Tennis - Professional Staff

Alex Benyi - Head Tennis Professional
abenyi@ontarioracquetclub.com
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Born in Romania, Alex started playing tennis at age 9 and coached in his native country for five years prior to emigrating to Canada in 1992.  Alex held a top 12 national ranking throughout his junior career.

Alex is the ORC’s Academy Leader for the Tour Squad.  A member of the Tennis Professional Association and the Professional Tennis Registry he is a Tennis Canada Certified Coach 3 and Club Pro 2.   He was a National Tennis Centre under 12 Coach from 2005-08, and has been a Team Ontario touring coach in indoor and outdoor competition for the past 10 years. Alex won a Tennis Canada Coaching Excellence Award in 2003.

Among the players he has coached at ORC are: 

• Andrei Radulescu, National Champion in Canada under 18, Indoor and Outdoor Nationals, 2003
• Tania Rice, #2 in Canada, Under 18 Indoor and Outdoor National Champion in 2005 and 2006, on scholarship at Pepperdine
• Monika Lalewicz, # 1 in Canada under 16 Outdoor Nationals in 2004, doubles champion in 2006; on scholarship at Georgia
• Stephanie Wetmore, #2 in Canada under 18 Indoor Nationals in 2006; on scholarship at UCLA
• Nathalie Ranger, on scholarship at Seaton Hall
• Ian Alafriz, #1 in Ontario High School Championships three years in a row, singles and doubles; on scholarship at Wright State

 According to Alex, “If you are ready to work hard, you have come to the right guy and the right place.”  His goal is to take every player, junior or adult, to their maximum potential – “whatever it takes”.