Cuneyt Ertezuk

I started playing tennis at the age of 10 in Istanbul, Turkey. I played a lot of Junior tournaments in Europe till I went to college in Canada. During summer holidays between 1992 and 1994, I taught tennis at a Club Med Kemer Resort in Antalya, Turkey.  Once I graduated from college, I took a break from teaching tennis as I concentrated on my business career. After moving to Charlotte, I joined Blakeney Racquet and Swim Club and started competing in USTA 5.0 leagues and playing tournaments. Since then, I played in more than 10 tournament finals which I won 5 of them, won 6 League City Championships, 4 League State Championships and 1 Southeast Regional Championship.  

I restarted teaching tennis in 2005 at Blakeney Racquet and Swim Club as a part time coach and have been teaching there for the past 16 years. I have extensive experience in teaching adults as well as young learners.  In the meantime, I joined PTR, received my Adult Development Certification along with Performance Tennis Instructor Certification with the highest "Professional" level. I am also a certified Performance Tennis Professional with ITPA. 

In 2021, I started my pickleball journey and realized how much I enjoyed playing this new sport. My previous tennis experience helped me improve my pickleballs skills rapidly and I started coaching pickleball shortly after I am currently at the highest level of certification level for Level 1 Pickleball and enjoy teaching as much as I have enjoyed teaching tennis throughout my life.