Founders

Learned the sport of tennis at McGregor Park beside her friend Lori McNeil while being taught be tennis champion John Wilkerson
Became the Number 1 ranked junior player in the world
Turned professional in 1982 where she reached a career high of Number 4 and became the first African-American woman since Althea Gibson to reach a Grand Slam final in 1990
Beat Monica Seles and Steffi Graf at Wimbledon in back-to-back matches before losing the final to Martina Navratilova.
Won the mixed doubles with Sherwood Stewart and finished runner-up in the women’s doubles with Lori McNeil at the Australian Open in 1987
Captured the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon with Stewart a year later
Earned the 1988 Olympic Gold Medal in doubles with Pam Shriver in Seoul and a Bronze Medal in singles
Retired in 1996 from professional tennis
One of the finest doubles players in the game’s recent history where she captured 20 major championship titles

Senior Director of Tennis, Professional Tennis Player and USPTA Certified Tennis Professional
Born in San Antonio
Was a senior in high school before picking up his first tennis racquet
John tried out for his high school tennis team and beat everyone on it
Won district and state singles and doubles title that same year
Enrolled at Prairie View A & M and got a tennis scholarship where he left for the Airborne 8th Brigade
After two and a half years in Germany he planned his future making education first and tennis second
Graduated from TSU John became the Tennis Director at MacGregor Park and there he found his real passion, teaching young people on and off the court