Joni Hannah

Joni Hannah was a nationally ranked junior tennis player who won USTA national championships in the 14s Nationals and the Sugar Bowl, was a finalist in the prestigious Easter Bowl championships, and won a silver medal in the National Sports Festival.  Joni attended Rollins College on full scholarship as four-year starter on the varsity tennis team and competed in the NCAA Division I national tennis championships.  Later, Joni was also a top player on the women’s senior tennis circuit, achieving #1 national rankings for both singles and doubles and a #7 world ranking in singles in her age group, winning numerous national titles, and representing the United States in international team competitions throughout the world.  

As a tennis teaching professional, Joni was the Director of Tennis at Westwood Country Club in Vienna, Virginia for 25 years, during which time she was the recipient of the USTA Virginia Division Teaching Pro of the Year and RSPA (formerly USPTA) Mid Atlantic Tennis Professional of the Year, and was the first female tennis professional inducted into the RSPA Mid-Atlantic Hall of Fame.  Joni was recognized as one of the Washington DC area’s ten greatest tennis players and contributors in The Great Book of Washington, D.C. Sports Lists, written by Andy Pollin & Leonard Shapiro.  Joni is also the very proud past recipient of the Margaret Russo National Sportsmanship Award given by the National Senior Women’s Tennis Association.  In December 2023, Joni was inducted into the USTA Mid-Atlantic Hall of Fame as part of the USTA Mid-Atlantic’s Centennial Gala.

Joni is currently the Executive Director of the RSPA Mid-Atlantic Division and an RSPA Elite Tennis Professional and Pickleball Instructor.