Betsy Heidenberger

Betsy Heidenberger has been involved in the tennis industry as a junior competitor, WTA touring professional, tennis instructor, club manager, and tennis entrepreneur.  In 1984, she became a member of the United States Professional Tennis Association, acquiring Professional 1 status and has maintained this status as an illuminating example of an accomplished Professional 1 rated USPTA member. Betsy has maintained since the Level 1 certificate of achievement in the USPTA Career Development Program.  Betsy has full filled yearly the USPTA Professional Development requirements. She has complete First Aid and CPR certification every two years. She has been honored as Maryland Pro of the Year in 2003, 2009, 2014, 2017 and 2019 and Greater Washington Pro of the Year in 1995.

Since 2003, Betsy has been working as the Director of Tennis at CCRA. During her time at CCRA, Betsy organizes instructional programs in tennis and pickleball for adults and juniors, league play, social round robins, etc.  She has introduced pickleball to CCRA and we now have an active program with the addition of 8 courts! During the winter season, Ms. Heidenberger organizes tennis and pickleball trips to various resorts, conducts a popular cardio tennis program at the Chevy Chase Club and teaches platform tennis.

Ms. Heidenberger has coached the Holton Arms High School Varsity tennis team and Bethesda Chevy Chase High School girls and boys' varsity tennis teams.

Betsy's competed on the junior US circuit and achieved a top 50 U.S. singles ranking in 18-and-under girls. She attended the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill on a tennis scholarship and received a degree in Business Administration. At UNC, Betsy played top singles and doubles positions, was named Regional All-American in 1981 and 1982, and was ranked among the top 25 in AIAW Intercollegiate singles. Following her collegiate career, Betsy competed on the WTA Professional circuit and achieved a top 200 singles world ranking. She has been ranked No. 11 in the USPTA national singles rankings and is a four-time USPTA Mid-Atlantic Division women's singles champion.  Betsy won the 2006 Mid-Atlantic Women's 45 Clay Court Championships. She has competed for many years in APTA Platform Sectional and National Tournaments and has achieved # 5 national doubles ranking. In 2008, Betsy won the National 40's Platform Championships. Betsy has successfully competed in various pickleball tournaments winning medals in her divisions.

Betsy is presently Member of the Mid-Atlantic/USPTA Board, Member of the Tennis, Swim and Fitness Committees at Columbia Country Club and past member of the USPTA Executive Committee and National Platform Tennis Committee.  She is a member of the Board at Hamlet Place Association and Hamlet House Association. She has served for the Mid-Atlantic USPTA Division as the Maryland District Representative, American Platform Tennis Association, Montgomery County Tennis Association and has been the USPTA Women's Liaison for the Mid-Atlantic Division. She is presently a Wilson Tour Ad Staff member and member of the Engage Pickleball Pro Team. Betsy has been a K-Swiss and Viking Athletics advisory staff member. She has been a member of the Club Med Recruitment Team, representing the Mid-Atlantic Region. She has written articles and tennis tips for Tennis magazine, Tennis Industry, USPTA's ADDvantage magazine, Service Lines as well as various regional publications. 

After all these years of playing and working in this industry, Betsy Heidenberger still has an incredible passion and energy working with all levels on the courts and keeping our courts active!