstanding student-athlete at ISU three times.
Filip has a twin brother who played for Georgia Tech. Filip has spent the last year or so teaching in Manhattan, NY and also, spent a summer teaching tennis in Beijing, China. This will be Filip's first summer at Triangle.
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Marc Dookingue, Tennis Pro |
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Marc Dookingue is originally from France. He has been teaching tennis in the Hamptons for the last 24 years and was Director of Tennis for a tennis club in East Hampton for the last 16 years. We are very pleased to have his wealth of experience at Hamptons Tennis Company and Triangle this year.
Marc can teach tennis in French , English and Spanish and is a USPTR , ATP tour and Etcheberry certified tennis pro. He is also a TRX level 1 and level 2 certified trainer. Marc 's teaching philosophy is " positioning , movement and balance are key in helping your tennis stroke production". |
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Elizabeth Rossi, Tennis Pro |
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Elizabeth Rossi will be joining the Triangle team this year. Elizabeth plays NCAA division one tennis for Mount St Mary’s University where she is entering her senior year.
Elizabeth is originally from Eastern Long Island and graduated from Bishop McGann-Mercy High School in Riverhead. She was ranked #1 in the USTA Girls 16's in the Long Island Region in 2009.
Elizabeth will be available for private lessons and clinics throughout the season. |
Alexa Metzler, Tennis Pro |
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Alexa Meltzer is a born and bred New Yorker who just graduated from The Horace Mann School in the Bronx and will be attending Tufts University in the fall. She has been playing tennis since the age of 6 and will be playing for Tufts' women's tennis team. She currently holds a national ranking of 215 and a USTA Eastern ranking of 28 and is ranked 14 in New York State. Some of her tennis accomplishments include, 2007 winner of the Mayors Cup middle school challenge in doubles, 2009 gold medal winner at the San Francisco Maccabi Games in the girls 14's, in addition, she has won many local and regional tournaments over the last several years and in 2012 the USTA was nominated for exemplary behavior in tournament play. She has been coached by the famed coaches, Marco Cacopardo and Gilad Bloom and is currently competing in sectional and national level tournaments around the country. She has trained at IMG Bolleteri in Florida as well as Chris Evert Tennis Academy, Harold Solomon Tennis Academy, and Advantage Tennis in Irvine, CA. Alexa hopes to pursue studies in psychology and art history while at college. |
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